OTHER CONVENIENT FEATURES
Kitchen Timer
Use the Kitchen Timer as a minute timer or to monitor the standing time for cooked/defrosted food.
•Suppose you want to set the kitchen timer for 5 minutes.
P R O C E D U R E
1 Open and close the door to activate Kitchen Timer function.
2 Enter the desired time by pressing TIME (5.00).
x 5
3 Press INFO/KITCHEN TIMER
once.
x 1
Minute Plus Function
START 
/+1min allows you to operate the two following functions:
a) Direct start
You can directly start cooking on 100% microwave power for 1 minute by pressing START
/+1min.
NOTE:
To avoid the misuse by children START 
/+1min can be used only within 3 minutes after preceding operation, i.e., closing the door, pressing the STOP/ CLEAR key or cooking completion.
b) Extend the manual cooking time
You can extend the manual cooking time for multiples of 1 minute if START
/+1min is pressed while the oven is in operation.
NOTE:
You can not use this function for Steam cooking. The cooking time can be extended up to 99 minutes.
Info
Info provides 5 features. |
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In F1: Drain | In F4: Demo Mode |
In F2: Descale | In F5: Child Lock |
In F3: Water Hardness |
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These features can be selected by pressing INFO/ KITCHEN TIMER until the desired function is displayed and pressing START
/+1min.
DRAIN
The remaining water inside the steam generator can be evaporated by using the DRAIN function. See page
DESCALE
See page
WATER HARDNESS
Your oven is set at the factory to water hardness setting 3 (Very hard). You can set the oven for the water hardness level.
You can use a test strip available at some drug stores, to check the water hardness level.
In some areas, it is possible to ask the water supply company for the water hardness.
When you use test strips, follow the instructions of them.
Hardness level | Hardness range | Setting | |
1 | <120 ppm | Soft | |
<120 mg/l | |||
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| <6.7 °dH |
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2 | 120 - 250 ppm | Hard | |
120 - 250 mg/l | |||
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| 6.7 - 14.0 °dH |
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3 | >250 ppm | Very hard | |
>250 mg/l | |||
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| >14.0 °dH |
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P R O C E D U R E
1 Press INFO/KITCHEN TIMER 3 times (In F3).
2 Press WEIGHT until the desired hardness level is displayed and press START
/+1min. The water hardness setting will be held in the memory even if the oven power is off.
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