Hamilton Beach 43251, 43254 Using Your Coffeemaker, How to Make Coffee, To Program Automatic Brew

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Using Your Coffeemaker

How to Make Coffee

1.To ensure best possible taste, wash the carafe then clean the inside of unit. See “Cleaning Instructions.”

2.Press H to set current hour with AM or PM. Press M to set current minutes.

3.Place OPTIONAL water filter and water filter holder into reservoir (see “Optional Feature”).

4.Lift Top Cover. Fill Carafe with the desired amount of cold water, and pour into Water Reservoir. Place Carafe with Carafe Lid attached on Keep-Hot Plate. Move Shower Head into a position over the Reservoir. Place disposable paper filter in Filter Basket. Use a good quality cupcake (basket) style filter, 8 to 12 cup size. A permanent filter may also be used.

5.For each cup of coffee being made, place one level measuring table- spoon of ground coffee into filter.

6.After adding ground coffee into fil- ter, move Shower Head back into position over Filter Basket. Flip cover down to close.

NOTE: If Shower Head is posi- tioned over Water Reservoir when Top Cover is closed, it will automat- ically be swiveled into position over Filter Basket when the Top Cover is closed.

7.Press ON/OFF button once to turn the Coffeemaker on. The On/Off Indicator Light will glow red when in use.

NOTE: To serve coffee during the brewing cycle, remove carafe and pour a cup. By removing the carafe, the flow of coffee from the bottom of the Filter Basket will stop.

8.When finished, press the ON/OFF button once and unplug.

NOTE: If the Coffeemaker is not turned off manually, it will automati- cally shut off in two hours.

9.If storing Coffeemaker, the Cord can be pushed into a special cord stor- age area in the back of the unit.

To Program Automatic Brew

1.Make sure clock is set for correct time of day.

2.Fill coffeemaker with desired amount of water and coffee. Place carafe with lid on Keep-Hot Plate.

3.While holding PROG (program) but- ton, press H and M buttons until desired brewing time is reached.

4.Once desired brewing time has been reached, release PROG and current time is displayed.

5.Press AUTO to set coffeemaker to come on automatically at the desired time.

6.An illuminated green light within the AUTO button indicates that the brew cycle will begin at the set time.

7.Press AUTO again to cancel auto- matic brew.

CAUTION

Burn Hazard

Return Carafe to Keep-Hot Plate within 20 seconds. Hot water continues to flow into the Filter Basket when this feature is used. Overflowing coffee and hot water are a burn hazard.

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