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Before Using for the First Time
CAUTION: To protect against electrical shock, do not immerse the Coffee maker or allow power cord to come into
contact with water or other liquids.
1. Remove all packing material and labels from the inside and outside of the Coffee maker. Place the coffee
maker on a at, clean surface.
2. Before preparing coffee, thoroughly clean the glass carafe with lid, removable lter holder and permanent
coffee lter in hot, sudsy water. Rinse and dry. Replace disassembled parts. See Care & Cleaning
Instructions for a detailed description.
3. Clean the inside of the Coffee maker by brewing 2 full carafes of tap water (see “setting up the machine”).
Do not add the permanent coffee lter or ground coffee for this initial cleaning.
NOTE: At the end of the rst cycle, allow 15 minutes for the coffee maker to cool.
4. Brew a second carafe of fresh water.
5. Wait an additional 15 minutes to allow the coffee maker to cool before brewing your rst carafe of coffee.
Setting up the machine
IMPORTANT: Before brewing, always check to make sure water level inside the water tank is past the 2 cup line
and add water if needed. Never exceed the 12 cup ll line.
NOTE: The amount of brewed coffee will always be less than the amount of water placed into the water
reservoir; as much as 10% is absorbed by coffee grounds and lter.
NOTE: At any time press the
button to begin brew cycle.
1. Lift to open the Coffee maker lid. Fill carafe with cold tap water to the desired line and pour into water reservoir
at the back of the coffee maker. The stepped water level indicator can be easily viewed inside coffee maker.
2. Place empty carafe on the keep warm plate.
3. For added convenience, remove the permanent lter. Measure 1 level tablespoon or 1 scoop with the
provided scoop of drip or regular ground coffee for each cup of coffee desired. For stronger or milder
coffee, adjust amount of ground coffee to suit your taste.
4. Replace the permanent lter back into the lter holder and place back into the coffee maker. Close the lid.
5. Plug the power cord into 120V/60HZ power supply socket, the LCD background indicator will illuminate in
blue and “AM 12:00” will be displayed on the LCD. At that time, “12” will ash while “: 00” will steadily
light. To set the hour select between
and . Once the desired hour is reached push the button. The
minute “00” will now ash. Again, toggle between the
and buttons to reach the desired minute. To
conrm push the
button. The coffee maker will beep.
NOTE: The backlight indicator will go into sleep mode within 15 seconds if no further buttons are selected.
Brewing coffee
1. Press button to start the brew cycle. One beep will sound and the button will illuminate. The Coffee
maker will begin the brew cycle.
NOTE: To interrupt the brew process at any time, press the
button once. The coffee maker will beep
and the
light in the button will go out. The screen will display the clock.
2. Upon completion of the brew cycle, wait at least 1 minute until the dripping coffee from the ow valve
into the carafe has stopped. The carafe lid should be kept in place to facilitate safe serving and help keep
coffee at a proper serving temperature. Tilt the carafe slightly and pour the hot coffee very slowly, so that
the ow of the brewed coffee does not exceed the width of the spout.
3. Once the brew cycle is complete, the coffee maker will beep and will go into the keep-warm mode. At that
time the LCD will show the
or icon. The keep warm time will count up from 0:00. When the
coffee maker reaches the preset keep warm time, three beeps can be heard and the
or icon
will disappear.
4. During the KEEP WARM mode press the
button once to turn the Coffee maker off when the carafe is
empty or when the coffee maker is not in use.
Setting the clock
1. U.S. VERSION: *Press and hold the button for 3 seconds to enter into the clock-setting mode. The LCD will
illuminate and the current hour will ash and
will appear.
CANADIAN VERSION: *Press and hold the
button for 3 seconds to enter into the clock-setting mode. The
LCD will illuminate and the current hour will ash and the
will appear.
2. Press
button once to increase the hour by one increment each time, or hold the button to increase
quickly. Press
once to decrease the hour by one increment each time, or hold the button to decrease
quickly. Once your desired hour time is achieved, press the
button to conrm.
3. At that time, the current minute digits will illuminate and ash.
4. Again, press the
button once to increase one minute each time and press once to decrease one
minute each time. Both buttons can be held to increase the minutes quickly. Once the desired minute has
*
Depending on the Country the unit was purchased, U.S. or Canada, please refer to “Control Panel” on page 4.
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