Emerson MW8103SS, Owner'S Manual And Cooking Manual

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Operation
Defrosting Automatically
To thaw frozen food, set the weight of the food
and the microwave automatically sets the
defrosting time, power level and standing time.
1
Press the Auto Defrost button. The display
shows “0.5 lbs.” (0.2Kg if you have set your
oven for metric measure). (“ENTER” and “
Lbs.” will flash).
2
To set the weight of your food, press the
Auto Defrost button repeatedly. This
increases the weight by 0.5 lb increments,
up to 6.0 lbs. (The Auto Defrost button will
increase the weight by 0.2Kg up to 2.6kg if
you are using metric measurement.)
You can also use the number buttons to
enter the weight of the food directly.
The oven calculates the defrosting time
and starts automatically. Twice during
defrosting, the oven will beep to let you
know to turn the food over and/or mix the
food.
3
Press the Start button to resume defrosting.
• See page 18 for the Auto
Defrosting Guide.
Setting Cooking Times & Power
Levels
Your microwave allows you to set up to two
different stages of cooking, each with its own
time length and power level. The power level
button lets you control the heating intensity from
Warm (1) to High (0).
One-stage Cooking
For simple one-stage cooking, you only need to
set a cooking time. The power level is
automatically set to High. If you want to set the
power to any other level, you must set it using the
Power Level button.
1
Use the number buttons to set a cooking
time. You can set a time from one second to
99 minutes, 99 seconds. To set a time over
one minute, enter the seconds too.
For
example, to set 20 minutes, enter 2, 0, 0, 0 .
2
If you want to set the power level to
something other than High, press the
Power
Level button, then use the number buttons
to enter a power level.
Power Levels:
3
Press the Start button to begin cooking. If
you want to change the power level, press
Pause/Cancel before you press Start , and
re-enter all of the instructions.
Some recipes require different stages of cooking
at different temperatures. You can set multiple
stages of cooking with your microwave.
START ENTER COOK TIME TIME2
Kg g Oz Lbs. QTY.
Level Cooking PL
1 Warm 10
2 Low 20
3 Defrost 30
4 Medium Low 40
5 Medium 50
6 Simmer 60
7 Medium High 70
8 Reheat 80
9 Saute 90
10 High Hi