TROUBLESHOOTING YOUR MR. COFFEE
Your MR. COFFEE
Coffeemaker has been carefully designed
®
to give you many years of trouble-free service. In the
unlikely event that your new coffeemaker does not operate
satisfactorily, please review the following potential problems
and try the steps recommended BEFORE you call an
Authorized Sunbeam Service Center.
PROBLEM
POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION
THE "BREW
The appliance is
NOW"/ON LIGHT
unplugged.
DOES NOT LIGHT
There's a power
UP
outage.
THE COFFEE IS
The appliance is
NOT BREWING
unplugged.
There's a power
outage.
The water
reservoir is empty.
The filter basket
is not properly
inserted.
The decanter is
not placed all
the way on the
warming plate.
THE
There are no
COFFEEMAKER
coffee grounds
ONLY BREWS
in the filter
WATER
basket.
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COFFEEMAKER
®
PLUG UNIT IN.
WAIT FOR POWER TO
BE RESTORED.
PLUG UNIT IN.
WAIT FOR POWER TO
BE RESTORED.
CHECK THE WATER
WINDOWS.
INSERT FILTER BASKET
CORRECTLY.
PLACE DECANTER
CORRECTLY ON
WARMING PLATE.
ADD THE DESIRED
AMOUNT OF COFFEE
TO THE FILTER.
PROBLEM
POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION
THE
The coffeemaker
COFFEEMAKER
needs cleaning.
BREWS SLOWLY
THE FILTER
The filter basket
BASKET
is not properly
OVERFLOWS
inserted.
The decanter is
not placed all
the way on the
warming plate.
The decanter
lid is not on
decanter.
Too many coffee
grounds were
placed in the
filter.
The decanter
was removed
from the
warming plate
for more than 30
seconds.
CLEAN COFFEEMAKER
AS DESCRIBED IN
"CLEANING AND
MAINTAINING"
SECTION.
INSERT FILTER BASKET
CORRECTLY.
PLACE DECANTER
CORRECTLY ON
WARMING PLATE.
PLACE LID ON THE
DECANTER.
REMOVE FILTER
DISCARD GROUNDS.
IF PAPER FILTER,
REPLACE. IF
PERMANENT FILTER,
RINSE. BEGIN BREWING
PROCESS AGAIN.
TURN OFF AND UNPLUG
THE UNIT. ALLOW TO
COOL.WIPE UP THE
SPILL. DO NOT SET HOT
DECANTER BACK ON THE
WET WARMING PLATE
OR IT MIGHT CRACK.
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