www.desatech.com113132-01A 3SAFETY INFORMATIONWARNING: This product con-tains and/or generates chemicalsknown to the State of Californiato cause cancer or birth defects,or other reproductive harm.IMPORTANT: Read this owner’smanual carefully and completelybefore trying to assemble, oper-ate, or service this heater. Im-proper use of this heater cancause serious injury or deathfrom burns, fire, explosion, elec-trical shock, and carbon mon-oxide poisoning.DANGER: Carbon monoxidepoisoning may lead to death!Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Early signs of car-bon monoxide poisoning resemble the flu, withheadaches, dizziness, or nausea. If you have thesesigns, the heater may not be working properly. Getfresh air at once! Have heater serviced. Somepeople are more affected by carbon monoxide thanothers. These include pregnant women, people withheart or lung disease or anemia, those under theinfluence of alcohol, and those at high altitudes.Natural and Propane/LP Gas: Natural and propane/LP gases are odorless. An odor-making agent isadded to the gas. The odor helps you detect a gasleak. However, the odor added to the gas can fade.Gas may be present even though no odor exists.Make certain you read and understand all warn-ings. Keep this manual for reference. It is yourguide to safe and proper operation of this heater.WARNING: Any change tothis heater or its controls can bedangerous.WARNING: Do not use ablower insert, heat exchangerinsert, or other accessory notapproved for use with this heater.WARNING: Do not allow fansto blow directly into the fireplace.Avoid any drafts that alter burnerflame patterns. Ceiling fans cancreate drafts that alter burnerflame patterns. Altered burnerpatterns can cause sooting.Due to high temperatures, theappliance should be located outof traffic and away from furni-ture and draperies.Do not place clothing or otherflammable material on or nearthe appliance. Never place anyobjects on the heater.Fireplace front and screen be-come very hot when running fire-place. Keep children and adultsaway from hot surfaces to avoidburns or clothing ignition. Fire-place will remain hot for a timeafter shutdown. Allow surfacesto cool before touching.Carefully supervise young chil-dren when they are in the roomwith fireplace. When using theoptional hand-held remote ac-cessory, keep selector switch inthe OFF position to prevent chil-dren from turning on burnerswith remote.You must operate this fireplacewith the fireplace screen andhood in place. Make sure fire-place screen and hood are inplace before running heater.Keep the appliance area clearand free from combustible ma-terials, gasoline, and other flam-mable vapors and liquids.