Braun AromaSelect KF 185 Quick guide

AromaSelect
12
KF 185
Type 3116
Coffeemaker
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Our products are engineered to meet the highest
standards of quality, functionality and design.
We hope you thoroughly enjoy the new Braun
appliance.
Caution
Read all instructions before using this product.
This appliance must kept out of the reach of
children! Before plugging into a socket, check
whether your voltage corresponds with the voltage
printed on the bottom of the appliance.
Do not put the carafe on other heated surfaces
(such as stove plates, hot trays, etc.).
Before you start preparing coffee a second time,
always allow the coffeemaker to cool down approxi-
mately for 5 minutes between brewing (switch the
appliance off), otherwise steam can develop when
you pour cold water into the water container and this
could cause scalding.
The hotplate
9 heats up when the appliance is
switched on. Avoid touching it and never let the cord
come into contact with it.
Braun electric appliances meet applicable safety
standards. Repairs on electric appliances must only
be done by authorised service personnel. Faulty,
unqualified repair work may cause accidents or
injury to the user.
The cord of the appliance may only be replaced by
anauthorisedBraunServiceCentreasaspecialtool
is required.
Important
This appliance was constructed to process normal
household quantities. Always use cold water to
make coffee. Warm water or other liquids could
cause damage to the coffeemaker.
Before using the first time, or when the coffeemaker
has not been used for some time, fill the water
container
3 to the maximum level with cold water
(i.e. without coffee and without a filter). Turn on the
coffeemaker and allow the water to flow through.
Maximum cups
12 cups (125 ml each)
18 cups ( 83 ml each)
Functions
● AromaSelect feature
● Time display (24 hour clock)
● Manual operation
● Automatic operation (24 hours)
● Brewing small amounts (1-3 cups – 125 ml each)
● Audio-visual «coffee ready» signal
● Automatic hotplate switch-off
(from 3.59 hours to 0.00 hours)
● Adjustable heating temperature (+/– 5°C)
● Descaling/decalcifying control
Description
1 Cord storage
2 Water level indicator
3 Water container
4 Space compensator
D Water filter cartridge
d Dial for water filter exchange
5 AromaSelect dial
(mild taste = /strong taste = )
6 Cover for the water container
7 Filter support bracket
8 Filter holder
9 Hotplate
j Temperature sensor
k Decalcifying indicator «calc»
l Temperature selector «–temp.+»
(for the hotplate
9 )
m Display
n Button «h» (for setting the hours)
o Button «min» (for setting the minutes)
p Yellow control lamp
(for the small amounts operation)
q Button for the small amounts operation «1-3 »
r Green control lamp
(for the automatic operation)
s Button for the «automatic» operation
t «On/off» button
u Red/greencontrol lamp (for on/off settingandthe
automatic hotplate switch-off feature)
Setting the clock
Plug the appliance in. Three noughts appear on the
display
m of the electronic digital clock.
Toactivatethetimer,bothbuttons
n and o mustbe
pressed for at least 2 seconds each. Then press the
buttons «h»
n or «min» o as described below until
the correct time of day appears on the display
m .
5seconds after the last adjustment, the coffeemaker
will automatically return to the previous mode of
operation.
To set the correct time of day, first press the button
«h»
n to programme the hours.
Then press the button «min»
o to programme the
minutes.Recommendation:Justbeforereachingthe
correct time, repeatedly press the buttons «h» and
«min» without holding down to avoid going past the
time required.
The dots between the hours and minutes will flash
once the clock has been programmed.
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Note: If the power supply is interrupted or the plug
is pulled out of the socket, the clock will run for a fur-
ther 15 minutes. All programmed function are also
stored for 15 minutes.
Filling with coffee grounds
Swing out the filter holder 8 (a) and insert the filter.
Put coffee grounds (not ground too finely) into the
filter and close the filter holder again (a) until it
snaps in place. Measure coffee according to the
strength desired.
Filling with water
Important: When filling with water and during coffee
preparation either the space compensator
4 or the
water filter cartridge
D must be installed in the
water container
3 . Otherwise the water level indica-
tor
2 will not function correctly and the carafe may
overflow.
Fill the water container with as much cold water as
coffee is required. To do this, lift the cover for the
water container
6 and pour the cold water into the
watercontainer
3 .The amount of water is shown on
the water level indicator
2 (maximum 12 cups –
125 ml each).
Space compensator
The space compensator 4 in the water container 3
takes up the space which is intended for the water
filter cartridge
D . Unless the water filter cartridge is
installed in the water container, the space compen-
sator must always be inside the water container
when filling with water and brewing to avoid overfil-
ling. Keep the space compensator as it has to be
installed in the water container if you have to decal-
cify your coffeemaker.
Water filter cartridge
The water filter cartridge D is suitable for drinking-
water only. It gives your purer tasting coffee by
removing chlrorine, bad tastes and odors as well as
scale. Provided the cartridge is regularly replaced,
it provides not only better tasting coffee, but also
canincreasethelifeofyourcoffeemakerbyprevent-
ing calcification.
