Best part of a year ago, my Next would do nothing but three clicks and two orange flashes. I looked all over and tried every fix I could find (several times!), to no avail, so out to the shed it went.
Today, Fight Shrub's post showed up in my email, so I decided to try whatever had worked for him. Didn't get around to even looking at it again, though, because it started working 100% OK before I got around to that.
I am now nearly convinced that the operation of the Vertuo Next is in significant part dependent upon forces outside the realm of physics and causality. On the remote chance that my actions had anything to do with mine's return to functionality, however, I'll try to recall what I did:
-- made sure the disc and pod holder weren't stuck
-- filled the reservoir, plugged it in, turned it on. let it warm up. put in an empty pod. It behaved as it had before: three clicks, then continuous orange double-flashing.
-- reckoning that since it had been sitting empty for so long, it might need priming, I tried forcing some water in under pressure through a piece of tubing. not sure if I managed to get any in, and had not gotten any result from doing the same thing before. again no change, on the first try after.... but then:
-- unplugged the machine, and then (for no particular reason) ***pushed the button and held it down as I plugged back in : I heard the motor spin up briefly (a sound the machine hadn't made since it quit working!).*** I'm not sure if I did anything else before pressing the button again, but it ran a normal brew cycle when I did. I've only run a couple of cups of water through and brewed one cup of coffee, but so far so good.
like I said, though, it's probably got more to do with how the stars are lined up, or vibrations in the grooves of the akashik record.