Initial Cleaning
• Remove all parts from the appliance.
• Clean the appliance before first use.
Important! Refer to chapter "Care and Cleaning".
Daily use
Warning! Refer to the Safety chapters.
Activating and deactivating the appliance
1. Turn the power setting knob to select a power set-
ting.
2. Turn the timer knob to set a time, this automatically
activates the appliance.
3. To deactivate the appliance you can:
– wait until the appliance deactivates automatical-
ly when the timer knob reaches the 0 position.
– turn the timer knob to the 0 position.
– push the door opener. The appliance stops au-
tomatically. Close the door to continue cooking.
Use this option to inspect the food.
When the timer knob reaches the 0 position an
acoustic signal sounds.
Caution! Do not let the appliance operate when
there is no food in it.
General information about using the appliance
General:
• After you deactivate the appliance, let the food stand
for some minutes.
• Remove the aluminium foil packaging, metal contain-
ers, etc. before you prepare the food.
Cooking:
• If possible, cook food covered with material suitable
for use in the microwave. Only cook food without a
cover if you want to keep it crusty
• Do not overcook the dishes by setting the power and
time too high. The food can dry out, burn or catch fire
in some places.
• Do not use the appliance to cook eggs or snails in
their shells, because they can explode. With fried
eggs, pierce the yolks first.
• Prick food with "skin" or "peel", such as potatoes, to-
matoes, sausages, with a fork several times before
cooking so that the food does not explode.
• For chilled or frozen food, set a longer cooking time.
• Dishes which contain sauce must be stirred from time
to time.
• Vegetables that have a firm structure, such as car-
rots, peas or cauliflower, must be cooked in water.
• Turn larger pieces after half of the cooking time.
• If possible, cut vegetables into similar-sized pieces.
• Use flat, wide dishes.
• Do not use cookware made of porcelain, ceramic or
earthenware with small holes, e. g. on handles or un-
glazed bottoms. Moisture going into the holes can
cause the cookware to crack when it is heated.
• The glass cooking tray is a work space for heating
food or liquids. It is necessary for the operation of the
microwave.
Defrosting meat, poultry, fish:
• Put the frozen, unwrapped food on a small upturned
plate with a container below it so that the defrosting
liquid collects in the container.
• Turn the food after half of the defrosting time. If pos-
sible, divide and then remove the pieces that started
to defrost.
Defrosting butter, portions of gateau, quark:
• Do not fully defrost the food in the appliance, but let it
defrost at room temperature. This gives a more even
result. Fully remove all metal or aluminium packaging
before defrosting.
Defrosting fruit, vegetables:
• Do not fully defrost fruit and vegetables, which are to
be further prepared while raw, in the appliance. Let
them defrost at room temperature.
• You can use a higher microwave power to cook fruit
and vegetables without defrosting them first.
Ready meals:
• You can prepare ready meals in the appliance only if
their packaging is suitable for microwave use.
• You must follow the manufacturer's instructions prin-
ted on the packaging (e.g. remove the metal cover
and pierce the plastic film).
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