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Your MR. COFFEE
®
Coffeemaker has been carefully designed to give you many years of trouble-free service.
In the unlikely event that your new coffeemaker does not operate satisfactorily, please review the following
potential problems and try the steps recommended BEFORE you call an Authorized Sunbeam Service Center.
PROBLEM POSSIBLE CAUSE SOLUTION
THE “BREW NOW” • The appliance is unplugged. • PLUG UNIT IN.
LIGHT DOES NOT LIGHT UP • There’s a power outage. • WAIT FOR POWER TO
BE RESTORED.
THE COFFEE IS • The appliance is unplugged. • PLUG UNIT IN.
NOT BREWING • There’s a power outage. • WAIT FOR POWER TO
BE RESTORED.
• The water reservoir is empty. • CHECK THE WATER
WINDOW.
• The filter basket is not • INSERT FILTER BASKET
properly inserted. CORRECTLY.
• The decanter is not • PLACE DECANTER
placed all the way on CORRECTLY ON
the warming plate. WARMING PLATE.
THE COFFEEMAKER • There are no coffee grounds • ADD THE DESIRED
ONLY BREWS WATER in the filter basket. AMOUNT OF COFFEE
TO THE FILTER.
THE COFFEEMAKER • The coffeemaker needs cleaning. • CLEAN COFFEEMAKER
BREWS SLOWLY AS DESCRIBED IN
“CLEANING AND
MAINTAINING” SECTION.
THE FILTER BASKET • The filter basket is not • INSERT FILTER BASKET
OVERFLOWS properly inserted. CORRECTLY.
• The decanter is not • PLACE DECANTER
placed all the way on CORRECTLY ON
the warming plate. WARMING PLATE.
• The decanter lid is • PLACE LID ON THE
not on decanter. DECANTER.
• Too many coffee grounds • REMOVE FILTER AND
were placed in the filter. DISCARD GROUNDS.
IF PAPER FILTER, REPLACE. IF
PERMANENT FILTER, RINSE.
BEGIN BREWING PROCESS
AGAIN.
• The decanter was removed from • TURN OFF AND UNPLUG
the warming plate for more than THE UNIT. ALLOW TO
30 seconds. COOL. WIPE UP THE
SPILL. DO NOT SET HOT
DECANTER BACK ON THE
WET WARMING PLATE OR
IT MIGHT CRACK.
• Too much or too fine decaffienated • Set “Brew Strength”
ground coffee was placed selector to STRONG to
in the filter. slow brew cycle down.
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TROUBLESHOOTING YOUR MR. COFFEE
®
COFFEEMAKER