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Digital Bread Maker
Troubleshooting
Problem
Possible cause(s)
Solution(s)
Display shows H:HH
Starting temperature too high Stop programme, open lid, allow to
cool for 20 minutes
Display shows E:EE
Temperature sensor fault
Contact Customer Services
Smoke from ventilation slots
when baking
Heating element
contaminated with ingredients
Unplug, allow to cool, wipe element
clean, dry
Bread bottom crust too thick
Bread kept warm for too long,
so dries out
Remove bread sooner
Bread difficult to remove
Kneader blade sticking to
Bread Pan shaft
Soak and clean kneader and bread
pan before next use
Ingredients not stirred evenly
Wrong programme selected
Select correct programme
Kneader not rotating properly,
possibly because bread mix is
too thick
Check rotation without bread pan.
If OK, use less thick bread mix;
otherwise, contact Customer Services
Dry bread and/or crust is not
brown
Opening lid too often
Do not open lid unnecessarily
Bread or dough size too large
Excessive quantity of yeast,
flour or water, or ambient
temperature too high
Follow recipes correctly, reduce
quantities if necessary. Do not
operate above 34° ambient
Bread size too small
Yeast insufficient or poor, in
contact with salt, water too
hot
Check factors suggested and correct
as necessary
Room temperature too low
Do not operate below 15°
Bread collapses in middle
during baking
Incorrect flour used
Use bread or strong flour
Yeast temperature too high
Use yeast at room temperature
Excessive water
Reduce the amount of water
Bread too heavy or dense
Too much flour or insufficient
water
Reduce flour or increase water
Too many fruit ingredients or
too much wholegrain flour
Reduce appropriate ingredients and
increase yeast
Bread hollow in middle
Excessive water or yeast, no
salt
Adjust ingredients accordingly
Water temperature too high
Check water temperature
Colour too dark
Excessive sugar
Either use less sugar or stop the
programme 5-10 minutes early, then
leave in bread pan with cover closed
for 20 minutes
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If you think the appliance has a fault, do not attempt to dismantle it and repair it yourself. Check
the above possible causes and follow the advice given. If the fault is not corrected contact Judge
Customer Services.
