FOUR À MICRO-ONDES MAGNETRON OVEN OWNER’S MANUAL MANUEL DE L’UTILISATEUR GEBRUIKERSHANDLEIDING MS2049F PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING. MS2049FS LISEZ ATTENTIVEMENT LE PRESENT MANUEL DE L’UTILISATEUR AVANT D’UTILISER L’APPAREIL. P/N o : MFL47342643 LEES DEZE GEBRUIKERSHANDLEIDING AANDACHTIG VÓÓR GEBRUIK.
Page 2
OWNER’S MANUAL PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING. ’ MANUEL DE L UTILISATEUR LISEZ ATTENTIVEMENT LE PRESENT MANUEL DE L’UTILISATEUR AVANT D’UTILISER L’APPAREIL. GEBRUIKERSHANDLEIDING LEES DEZE GEBRUIKERSHANDLEIDING AANDACHTIG VÓÓR GEBRUIK.
Page 3
Precautions Precautions to avoid possible exposure to excessive microwave energy. When heating liquids, e.g. soups, sauces and beverages in your microwave You cannot operate your oven with the door open due to the safety interlocks built into the door mechanism. These safety interlocks automatically switch off oven, delayed eruptive boiling can occur without evidence of bubbling.
Contents How the Microwave Oven Works Microwaves are a form of energy similar to radio and television waves and ordinary daylight. Normally, microwaves spread outwards as they travel through the atmosphere and disappear without effect. Microwave ovens, however, have a magnetron which is designed to make use of the energy in microwaves.
Page 5
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.
Page 6
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 You can set either 12 hour clock or 24 hour clock. 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.
Page 8
Child Child Lock Lock Press STOP/CLEAR. Your oven has a safety feature that Press and hold STOP/CLEAR until “L” appears on the display and prevents accidental running of the oven. BEEP sounds. Once the child lock is set, you will be The CHILD LOCK is now set.
Micro Power In the following example I will show you how to cook some food on 80% power for 5 minutes and 30 seconds. Cooking Make sure that you have correctly installed your oven as described earlier Make sure that you have correctly installed your oven as described earlier in this book.
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 POW ER OUTPUT...
Two stage In the following example I will show you how to cook some food in two stages. The first stages will cook your Cooking food for 11 minutes on HIGH; the second will cook for 35 minutes on 320W. Press STOP/CLEAR.
Page 12
Quick In the following example I will show you how to set 2 minutes of cooking on high power. Start Press STOP/CLEAR . The QUICK START feature allows you to Press START four times to select 2 minutes on HIGH power. set 30 seconds intervals of HIGH power Your oven will start before you have finished the fourth press.
Page 13
Auto In the following example I will show you how to cook 0.6kg of fresh vegetable. Cook Press STOP/CLEAR . Press AUTO COOK twice to select Fresh vegetable. AUTO COOK allows you to cook most of your favorite food easily by selecting the food type and entering the weight of the food.
Page 14
FOOD CATEGORY WEIGHT LIMIT UTENSILS FOOD TEMP. INSTRUCTIONS Choose medium sized potatoes 170 -200g. kg ~ 1.0 kg Room Microwave- 1. JACKET Wash and dry potatoes. Pierce the potatoes several times with fork. Place the potatoes on safe bowl POTATO the glass turntable.
Page 15
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. The BREAD programme is suitable for defrosting small items such as Defrost rolls or a small loaf.
Page 16
AUTO W EIGHT 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.
Page 17
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 Defrost 0.5kg of frozen minced meat. Press STOP/CLEAR.
Page 18
AUTO W EIGHT DEFROST GUIDE 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 (Select weight of food.) COOK or AUTO REHEAT 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 temperature food will heat faster than refrigerated food.
Important safety instructions WARNING 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.
Page 23
WARNING Important safety instructions Please ensure cooking times are correctly set as over cooking may result in FIRE and Read carefully and keep for future reference subsequent DAMAGE to the OVEN. 37 Do not use harsh abrasive cleaners or sharp metal scrapers to clean the 24 Only use utensils that are suitable for use in microwave ovens.
Page 24
Microwave-safe Utensils Never use metal or metal trimmed utensils in your Paper Paper plates and containers are convenient and safe to use in your microwave oven, 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.
Page 26
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.
Page 27
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 MS2049F / MS2049FS The wires in this mains lead are colored in accordance with the following codes Power Input 230 V AC / 50 Hz BLUE ~ Neutral...