Installing the water filter cartridge
Unpack the water filter cartridge D . Then put the fil-
ter cartridge for 10 minutes in a receptable filled with
water.
Remove the space compensator
4 from the water
container and replace it by the water filter cartridge
D . Make sure to keep the space compensator
asit could be neededifyoudonot use the waterfilter
any longer at a future point in time or for
decalcification.
After having installed a new water filter cartridge,
allow the maximum amount of fresh, cold water to
run through the coffeemaker.
In order to ensure the proper functioning of the filter
cartridge, exchange it after 2 months of regularly
using the coffeemaker. In order to remind you to
replace the filter in time, you may set the dial
d
incorporated in the cover of the water container to
the month when the cartridge has to be exchanged.
Dial for water filter exchange
After having installed a new filter cartridge, set the
dial
d 2months furhter by turning it from the reverse
side of the water container cover.
Pre-selecting the taste – AromaSelect dial
Byadjusting the AromaSelect dial 5 ,you can adjust
the taste of your coffee to suit your personal prefer-
ence – milder with less bitter aftertaste or stronger,
but always with the same full flavour. The Aroma-
Select dial
5 can be adjusted in two different ways,
both before you turn on the coffeemaker. With the
water container lid closed, grasp the dial by the two
raised grip points and turn in the desired direction.
Alternatively, with the water container lid open, turn
the dial with the attached L-shaped grip.
If you prefer milder coffee with less bitter aftertaste,
turn the AromaSelect dial
5 in the direction of the
symbol (b). Should you prefer a more stronger
taste, turn the AromaSelect dial towards the
symbol. Regardless of the position you select, the
coffee will always have the same full coffee flavour
only a milder or stronger aftertaste. With the cover
of the water container closed, the selected setting
can always be seen (c).
Manual operation
To switch on, press the «on/off» button t .
The control lamp
u will light up red indicating that
the coffeemaker is switched on and brewing is in
process. To switch off the coffeemaker, press the
«on/off» button
t . The red control lamp u will
briefly flash and all control lamps will go off.
Automatic operation
To programme the automatic operation, press the
«automatic»button
s until thegreencontrol lamp r
begins to flash. Three noughts or the previously pro-
grammed time appear on the display
m .
When the green control lamp
r begins to flash,
release the button
s and, as described under
«Setting the clock», programme the time for
automatic operation by pressing the buttons «h»
n
and «min»
o . After programming is completed, the
green control lamp
r will go off after 5 seconds.
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To activate automatic operation, briefly press the
button «automatic»
s . The green control lamp r
lights up, the pre-set brewing, time is briefly shown
on the display
m . Brewing automatically begins at
the pre-set time.
Whenthe brewing process begins,the greencontrol
lamp
r goes off and the control lamp u lights up red
to indicate that brewing has begun.
If, for instance, you want to make coffee at the same
time on the following day, you must activate the
automatic operation again (see above). However,
this should only be done after brewing is finished or
the programmed time for the hotplate switch-off
(when none of the control lamps are on), as you
could otherwise interrupt brewing or switch off the
hotplate
9 .
Making coffee
Place the carafe with the lid on onto the hotplate 9
and snap the filter holder
8 in place. Switch the
coffeemaker on as described. Brewing time is
approx. 50 seconds per cup (including dripping).
A «drip stop» prevents dripping when lifting off the
Carafe shortly. Remove the filter holder
8 to empty
grounds (see section «Cleaning»).
Brewing small amounts
(1-3 cups – 125 ml each)
Switch the coffeemaker on with the «on/off» button
t . The control lamp u lights up red.
Press the button «1-3 »
q . The yellow control
lamp
p lights up.
This indicates that the function for brewing small
amounts is activated and the coffeemaker is in
operation. Brewing will begin.
Thefacility forbrewingsmall amountscanbepre-set
in the automatic operation mode. Press briefly the
«automatic» button
s . The control lamp r lights up
green. Then press the button «1-3 »
q and the
yellow control lamp
p ligts up.
The coffeemaker will only brew small amounts of
coffee in this mode if both the «1-3 cups» facility
and the timing are pre-set.
This function can be switched on or off during the
brewing process. To switch off the function for small
amounts,pressthe button «1-3 »
q .Theyellow
control lamp
p will go off.
Audio-visual «coffee ready» signal
The signal indicates that brewing is finished and the
water has run through the filter. The coffeemaker
beeps 5 times and the control lamp
u changes from
red to green. To switch off the coffeemaker
manually, press the «on/off» button
t . The control
lamp
u lights up red briefly and all control lamps
then go off.
Ajustable heating temperature
The heating temperature can be adjusted approxi-
mately5 °Cusing theknob«–temp.+»
l .Toreduce
the temperature, turn the knob anti-clockwise. To
increase the temperature, turn the knob clockwise.
Keeping the coffee hot
The carafe can remain on the hotplate 9 which
begins to heat up when the coffeemaker is switched
on and will keep the coffee hot until the coffeemaker
is switched off (red control lamp goes out).
