SentrySafe 1210 Chest Lock Fireproof Safe Owners Manual

SentrySafe 1210 Chest Lock Fireproof Safe

This Owner’s Manual contains:

• 100% Customer Satisfaction Guarantee
• Lifetime After-Fire Replacement Guarantee
• Your safe’s features
• Locating and securing your safe
• Lost combination, access code, or keys
• Optional bolt-down installation
• What to store in your safe
• Routine care

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The sheets of brown paper in your safe help control humidity and inhibit corrosion. Please leave them in the safe.

100% Customer Satisfaction Guarantee

If at any time during the first year after purchase, you are not entirely satisfied with this Sentry product, please call us toll-free at 1-800-828-1438. We’ll solve the problem or ensure that you receive a replacement or full refund.

• The Employees of Sentry Group

Lifetime After-Fire Replacement Guarantee

If this product is damaged by fire at any time while still owned by you (the original owner), Sentry Group will ship a replacement free of charge, if you send the following to Sentry Group, Dept. 200, 900 Linden Avenue, Rochester, NY 14625-2784 USA: * Your name and address; © A description of the fire, with the model number and a photo of the burned unit.

Your Safty Feature

All models

• A dense layer of Pyronox® insulation surrounds the contents
• Long-lasting powder-coat finish
• Low-profile feet to protect the floor

1. MW Electronic lock (Fig. A) 1610
2. 3-number changeable: combination lock (details enclosed) 1210, 1235, 1250, 2200, 2206, 6250
3. Compartment for small: items (Fig. B) 1210, 1250, 1610, 6250
4. Locking drawer (Fig. C) 2200, 2206 (NOTE: Remove key before closing safe door)
5. It may be bolted to the floor: Hardware included: 2200, 6250 Hardware not included: 1210, 1235, 1250, 1610, 2206

UL-classified fire protection

Your safe is classified by Underwriters Laboratories, an independent testing organization, to pass the following rigorous standards of fire protection:

• 1-Hour UL Fire Endurance Test
  Subjected to temperatures up to 1700°F (927°C) for 1 hour, the safe interior will remain below 350°F (177°C) to protect documents. (This enables your safe to withstand even high-temperature
  exposure, as the hottest part of a fire, moves through a building.)
• UL Fire Impact Test (Model 1235)
  After being heated to 1550°F (843°C) the safe is dropped 30 feet onto the rubble, then cooled, inverted, and reheated to 1550°F (843°C) for 2 hours. The safe remains intact and locked, with an
  interior temperature below 350°F (177°C).
• UL Explosion Hazard Test
  Subjected to a flash fire in a 2000°F (1093°C) furnace for Ys hour, the safe will not explode or rupture.

Locating and securing your safe

WARNING! Do not move your safe with the door open. The door is heavy. If it swings, it can cause injury.

Note: When the door is closed, you may notice a slight gap between it and the safe cabinet or some play in the door. This is normal and does not affect performance.

For maximum fire safety

Keep your safe on the lowest floor possible. If a fire damages the flooring, there will be less danger of injury to firefighters below, or of damage to your safe’s contents. In the event of a fire, tell the firefighters where your safe is, so they can keep it cool and retrieve it after the fire.

To help deter theft

Your safe features a combination or electronic lock designed to provide reasonable security for the contents. No safe is theft-proof, however. With the right tools, time, and skill, any safe can be opened. Therefore, for greater security:

• Place your safe with the hinge away from the wall and the door opening next to the wall. This makes it harder to pry open.
• If possible, conceal your safe.
• Keep your safe closed and locked when not in use.
• You may bolt your safe to the floor, using the instructions included in this information.
• Don’t keep your combination or access code near the safe, and don’t tell it to others.
• Don’t tell other people where you keep your safe — except the fire department, if there is a fire.

Lost combination, access code, or keys

Lost combination or access code: First, find your safe’s Serial Number (included in this packet, and printed on the small label beside the door hinge). Then call Sentry Customer Service toll-free at 1-800-
828-1438 Monday-Friday. Lost keys: To obtain replacement keys, check the silver cylinder on your lock for your key code—a number, letter, or blank. Send this key code along with a check or money order (U.S. funds) for $5.00 to: Sentry Group, Dept. 200,900 Linden Avenue, Rochester, NY 14625-2784 USA.

If you need help, call Sentry Customer Service toll-free at 1-800-828-1438 Monday and Friday.

Instructions

Models 1210, 1250, 1610, 2200, 2206, 6250

1. Locate the two indentations on the inside floor of the safe. Using the $16″ (1.9mm) bit, drill a hole through each indentation. (Fig. D)
2. Use a screw or drill bit to mark the floor through both Holes. (Fg. E) Then move the safe aside 0 clear both marked spots for drilling.
3. Wood floor with access underneath: Check o be sure that neither mark is over a joist. Then, using the 5/16″ (7.9 mm) bit drill a hole through the floor in each marked spot. (Fig. F)
   • Wood floor with no access underneath: Using the £10 (49mm) bit, drill a hole 2 (50 mm) deep in each marked spot. (Fig. F)
   • Masonry floor: Using the masonry bi, drill a hole 2″ (50 mm) deep in each marked spot. (Fig.
     F) Install a masonry anchor in each hole according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
4. Replace the safe in the desired position, with the holes in the safe aligned with those in the floor.
5. Wood floor with access underneath: Fasten the safe with bolts, washers and nuts. Tighten vith the wrench. (Fg.6)
   • Wood floor with no access underneath: Pass each lag screw through a washer, then through the safe and into a hole. Tighten with the wrench. (Fig. H)
   • Masonry floor: Pass each lag screw through the washer, then through the safe and into a masonry anchor. Tighten with the wrench. (Fig. I)

Instructions

Model 1235

1. Tip the safe onto its side. Using the two small holes on the: underside of the safe as an aide, drill two” (79 mm) holes through the bottom of the safe.
2. Pace the safe nth desired location, and mark the floor through both hols, using an aril bit or screw.
3. Follow directions for other models (see previous page) for installation on wood or masonry floors.

