Cuisinart Digital Kitchen Scale User Manual

Cuisinart Digital Kitchen Scale

CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS

Treating your scale with care will ensure proper use and years of excellent service. Make sure scale is turned off. Wipe down the scale surface and touchpad buttons with a damp cloth. Do not put any water or dishwashing soap directly over the electronic parts of the scale as this may cause the scale to malfunction or weigh ingredients improperly. Display your scale on the countertop along with your other Cuisinart products, store in a cabinet or on a kitchen shelf.

ESSENTIAL PRECAUTIONS

1. Do not immerse in water or place under running tap water.
2. Do not put hot objects on scale.
3. Do not use abrasive cleaners.
4. Do not cut, chop or store anything on scale.

LIMITED LIFETIME WARRANTY

Your Cuisinart’ kitchen scale is warranted to be free of defects in material and workmanship under normal home use from the date of original purchase throughout the original purchaser’s lifetime. We recommend that you visit our website, www.cuisinart.ca for a fast, efficient way to complete your product registration. However, product registration does not eliminate the need for the consumer to maintain the original proof of purchase in order to obtain the warranty benefits. If your kitchen scale should prove to be defective within your lifetime, we will repair it (or, if we think it’s necessary, replace it) without charge to you, except for shipping and handling. To obtain warranty service, please call our Consumer Service Centre toll-free at 1-800-472-7606, or write to Consumer Service Centre, Cuisinart, 100 Conair Parkway, Woodbridge, ON. L4H OL2.E-mail: Consumer_Canada@Conair.com. To facilitate the speed and accuracy of your return, please enclose $10.00 for shipping and handling of the product, along with proof of purchase. Please also be sure to include a return address, description of the product problem, phone number, and any other information pertinent to the product’s return. Please pay by cheque or money order. Please note the party to whom the cheque or money order should be made payable to Cuisinart Canada. NOTE: For added protection and secure handling of any Cuisinart’ product that is being returned, we recommend you use a traceable, insured delivery service. Cuisinart cannot be held responsible for in-transit damage or for packages that are not delivered to us. Lost and/or damaged products are not covered under warranty. This warranty excludes damage caused by accident, misuse or abuse, including damage caused by overheating, and it does not apply to scratches, stains, discolouration, minor imperfections, slight colour variations or other damage to external or internal surfaces which does not impair the functional utility of the kitchen scale. This warranty also expressly excludes all incidental or consequential damages.

KITCHEN SCALES

Weighing is the quickest and most accurate way to measure most dry and solid ingredients such as sugar. flour and shortening for consistently reliable results. With your new Cuisinarr Kitchen Scale. weighing is simple and easy Designed to meet all your household measuring needs. your scale will provide precise. consistent weighing of cooking/baking ingredients for the best results. Use your scale to weigh food portions specified in your dieting guides You can even weigh oversized letters and packages to ensure you have the right amount of postage The Cuisinart· Kitchen Scale is compact. light and convenient to store. Operation and cleanup are fast and easy. It weighs in 1/8-ounce (1 g) increments up to a maximum of 11 pounds This scale converts from ounces to grams at the touch of a button and weighs in gram increments up to a maximum of 5 kilograms

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

Remove any labels or clear protective films from the scale before first use.

INSTALLING THE BATTERIES

Your scale includes 2 AAA batteries. Insert batteries into the battery compartment situated underneath the scale.
NOTE: When “Lo” appears on the display screen, the batteries must be replaced.

WEIGHING ITEMS

1. Place the scale on a level, hard surface.*
2. Choose to weigh directly on the glass platform, or use a bowl or glass container for sanitary food handling (see Tare Function).
3.  Press the ON/OFF button to turn the scale on. “8888” first appears on the display followed by “O” g, indicating the scale is ready for use.
4. Place the object/food item to be weighed on the platform and read the weight on the LCD screen.
   • A small “o” symbol indicates the scale is level enough for accurate readings.

NOTES: Weights are displayed in lg increments. The scale will read up to 5.2kg, after which “Err” is displayed on the screen. This means the scale is overloaded. Do not touch any parts of the scale with your hands while weighing is in progress. The scale is very sensitive and may pick up extra readings.

CHANGING MODES

To change from metric (kg/g) to imperial (lbs/oz) mode at anytime during use, press the UNIT button once.

TARE FUNCTION

WEIGHING WITH A BOWL
You may want to weigh ingredients in a bowl or other container. The tare option offsets the weight of the bowl so that you are only weighing the ingredient. If you remove the bowl from the scale, a minus weight (weight of bowl) appears in the display.

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

1. Place a bowl on the scale platform.
2. Press the ON/OFF button on the front panel. At first “8888” will appear. Wait until “O” appears on the display screen.
3. To tare, press the TARE button once. “O” will appear. Place the ingredient into the bowl. The weight of the added ingredient appears.

ADD AND WEIGH FEATURE

If you want to reach a desired weight (e.g., 300g flour) – you can use the Add ‘n Weigh procedure.

1. Place your scale on a stable, level surface.
2. Press the ON/OFF button. Wait until “O” appears on the display.
3. Place an empty bowl to hold the ingredients on the scale.
4. Zero out the weight of the empty bowl by pressing the TARE button. Wait until “O” appears on the scale. This will ensure that the weight of the empty bowl is subtracted from the total weight of the bowl and ingredients.
5. You are now ready to weigh your first ingredient. Place the ingredient into the bowl until the desired weight appears on the display.
6. You are now ready to weigh the next ingredient(s). Place additional ingredient in the bowl until the desired weight appears on the display.

NOTE: If you want to view the weight of individual ingredients as they are added to the bowl, then tare each time you add a new ingredient.

AUTOMATIC SWITCH OFF

To conserve battery power, the scale automatically shuts off if left unused for approximately one minute. To turn the scale off manually, press and hold the ON/OFF button for two seconds.

DISPLAY MESSAGES

The Cuisinart· Kitchen Scale provides the following display messages to simplify operation.

• Displays when you switch the scale on. 8888 Wait until “O” appears to begin weighing.
• Displays when you reset the scale to zero while using the Q TARE function. Wait until “O” appears to begin weighing.
• Displays when the scale is ready for use. C Displays when scale is overloaded. Remove excess weight from the scale.

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