Oster Oster Digital Pressure Cooker, 4801 instruction manual P Robl Ems And Solutions, Problem

P ROBL EMS AND SOLUTIONS

PROBLEM	SOLUTION
Unit will not turn on	• Make sure the power cord is connected to both the unit and the electrical
	outlet.
Unit will not heat up and pressurize	• Safety Pressure Valve has not been placed correctly in its place (the rib on
	the valve has to be aligned with the rib on its base on top of the lid).
	• The internal areas of the Safety Pressure Valve or the Steam Valve have
	particles. These two valves should be cleaned to have all residue removed
	after each use.
	• Lid has not been closed correctly.
	• Unit has not been programmed properly.
Red Start/Stop LED is blinking	• This is not a problem, this means unit is heating and pressurizing
LED Screen is blinking and showing the	• This is not a problem, this means the heating and pressurizing time was
cook time	longer than the given 14 minutes. When foods are larger or colder then
	usual, the heat up time will take longer.
Unit is plugged in but has no lights on	• When the unit is first plugged in, all the lights are on and blinking. If no
	action is taken after 1 minute, unit goes to sleep. Pressing any of the
	buttons will turn the unit back on.
Unit takes too long to heat up	• When foods are larger or colder then usual, the heat up time will take longer.
	• Check and make sure Delay Timer function was not activated.
The food cooked too much or got burned	• Everyone’s tastes are different. Use the cooking level button to reduce the
	cooking time to suit your cooking preference.
	• If the unit is used back to back, the unit will not cool down and cooking time
	or heat up may be faster.
The food did not cook well enough	• Everyone’s tastes are different. Use the cooking level button to increase the
	cooking time.
Steam is leaking out	• A small amount of steam is allowed to come out of the Safety Pressure Valve
	or the Lid Handle Pressure Valve when they are just about to close shut.
	• If steam is coming out from the perimeter of the Lid, the Lid has not been
	closed properly.
	• If constant steam is coming out of the Safety Pressure Valve (longer than
	1 min), The Safety Pressure Valve is not closed properly.
Unit takes too long to cook	• The unit takes an average of 14 minutes to heat up. These 14 minutes will
	be added to the chosen cook time. In addition, if any start delay is chosen,
	this time will also be added to the cooking time. The final cooking time is
	delay time + 14 min heat up time + chosen pressure cook time.
The Lid does not come off	• There is safety feature to keep Lid from being removed while the unit is
	under pressure. Please make sure to de-pressurize unit by opening the
	Safety Pressure Valve to be able to remove the Lid.
Unit is beeping	• The unit will beep when cooking is finished and it will automatically go into
	the keep warm mode. The green keep warm mode indicator light shall be on
	in this case.
	• The unit will beep while user is pressing the buttons on the control panel.
	• The unit will beep if there is a malfunction of some kind, this means the unit
	did not pressurize or heat.
Unit overflowed	• This means too much food was placed inside of the unit. Please check the
	instructions on this manual for maximum amounts of food that can be placed
	inside the unit.

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