Note: Most fresh perishable foods, especially raw poultry, meat, fish and butter or margarine, cannot safely be left at room temperature and cooking of these foods should never be delayed for more than 1 hour.

Soaking the rice before cooking produces a softer texture.

Setting the ready time with the Preset/Clock button 1 Press the [Preset]/[Clock] button (Fig. 33).

»» The lights of the available menu buttons ([Steam] and [Rice]) go on. (Fig. 34)

2 Press the button of the menu you want to use and, if necessary, select the desired submenu with the control ring. Then press the [Cook]/[OK] button.

Note: Do not use this function to delay cooking time for meat, fish, frozen or fresh perishable

foods.

3 To set the ready time, move your finger up/down on the left/right side of the control ring. Press and hold one of the 4 points to move the time forward or backward quickly (Fig. 6).

Tip: For example, you can use the [Preset]/[Clock] button to set the ready time at 18:30 (Fig. 35).

4 Press the [Cook]/[OK] button to start the timer. »» The message [Saved!] appears on the display.

»» The [Cook]/[OK] light goes on and the text [Saved!] and the preset ready time for the selected menu appear on the display.

5 When the cooking process starts, the cooking animation and the remaining cooking time appear on the display.

The time difference between the present time and preset ready time must be longer than the default cooking time.

If the time difference between the present time and preset ready time is shorter than the default cooking time, the preset function is not valid.

Setting the ready time with the menu buttons

Do not use this function for preparing meat, fish, frozen or other fresh perishable ingredients.

1 Press the button of the menu (Steam and Rice) you want to use and, if necessary, select the desired submenu with the control ring. Then press the [Preset]/[Clock] button.

Note: You can also press the preset button in the submenu screen, the first step-by-step screen

or the cooking time screen.

2 To set the ready time, move your finger up/down on the left/right side of the control ring. Press and hold one of the 4 points to move the time forward or backward quickly (Fig. 6).

Note: For example, you can use the [Preset]/[Clock] button to set the ready time at 18:30 (Fig. 35).

3 Press the [Cook]/[OK] button to start the timer.

»» The [Cook]/[OK] light goes on and the text [Saved!] and the preset ready time for the selected menu appear on the display.

4 When the cooking process starts, the cooking animation and the remaining cooking time appear on the display.

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Philips HD4779 user manual Setting the ready time with the menu buttons, Or the cooking time screen

HD4779 specifications

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