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Thesuppliedlterreducesmanyofthecontaminantsthat
cannegativelyaffecttheavorofthecoffee.Although
theCoffeeMakerwillfunctionnormallywithoutit,useof
thelterishighlyrecommended.
ThelterassemblyconsistsofaWaterFilterHolder,
andanactivecarbonltercartridge.Priortoinserting
thecartridgeintotheholder,placethecarbonlter
cartridgeintoacontainerofcleancoolwater,andlet
soak.After10minutes,removethecartridgefromthe
containerandthoroughlyrinseunderrunningtapwater
for10to15seconds.Thiswillremoveanycarbon
dustparticlesthatcouldmaketheirwayintoyourrst
brew.Thisstepisonlynecessaryfornewcarbonlters.
Repeatthisprocedureeachtimeyoureplacethelter.
Itisrecommendedthatthecarbonlterbereplaced
aftereach60brewcycles.AreminderontheLCDpanel
willalertyouonceyouhavereachedthe60thbrew
cycle.Toclearthereminder,simplypressandholdthe
Setbuttonuntilthealertdisappears.
Toinstallthelter,placethecarboncartridgeintothe
WaterFilterHoldercage,andsnapthecageclosed,
lockingthecartridgeintotheholder.
LowertheWaterFilterHolder,lterendrst,downinto
thebottomofthewaterreservoirandinserttheholder
intothepocketlocatedatthebottomofthereservoir.
PlugtheCoffeeMakerintoagroundedoutlet.You
shouldhearashortalerttone.Fillthereservoirwith
clean,coolwater.Donotexceed12cupsofwater,as
theoverowslotsinthebackofthereservoirwillcause
theexcesswatertorunoutthebackoftheunitandon
tothecountertop.
Ifyouareusingacontainerotherthanthecarafeto
llthereservoir,usethewaterlevelindicatorwindow
ontherightsideoftheCoffeeMakertomeasurethe
desiredamountofwater.
PlacetheFilterBasketintopositionandlowerthe
PermanentGold-Tonelterintothebasket-Donot
addcoffeeatthistime!Placetheemptycarafeonto
thewarmingplateandpresstheOn-Offbuttononce
tostartthebrewingprocess.AllowtheCoffeeMaker
tocyclewithwater-onlyfortherstuse.Theunitwill
soundthreealerttonesoncethebrewingprocesshas
completed.Discardthewaterfromthebreak-incycle.
Repeatthesestepseachtimeyoureplacethecarbon
lterelement.