What to store in your safe

Your Sentry product is Ul-classified to protect documents from the typical building fire. Valuable or hard-to-replace documents that need protection include:

• Insurance policies
• List of possessions for insurance purposes (home inventory)
• Titles, deeds, contracts
• Birth certificates, marriage: licenses, legal decrees and agreements
• Stock and bond certificates
• Financial records (tax, mortgage, and other loans, receipts, canceled checks)
• Diplomas, certificates, licenses, transcripts
• Health care information
• Wills and trusts
• Pet registrations

Many other important items need fire protection, too, and can benefit from storage in your Sentry product. These include:

• Family heirlooms—diaries, letters, clippings, scrapbooks
• Collections
• Photograph
• Childhood mementos
• Keepsakes with sentimental value

No pearls or leather, please.

• Pearls may become discolored from exposure to heat.
• Wallets, leatherbound books and other leather or suede items can draw moisture, causing damage. They should not be stored in your safe.

Routine care

Your Sentry safe will last a lifetime with very little care. For trouble-free performance, you only need to:

• Dehunidify your safe periodically. Moisture in the insulation causes humid conditions inside the safe. Once a week or as needed, leave the safe door open for a few hours while you are present. Take out any damp items and dry them thoroughly before replacing them.
• Keep in your safe the special purpose papers that were packed there by the factory. The flat brown paper is treated to inhibit corrosion, and the quilted brown paper is designed to absorb excess moisture.
• When the quilted brown paper feels damp, take it out to dry in sunlight, then put it back in your safe. (Do not try to heat it; this can cause a fire)
• Lubricate your safe’s hinges and dial once a year with small appliance oil or spray lubricant.

Combination Lock

IMPORTANT

Read first and save
We may need your safe’s Serial Number to assist you with questions or warranty service.

How to use your combination lock

NOTE: Your safe is shipped with a screw in the back of the door. This temporary screw keeps the combination dial from turning and locking the safe before you are ready ta use it. Once your safe is delivered, remove this screw and throw it away. Your combination lock is now ready to use.

Test first with the door open!

• Start with the pointer at ZERO. Ae Turnthe Gial to the LEFT. Make sure ZERO passes the pointer at least THREE times. Then stop at the first number of your combination (see cover).
• Turn the dial to the RIGHT. Stop the SECOND TIME the pointer reaches the second number of your combination (see cover).
• Turn the dial to the LEFT. Stop the FIRST TIME the pointer reaches the third number of your combination (see cover).

For safes with key lock in the door handle

• To unlock and open After dialing your combination, simply insert the key into the lock and turn the door handle to open. You do not need to turn the key.
• To close and lock: Close the door and remove the key from the handle. You may notice that the door handle will move without the key in the lock. This is because of a mechanism built into the ‘handle to resist forcible attack. This movement is normal, and will not permit your safe to be opened without the key in the lock.

Changing your combination

NOTE: You may not select Your new combination; it is determined at random.

NOTE: Changing the combination will void the limited warranty on the safe’s locking mechanism.

• To remove the inside door panel
  Remove the screw or screws that hold the cover panel on the inside of the door.
  • Models 1210, 1250, 2200, 2206, 6250 — Fig. A
  • Models 1310, 1330, 1380, 2230, 2236, 2280, 2286, 6310, 6330, 6380— Fig. B
  • Models 1400, 6530, 6760 — Fig. C Remove the cover panel.

To change the combination

1. On the outside of the door, turn the handle to release the locking bolt bar from the tumblers. On the bottom of the drive cam are two posts, positioned in one of two sets of holes in the outer tumbler, (Fig D) Looking at the locking mechanism, push the tumblers away from you, until the two posts on the drive cam are completely out of the holes. Do not remove or adjust the nut that holds the drive cam on.
2. Keeping the drive cam in place and the tumblers apart from it, urn the outer tumbler counterclockwise, until the two posts on the drive cam is aligned with the other set of holes.(Fig. E)
3. Release the tumblers so that the posts on the drive cam drop into the new holes. Now turn the combination dial on the door front. As you do so, the drive cam and the outer tumbler should ‘move together.

To record your new combination

1. On the door front, turn the combination dial counterclockwise at least 3 complete turns, then stop
   when the slot in the inner tumbler is aligned with the locking bolt bar. (Fig. F) Record the number indicated on the combination dial:
2. Now turn the combination dial clockwise until the slot in the middle tumbler is aligned with the locking bolt bar. (Fig. G) Record the number indicated on the combination dial:
3. Turn the combination dial counterclockwise only until the slot in the outer tumbler is aligned with
   the locking bolt bar. (Fg. H) Record the number indicated on the combination dal: ‘These three numbers are your new combination.

Test with the door open!
Test your new combination several times with the door open, to make sure you have recorded it correctly. Then replace the cover panel on the inside of the door and fasten it with the original screw or
screws. Your new combination is ready to use.

Let us keep a copy for you
You are welcome to send ‘your new combination for sale keep login our confidential file in case you lose o forget it. Simply mail the combination with the Serial Number of your sae (see corer of this booklet) to:
Sentry Group Dept. 200 900 Linden Avenue Rochester, NY 14625-2784 USA Once in our confidential file, your combination can only be obtained with a notarized request and proof of your identity.

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