Setting the Time How a Microwave Oven Works

Setting the Time

How a Microwave Oven Works

EN	Your microwave oven has an inbuilt clock. The time can be displayed
	in either the 24-hour or 12-hour notation. You must set the clock:

•When you first install your microwave oven

•After a power failure

Do not forget to reset the clock when you switch to and from summer and winter time.

1. To display the time	Then press the
in the...	Clock ( ) button...
24-hour notation	Once
12-hour notation	Twice

2.Set the hour with the h button and the minutes with the min

button.

3.When the right time is displayed, press the Clock ( )

button again to start the clock.

Result : The time is displayed whenever you are not using the microwave oven.

Microwaves are high-frequency electromagnetic waves; the energy released enables food to be cooked or reheated without changing either the form or the colour.

You can use your microwave oven to:

•Defrost

•Instant Reheat/Cook

•Cook

Cooking Principle

1.The microwaves generated by the magnetron are distributed uniformly as the food rotates on the turntable. The food is thus cooked evenly.

2.The microwaves are absorbed by the food up to a depth of about 1 inch (2.5 cm). Cooking then

continues as the heat is dissipated within the food.

3. Cooking times vary according to the recipient used and the properties of the food:

•Quantity and density

•Water content

•Initial temperature (refrigerated or not)

As the centre of the food is cooked by heat dissipation, cooking continues even when you have taken the food out of the oven. Standing times specified in recipes and in this booklet must therefore be respected to ensure:

•Even cooking of the food right to the centre

•The same temperature throughout the food