Vita-Mix BLENDING STATION ADVANCE ON-COUNTER Use And Care Manual page 3

Speed Control
Start/Stop
Pre-Set Programs
Blending Station ® Advance
Located on the side of the motor base, the ON/OFF switch controls the
ON/OFF Switch –
power to the machine. While plugged in, switch to ON to ready the machine for blending.
Shut OFF the power switch at night or whenever the machine will be left unattended.
Pressing START/STOP once starts and runs the machine and turns
START/STOP Button –
the blades. Press the START/STOP button again to stop the machine and the blades.
Press the ▲ button to gradually increase the speed of the
SPEED CONTROL Button –
blades in increments of 1%, up to 100%. Press the ▼ button to gradually decrease
the speed of the blades in increments of 1%, down to 7%. SPEED CONTROL is used to set
the blending speed of the PULSE buttons (see Instructions, page 18) and the START/STOP
button (see Instructions, page 17).
These buttons, numbered 1 thru 6, are pre-programmed
PRE-SET PROGRAM Buttons –
blending cycles designed for the most commonly made drinks. Depending on the viscosity
of the drink you are creating, pressing one of the six PRE-SET PROGRAM buttons will run
the machine for a full cycle. The machine will stop by itself when the cycle is complete. A
cycle varies in speed and length; see the Instructions on page 16 for a complete description
of the range of each PRE-SET button. Each button can be reprogrammed to any of the 34
available recipes. See pages 8-11 for information on Custom Programming these six
buttons. Due to the difference of recipes, your results may vary.
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Display Window
High/Low Pulse
Owner Controls
This area, depending on which button is pressed, displays a variety of
DISPLAY Window –
operation messages. A "READY" message appears when there is power to the machine.
A control panel is accessible by pressing the Vita-Mix logo.
OWNER CONTROLS –
•
Press once
1 then 6 within five seconds to continue. Once the
READY
correct code is entered, the display will indicate the
motor temperature (NORM, WARM, HOT), a usage
count and a total. The "COUNT" is a machine usage
total and can be reset. This can be used to keep a
MODE
count of the number of drinks sold in a week, day or
even an hour. To clear, press and hold the START/STOP
button for 5 seconds. The "TOTAL" keeps track of the
TEMP COUNT TOTAL
machine usage, including production and testing, and
NORM 25 100
cannot be cleared.
• Press twice
VITA-MIX ADVANCE
controlling the PRE-SET buttons. If you are using the
PROGRAM #201
Advance settings, this will read VITA-MIX ADVANCE
PROGRAM.
4 TO OVERWRITE
• Press a third time
CURRENT PROGRAM
PRE-SET buttons to the original factory settings.
•
Press a fourth time
BUTTON SETUP
any one of the available 34 recipes in memory to one
RECIPE 01
of six PRE-SET buttons.
•
Press a fifth time
The PULSE provides a quick increase or decrease in speed of
HIGH/LOW PULSE Button –
the blades when blending or refreshing a drink. Press H to increase the motor to speeds that
range from 51%-100%. Press L to decrease the motor speed down to a range of 50%-7%.
The PULSE button will override the running program as long as it is depressed. Once
released, the original program continues its cycle.
• The PULSE High (H) and Low (L) speed is set by using the SPEED CONTROL buttons. To
set, while pressing and holding a PULSE button, press the SPEED CONTROL ▲ or ▼
button until the desired motor speed is reached. The PULSE speed will remain at this
setting until changed again with the SPEED CONTROL buttons.
IMPORTANT NOTES! IMPORTANT NOTES!
START/STOP Button: Pressing one of the PRE-SET PROGRAM buttons, while the motor is running, START/STOP Button: Pressing one of the PRE-SET PROGRAM buttons, while the motor is running,
will also stop the machine. will also stop the machine.
SPEED CONTROL Button: These settings will reset if the power is shut off. SPEED CONTROL Button: These settings will reset if the power is shut off.
to reveal the mode message. Press button
to reveal the name of the program
to reveal an option to reset the
to reveal an option to reassign
to exit and continue blending.
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