Cleaning By Boiling - Toshiba RC-DS10K Instruction Manual

Cleaning by boiling

1
Put water in the inner pot and close the outer lid.
(Up to water level scale 1 for "White rice")
2
Select the <White / Regular> course and press the START key.
It takes about 75 minutes to reach the Keep Warm mode. (The actual time
will be longer than the displayed time.)
3
When the cooker enters the Keep Warm mode, press the OFF key.
Then, when the main body becomes cool enough, clean the inner
lid, steam vent, inner pot and other parts and dry them.
Foreign objects, water droplets, and dirt on the main body
Wipe
with a clean, firmly-wrung cloth.
Wipe the packing clean as well.
Foreign objects may cause bad
odors, or prevent the cooker from
creating a vacuum.
The packing cannot be removed.
Do not pull it hard.
Clamp parts
Lid temperature
sensor
Vacuum air inlet
Vacuum air outlet
Wipe off any water
droplets on the frame.
Inner pot stopper
rubbers (4 positions)
These cannot be removed.
Outer surface of
the main body
Wipe with a firmly-wrung cloth.
Air inlet / outlet (bottom surface)
Clean regularly about once a month. To remove dust
and foreign objects, use a vacuum cleaner or the like.
If any rice grains, etc. have got stuck in the clamp
receiving parts, remove them with a cotton swab.
• If the outer lid is closed with rice grains, etc. in the
holes, the outer lid sometimes cannot be opened due
to congulation of the rice.
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(about once a week)
You can do this when you are worried about odors.
■ 
H eating plate / steam pathway /
vacuum air inlet
Wipe off water droplets in the steam pathway each
time. (Otherwise, they will cause bad odors.)
■ 
I nner side of the outer lid/frame
If the outer lid is closed with foreign objects stuck
to it, the outer lid will open during cooking,
resulting in burns or injuries.
■ 
I nside the rice cooker
■ 
T emperature sensor
■ 
L id temperature sensor
Us i n g t h e co o k e r w h e n d i r t y w i l l re d u ce
efficiency of heat transfer, resulting in poorly-
cooked rice.
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C lamp parts and clamp receiving parts
If the outer lid is closed with foreign objects stuck
to it, the outer lid will open during cooking,
resulting in burns or injuries.
Holes in the clamp
receiving parts
• N e ve r p u t a ny t h i n g e l s e
(detergent, etc.) in the inner
pot.
• Do not continuously repeat
cleaning by boiling.
• S o m e o d o r s m a y n o t b e
completely removed.
Do not immerse the main body, the power plug
and the power cord in water; pour water over
them; or wash them in water.
Wipe off fluid on the frame or seasonings stuck to it.
(Contamination with seasonings may cause rust.)
When the temperature sensor is dirty
Lightly rub with a fine abrasive paper (about No.
600), and wipe off with a firmly-wrung cloth.
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