Automatic hotplate switch-off
The temperature sensor j in the hotplate 9 regu-
lates the temperature of the coffee irrespective of
the amount in the jug. The coffeemaker can be set
to stay hot after brewing for up to 4 hours. Press
the «on/off» button
t until the control lamp u
begins to flash red and the heating time appears on
the display
m . Release the «on/off» button tand
set the desired heating time with the buttons «h» n
and «min» ofrom 3 hours 59 minutes to 0 hour 00
minutes. When the control lamp ushining red goes
off, the pre-set heating time is stored in the memory
and the display shows the time of day again.
After the brewing process, the control lamp ulights
up green until the coffeemaker is automatically
switched off at the end of the heating time. A double
beep can be heard and all control lamps go off.
Cleaning
Always pull the plug out of the socket before clean-
ing (all programmed functions are stored for approxi-
mately 15 minutes). The appliance should never be
immersed into water. Swing out the filter holder 8
and pull it off upwards from the filter support bracket
7(e). To replace, set the curved protruding rim of
the filter holder 8on top of support bracket 7. Be
sure that the rib under the rim of the filter holder 8
fits snugly into the groove on the support bracket 7
so that the filter holder 8fits nearly into place and
so the filter holder closes easily into the machine.
To wash, take the lid off the carafe (d). The carafe,
lid
and filter holdercanbe cleaned inthedishwasher .
All other parts should be cleaned will a damp cloth
only. After cleaning, put the lid back on the carafe
(d). Clean the hotplate 9with liquid cleansers only.
Do not use abrasive cleansers. The filter support
bracket7canbe taken off for cleaning. Swing it out,
push it up and pull it off diagonally downwards (f).
To replace, insert the top first.
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Decalcifying
If you have hard water and you use your coffee-
maker without a water filter, it has to be decalcified
regularly. The frequency depends on the hardness
of your water and how often you use your coffee-
maker. When using the water filter cartridge Dand
exchanging it regularly, you normally will not need to
decalcify.
However, if it is necessary to decalcify the coffee-
maker, the decalcifying indicator «calc» kwill flash
red when the coffeemaker is switched on. When the
programmedheating time is over or the coffeemaker
is switched off manually, the indicator «calc» will go
off, together with the control lamps.
Important: Replace the water filter by the space
compensator 4for any decalcifying procedure.
When decalcifying, turn the AromaSelect dial 5to
the symbol.
You can either use a commercially available decalci-
fying agent which does not affect aluminium, or vine-
gar essence, available in food stores.
1. Follow the instructions of the manufacturer of the
decalcifying agent.
2. Repeat the procedure at least twice with a newly
prepared decalcifying solution, in order to ensure
that all calcium residues have been removed.
3. Allow the maximum amount of fresh cold water
to run through at least twice to cleanse the
machine.
If you are using vinegar essence, please proceed as
follows:
1. Fill the water container 3to the mark for 3 cups
with cold water.
2. Add vinegar essence to the mark for 6 cups.
3. Place the carafe with the lid onto the hotplate 9,
close the filter holder 8(without any type of filter)
and switch on the coffeemaker.
4. Allow the decalcifying solution to run through.
5. Repeat this procedure at least three times with a
newly prepared descaling solution, in order to
remove all calcium residues.
6. Allow the maximum amount of fresh cold water
to run through at least twice to cleanse the
machine.
Subject to change without notice.
This product conforms to the
EMC-Requirements as laid down by the
Council Directive 89/336/EEC
Guarantee
We grant a 1 year guarantee on the product com-
mencing on the date of purchase.
Within the guarantee period we will eliminate, free of
charge, any defects in the appliance resulting from
faultsinmaterial or workmanship either by repairing,
or exchanging parts or exchanging the whole
appliance as we may choose.
Not covered by this guarantee: damage arising from
improper use (operation with incorrect current/
voltage, plugging it into an unsuitable power point,
breakage), normal wear and defects which have a
negligible effect on the value or operation of the
appliance.
The guarantee becomes void if repairs are under-
taken by unauthorized persons and if original Braun
parts are not used.
The guarantee only comes into force if the date of
purchase is confirmed by the dealer's stamp and sig-
nature on the guarantee card and registration card.
This guarantee extends to every country where this
appliance is supplied by Braun or its appointed dis-
tributor and where no import restrictions or other
legal regulations hinder or prevent service being
given under guarantee.
Service under the guarantee does not affect the
expirydate oftheguarantee. Theguaranteeonparts
or entire appliances which are exchanged ends
when the guarantee on this appliance expires.
In the event of a claim under this guarantee, hand in
the complete appliance with the valid guarantee
card to your dealer, or send both to the nearest
Braun Customer Service Centre.
Allotherclaims including for damages resulting from
this guarantee are excluded unless our liability is
legally mandatory.
Those claims arising out of the sales contract with
the vendor are not affected by this guarantee.
For UK only:
This guarantee in no way affects your rights under
statutory law.
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