Precautions Precautions to avoid possible exposure to excessive microwave energy. You cannot operate your oven with the door open due to the safety interlocks When heating liquids, e.g. soups, sauces and beverages in your microwave built into the door mechanism. These safety interlocks automatically switch off oven, overheating the liquid beyond boiling point can occur without evidence of bubbling.
Conte ten n ts ts How the Microwave Oven Works Precautions Contents Microwaves are a form of energy similar to radio and television waves and Unpacking & Installing 4 ~ 5 ordinary daylight. Normally, microwaves spread outwards as they travel Setting the Clock through the atmosphere and disappear without effect.
Unpacking & By following the basic steps on these two pages you will be able to quickly check that your oven is operating correctly. Please pay particular attention to the guidance on where to install your oven. When unpacking your Installing oven make sure you remove all accessories and packing.
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Plug your oven into a standard household socket. Open your oven door by pulling the DOOR HANDLE. Make sure your oven is the only appliance Place the ROLLER REST inside the oven and place the connected to the socket. If your oven does not operate GLASS TRAY on top.
Setting the Clock You can set either 12 hour clock or 24 hour clock. In the following example I will show you how to set the time for 14:35 when using the 24 clock. Make sure that you have removed all packaging from your oven. Make sure that you have correctly installed your oven as described earlier in this book.
Child Lock Press STOP/CLEAR. Press and hold STOP until “L” appears on the display and BEEP sounds. Your oven has a safety feature that The CHILD LOCK is now set. prevents accidental running of the oven. Once the child lock is set, you will be The time will disappear on the display if you have set the clock.
Make sure that you have correctly installed your oven as described earlier in this book. Press STOP/CLEAR. Press POWER twice to select 80% power. Your oven has five microwave Power “560” appears on the display. settings. High power is automatically selected but repeated presses of the POWER button will select different power levels.
Micro Power Your microwave oven is equipped with 5 power levels to give you maximum flexibility and control over cooking. Level The table below shows the examples of food and their recommended cooking power levels for use with this microwave oven. POWER LEVEL POWER LEVEL POWER OUTPUT...
Press STOP/CLEAR. During two stage cooking the oven door Set the power and the cooking time for stage1. can be opened and food checked. Close the oven door and press START and the Press POWER once to select HIGH power. cooking stage will continue.
Quick In the following example I will show you how to set 2 minutes of cooking on high power. Start Press STOP/CLEAR. Press START four times to select 2 minutes on HIGH power. The QUICK START feature allows you to Your oven will start before you have finished the fourth press.
Auto In the following example I will show you how to cook 0.5 kg of jacket potato. Cook Press STOP/CLEAR. AUTO COOK allows you to cook most of Press AUTO COOK one time. your favorite food easily by selecting the “AC-1”...
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CATEGORY WEIGHT LIMIT UTENSIL FOOD TEMP. INSTRUCTIONS Choose medium sized potatoes 170 -200g. 1. JACKET POTATO 0.1 kg ~ 1.0 kg On glass tray Room Temp. Wash and dry potatoes. Pierce the potatoes several times with fork. Place the potatoes on the glass turntable. Adjust weight and press start.
Auto The temperature and density of food varies, I would recommend that the food is checked before cooking commences. Pay particular attention to large joints of meat and chicken, some foods should not be completely thawed before cooking. For example fish cooks so quickly that it is sometimes better to begin cooking while still Defrost slightly frozen.
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AUTO WEIGHT DEFROST GUIDE * Food to be defrosted should be in a suitable microwave proof container and place uncovered on the glass turntable. * If necessary, shield small areas of meat or poultry with flat pieces of aluminum foil. This will prevent thin areas becoming warm during defrosting. Ensure the foil does not touch the oven walls.
Quick Use this function to thaw only 0.5kg of Minced meat very quickly. This will require a standing time to allow the center to thaw. In the following example will show you how to defrost 0.5kg of forzen minced meat. Defrost Press STOP/CLEAR.
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QUICK DEFROST GUIDE Use this function to defrost quickly for minced meat. Remove the meat completely from it’s wrapping. Place the mince onto a microwave-safe plate. When BEEP, at this point remove the mince from the microwave oven, turn the mince over and return to the microwave oven. Press start to continue. At the end of the program remove the mince from the microwave oven, cover with foil and allow to stand 5-15 minutes or until completely thawed.
More or Less In the following example I will show you how to change the preset of Auto Cook programme for a longer or Cooking shorter cooking time. Press STOP/CLEAR. If you find that your food is over or Set the required Auto Cook programme. undercooked when using the Auto Cook (Select weight of food) programme.
Heating or Reheating To heat or reheat successfully in the microwave, it is important to follow several guidelines. Measure the amount of food in order to determine the time needed to reheat. Arrange the food in a circular pattern for best results. Room Guide temperature food will heat faster than refrigerated food.
WARNING Important safety instructions Please ensure cooking times are correctly Read carefully and keep for future reference set as over cooking may result in FIRE and subsequent DAMAGE to the OVEN. 1 Do not attempt to tamper with, or make any adjustments or repairs to the 12 Before cooking, pierce the skin of potatoes, apples or any such fruit or door, control panel, safety interlock switches or any other part of the oven.
Microwave-safe Utensils Never use metal or metal trimmed utensils in your Paper microwave oven Paper plates and containers are convenient and safe to use in your microwave oven, Microwaves cannot penetrate metal. They will bounce off any metal object in the provided that the cooking time is short and foods to be cooked are low in fat and oven and cause arcing, an alarming phenomenon that resembles lightning.
Food characteristics& Microwave cooking Moisture content of food Keeping an eye on things Since the heat generated from microwaves tends to evaporate moisture, relatively dry food The recipes in the book have been formulated with great care, but your success in such as roasts and some vegetables should either be sprinkled with water prior to cooking preparing them depends on how much attention you pay to the food as it cooks.
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Food characteristics & Microwave cooking. Stirring To Clean Your Oven Stirring is one of the most important of all microwaving techniques. In conventional cooking, food is stirred for the purpose of blending. Microwaved food, however, is stirred in order to 1 Keep the inside of the oven clean spread and redistribute heat.
Questions & Answers Q What’s wrong when the oven light will not glow? Q Is it possible to pop corn in a microwave oven? A There may be several reasons why the oven light will not glow. A Yes, if using one of the two methods described Light bulb has blown below Door is not closed...
Plug wiring information/ Technical Specifications Warning Technical Specification This appliance must be earthed MS-1944W / MS-1944V / MS-2044W The wires in this mains lead are colored in accordance with the following codes Power Input 220 V AC / 60 Hz...