Petmate Le Bistro Portion Control Automatic Pet Feeder Instructions

Petmate's le Bistro is a programmable feeder that dispenses portion-controlled food automatically to your cat or small dog. It liberates owners from scooping food on a daily schedule and takes away the worry about feeding when you can't be home on time. The transparent food hopper holds up to 10 pounds of dry food. With three buttons and a large LCD screen, the le Bistro is easily set to dispense breakfast, lunch and dinner feedings. Daily feeding times and portion size are fully programmable. The le Bistro operates on three "D" cell batteries and is available in two colors.

Things You'll Need

  • Three "D" cell alkaline batteries
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Instructions

  1. Assembly

    • 1

      Align notches on the food hopper with locking tabs on the le Bistro base. Insert the hopper into the base and engage with the locking tabs. Turn the hopper to lock it into place.

    • 2

      Align the arrows on the hopper lid with arrows on the hopper. Place lid on top of hopper. Turn the lid to lock it into place.

    • 3

      Insert feeding bowl into base at an angle. Lower the bowl to engage mounting hooks with slots in base.

    Install Batteries

    • 4

      Turn the unit upside down.

    • 5

      Remove battery cover.

    • 6

      Install three "D" cell alkaline batteries. Replace battery cover.

    Programming Time

    • 7

      Press enter button to set time. Use Up or Down arrow buttons to scroll though hours until correct hour appears on LCD screen.

    • 8

      Press enter again and use Up or Down arrow buttons to scroll though minutes until correct minutes appears on LCD screen.

    • 9

      Press enter to complete time programming.

    Setting Meal Selection

    • 10

      Press Enter and hold for two seconds. "Meals" will flash on the LCD screen.

    • 11

      Press the Up or Down buttons to scroll to Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner.

    • 12

      Press Enter to select the desired meal. When "Yes" flashes on the screen, press Enter again. If you don't want to set a time for that meal, press the Down button to "No" and press enter.

    Setting Meal Time

    • 13

      Press the Up or Down buttons while "Meals" is flashing on the LCD screen to scroll to the desired meal hour on the screen.

    • 14

      Press Enter again and scroll to the desired minutes time.

    • 15

      Press Enter again to complete meal time programming. The menu will automatically advance to meal portion size programming and "Meal Size" will flash on the LCD screen.

    Setting Meal Portion Size

    • 16

      Press the Up or Down buttons while "Meal Size" is flashing on the LCD screen to increase or decrease the portion size.

    • 17

      Select portion amount ranging from 1/4 cup to 3 cups by observing bars displayed on the LCD screen. Each bar represents a 1/4 cup portion size.

    • 18

      Press Enter when the desired number of bars are displayed on the LCD screen. "Meals" will flash on the LCD screen

    • 19

      Repeat Meal programming procedures for the next meal while "Meals" is flashing on the screen.

    • 20

      Press Enter after all meals have been programmed and "Meals" is flashing on the screen. The unit will go into automatic mode and feedings will begin at programmed times.