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Additional Features & Tips
For more usage tips and safety information, please refer to the FoodSaver Reference Guide or visit our website at www.foodsaver.com.
General Tips
If appliance lid is locked, press Open/Cancel Button | Open/Cancel Button can also be used to cancel |
(B) to open lid. | vacuum process |
Tips on Sealing a Bag
Make sure you’ve placed the bag in the proper | excess liquids. Just be sure to leave at least 3 inches |
place. When making a bag from a roll, make sure end | between paper towel and end of bag so that bag |
of cut piece is on Sealing Strip (E), not over rubber | seals properly with paper towel inside. |
gasket (F) or in Vacuum Channel (C). | Make sure you give appliance time to cool down. |
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Prevent moisture or liquid from being pulled into | Wait at least 20 seconds between seals. Under very |
the Vacuum Channel or trapped in the seal. Either | heavy usage, appliance will shut off automatically to |
prevent overheating. If it does, wait 20 minutes to | |
hours before vacuum packaging, or place a folded | allow appliance to cool off. |
paper towel between food and end of bag to absorb |
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Tips on Removing Air from a Bag
Make sure you’ve placed the bag in the proper | If motor runs for more than 30 seconds without | ||
place. When vacuuming and sealing a bag, make sure | stopping, you may need to adjust bag and try again. If | ||
open end of bag is inside Vacuum Channel (C). | you are making the initial seal on a piece of bag material | ||
Check for wrinkles in the bag along the Sealing | with two open ends, make sure bag is placed on Sealing | ||
Strip, not on rubber gasket (F). If you are vacuum | |||
Strip. Wrinkles in seal may cause leakage and allow | |||
packaging with a bag, make sure open end is placed | |||
air to come back into bag. Check for wrinkles in bag | |||
down inside Vacuum Channel and make sure Accessory | |||
along Sealing Strip (E) before closing lid and vacuum | |||
Hose (D) is not attached. If you are vacuum packaging | |||
packaging. If you find wrinkles after sealing bag, | |||
with an accessory, check Accessory Hose in appliance | |||
simply cut bag open and vacuum package again. | |||
lid and in accessory to ensure a tight fit. | More | ||
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Copyright © 2004 Tilia, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced or redistributed in any fashion without the express written consent of Tilia, Inc. FoodSaver and the Freshness Shield logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Tilia Int’l, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Tilia, Inc. and Tilia Int’l, Inc. are Jarden companies. This product is protected by one or more of the following Patents:
U.S. RE 34,929; 4,660,355; 4,941,310; 5,655,357; 6,058,998; 6,256,968; Canada 1,315,746; and their equivalent international patents.
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