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Posted on Sep 06, 2007

Blinking red light

The red light on the front of the machine blinks all the time, even though all the components are in place. I have tried removing them and replacing them with the machine on, so please don´t suggest that. Also, sometimes (even with the blinking light) the hot water comes out and sometimes it does not. I guess i should mention that at first the brew unit would not fit back into the machine, so I opened up the machine and turned the dial from the inside until the brew unit fit back into place. But the red light still kept on blinking.

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  • TedG Dec 09, 2007

    Red warning light continuously flashes. I have performed all the usual tasks that the instruction book says to do. When I power up the machine it makes all the “usual” sounds but when I press the brew button nothing happens and the red light continues to flash. I have primed, cleaned & changed out the water to no avail. All appears fine. Is there any way that the machine be reset ?

    Thanks, Ted Gawloski

    [email protected]

  • jrn11 Jan 21, 2008

    what loose piece??

  • Anonymous Mar 25, 2014

    tried to open grounds drawer while unit was running and now maching wont turn on, red light on, and cannot remove the brew ubnit

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Aha! The lose piece was indeed the problem. Getting it reattached was time consuming, however. I spent about 5-7 hours today trying to get everything apart and get the piece put back on.

In the future, I will be more gentle with this machine, especially when putting the brewing unit back in after rinsing it out. (Do rinse it out, by the way, about once a week. Otherwise the quality of coffee you get will gradually get worse and worse.)

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The blinking light is a warning that something is not right.
-It will blink when the espresso waste basket is full. sometimes they stack up funny and it appears full and light blinks.
-second the beans don't always fall into the grinder from the hopper. They just need a gentle nudge
-Third it may be low on water.
-Four if you don't push the door closed on the fromt and ensure the spout where the coffee comes out is pushed in to the reciever inside the door the light will come on.
For me it has always been on of these four things.
Once I got the hang of the little nuisance everything works great. I love my machine and would buy another.
I have one or two espresso's a day,

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