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NOTE
Note: According to technical improvements, the product may differ slightly in
design and some specifications from the picture on the shipping box.
BEFORE FIRST USE
WARNING – DO NOT let children play with the appliance, or any part
of it, or the packaging! Do not leave the appliance, any part of it, or the packaging
unattended, when they are in reach of children and/or animals.
Always unplug the appliance, before moving or cleaning the appliance and before
removing any parts. Do not place or immerse the appliance or power cord in water
or other liquids or spill any liquids on the exterior of the appliance or the power cord.
Do not place the appliance or power cord in an automatic dishwasher.
1. Unpack the appliance and all accessories carefully. Check that no parts are
damaged or missing (see: ‘Knowing Your Desigh Ice Shaver’).
2. Remove all shipping materials and promotional materials. However, do not
remove any warning or information labels (e.g. the model label).
3. Select a sufficiently large workspace near a suited wall power outlet. However,
ensure that the power outlet is always accessible. The workspace must be dry,
sufficiently stable, water-resistant and level (see: ‘Important Safeguards’).
4. Before first use and after an elongated period of storage, clean the appliance
(see: ‘Care and Cleaning’).
IMPORTANT NOTES FOR OPERATION
IMPORTANT - Only process frozen drinking water, frozen beverages, or frozen
food that is fit for consumption and sufficiently solid (e.g. ice cream, frozen fruit
or frozen vegetables) via the appliance. The maximum amount is 200 ml; filling
level: ca. 1 cm (1/2 inch) below the rim. Do NOT place any foreign objects,
foreign materials, inedible parts of food, or food that may the off into the appli-
ance or its parts.
• It may be very demanding to separate frozen blocks of food to pieces of appror-
piate size. Therefore, any frozen food should be in fitting portions for being pro-
cessed via your Ice Shaver. It is essential to select pre-frozen food accordingly
and use fitting vessels for freezing. When using ice makers or ice cube trays,
ensure that the pieces fit as well.
• When freezing food by yourself: before placing the ingredients into the freezer,
always remove all inedible parts (e.g. stalks, hard shells, seeds). Cut large parts
to pieces of appropriate size. Select fitting vessels for freezing. We recommend
to use the provided ice molds.
• In general, best results can be achieved only, when the ice is at sufficient tempe-
rature. The optimum temperature depends on the type of ice you process (e.g.
ice of clear water, frozen fruit juices, sorbet, ice cream or frozen yoghurt). As a
rule of thumb: The higher the content of sugar, fat and/or proteins, the lower the
required temperature of the ice. Perhaps, you need a try for getting the optimum
results.
• Cool the removable parts of the appliance, before processing ice. For this, at
least select the coldest place in your refrigerator (e.g. for processing ice of clear
water) or even the freezer (e.g. ice cream, frozen yoghurt).
• Keep in mind, that the freezing process in the provided ice molds of the appli-
ance may require 10-12 hours (at -18°C). Therefore, if you wish to make ice by
yourself, it is best to prepare the ingredients on the day before and leave them
in the freezer over-night.
• Clear or flavoured drinking water and frozen fruit juices may give extremely hard
ice when at -18°C (usual temperature of your freezer). For an easier processing
and for improving the life time of the knife and motor, leave this type of ice in
the refrigerator for some time for letting it rise in temperature and soften, before
processing it via the appliance. Do NOT heat up the ice for softening. Just leave
it in the refrigerator or at ambient temperature for a while.
• It may be possible to get stripes of ice cream with high content of sugar, fat and
proteins (e.g. made with whole milk or cream, frozen yogurt). However, this
type of ice may be sufficiently soft even when on freezer temperature (-18°C or
colder). For this task, it is essential to place the pusher disc, ice container and
inset into the freezer at least for 1 hour before processing. Try to process these
types of ice immediately after taking them out of the freezer. Additionally, adjust
the knife of the Ice Shaver to a coarse cut (turning the adjusting knob clockwise).
• It is much easier to get ice out of a vessel, when holding the exterior of the vessel
shortly under cold running tap water. Ensure that the ice will not fall out, while
doing so.
• Immediately after processing a portion, you may fill the ice container again.
However, keep in mind that the motor needs ca. 10 minutes for cooling down
after continuous operation for 1 minute. On normal usage, this time limit
will not be reached, because the appliance processes a protion of ice within
seconds. An exception may be, when processing plain or flavoured ice imme-
diately after taking it out of the freezer. In general, before processing, please
allow these types of ice to warm up a little.
• The vessels for collecting the slushed ice must fit into the base of the appliance
and must have a sufficiently large opening. Otherwise, the slushed ice may miss