We had a customer come into the store a few years ago with his Saeco Odea Giro in tow. He loved the coffee that it made and wanted to have it tuned up by our repair team. While he had it in, however, he wanted to find out if his model had a particularly tender heart because he felt like the only way it would work each morning is if he started out by giving it a hug. It's true that the Odea series kind of got a bad rap because not only were its sensors particularly sensitive, it had limited tools with which to communicate its feelings to you. What does a slow blinking exclamation point mean versus a fast blinking or solid exclamation point? In these two videos, Brendan demystifies the rather cryptic errors and alarms that the Saeco Odea series of espresso machines can show. Then, he shows us how to take the machine into Test Mode so you can run each functional component separately and diagnose what might be having an issue. If you're in need of a secret decoder ring for your Saeco Odea machine, check out these videos.
Tech Tip: Saeco Odea Test Mode & Troubleshooting
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If you descale often, or have recently descaled the Seaco Odea Giro, and then get the descale alarm (red boiler light), you don’t need to go through any cleaning actions. Simply press the hot water button for 6 seconds to disable the descaling alarm. No pretending you went through any descaling actions whatsoever. My Giro is coming up on being 18 years old!