After spending the last 50 years making coffee,and probably a new machine every 3 to 5 years,, this is the worse coffee make i have ever used. super complex to program, poor instructions, no indication of status of unit, when programming. Carafe holds more water then the machine, so if you over fill it, the excess water, dribbles out the back drain hole. how stupid is that.? Not sure why some of the icon s blink, and there is no explanation as to why its blinking. won't be buying another again. it does make good coffee tho.