Uneven toast - loud annoying beeps
I exchanged this toaster after 4 days of ownership. I'm going to break it down in 3 brief statements.
- Appearance is very good. Nice exterior design, easy to use controls. Very smooth lowering and raising action of the food.
- Beeps once when you push "toast" and beeps 3 times when your toast is done. The beep has an ear piercing characteristic and is way too loud for me. Reminds me of a smoke detector going off. The best feature on my microwave is silent mode - I can turn off all beeping. I wish this toaster could do that.
- English muffins went in first and turned out nice! I used the regular toast cycle and I was pleased with my new toaster (provided I would be able to hack into it to eliminate or muffle the beeping). The true test was regular whole wheat sandwich bread on a regular toast cycle (not bagel). Disaster. One side of the toast was well done and the other side was rare. I did this test twice, once in each slot, and I got the...
Excellent quality but that loud buzzer....
After trying several toasters during the past years, I can say this toaster is really close to the perfection. you get 7 different levels for toasting and even at the maximum, it will not burn your toasts but the 3 beeps at the end was driving me crazy. So, I decided to open the toaster to disable that buzzer.
The "guilty" beep is called ATT-1205, it's a magnetic buzzer. It has 85dba output but I believe the real problem is the high frequency combined with the dba. That magnetic buzzer should be correct in a smoke alarm, it's a bit surprising it's inside a toaster. You can see the specs and picture here:
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1. To open the toaster, you will need 2 different screwdrivers. One is standard but the second one is called "snake eyes". I had this in my computer kit but I guess you can find it on the net. Make sure you take a long and thin screwdriver otherwise it will not fit.
2. So here we go, unplug the toaster and then remove the 10 screws all on...
Great toaster...give me a break with the loud beeping!!!
Buy this toaster. It is very good, it does what it was designed to do, with extreme ease - push button technology, what else do you want? Oh, regarding the loud beeping....come on people! This is not louder than a regular alarm clock. I prefer the loud beep, as I I sit about 150 feet from the toaster - reading the news on my MacPro - when the beep goes off I can hear hear it very clear and I just get up and go to the kitchen to fix my sandwich or buttered toast. Compared to the other options, this is the best choice - best bang for the buck!
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