MICROWAVE OVEN OWNER'S MANUAL PLEASE READ THIS OWNER'S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING. MS3046S P/No.: MFL06331209 Precautions Precautions to avoid possible exposure to excessive microwave energy. 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 any cooking activity when the door is opened; which in the case of a microwave oven could result in harmful exposure to microwave energy. It is important not to tamper with the safety interlocks. Do not place any object between the oven front face and the door or allow food or cleaner residue to accumulate on sealing surfaces. Do not operate your oven if it is damaged. It is particularly important that the oven door closes properly and that there is no damage to the: (1) door(bent), (2) hinges and latches (broken or loosened), (3) door seals and sealing surfaces. Your oven should not be adjusted or repaired by anyone except qualified service personnel. When heating liquids, e.g. soups, sauces and beverages in your microwave oven, overheating the liquid beyond boiling point can occur without evidence of bubbling. This could result in a sudden boil over of the hot liquid. To prevent this possibility the following steps should be taken: 1 Avoid using straight sided containers with narrow necks. 2 Do not overheat. 3 Stir the liquid before placing the container in the oven and again halfway through the heating time. 4 After heating, allow to stand in the oven for a short time, stir or shake them again carefully and check the temperature of them before consumption to avoid burns (especially, contents of feeding bottles and baby food jars). Be careful when handling the container. Warning Please ensure cooking times are correctly set as over cooking may result in the FOOD catching fire and subsequent damage to your oven. Warning Always allow food to stand after being cooked by microwaves and check the temperature of them before consumption. Especially contents of feeding bottles and baby food jars. 2 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. Electricity, supplied to the magnetron tube, is used to created microwave energy. These microwaves enter the cooking area through openings inside the oven. A turntable or tray is located at the bottom of the oven. Microwaves cannot pass through metal walls of the oven, but they can penetrate such materials as glass, porcelain and paper, the materials out of which microwave-safe cooking dishes are constructed. Microwaves do not heat cookware, though cooking vessels will eventually get hot from the heat generated by the food. A very safe appliance Your microwave oven is one of the safest of all home appliances. When the door is opened, the oven automatically stops producing microwaves. Microwave energy is converted completely to heat when it enters food, leaving no "left over" energy to harm you when you eat your food. 3 Precautions Contents Unpacking & Installing Setting the Clock Child Lock Micro Power Cooking Micro Power Level Two Stage Cooking Quick Start Auto Cook Auto Defrost Quick Defrost Timer More or Less Cooking Heating or Reheating Guide Fresh Vegetable Guide Important safety instructions Read carefully and keep for future reference Microwave - safe Utensils Food characteristics & Microwave cooking Questions & Answers Plug Wiring Information/Technical Specifications 2 3 4~5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ~ 13 14 ~ 15 16 ~ 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ~ 25 26 27 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. Check to make sure that your oven has not been damaged during delivery. Unpacking & Installing Unpack your oven and place it on a flat level surface. Place the oven in the level location of your choice with more than 85cm height but make sure there is at least 20cm of space on the top and 10cm at the rear for proper ventilation. The front of the oven should be at least 8cm from the edge of the surface to prevent tipping. An exhaust outlet is located on top or side of the oven. Blocking the outlet can damage the oven. GLASS TRAY PLATAFORMA ROLLER REST SOPORTE DE GIRO THIS OVEN SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL CATERING PURPOSES 4 Plug your oven into a standard household socket. Make sure your oven is the only appliance connected to the socket. If your oven does not operate properly, unplug it from the electrical socket and then plug it back in. Open your oven door by pushing the Release Button. Place the ROTATING RING inside the oven and place the GLASS TRAY on top. Fill a microwave safe container with 300 ml (1/2 pint) of water. Place on the GLASS TRAY and close the oven door. If you have any doubts about what type of container to use please refer to page 23. Press the START button once to set 30 seconds of cooking time. You will hear a BEEP when you press the button. Your oven will start after you have finished the press. The DISPLAY will count down from 3 minutes. When it reaches 0 it will sound BEEPS. Open the oven door and test the temperature of the water. If your oven is operating the water should be warm. Be careful when removing the container it may be hot. YOUR OVEN IS NOW INSTALLED 5 You can set either12 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. Setting the Clock Make sure that you have correctly installed your oven as described earlier in this book. Press STOP/CLEAR. When your oven is plugged in for the first time or when power resumes after a power cut, a `0' will be shown in the display; you will have to reset the clock. If the clock (or display) shows any strange looking symbols, unplug your oven from the electrical socket and plug it back in and reset the clock. During clock setting the colon will flash. After setting, the colon will stop flashing. Press CLOCK once. (If you want to use a 12 hour clock, Press CLOCK once more. If you want to change different option after setting clock, you have to unplug and plug it back in.) Press 10 MIN fifteen times. Press 1 MIN three times. Press 10 SEC five times. If the key (10 MIN / 1 MIN / 10 SEC) is pressed and held, the time will increase rapidly. Press CLOCK to set the time. The clock starts counting. 