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MICROWAVE OVEN
OWNER’S MANUAL
PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING.
MD-2653GT
MD-2653GTS
MD-2653SN
P/No: 3828W5A3696
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Precautions to avoid possible exposure to excessive microwave energy. Precautions You cannot operate your oven with the door open due to the safety interlocks When heating liquids, e.g. soups, sauces and beverages in your microwave built into the door mechanism. These safety interlocks automatically switch off oven, overheating the liquid beyond boiling point can occur without any cooking activity when the door is opened; which in the case of a evidence of bubbling. This could result in a sudde
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Contents Precautions 2 How the Microwave Oven Works Contents 3 Microwaves are a form of energy similar to radio and television waves and Unpacking & Installing 4 ~ 5 ordinary daylight. Normally, microwaves spread outwards as they travel Setting the Clock 6 through the atmosphere and disappear without effect. Microwave ovens, Child Lock 7 however, have a magnetron which is designed to make use of the energy in Micro Power Cooking 8 microwaves. Electricity, supplied to the magnetron tube, is used
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Unpacking & By following the basic steps on these two pages you will be able to quickly check that your oven is operating correctly. Please pay particular attention to the guidance on where to install your oven. When unpacking your oven make sure you remove all accessories and packing. Check to make sure that your oven has not been Installing damaged during delivery. Unpack your oven and place it on a flat level Place the oven in the level location of your choice with surface. more than 85cm he
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Plug your oven into a standard household socket. Open your oven door by pulling the DOOR HANDLE. Make sure your oven is the only appliance Place the ROLLER REST inside the oven and place the connected to the socket. If your oven does not operate GLASS TRAY on top. properly, unplug it from the electrical socket and then plug it back in. Fill a microwave safe container with Press the START The DISPLAY will count down from 3 minutes. 300 ml (1/2 pint) of water. Place on button six times When it rea
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Setting the You can set either 12 hour clock or 24 hour clock. In the following example I will show you how to set the time for 14:35 when using the 24 clock. Clock Make sure that you have removed all packaging from your oven. Make sure that you have correctly installed your oven as described earlier in this book. Press STOP/CLEAR. Press SET CLOCK once. When your oven is plugged in for the first time or when power resumes after a (If you want to use a 12 hour clock, Press SET CLOCK once more. p
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Child Lock Press STOP/CLEAR. Your oven has a safety feature that Press and hold STOP until “L” appears on the display and BEEP sounds. prevents accidental running of the oven. The CHILD LOCK is now set. Once the child lock is set, you will be unable to use any functions and no The time will disappear on the display if you have set the clock. cooking can take place. However your child can still open the oven door! “L” remains displayed to let you know that CHILD LOCK is set. To cancel CHILD LOC
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Micro Power In the following example I will show you how to cook some food on 720W(80%) power for 5 minutes and 30 seconds. During microwave cooking, you can extend the cooking time each 30 seconds upto 30 minutes by Cooking repeatedly pressing the start key. Make sure that you have correctly installed your oven as described earlier in this book. Press STOP/CLEAR. Your oven has five microwave Power Press POWER twice to select 720W. settings. High power is automatically “720” appears on the displ
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Micro Power Your microwave oven is equipped with 5 power levels to give you maximum flexibility and control over cooking. The table below shows the examples of food and their recommended cooking power levels for use with this Level microwave oven. OUTPUT USE POWER LEVEL HIGH 100% 900W * Boil Water * Brown minced beef * Cook poultry pieces, fish, vegetables * Cook tender cuts of meat 720W MEDIUM HIGH 80% * All reheating * Roast meat and poultry * Cook mushrooms and shellfish * Cook foods conta
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Two stage In the following example I will show you how to cook some food in two stages. The first stages will cook your food for 11 minutes on HIGH; the second will cook for 35 minutes on 360W(40%). Cooking Press STOP/CLEAR. During two stage cooking the oven door Set the power and the cooking time for stage1. can be opened and food checked. Close (You can omit this process for HIGH power.) the oven door and press START and the Press POWER once to select HIGH power. cooking stage will continue. P
