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MICROWAVE/GRILL/CONVECTION OVEN
OWNER’S MANUAL
PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING.
MC-924JA
MC-924JLA
P/No: 3828W5A1587
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Precautions Precautions to avoid possible exposure to excessive microwave energy. 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 sudd
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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 surface. Place the oven in the level location of your choice with more than 85cm he
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Plug your oven into a standard household socket. Make Press the STOP/CLEAR button, and press sure your oven is the only appliance connected to the the START button one time to set 30 socket. If your oven does not operate properly, unplug it seconds of cooking time. from the electrical socket and then plug it back in. The DISPLAY will count down from 30 seconds. When it Open your oven door by pulling the DOOR HANDLE. reaches 0 it will sound BEEPS. Open the oven door and Place the ROTATING RING
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Setting the You can set either12 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. When your oven is plugged in for the Press CLOCK once. first time or when power resumes after a power cut, a ‘0’ will be shown in the (If you want to use a 12 hour c
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Child Lock Press STOP/CLEAR. Your oven has a safety feature that Press and hold STOP/CLEAR until “L” appears on the display and BEEP prevents accidental running of the oven. sounds. Once the child lock is set, you will be The CHILD LOCK is now set. unable to use any functions and no cooking can take place. The time will disappear on the display but will reappear on the display However your child can still open the a few seconds later. oven door. If any button is pressed, “L” will appear on the
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Micro Power In the following example I will show you how to cook some food on 80% power for 5 minutes and 30 seconds. Cooking 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 MICRO twice to select 80% power. settings. High power is automatically “80” appears on the display. selected but repeated presses of the MICRO key will select a different power level. Press % MICRO POWER Press 1 MIN five times
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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% * Boil Water * Brown minced beef * Cook poultry pieces, fish, vegetables * Cook tender cuts of meat MEDIUM HIGH 80% * All reheating * Roast meat and poultry * Cook mushrooms and shellfish * Cook foods containing chees
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Two stage In the following example I will show you how to cook some food in two stages. The first stage will cook your food for 11 minutes on HIGH; the second will cook for 35 minutes on 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 the oven door and press START and the Press MICRO once to select HIGH power. cooking stage will continue. Press 10 MIN once. At the end of stage1, BEEP sounds
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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 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 START key. During QUICK START cooking, you can extend the cooking time up to 10 minutes by repeatedly pressing the START key. 11
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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 undercooked when using the AUTO Select weight of food. COOK programme, you can increase or decrease cooking time by pressing the Press START. / key. When cooking with auto and manual Press MORE( ). function, you can lengthen or shorten the The coo
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Grill In the following example I will show you how to use the grill to cook some food for 12 minutes and 30 seconds. Cooking Press STOP/CLEAR. This model is fitted with a QUARTZ Press GRILL. GRILL, so preheating is not needed. This feature will allow you to brown and crisp food quickly. The metal tray is placed between a glass tray and a grill rack at the grill mode. Set the cooking time. The grill rack(high rack) must be used Press 10 MIN once. during grill cooking. Press 1 MIN twice. Press 10
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Convection In the following example I will show you how to preheat the oven first, then cook some food at a temperature of 230 °C . Cooking 1. To preheat. Press STOP/CLEAR. Press CONVECTION. The convection oven has a temperature range of 40 °C and 100 °C~250 °C (180 °C is automatically available when convection mode is selected). The oven has a ferment function at the oven temperature of 40 °C. You may Press MORE five times to select 230 °C. wait until the oven is cool because you The cooking te
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Convection In the following example I will show you how to preheat the oven first, then cook some food at a temperature of 230 °C for 50 minutes. Cooking 2. To cook. Press STOP/CLEAR. Press CONVECTION. If you do not set a temperature, your oven will automatically select 180 °C. The cooking temperature can be changed by pressing the / key. Press MORE( ) five times to select 230 °C. The convection rack(low rack) must be used during convection cooking. Press 10 MIN five times. Press
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Combination In the following example I will show you how to programme your oven with - micro power 40% and grill for a cooking time of 25 minutes. Cooking 1. GRILL COMBINATION. Press STOP/CLEAR. Press COMBI. Your oven has a combination cooking Press GRILL. feature which allows you to cook food with heater and microwave at the same time or alternately. This generally means it takes less time to cook your food. Press MICRO two times to select 40% power. You can set three kinds of micro power level
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Combination In the following example I will show you how to programme your oven with micro power 40% and at a convection temperature 200 °C for a cooking time of 25 minutes. Cooking 2. CONVECTION COMBINATION. Press STOP/CLEAR. Press COMBI. Your oven has a combination cooking Press CONVECTION. feature which allows you to cook food Press MORE( ) two times for convection temperature 200 °C. with heater and microwave at the same time or alternately. This generally means Press MICRO two times t
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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 Weight 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 Defrost require a standing time to allow the
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AUTO WEIGHT DEFROST SEQUENCE LIST SEQUENCE FOOD MIN./MAX. FOOD 1. MEAT Beef Minced beef, Fillet steak, Cubes for stew, Sirloin steak, Pot roast, Rump roast, Beef burger. 0.1/4.0 kg Lamb Chops(2.5 cm thick),Rolled roast. Pork Chops(1.2 cm thick), Spareribs, Rolled roast, Sausage. Veal Cutlets(450 g, 1.2 cm thick) 2. POULTRY Chicken Whole(under 2 Kg), Cut up Breasts(boneless), Legs. 0.1/4.0 kg Turkey Breasts(under 2.5 Kg) 3. FISH Fish Fillets. Steaks, Whole 0.1/4.0 kg Shellfish Crabmeat, Lobster t
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Use this function to thaw only 0.5kg of Minced meat, Chicken pieces, Fish fillets very quickly. Quick This will require a standing time to allow the center to thaw. In the following example will show you how to defrost 0.5kg of forzen poultry. Defrost 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. Press QUICK DEFROST twice to select the POULTRY defrosting programme. Your
