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using your Breville ikon™ kitchen scaleknow your Breville ikon™ kitchen scale

Before first use

Remove and safely discard any packaging
material or promotional labels before using
the appliance for the first time.
Wipe the kitchen scale and temperature
probe with a damp cloth then dry thoroughly.

Inserting the Battery

Open the battery compartment cover
located underneath the kitchen scale and
insert 1 x 9V alkaline battery, ensuring the
polarity of the battery is correctly aligned.
Once the battery is properly inserted,
replace the compartment cover.

to use the kitchen scale

Ensure the kitchen scale is on a dry level
surface for operation.
Press the Power button. The Kitchen scale
will “Beep” once and all functions will be
briefly displayed. After a few seconds the
scale will be ready for use.
Place the item you wish to weigh in the
centre of the weighing platform. Record the
weight, then remove item and press the
Power button to off. Alternatively, if you have
not finished using the kitchen scale, follow
the directions below for other functions.
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If the kitchen scale is switched on with an item
on the weighing platform, the lCd screen will
show “0”. If the item is removed the screen
will show the weight of the item with the minus
sign (on the left hand side).
If the weighed items exceed the scale’s
capacity of 5kg/11lbs the error sign, “err” will
be displayed on the lCd screen.
the battery low indicator will appear on the
lCd screen should the battery need replacing.
should this happen the lCd screen will display
the word “lo”.
the kitchen scale will automatically turn itself
off after 2 minutes of not being used. the lCd
screen will not be illuminated when the
kitchen scale is off.

to use the Zero button

To weigh different items consecutively without
removing the items from the kitchen scale, use
the “ZERO” button:
Press the Power button. The word “ZERO”
will display lower left side on the LCD
screen.
Place item to weigh in the centre of the
weighing platform and record weight. Press
the ZERO button to reset weight to “0”
before adding the next item.
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the kitchen scale has a default function and
will remember the last program used. for
example, if metric grams or “g” was last
selected, this will automatically displayed the
next time the kitchen scale is switched on.
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