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Quick In the following example I will show you how to set 2 minutes of cooking on high power. Start Press STOP/CLEAR. The QUICK START feature allows you to Press QUICK START four times to select 2 minutes on HIGH power. Your oven will start before you have finished the fourth press. set 30 seconds intervals of HIGH power cooking with a touch of the QUICK START key. During QUICK START cooking, you can extend the cooking time up to 10 minutes by repeatedly pressing the QUICK START key. 11
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Auto In the following example I will show you how to cook 0.5 kg of jacket potato. Cook Press STOP/CLEAR. AUTO COOK allows you to cook most of Press AUTO COOK once to select jacket potato. your favorite food easily by selecting the “AC-1” appears on the display. food type and entering the weight of the food by pressing the MORE/LESS key. Press Category AUTO COOK Jacket potato time Select desired weight of potato. Press MORE key five times to enter 0.5kg. Fresh vegatable times If the MORE/LESS
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FUNCTION CATEGORY WEIGHT LIMIT UTENSIL FOOD TEMP. INSTRUCTIONS AUTO COOK Jacket Potato 0.1 ~ 1.0 kg Microwave- Room Choose medium sized potatoes 170 -200g. safe bowl Wash and dry potatoes. Pierce the potatoes several times with fork. Place the potatoes on the glass turntable. Adjust weight and press start. After cooking, remove the potatoes from the oven. Let stand covered with foil for 5 minutes. Fresh 0.2 ~ 0.8 kg Microwave- Room Place vegetables in a microwave-safe bowl. Add water. Vegetabl
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FUNCTION CATEGORY WEIGHT LIMIT UTENSIL FOOD TEMP. INSTRUCTIONS AUTO COOK Fish 0.1 ~ 0.6 kg Microwave- Refrigerated Whole fish, steaks safe flan dish - Oily fish : salmon, mackerel - White fish : cod, haddock Arrange in a single layer in a large microwave-safe flan dish. Cover dish tightly with plastic wrap and pierce in several places. Place on the glass turntable. Adjust weight and press start. After cooking, remove the dish from the oven. Allow to stand for 3 minutes before serving. 14
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The temperature and density of food varies, I would recommend that the food is checked before cooking commences. Pay particular attention to large joints of meat and chicken, some foods should not be completely Auto thawed before cooking. For example fish cooks so quickly that it is sometimes better to begin cooking while still slightly frozen. The BREAD programme is suitable for defrosting small items such as rolls or a small loaf. These will require a standing time to allow the centre to thaw
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AUTO WEIGHT DEFROST GUIDE • Food to be defrosted should be in a suitable microwave proof container and place uncovered on the glass turntable. • If necessary, shield small areas of meat or poultry with flat pieces of aluminum foil. This will prevent thin areas becoming warm during defrosting. Ensure the foil does not touch the oven walls. • Separate items like minced meat, chops, sausages and bacon as soon as possible. • When BEEP, at this point remove the food from the microwave oven, turn the
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Quick Use this function to thaw only 0.5kg of Minced meat very quickly. This will require a standing time to allow the center to thaw. In the following example will show you how to defrost Defrost 0.5kg of frozen minced meat. Press STOP/CLEAR. Weight the food that you are about to defrost. Be certain to remove any metallic ties or wraps; then place the food in your oven and close the oven door. Your oven has a microwave quick Press QUICK DEFROST. defrost setting (MEAT). The oven will start auto
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QUICK DEFROST GUIDE Use this function to defrost quickly for minced meat. Remove the meat completely from it’s wrapping. Place the mince onto a microwave-safe plate. When BEEP, at this point remove the mince from the microwave oven, turn the mince over and return to the microwave oven. Press start to continue. At the end of the program remove the mince from the microwave oven, cover with foil and allow to stand 5-15 minutes or until completely thawed. Category Weight Utensil Instructions Mince
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More or Less In the following example I will show you how to change the preset AUTO COOK programmes for a longer or shorter cooking time. Cooking Press STOP/CLEAR. Set the required AUTO COOK programme. If you find that your food is over or (Select weight of food.) undercooked when using the AUTO COOK programme, you can increase or Press START. decrease cooking time by pressing the MORE/LESS key. When cooking without Auto function you Press MORE. can extend the cooking time at any point The cook
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In the following example I will show you how to toast bread at level 6. Toaster BE CAREFUL NOT TO TOUCH THE METALIC PART AFTER WORKING. IT MAY BE HOT. Press TOAST CLEAR. The microwave oven and toaster can be Press TOAST DARKER twice to select the level 6. used at the same time. When you toast continuously, Please reduce cooking time at the next toast. After end of toast, the cooling fan works for a second. When operating toaster with door closed, this will be illuminated. If you open the Press T
