Swan Toaster

Jan 02, 2015 22 Replies

We've just bought a high lift 4 slice Swan toaster - based on reading an earlier thread about problems with 2 slice toasters, not accepting a full UK slice. Yep had this problem for years :-(



Dropping the slices in sideways, works fine, as does the high lift to chuck them back out, but the instruction are pathetic....



Three buttons marked with symbols (hyroglyphs) and a dial for time. Left to right they are defrost frozen bread, cancel, then the third button which we don't understand the use of. The symbol is rather like a sheet of paper which has partially gone through a document shredder and been pulled back out. A shredder which shreds vertically, with the shredded fingers of paper torn of different lengths.



I'm fairly confident it is just a toaster, rather than combined toaster /shredder, but what is the third button for. Each button has a warning light below it, Cancel light up as soon as you start it, defrost and the mystery buttons light up when pressed whilst toasting.


Sure the first one isn't toast from frozen, rather than defrost? sometimes handy for crumpets, rather than adjusting the browning level

Second is obvious

Third one might be reheat toast that's gone cold

First hit, googling "Swan Toaster buttons"

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Find great deals on eBay for Swan 4 Slice Toaster in Toasters. ...

4 slice capacity, 1600w power, defrost / reheat / mid cycle cancel buttons, variable browning ...

Looks like its reheat.

michael adams

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It's called a "reheat" button on our toaster.

on 02/01/2015, Andy Burns supposed :

Could well be, nothing is clear. So it adjusts the timer? Is it a timer, rather than a bi-metal strip trip? Guess it must be, it only latches down when the power is on.

Could well be, it mentions 'reheat' in the instructions, but not how to.

What ever happened to englsh words over control buttons?

Its the red one, on ebay.

It was an impulse purchase, saw it cheap so grabbed one as it seemed cheap and we needed a replacement anyway. 50% of those ebay prices.

Reheat it is then - time to get the labelling machine out ;-)

English is a worldwide language, understood by many. No one understands weird symbols made up for the one occasion.

Perhaps it's to enable the Swan to shorten it's take-off roll when it sees the toaster coming towards it ...?

is that the same as afterburn?

ITYF INITFM

HTH

michael adams

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No use if the item is being sold in the UK, as 3/4 of the population don't speak english :)

Maybe its for toasting Swans? Hides behind sofa. Brian

Normally there is an emergency release button too, in case the toast catches fire. Brian

I think they just call that "cancel" so as not to alarm people!

I thiought only the Queen was allowed to toast swans?

No, thermal printed labels. Hopefully they will last until we get the button functions committed to memory :-)

Reheat (afterburner) Ejector seat...

Are you sure this is a toaster?

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