Manual Philips HS9380 Kettle

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Descaling the kettle

Regular descaling prolongs the lifetime of the kettle.

In case of normal use (up to 5 times a day), the following descaling

frequency is recommended:

- Once every 6 months for areas with low water hardness.

- Once every 3 months for areas with average water hardness.

- Once every month for areas with high water hardness.

1 Fill the kettle with white vinegar (8% acetic acid) up to one quarter of

the MAX indication.

2 Add water to the MAX indication.

3 Press the green tea button to heat up the water to 80ºC and then

press the KEEP WARM button.

4 Empty the kettle after 30 minutes and rinse the inside thoroughly.

5 Repeat the descaling procedure if there is still some scale in the

kettle.

Note: You can also use an appropriate descaler. In that case, follow the

instructions on the package of the descaler.

Note: If you take the kettle off the base before the descaling process is nished,

the appliance switches off automatically. You can also deactivate the descaling

process by pressing any of the preset buttons.

Storage

- To store the cord, wind it around the cord storage facility in the bottom

of the base (Fig. 2).

Ordering accessories

To purchase accessories for this appliance, please visit our online shop at

www.shop.philips.com/service. If the online shop is not available in

your country, go to your Philips dealer or a Philips service centre. If you have

any difculties obtaining accessories for your appliance, please contact the

Philips Consumer Care Centre in your country. You nd its contact details in

the worldwide guarantee leaet.

Environment

- Do not throw away the appliance with the normal household waste

at the end of its life, but hand it in at an ofcial collection point for

recycling. By doing this, you help to preserve the environment (Fig. 14).

Guarantee and service

If you need service or information or if you have a problem, please visit

the Philips website at www.philips.com/support or contact the Philips

Consumer Care Centre in your country. You nd its phone number in the

worldwide guarantee leaet. If there is no Consumer Care Centre in your

country, go to your local Philips dealer.

Troubleshooting

This chapter summarises the most common problems you could encounter

with the appliance. If you are unable to solve the problem with the

information below, visit www.philips.com/support for a list of frequently

asked questions or contact the Consumer Care Centre in your country.

, When the water has reached the set temperature, you hear an

audible signal. The light ring around the selected button stops

pulsating and lights up continuously (Fig. 11).

Note: The audible signal is repeated as a reminder after 2 minutes.

Note: You can select a different type of hot drink by pressing a different preset

button while the kettle is operating. This is only possible if the temperature of

the water is still below the temperature of the newly pressed button.

Keeping water warm

You can use the keep-warm function to keep water warm for 30 minutes

at the temperatures of the different preset buttons (40°C, 80°C, 90°C or

100°C).

Note: Only use the keep-warm function in combination with a preset button.

Only use the keep-warm function when there is at least 0.25l water in

the kettle. If there is too little water in the kettle, the kettle may switch

off before the 30 minutes have elapsed to protect the heating element.

Keeping water warm at a desired temperature

1 Press a preset button to set the desired temperature (see section

‘Heating up water with preset buttons’ in this chapter).

2 Press the KEEP WARM button (Fig. 12).

, When the kettle heats up the water to keep it at the selected

temperature, the light ring around the KEEP WARM button lights up

continuously.

, When the water has reached the selected temperature, the light ring

around the KEEP WARM button slowly pulsates until the keep-warm

function is cancelled or switches off automatically after 30 minutes.

Note: If you press the KEEP WARM button before you press a preset button,

nothing happens. If you have just prepared hot water, you can press the same

preset button again and then press the KEEP WARM button.

3 The kettle keeps the water warm for 30 minutes.

, After 30 minutes, you hear an audible signal and the appliance

switches off automatically.

Note: You can stop the keep-warm process at any time. To do so, press the KEEP

WARM button again, press the selected preset button or remove the kettle

from the base.

Note: If you remove the kettle from the base, the set keep-warm temperature

is lost.

Note: If you press another preset button while the keep-warm function is

activated, the keep-warm function switches off and the kettle starts heating up

the water to the temperature of the preset button.

Note: If the keep-warm function has not been activated, the appliance switches

off automatically after 5 minutes of inactivity.

Cleaning and descaling

Always unplug the base before you clean it

Always remove the kettle from the base before you clean the kettle.

Never immerse the kettle or its base in water.

Never use scouring pads, abrasive cleaning agents or aggressive liquids

such as petrol or acetone to clean the appliance.

Cleaning the kettle and the base

1 Clean the outside of the kettle and the base with a soft cloth

moistened with warm water and some mild cleaning agent.

Caution: Do not let the moist cloth come into contact with the cord, the

plug and the connector of the base.

Cleaning the lter

Scale is not harmful to your health but it may give your drink a powdery

taste. The anti-scale lter prevents scale particles from ending up in your

drink.

Clean the single-action lter regularly in the following way:

1 Takethelteroutofthekettle(Fig.13).

2 Gentlycleanthelterwithasoftnylonbrush.

3 Slidethelterbackintothekettle.

Note: HD9385 only: The lter at the bottom of the kettle cannot be removed.

You can clean this lter by descaling the kettle, see section ‘Descaling the kettle’

below.

Rating

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