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 Precautions How the Microwave Oven Works Contents Unpacking & Installing 4 ~ 5 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 Child 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 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. Start Start Stop/Clear...
Start Start Stop/Clear Stop/Clear Less Less More More Stop/Clear Stop/Clear Start Start Less Less More More Start Start Stop/Clear Stop/Clear Less Less More More...
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Start Start Stop/Clear Stop/Clear Less Less More More Grill Grill Combi.1 Combi.1 Combi.2 Combi.2 Combi.3 Combi.3 Start Start Stop/Clear Stop/Clear Less Less More More Stop/Clear Stop/Clear Start Start Less Less More More...
Micro Power Your microwave oven is equipped with 5 power levels to give you maximum flexibility and control over cooking. The table below shows the examples of food and their recommended cooking power levels for use with this Level microwave oven. U U S S E E POWER LEVEL P P O O W W E E R R O O U U T T P P U U T T...
Quick In the following example I will show you how to set 2 minutes of cooking on high power. Start Start Start Stop/Clear Stop/Clear Press STOP/CLEAR . Less Less More More The QUICK START feature allows you to Press START four times to select 2 minutes on HIGH power. Stop/Clear Stop/Clear Start...
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 Start Start Stop/Clear Stop/Clear Press STOP/CLEAR. Less Less More More This feature will allow you to brown and Turn KNOB to select the grill mode.
Combination In the following example I will show you how to programme your oven with combi mode Co-3 for a cooking time of 25 minutes. Cooking Stop/Clear Stop/Clear Start Start Press STOP/CLEAR . Less Less More More Turn KNOB to select the Combi-3 mode. Grill Grill Combi.1...
A A u u t t o o In the following example I will show you how to cook 0.6kg of fresh vegetable. C C o o o o k k Start Start Stop/Clear Stop/Clear Press STOP/CLEAR . Less Less More More AUTO COOK allows you to cook most of...
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FOOD CATEGORY FOOD TEMP. UTENSILS WEIGHT LIMIT INSTRUCTIONS Choose medium sized potatoes 170-200g . 1. Jacket patato Room On Glass tray 0.1 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 Use popcorn product for microwave oven Room Bag on the 100g 5. Popcorn Remove plastic overwrap. Place unfolded bag on the glass tray. glass tray (Follow the package directions) After popping, remove bag from the oven. CAUTINON: Product is HOT! Open bag carefully by pulling diagonally on corners 6.
The temperature and density of food varies, I would recommend that the food is checked before cooking Auto 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 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.
A A u u t t o o In the following example I will show you how to cook 0.6kg of Roast Mutton. R R o o a a s s t t Start Start Stop/Clear Stop/Clear Press STOP/CLEAR . Less Less More...
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CATEGORY WEIGHT LIMIT UTENSIL FOOD TEMP. INSTRUCTIONS Use this key to cook home made Gratins. Place food on the low rack. 1. Gratin 0.5 kg ~ 1.2 kg Low tray Room After cooking, remove from oven and stand 1-2 minutes. * Potato Gratin * Ingredients 400g potatoes...
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CATEGORY WEIGHT LIMIT UTENSIL FOOD TEMP. INSTRUCTIONS Refrigerated 2. Lasagne 0.3 kg ~ 0.6kg Low rack REMOVE CARTON & PROTECTIVE FILM ON DINNER. Place on the low rack. After cooking, remove from the oven and let stand for 1-2 minutes 3.
Special In the following example I will show you how to cook of special food Cook Start Start Stop/Clear Stop/Clear STOP/CLEAR . STOP/CLEAR . Press Less Less More More 1. Vegetables(Small cut) 1. Vegetables(Small cut) Special Cook Special Cook Press of time to select food type Special COOK allows you to cook most of 2.
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FOOD CATEGORY FOOD TEMP. UTENSILS INSTRUCTIONS WEIGHT LIMIT 1. Vegetables Room Clean the vegetables and cut into similar sized pieces. Pour 300ml tap Steam water bowl 0.2 kg ~ 0.8 kg water into steam water bowl. Place steam plate on the steam water bowl. Steam plate (Small cut) Place the prepared vegetables on the steam plate, Cover with steam cover.
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FOOD CATEGORY FOOD TEMP. UTENSILS WEIGHT LIMIT INSTRUCTIONS 4. Chicken breasts Refrigerated Steam water bowl 0.2 kg ~ 0.8 kg Clean the food. Pour 300ml tap water into the steam water bowl. Steam plate Place steam plate on the steam water bowl. Water :300ml Steam cover Place the prepared chicken on the steam plate, Cover with steam cover.
S S t t e e a a m m In the following example I will show you how to use the steam to cook some food for 12 minutes and 30 seconds. C C o o o o k k Press Stop/Clear.
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 meat on grill Directions for grilling fish and seafood • 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.
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. 1 Do not attempt to tamper with, or make any adjustments or repairs to the 10 Small amounts of food require shorter cooking or heating time.
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 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 The wires in this mains lead are colored in accordance with the MG-5684BC following codes BLUE ~ Neutral 220 V AC /50Hz Power Input BROWN ~ Live...