COOKING/REHEATING

The following procedure explains how to cook or reheat food.

ALWAYS check your cooking settings before leaving the oven unattended.

Open the door. Place the food in the centre of the turntable. Close the door. Never switch the microwave oven on when it is empty.

1. Press the Microwave button.

Result: The following indications are displayed: (microwave mode)

2.Turn the Knob Dial until the appropriate power level is

displayed.

At that time, press the Select button to set the power level.

If don’t set the power level within 5 seconds, Automatically changes to the cooking time setting stage.

3. Set the cooking time by turning the Knob Dial. Result: The cooking time is displayed.

4.Press the START/+30s button.

Result: The oven light comes on and the turntable starts rotating. Cooking starts and when it has finished.

The oven beep and flash “End” 4 times.

The oven will then beep one time per minute.

POWER LEVELS AND TIME VARIATIONS

The power level function enables you to adapt the amount of energy dissipated and thus the time required to cook or reheat your food, according to its type and quantity.

You can choose between six power levels.

Power level

Percentage

Output

 

 

 

HIGH

100 %

900 W

MEDIUM HIGH

67 %

600 W

MEDIUM

50 %

450 W

MEDIUM LOW

33 %

300 W

DEFROST

20 %

180 W

LOW

11 %

100 W

The cooking times given in recipes and in this booklet correspond to the specific power level indicated.

If you select a...

Then the cooking time must be...

 

 

Higher power level

Decreased

Lower power level

Increased

 

 

ADJUSTING THE COOKING TIME

You can increase the cooking time by pressing the START/+30s button once for each 30 seconds to be added.

Check how cooking is progressing at any time simply by opening the door

Increase the remaining cooking time

To increase the cooking time of your food during cooking, press the START/+30s button once for each 30 seconds that you wish to add.

Example: To add three minutes, press the START/+30s button six times.

Just turning Knob Dial to adjust cooking time.

• To increase cooking time, turn to right and to decrease cooking time, turn to left.

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