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Microwave operation
Your oven can be programmed for up to 90 minutes. The input unit of cooking time
varies from 10 seconds to five minutes. It depends on the total length of the cooking
time as shown in the table.
Cooking time Increasing unit
0-5 minutes 10 seconds
5-10 minutes 30 seconds
10-30 minutes 1 minute
30-90 minutes 5 minutes
For manual defrosting (without operating the Auto defrost feature), use 270 W. The
defrost symbol appears in the window display whenever the power level is selected.
Microwave power levels Your oven has 6 power levels:
Power Suggested use
setting
900 W/ Use d for fast cooking or rehea ting e.g. soup, casserol es, canned food, hot beve rages, vegetables,
HIGH fish, etc.
630 W Used for longer cooking of de nse foods such as roast join ts, meat loaf and plated me als, also for
sensitive dishes such as cheese sauce and sponge cakes. At this reduced setting, th e sauce will
not boil over and food will cook evenly without over cooking at the sides.
450 W For dense foods which require a long cooking time when cooked conventionally, eg. beef dishes,
it is advisable to use this power setting to ensure the meat will be tender.
270 W/ T o defrost, select thi s power setting, to e nsure that the dish d efrosts evenly. Th is
DEFROST
setting is also ideal for simmering rice, pasta, dumpli ngs and cooki ng egg cust ard.
90 W For gentle defrosting, eg. cream gateaux o r pastry.
0 W For standing/kitchen timer.
W = WATT