TIMEX Weather Products ET-84 Thermometer User Manual


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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
MODEL
ET-84D
VOICE ALERT
THERMOMETER
INTRODUCTION
Congratulations
on
your purchase
of the NEW
Voice Alert Thermometer.
Your
thermometer will anticipate when your food
will
be
cooked
to
your desired temperature
and
will
display
it in a bar
graph,
in a
numerical display
and at
preset
intervals
will
announce
it.
There
is no
need
to
worry about under
or
overcooked foods again.
COMPONENTS
1.1—
electronic unit with
LCD
2.1
-
detachable stainless steel probe sensor
3.3-
AAA
battery
BATTERY
COMPARTMENT
Holds
3 AAA
batteries
Do
Not Mix Old And New
Batteries.
Do Not Mix
Alkaline, Standard (Carbon
-
Zinc),
Or
Rechargeable (Nickel
-
Cadmium)
Batteries.
Note: Press RESET after batteries installed.
USDA COOKING TEMPERATURE GUIDELINES
To
ensure food safety,
the
USDA specifies
guidelines
for the
internal
level,
the
thermometers
of
different types
of
meat,
as
indicated
by the
below. Please note that
all
preprogrammed settings
on our
digital
thermometer meet these temperature
requirements.
An
asterisk notation indicates that
the
USDA
does
not
recommend cooking certain meats
in a
particular
doneness
range. Reading below
are
given
in
degrees Fahrenheit.
Well/Done
Medium
Medium
Rare
Rare
Overcook
Alert
for
Well
or
Done
Beef
170°F
160°F
145°F
140°F
175°F
Veal
170°F
160°F
145°F
140°F
175'F
Pork
170°F
—
180°F
Poultry
180"F
—
—
—
190°F
PGM
158°F
—
—
168°F
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TEMP
PGM is
preset
at
158°F.
Use can
program
to
individual's preferred temperature.
LCD
(Liquid Crystal Display)
1.
ALERT TEMP
Displays your pre-programmed doneness temperature
2.
TIME ELAPSED
Displays
the
elapsed cooking
time.
3.
TASTE
Displays
dot
icon above selected doneness level
4.
MEAT
Displays
dot
icon below selected meat type.
5.
TIME REMAINING
Displays
the
anticipated remaining cooking time
before
food
reaches alert temperature.
6.
COOKING TEMP
Displays actual meat temperature.
7.
ANTICIPATOR
BAR
Boxes
fill
in and
advance
in
direct proportion
to
increasing
"cooking temp"
as a
percentage
of
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The
conifiguration
of
your thermometer
may
differ
somewhat from
that
shown
in
the
illustration
BUTTONS/SWITCHES
1.
ALERT STOP
Press
to
stop
the
alert
signal
2.
MEMORY
Press
and
hold
to
change alert temperature.
3.
MEAT
+
•Press
to
select meat types
4.
TASTE
-
Press
to
select doneness level
5.
POWER
Slide switch
to
turn unit
ON or OFF
6.
ALERT
Slide switch
to
select OFF, BEEP
or
VOICE
7.
*C/T
Press
to
change between display
in
Celsius
or
Fahrenheit
8.
RESET
Press
to
clear
all the
data.
9.
ENGLISH/FRENCH
Slide
switch
to
select language.
FEATURES
A.
Preset USDA doneness ranges
for 4
meat types plus
PGM
(PROGRAM)
B.
Set
your
own
specific doneness ranges
for
meat type.
C.
Voice alert tells
you how
much time
is
left
before meat
is
done
in
either English
or
French.
D.
Beep
alert
beeps
you
with
how
much
time
is
left
before
meat
is
done.
E.
Monitors anticipated cooking time, elapsed cooking time
and
actual cooking temperature.
F.
Select between Celsius
or
Fahrenheit
SELECTING MEAT TYPE
AND
DONENESS
1.
Switch Power
ON.
2.
Press MEAT
+
button
and
watch
the dot
icon move beneath
the
meat types.
The dot
icon indicates
the
meat selected.
3. PGM if you
want
to
PROGRAM your
own
meat
4.
Press TASTE
-
button
and
watch
the dot
icon move above
the
USDA doneness levels.
The dot
icon indicates
the
doneness selected
PROGRAM
YOUR
OWN
TEMPERATURE SETTING
1.
Switch Power
ON.
2.
Press MEAT
+
button
and
watch
the dot
icon move beneath
the
meat types until
it
stops beneath PGM.
Alert temperature will display
158°F.
3.
Press
and
hold
MEMORY
button
for 2
seconds.
The
Alert
Temperature
will
flash.
4.
Press MEAT
+ or
TASTE
—
to
raise
or
lower
the
Alert Temperature.
5.
Press MEMORY
to
lock
it in.
CHANGING USDA ALERT TEMPERATURES
1.
Switch Power
ON.
2.
Press MEAT
+
button
and
watch
the dot
icon move beneath
the
meat types.
The dot
icon indicates
the
meat selected.
3.
Press
TASTE
-
button
and
watch
the dot
icon
move
above
the
USDA
doneness
levels.
The dot
icon
indicates
the
doneness selected.
4.
Once
a
meat
and
doneness
are
selected,
the
USDA temperature
is
displayed
as
Alert Temperature. This temperature
can be
changed
to you
specific taste.
5.
Press
and
hold MEMORY button
for 2
seconds.
The
Alert Temperature will flash.
6.
Press MEAT
+ or
TASTE
- to
raise
or
lower
the
Alert Temperature.
7.
Press MEMORY
to
lock
it in.
TYPICAL COOKING WITH PRESET USDA DONENESS
AND
BEEP ALERT
Example:
6
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Roast Beef cooked
to
MEDIUM
(160T)
1.
Switch Power
ON.
2.
Press MEAT
+
button
and
watch
the dot
icon until
it
stops beneath BEEF.
3.
Press TASTE
-
button
and
watch
the dot
icon until
it
stops above MEDIUM.
4.
Plug
the
probe jack into
the
unit
and
insert
the
probe into
the
center
of the
roast beef.
5.
Put
meat into oven.
The
probe wire
will
be
held
in
place
by the
door.
6.
Slide
the
VOICE, BEEP,
OFF
switch
to
BEEP.
The
ALERT icon will display next
to the
Alert Temperature. Slide
the
stand
out
and
snap into place
and
position outside
the
oven
on
nearby surface.