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This symbol alerts you to the potential danger for
personal injury if you fail to read and follow these safety
precautions.
Carafe Safety Precautions
This symbol reminds you that glass is fragile and can break
which could result in personal injury.
Troubleshooting
• Do not use a cracked carafe or a carafe having a loose or
weakened handle.
• This carafe is designed to be used only on the warming plate
of your coffee maker. Do not use on a gas or electric rangetop,
or in a microwave or conventional oven.
• To avoid breakage, handle carafe with care. Avoid impact.
Glass will break as a result of impact. Use care when filling
with water to avoid hitting faucet.
• Do not place hot carafe on cool or wet surface. Allow to cool
before washing or adding liquids.
• Do not set empty carafe on a hot heating surface.
• Do not clean with steel wool pads, abrasive cleanser, or any
other materials that may scratch.
• Do not place hands inside carafe. When handling, be careful if
wearing any hand jewelry, especially diamond rings. Jewelry
can scratch the glass, which increases possibility of breakage.
• Do not bump, scratch, or boil dry.
• Discard carafe if it is cracked, scratched, or heated while empty
for an extended period of time.
• To avoid accidents, do not pour in the direction of people.
• If stirring in the carafe, use only wooden, plastic, or rubber utensils.
Do not use metal utensils.
• Follow the above safety precautions carefully to avoid serious burn
injuries which may result if breakage occurs while carafe holds
heated liquids.
Filter basket overflows or coffee brews slowly.
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Excessive amounts of ground coffee.
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Decaffeinated and/or coffee ground too finely can cause overflow.
Use slightly less grounds when brewing decafeinated, flavored, or
finely ground coffee. Or use medium ground coffee.
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Coffee maker needs cleaning.
If using a paper filter:
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Coffee grounds between paper filter and filter basket.
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Paper filter not open and in proper position.
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Rinse filter basket before inserting paper filter so the edges will
remain pressed against the sides of the basket.
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Poor-quality paper filter.
Coffee tastes bad.
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Coffee maker needs cleaning.
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Coffee ground too coarsely or too finely. Use medium ground
coffee.
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Coffee-to-water ratio unbalanced. Adjust for personal preference.
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Poor coffee quality and freshness.
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Poor water quality (use filtered or bottled water).
Coffee not brewing or unit will not turn on.
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Water reservoir is empty.
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Unit is unplugged.
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Power outage.
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Power surge. Unplug; then plug the unit back in.
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Clock requires reset after power outage.
