Mr. Coffee TF5 User Guide - Page 7

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PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION THE The coffeemaker CLEAN COFFEEMAKER AS COFFEEMAKER needs cleaning. DESCRIBED IN "CLEANING BREWS AND MAINTAINING" SLOWLY SECTION. THE FILTER BASKET OVERFLOWS The filter basket INSERT FILTER BASKET is not properly CORRECTLY. inserted. The decanter is not placed all the way in on the warming plate. PLACE DECANTER CORRECTLY ON WARMING PLATE. The decanter lid is not on decanter. PLACE LID ON THE DECANTER. Too many coffee grounds were placed in the filter. REMOVE FILTER, DISCARD GROUNDS. IF PAPER FILTER, REPLACE. IF PERMANENT FILTER, RINSE. BEGIN BREWING PROCESS AGAIN. The decanter TURN OFF AND UNPLUG was removed THE UNIT. ALLOW TO from the COOL. WIPE UP THE warming plate SPILL. DO NOT SET HOT for more than 30 DECANTER BACK ON THE seconds. WET WARMING PLATE OR IT MIGHT CRACK. THE COFFEE IS There's a power WAIT FOR POWER TO BE NOT HOT outage. RESTORED. E11 BVMC-TF 4 CUP_11ESM1.indd 13-14 PROBLEM THE COFFEE TASTES BAD THE GROUNDS ARE IN THE COFFEE POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION Coffee grounds USE COFFEE GRIND other than for an RECOMMENDED FOR automatic drip AUTOMATIC DRIP coffeemaker were COFFEEMAKERS. used. The ground coffee-towater ratio was unbalanced. USE CORRECT GROUND COFFEE-TO-WATER RATIO. The coffeemaker needs cleaning. CLEAN COFFEEMAKER AS DESCRIBED IN "CLEANING AND MAINTAINING YOUR COFFEEMAKER" SECTION. The filter is not SEAT FILTER PROPERLY properly seated in WITHIN THE FILTER the basket. BASKET. The filter collapsed. REMOVE FILTER AND REPLACE. Do you still have questions? You can call us toll-free at the MR. COFFEE® Consumer Service Department, 1-800-MR COFFEE (1-800-672-6333) or you can visit us at www.mrcoffee.com. E12 11/8/11 11:03 AM

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PROBLEM
POSSIBLE CAUSE
SOLUTION
THE
COFFEEMAKER
BREWS
SLOWLY
The coffeemaker
needs cleaning.
CLEAN COFFEEMAKER AS
DESCRIBED IN “CLEANING
AND MAINTAINING”
SECTION.
THE FILTER
BASKET
OVERFLOWS
The filter basket
is not properly
inserted.
INSERT FILTER BASKET
CORRECTLY.
The decanter is
not placed all
the way in on
the warming
plate.
PLACE DECANTER
CORRECTLY ON
WARMING PLATE.
The decanter
lid is not on
decanter.
PLACE LID ON THE
DECANTER.
Too many coffee
grounds were
placed in the
filter.
REMOVE FILTER, DISCARD
GROUNDS. IF PAPER
FILTER, REPLACE. IF
PERMANENT FILTER,
RINSE. BEGIN BREWING
PROCESS AGAIN.
The decanter
was removed
from the
warming plate
for more than 30
seconds.
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.
THE COFFEE IS
NOT HOT
There’s a power
outage.
WAIT FOR POWER TO BE
RESTORED.
PROBLEM
POSSIBLE CAUSE
SOLUTION
THE COFFEE
TASTES BAD
Coffee grounds
other than for an
automatic drip
coffeemaker were
used.
USE COFFEE GRIND
RECOMMENDED FOR
AUTOMATIC DRIP
COFFEEMAKERS.
The ground
coffee-to-
water ratio was
unbalanced.
USE CORRECT GROUND
COFFEE-TO-WATER
RATIO.
The coffeemaker
needs cleaning.
CLEAN COFFEEMAKER
AS DESCRIBED IN
“CLEANING AND
MAINTAINING YOUR
COFFEEMAKER”
SECTION.
THE GROUNDS
ARE IN THE
COFFEE
The filter is not
properly seated in
the basket.
SEAT FILTER PROPERLY
WITHIN THE FILTER
BASKET.
The filter
collapsed.
REMOVE FILTER AND
REPLACE.
Do you still have questions? You can call us toll-free at the
MR. COFFEE
®
Consumer Service Department,
1-800-MR COFFEE (1-800-672-6333)
or you can visit us at
www.mrcoffee.com.
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