6 Child Lock Press STOP/CLEAR. Your oven has a safety feature that prevents accidental running of the oven. Once the child lock is set, you will be unable to use any functions and no cooking can take place. However your child can still open the oven door. Press and hold STOP/CLEAR until "L" appears on the display and BEEP sounds. The CHILD LOCK is now set. The time will disappear on the display if you have set the clock. "L" remains on the display to let you know that CHILD LOCK is set. L To cancel CHILD LOCK press and hold STOP/CLEAR until "L" disappears. You will hear BEEP when it's released. 7 In the following example I will show you how to cook some food on 80% power for 5 minutes and 30 seconds. Micro Power Cooking Make sure that you have correctly installed your oven as described earlier in this book. Press STOP/CLEAR. Your oven has five microwave Power settings. High power is automatically selected but repeated presses of the MICRO button will select a different power level. Press MICRO twice to select 80% power. POWER HIGH MAX MEDIUM HIGH MEDIUM DEFROST MEDIUM LOW LOW % 100% 80% Press MICRO time Power Output 900W Press 1 MIN five times. Press 10 SEC three times. times 720W times 540W times 360W times 180W 8 60% 40% 20% Press START. Micro Power Level POWER LEVEL HIGH 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 microwave oven. USE * Boil Water * Brown minced lamb * Cook poultry pieces, fish, vegetables * Cook tender cuts of meat * All reheating * Roast meat and poultry * Cook mushrooms and shellfish * Cook foods containing cheese and eggs * Bake cakes and scones * Prepare eggs * Cook custard * Prepare rice, soup * All thawing * Melt butter and chocolate * Cook less tender cuts of meat * Soften butter & cheese * Soften ice cream * Raise yeast dough POWER LEVEL (%) 100% POWER OUTPUT 900W MEDIUM HIGH 80% 720W MEDIUM 60% 540W DEFROST/ MEDIUM LOW 40% 360W LOW 20% 180W 9 In the following example I will show you how to cook some food in two stages. The first stage will cook your food for 11 minutes on HIGH; the second will cook for 35 minutes on 40%. Two stage Cooking Press STOP/CLEAR. During two stage cooking the oven door can be opened and food checked. Close the oven door and press START and the cooking stage will continue. At the end of stage1, BEEP sounds and stage 2 commences. Should you wish to clear the programme press STOP/CLEAR twice. Set the power and the cooking time for stage1. Press MICRO once to select HIGH power. Press 10 MIN once. Press 1 MIN once. Set the power and the cooking time for stage2. Press MICRO four times to select 40% power. Press 10 MIN three times. Press 1 MIN five times. Press START. 10 Quick Start Press STOP/CLEAR. In the following example I will show you how to set 2 minutes of cooking on high power. The QUICK START feature allows you to set 30 seconds intervals of HIGH power cooking with a touch of the START key. Press START four times to select 2 minutes on HIGH power. Your oven will start before you have finished the fourth press. During QUICK START cooking, you can extend the cooking time up to 10 minutes by repeatedly pressing the START key. 11 In the following example I will show you how to cook 0.6kg of fresh vegetable. Auto Cook Press STOP/CLEAR. AUTO COOK allows you to cook most of your favorite food easily by selecting the food type and entering the weight of the food. Press Fresh Vegetable . Press MORE(+) five times to enter 0.6 kg. Press START. 12 FOOD CATEGORY FOOD TEMP. UTENSILS WEIGHT LIMIT INSTRUCTIONS Wash, dry and prick potato with a fork several times. Place the potato with three pieces of paper towel in the centre of the glass tray. After Cooking, let stand covered with foil for 5 minutes. 1. JACKET POTATO Room temp. Glass tray 0.1 kg ~ 1.0 kg 2. FRESH VEGETABLE Room temp. Glass tray 0.2 kg ~ 0.8 kg Place prepared vegetables into a suitable sized container (e.g. casserole dish). Add 30 ml water per 200 g vegetables. After Cooking, let stand for 3 minutes. 3. FROZEN VEGETABLE Frozen Glass tray 0.2 kg ~ 0.8 kg Place prepared frozen vegetables into a suitable sized container. Add 30 ml water per 200 g vegetable. Cover and place in the centre of the glass tray. After Cooking, let stand for 3 minutes. Wash and place fish in a microwave-safe dish. Add 30ml liquid.Cover with wrap. After cooking, stand covered for 3-4minutes. Wash rice and place rice & boiling water with 1/4 to 1 teaspoon salt in a deep and large bowl. Weight Water Rice Pasta 100 g 180 ml 300 ml 200 g 330 ml 600 ml 300 g 480 ml 900 ml Cover Yes No 4.Fish Refrigerated MicrowaveSafe dish 0.1 kg ~ 0.8 kg 5.Rice 6.Pasta Room MicrowaveSafe bowl 0.1 kg ~ 0.3 kg ** Rice - After cooking, stand covered for 5 minutes or until water is absorbed. ** Pasta - During the cooking, stir several times. After cooking, stand 1 or 2 minutes. Rinse pasta with cold water. 13 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 slightly frozen. The BREAD programme is suitable for defrosting small items such as rolls or a small loaf. These will require a standing time to allow the centre to thaw. In the following example I will show you how to defrost 1.4Kg of frozen poultry. Press STOP/CLEAR. Weigh the food that you are about to defrost. Be certain to remove any metallic ties or wraps; then place the food in your oven and close the oven door. Auto Defrost Your oven has four microwave defrost settings:- MEAT, POULTRY, FISH and BREAD; each defrost category has different power settings. Repeated presses of the AUTO DEFROST key will select a different setting. Press AUTO DEFROST twice to select the POULTRY defrosting programme. "dEF2" app ...