Using the Auto Defrost Feature
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The Auto Defrost feature enables you to defrost steaks/ chops/ minced meat/ chicken pieces, meat joint, chicken, fish, bread or cake. The defrost time and power level are set automatically. You simply select the programme and the weight.
☛Use only recipients that are microwave-safe.
Open the door. Place the frozen food in the center of the turntable. Close the door.
1.Press the Auto Defrost ( 
) button.
Result: The following indications are displayed: 
(Auto Defrost mode)
2.Press the Auto Defrost ( 
) button one or more times
according to the type of food to be defrosted. Refer to the table on the following page for further details.
3.Select the food weight by turning the dial knob.
4.Press Start ( 
1min+) button.
Result:
◆ Defrosting begins.
◆The oven beeps half way through defrosting to remind you to turn the food over.
5.Press the Start ( 
1min+) again to finish defrosting.
Result: When cooking has finished, the oven will beep and flash “0” four times. The oven will then beep one time per minute.
☛You can also defrost food manually. To do so, select the microwave cooking/reheating function with a power level of 180 W. Refer to the section entitled “Cooking/Reheating” on page 9 for further details.
The following table presents the various Auto Defrost programmes, quantities, standing times and appropriate recommendations. Remove all kind of package material before defrosting. Place meat, poultry and fish on a flat ceramic plate.
Code Food Serving Standing Recommendations
Size Time
1 | Steaks/ | Shield the edges with aluminium foil. | |
| Chops/ | min. | When the oven beeps, turn the plieces |
| Minced |
| over. This programme is suitable for flat |
| Meat/ |
| pieces of meat or poultry, like steaks, |
| Chicken |
| chops, chicken legs, chicken or duck |
| Pieces |
| breast and minced meat. |
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2 | Meat | Shield the edges with aluminium foil. | |
| Joint | min. | When the oven beeps, turn the meat |
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| joint over. This programme is suitable for |
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| a joint of meat (pork, beef, lamb) or a |
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| lamb leg. |
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3 | Chicken | Shield the leg and wing tips with | |
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| min. | aluminium foil and put the chicken first |
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| beeps, turn the chicken over.This |
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| programme is suitable for whole chicken. |
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4 | Fish | Shield the tail of a whole fish with | |
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| min. | aluminium foil. When the oven beeps, |
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| turn the fish over. This programme is |
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| suitable for whole fishes as well as for |
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| fish fillets. |
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5 | Bread | Put bread slices horizontally on a piece | |
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| min. | of kitchen paper and turn over, as soon |
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| as the oven beeps. This programme is |
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| suitable for all kinds of bread, sliced or |
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| whole, as well as for bread rolls and |
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| baguettes. Arrange bread rolls in a |
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| circle. |
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6 | Cake | Place cake on a turntable. This | |
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| min. | programme is suitable for all kinds of |
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| yeast cake, sponge cake, cheese cake, |
puff pastry, fruit cake and cream cake rolls. It is not suitable for gateaux or cake with cream or chocolate topping and icing.
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