I did the initialization as per the directions and the water was hot. When I make the coffee, the warmer button will not come on and the coffee is cold. I turned on the vacation button for 15 minutes and it was hot again and the warmer button automatically came on. Again when I made the coffee it was cold and the warmer button would not light up.

make sure the water is hooked up in the back properly and turned on. the solenoid tells it when to brew, but the spigot feeds right from the waterline.

No warmer plate llight:
Usually means bad switch. Bunn Part no. is 20316.0001. Replacement available at link below.
Bunn Home On Off Warmer Control Switch Lighted

Note differences in switch wiring in photo below between old and new style switches.


Coffee not hot:
Make sure "Vacation Switch" is in OFF position.

On that particular model there may be a button that turns on the warmer for the water...

From your description it sound that the button strip need to be replaced. All the buttons of the coffees and also for hot water are all set in one unit the button strip. This like a membrane and is located under the buttons. This is frequent problem with m29 select since the connector of the button strip it is exposed under the cup warmer area and is very easy to absorb the humidity from steam escape inside the machine and when one short circuit it happens then since the whole strip is one unit it will mull faction as you described.

While this brewer does have a reservoir that keeps a couple of pots worth of water hot for brewing you can get a cooler second pot if you brew directly after. You should hear the brewer heating up after brewing. Try waiting until it is back to temperature before re-brewing. If that heating takes more than a few (3-4) minutes then you probably have a problem with the heating element and the water is only being heated by the "keep warm" heater.

Open the knob to vent after you press the button to switch from steam to hot water dispense.

The CBC-1600 comes with a thermal carafe. therefore, it doesn't rely on a heater plate to keep the coffee warm.

Before placing first coffee capsule in the machine, run the large espresso cup button into a cup (clear water will come out). This primes the machine and makes for hotter coffee.

COFFEE PREPARATION PROCEDURES
1) Place filter into brew basket.
2) Put the proper amount of coffee into the filter.
3) Slide the brew basket into holder.
4) Place empty decanter on warmer located directly under the brew basket and turn corresponding warmer switch ON.
5) Pour decanter of fresh water through pour-in opening at top of brewer.
6) Hot water will be delivered through the sprayhead. This distributes the hot water evenly over the coffee bed within the brew basket. The coffee will drain from brew basket into the container below.
7) Red light indicates warmer is ON.
8) Before brewing next pot, remove brew basket from brew rails and dump filter into waste basket.

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it has a reserv tank equal to 2 pots which are hot all the time
the power switch is only for the warmer plate
you get out about what you pour in,