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, delayed eruptive boiling can occur without evidence of bubbling.
Contents Precautions How the Microwave Oven Works Contents Unpacking & Installing Microwaves are a form of energy similar to radio and television waves and Setting the Clock ordinary daylight. Normally, microwaves spread outwards as they travel through the atmosphere and disappear without effect. Microwave ovens, Child Clock however, have a magnetron which is designed to make use of the energy in Micro Power Cooking...
By following the basic steps on these two pages you will be able to quickly check that your oven is operating Unpacking & 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 ROTATING RING 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. In the following example I will show you how to set the time for 14:35 when using the 24 clock. 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. 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. unable to use any functions and no cooking can take place.
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 in this book. Press STOP/CLEAR.
Your microwave oven is equipped with 5 power levels to give you maximum flexibility and control over cooking. Micro Power The table below shows the examples of food and their recommended cooking power levels for use with this Level 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 food for 11 minutes on HIGH; the second will cook for 35 minutes on 340. Cooking Press STOP/CLEAR.
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.
Grill In the following example I will show you how to use the grill to cook some food for 12 minutes and 30 seconds. Cooking Press STOP/CLEAR. Press Grill. This feature will allow you to brown and crisp food quickly. Turn DIAL until display shows “12:30”.
Combination In the following example I will show you how to programme your oven with combi mode Co-3 for a cooking time Cooking of 25 minutes. Press STOP/CLEAR . Press COMBI three times “Co-3” appears on the display. Your oven has a combination cooking feature which allows you to cook food with heater and microwave at the same time or alternately.
Auto In the following examplw i will show ou how to cook 0.6kg of fresh vegetable. Cook Press STOP/CLEAR . AUTO COOK allows you to cook most Press AUTO COOK twice to select Fresh vegetable. of your favorite food easily by selecting "Ac-2"...
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FOOD CATEGORY FOOD TEMP. UTENSILS WEIGHT LIMIT INSTRUCTIONS Choose medium sized potatoes 170-200g . 1. Jacket potato Room On Glass tray 0.2 kg ~ 1.0 kg Wash and dry potatoes. Pierce the potatoes several times with fork. Place the potatoes on the glass try. Adjust weight and press start. After cooking, remove the potatoes from the oven.
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FOOD CATEGORY FOOD TEMP. UTENSILS WEIGHT LIMIT INSTRUCTIONS Fish Whole fish, steaks Refrigerated Microwave- 0.2 kg ~ 0.6 kg safe flan dish - Oily fish : salmon, mackerel - White fish : cod, haddock Arrange in a single layer in a large microwave-safe flan dish. Cover dish tightly with plastic wrap and pierce in several places.
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 Auto completely thawed before cooking. The BREAD programme is suitable for defrosting small items such as Defrost rolls or a small loaf.
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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.
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 Defrost example will show you how to defrost 0.5kg of forzen minced meat. Press STOP/CLEAR.
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QUICK DEFROST GUIDE Use this function to defrost quickly for minced meat. Remove the meat completely from its wrapping. Place the mince onto a microwave-safe plate. When beeps, 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.
European In the following example I will show you how to cook 0.5 kg of Baked beans. Cook Press STOP/CLEAR. until display shows “Sc 3”. Press European Cook E E u u r r o o p p e e a a n n Cook Cook allows you to cook most of your favorite food easily by selecting the food type and entering the weight of...
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FOOD CATEGORY WEIGHT LIMIT UTENSILS FOOD TEMP. INSTRUCTIONS Place the oats and milk in a deep microwave- safe bowl. 1. OATMEAL 1- 4 serves Microwave- Room Cook uncovered. The oven will beep, stir the oats well and press start to safe bowl continue.
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FOOD CATEGORY WEIGHT LIMIT FOOD CATEGORY WEIGHT LIMIT UTENSILS UTENSILS FOOD TEMP FOOD TEMP. INSTRUCTIONS High rack Refrigerated Clean and dry. Place on the high rack. GRILLED FISH 0.2-0.6kg The oven will beep, turn food over and press start to continue. After cooking, remove from the oven.
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.
Grill Cooking Guide Directions for grilling fish and seafood Directions for grilling meat on grill • Trim excess fat from meat. Cut fat, making sure you do not cut into the lean. Place fish and seafood on the rack. Whole fish should be scored diagonally on both sides (This will stop the fat curling.) before grilling.
Important safety instructions WARNING Please ensure cooking times are correctly set as over cooking may result in FIRE and subsequent Read carefully and keep for future reference 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.
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Important safety instructions WARNING Please do not let the POWER Read carefully and keep for future reference CORD touch the BACK COVER. 33 Only use the temperature probe recommended for this oven (for 24 Only use utensils that are suitable for use in microwave ovens. appliances having a facility to use a temperature-sensing probe).
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 Stirring is one of the most important of all microwaving techniques. In conventional cooking, To Clean Your Oven 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 Technical Specification Warning This appliance must be earthed LF-5201WR / LF-5201SR The wires in this mains lead are colored in accordance with the Power Input following codes 850 W (IEC60705 rating standard) Output BLUE ~ Neutral...
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