Product Assembly; Product Usage - KitchenAid 5KCM1209 Owner's Manual

PRODUCT ASSEMBLY

SETTING THE BREW STRENGTH
1.
To switch between Regular and Bold brew strengths: Press
NOTE: Regular is the default setting.
TIP: While brewing small batches (2-4 cups), using the "Bold Setting" is recommended.
FILLING WATER FOR BREWING
TIP: Brew 2 Carafes of fresh, cool water and discard before brewing the first Carafe of coffee.
1.
Pour fresh water in the Water Tank.
Use the level markings. Then, close the lid properly.
OR
Lift the Water Tank up gently. Pour fresh water in the Water Tank. Place the Water Tank
back in position properly.
NOTE: Fill the Water Tank with only the amount of water needed to brew your desired
number of cups. If you put in 12 cups of water, the Coffee Maker will brew all 12 cups.
2.
Place the Carafe in the Coffee Maker. Make sure the Carafe lid is in place and bottom of
the Carafe is fully seated.
ASSEMBLY OF BREW BASKET
1.
Raise the Brew Basket Lid and remove the Brew Basket.
2.
Insert the Gold Tone permanent filter or cone paper filter into the Brew Basket.
TIP: The coffee filter can also be inserted and coffee grounds added with or without
removing the Brew Basket from the Coffee Maker.
3.
Gold tone permanent filter: Add coffee grounds. Use the "Dosage Ladder".
For example: If you need 8 cups of Brew Coffee, then add coffee grounds till 8 cups scale
level.
OR
Cone paper coffee filter: Add desired coffee grounds. Use the "Coffee Dosage Chart" on
the back of the Water Tank as a guide for how much coffee grounds to use. Pre-wetting the
paper is not required.
IMPORTANT: Do not use both types of filters at the same time.
Using both filters might cause water and coffee to overflow the Brew Basket.
4.
Place the basket into the Coffee Maker aligning with the slot.
5.
Be sure the Brew Basket Lid is fully closed before brewing.

PRODUCT USAGE

PROGRAMMING THE AUTO SET 1 AND AUTO SET 2 FEATURE
IMPORTANT: Set the correct time as per the instructions in "Setting the Clock" before using
the Auto Set feature.
Your Coffee Maker comes with two preset time options. Auto Set 1 and Auto Set 2 provide you
the ability to preset the coffee brewing time twice in week or day.
As desired, you can use Auto Set 1 to preset coffee brewing time for weekdays and Auto Set 2
can be preset for weekends. Or as per your preference, you can use Auto Set 1 to preset
coffee brewing time for morning coffee and Auto Set 2 can be preset for evening coffee.
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