Safety Precautions - Hitachi RZ-W2000YH Operating Instructions Manual

Safety Precautions

This rice cooker is a home appliance. Do not use this cooker for commercial applications.
Observe the following instructions will prevent injury to the user and others and damage to property. In addition, the
precautions provided throughout this manual should be read carefully and the rice cooker should be used correctly.
Precautions Shown Here
The harm or damage that could result from ignoring the following precautions and incorrectly using the rice cooker are classified
and explained using the following symbols and messages.
This symbol designates
information that, if not
Warning
followed, "could result
in death or serious injury."
This symbol designates
information that, if not
Caution
followed, "could result in
injury or property damage."
To Prevent Electric Shock, Short Circuits, Ignition, and Fires
●
Use a 220VAC power outlet by itself.
●
Push the power plug all the way into the power outlet.
●
Wipe off any dust from the plug prongs.
●
The shape of the power plug may differ from that shown in the picture.
●
Do not modify the rice cooker.
The rice cooker should only be disassembled and repaired by a service technician.
Contact
prohibited
●
Do not insert or remove the plug with
wet hands.
Wet hands
prohibited
●
Do not use the rice cooker if the power cord or power plug is damaged or
if the power plug is loosen when plugged into the power outlet.
●
Do not damage, modify, excessively bend, pull on, twist, or fold up the
power cord or place it near a hot object or under a heavy object.
●
Do not insert a metal object, such as a pin or needle or other foreign
object in the intake vent, exhaust vent, or gaps between components at
the bottom surface of the body.
●
Do not allow unsupervised use by children and keep out of the reach of
children.
●
Immediately stop using the rice cooker if anything is abnormal or malfunctioning.
cord is bent.
smoke or scorching.
automatically.
8
Examples of symbols
The information calls for "warning or caution."
The information "prohibits" what must not
be done.
The information gives "instructions" about
what must be done.
Warning
●
Do not put the rice cooker or the power
cord in water or get water on them.
Do not place the rice cooker where there
Wetting
is water.
prohibited
Bottom surface of the body
Intake vent
Exhaust vent
turns unevenly.
■
This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced physical, sensory
or mental capabilities, or lack of experience and knowledge, unless they have been given supervision
Warning
or instruction concerning use of the appliance by a person responsible for their safety.
■
Make sure that children do not play with this appliance.
To prevent burns
During rice cooking During other cooking
●
Attaching the steam cap
(Doing this incorrectly could result in hot water or
steam spraying out)
Steam vent
●
Before cooking, remove the plate to make sure no rice or other debris is stuck in
the regulator, safety valves and steam sensor hole.
In addition, do not forget to install the filter and plate.
(Forgetting to do so could result in hot water spraying out or the lid opening suddenly.)
Steam sensor hole
Plate Regulator valve
Filter
Safety valve
●
When closing the lid, push down slowly on the front center of
the lid (front side) until you hear the latch catch.
●
If rice or other debris is stuck in the hook area, use a toothpick or
other pointed object to remove it.
Lid hook area
Check if rice or other
debris is stuck here.
Warning
(Incorrect use is dangerous because
pressure is used during cooking.)
To attach the steam
cap, align it with the
depressions in the lid
and press down on the
front center of the
Lid
steam cap until it stops.
Regulator valve
Inner lid (back)
●
Make sure the hole
is not clogged.
Ball
●
Make sure the ball
can move.
Steam sensor hole
●
Make sure the hole
is not clogged.
Safety valve
●
Make sure it is not
clogged.
Latch
catch
Push down slowly
on the front center
of the lid.
Body hook area
Check if rice or other
debris is stuck here.
P.17
9