Hotpoint SQ872T - SE872X manual Start-up and use, Setting the clock and timer, Starting the oven

Start-up and use

!The first time you use your appliance, heat the empty oven with its door closed at its maximum temperature for at least half and hour. Ensure that the room is well ventilated before switching the oven off and opening the oven door. The appliance may produce a slightly unpleasant odour caused by the burning away of protective substances used during the manufacturing process.

Setting the clock and timer

The time can only be set on the clock when the SELECTOR knob is set to position “0”.

After the appliance has been connected to the power supply, or after a blackout, the clock display will automatically reset to 0:00 and begin to blink.

To set the time:

1.turn the THERMOSTAT knob;

2.press button to confirm:

Repeat to set the minutes. To make any changes,

press button and repeat the steps described above.

The timer operates in minutes: when the selected time has elapsed, a buzzer will sound. After one minute the buzzer will automatically stop or when any button is pressed.

To set the timer, press button and repeat the steps

described to set the clock. The icon will remind you the timer is on.

!The timer does not turn the oven on or off.

Starting the oven

1.Select the desired cooking mode by turning the SELECTOR knob.

2.The oven will start the pre-heating phase, during

which the icon will flash on the display, and the cooking temperature associated with the mode selected appears.

The temperature may be changed by turning the THERMOSTAT knob.

3.When preheating is finished, a buzzer sounds and

the icon appears on the display: place the food in the oven.

4. You may do the following during cooking:

- change the cooking mode by turning the SELECTOR GB knob.

-change the temperature by turning the THERMOSTAT knob.

-set the cooking time as well as the end cooking time (see Cooking Modes).

-stop cooking by turning the SELECTOR knob to the “0” position.

5. The oven switches off automatically after two hours: this default time is set for all cooking modes for safety reasons.

The cooking time may be changed (see Cooking Modes).

6. In case of a blackout, if the oven was already operating, an automatic system within the appliance will reactivate the cooking mode from where it was interrupted as long as the temperature did not drop below a certain level. Programmed cooking modes which have not started will not be restored and must be reprogrammed.

!There is no preheating in the FAST COOKING and BARBECUE modes.

!Never put objects directly on the oven bottom to avoid damaging the enamel coating.

!Always place cookware on the rack(s) provided.

Cooling ventilation

In order to cool down the external temperature of the oven, a cooling fan blows air between the control panel and the oven door. In the FAST COOKING mode, the fan goes on automatically after ten minutes. In the BAKING mode, the cooling fan goes on only when the oven is hot.

!Once the cooking has been completed, the cooling fan remains on until the oven has cooled down sufficiently.

Oven light

When the oven is off, the lamp can be turned on at any time by pressing the button or by opening the oven door.

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