Start-up and use

￿ The first time you use your appliance, heat the empty

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oven with its door closed at its maximum temperature

 

 

for at least half an hour. Ensure that the room is well

 

ventilated before switching the oven off and opening

 

the oven door. The appliance may emit a slightly

 

unpleasant odour caused by protective substances

 

used during the manufacturing process burning away.

 

￿ The “Control panel lock” and “DEMO mode” can be

 

activated/deactivated even when the control panel is

 

switched off.

 

 

￿ If no button is pressed within 2 minutes of the oven

 

being switched on, the appliance will be switched

 

off automatically.

 

 

Control panel lock

 

 

To lock the oven controls, press the

button, the

 

“START/STOP” button and the time “+” button on the

 

right hand side of the control panel in sequence. A

 

buzzer sounds and the TEMPERATURE display

 

shows “Loc”.

 

 

To unlock the oven controls, press the

button

and the time “-” button on the right hand side of the control panel in sequence.

The control panel lock function can be activated when a cooking programme is in progress or when the oven is switched off, or when a cooking end time has been set and the start button pressed. The control panel lock function can also be deactivated in all the above situations and after the oven has completed the set cooking programme.

Demo mode

The oven can operate in DEMO mode: all heating elements are deactivated, and controls remain operative. To deactivate the DEMO mode, while the oven is switched on press the ON/OFF button, the START/ STOP button and the time "+" button on the right hand side of the control panel, in that order.

To deactivate the DEMO mode, while the oven is switched on press the ON/OFF button and the time “-” button on the right hand side of the control panel. A buzzer sounds and the time display shows “D off”. The DEMO mode can only be activated when the oven is switched on and no cooking programme has been commenced.

Setting the clock

￿The clock may be set when the oven is switched off or when it is switched on, provided that a delayed cooking cycle has not been programmed previously.

1. Press the button several times until the

icon and the two digits on the TIME display flash.

2.Press the “+” and “-” buttons to adjust the hours.

3.Press the button.

4.Press the “+” and “-” buttons to adjust the minutes.

5.Press the button again to confirm.

Setting the timer

￿This may be set while the oven is switched off or while it is switched on.

1.Press the button several times until the icon and the three digits on the TIME display flash.

2.Press the “+” and “-” buttons to adjust the minutes;

3.Press the button again to confirm.

Switching the oven on

Press the button to switch the oven on or off.

Starting the oven

Press the button to select the desired manual cooking mode. The cooking temperature and duration may be set.

Press the button to select the desired automatic cooking mode. The cooking temperature and duration are both set to default values. The duration may be modified by ±5/10 minutes, depending on the selected cooking mode. The text “In” which appears on the TEMPERATURE display stands for “place the food IN the oven”. A delayed cooking cycle may be programmed.

Begin cooking by pressing the “START/STOP” button. The oven will begin its preheating stage, and the current preheating temperature indicator lights illuminate when this stage is complete. The temperature of the manual cooking modes may be adjusted by pressing the “+” and “-” buttons on the left hand side of the control panel.

When the preheating stage is complete, a buzzer sounds and all current preheating temperature indicator lights are illuminated: place the food in the oven.

During cooking it is always possible to:

- Change the temperature by pressing the “+” and “-

buttons on the left hand side of the control panel (manual cooking modes only).

- Interrupt cooking while maintaining the set duration by pressing the START/STOP button.

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Hotpoint SE48L1012X, SE48R1012X, SE481012X manual Start-up and use

SE481012X, SE48R1012X, SE48L1012X specifications

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