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HOW TO OPERATE THE DIGITAL CONTROL PANEL
Whenever you plug in the unit, it will beep once and four red dashes will appear in the
display window on the digital control panel (Fig. I). The following information describes
the control panel buttons and their function.
KEEP WARM/CANCEL BUTTON
When the cooking time has expired, the unit will automatically switch to the keep warm
mode. When in the keep warm mode, the light on the
KEEP WARM
button will illumi-
nate and the red dashes will scroll continuously. The unit will remain on for four hours
and then shut off automatically, unless the
CANCEL
button is pressed.
The
CANCEL
button allows you to cancel the cooking or keep warm function at any
time. Simply press the
CANCEL
button
once
. When you press
CANCEL
, the light on the
button will go out and the four red dashes will stop scrolling.
BROWN/SAUTÉ BUTTON
Use this function to brown or sauté foods prior to pressure cooking or slow cooking.
Browning is typically used for meats and poultry. Sautéing is used for vegetables and to
reduce liquid after pressure cooking to make a flavorful sauce for your food.
Press the button once to brown and twice to sauté. The red light next to the function
selected will light up and the left digit will scroll continuously. Allow unit to preheat for 3
to 4 minutes before browning or sautéing your food.
SLOW COOK BUTTON
To slow cook foods, press the
SLOW COOK
button once for the high setting or twice for
the low setting. The red light next to the function selected will light up. The default cook
time is 4 hours on high and 8 hours on low. You can manually adjust the slow cooking
time in 30 minute increments by pressing the + or – buttons. You must do this within the
first six seconds of pressing the
SLOW COOK
button, before the unit begins to heat.
The maximum slow cooking time at both the high and low settings is 9 hours and 30
minutes and the minimum slow cooking time is 30 minutes. The left digit scrolls continu-
ously throughout slow cooking but stops in the keep warm mode.
PRESSURE COOKING PRESET BUTTONS
The digital control panel includes 12 pressure cooking presets. Each pressure cooking
preset button has two cooking functions. To select the top cooking function, press the
button once. To select the bottom cooking function, press the button twice. The red light
next to the selected cooking function will be illuminated. In addition, either the high or
low pressure light will be illuminated; this will depend on the food you have selected.
(When
FISH
or
VEGETABLES–LOW
is selected, the red light next to
LOW
pressure
will be illuminated; when selecting any other food, the red light next to
HIGH
pressure
will be illuminated.)
The preset cook time for the food you have selected will appear in the display window.
The default time will blink six times and then the digit on the far left will start to scroll as
the unit begins heating.
PRESET BUTTON
PRESET TIME
PRESET PRESSURE
Rice
Multigrain
10 minutes
25 minutes
HIGH
HIGH
Meat–Chop/Rib
Meat–Roast
25 minutes
45 minutes
HIGH
HIGH
Poultry
Fish
10 minutes
2 minutes
HIGH
LOW
Soup
Stew
15 minutes
12 minutes
HIGH
HIGH
Vegetables–High
Vegetables–Low*
10 minutes
0 minutes
HIGH
LOW
Desserts
Beans
10 minutes
8 minutes
HIGH
HIGH
*NOTE:
When vegetables are cooked 0 minutes, once pressure is reached, the unit will stop heating.
Because of the great variety of foods within a food grouping, the preset time may need
to be adjusted manually. This is easily done by pressing the + or – buttons immediately
after pressing the cook function button. You must do this within the first six seconds of
pressing the cook function button, before the unit begins to heat.
NOTE:
If you fail to
change the time, press
CANCEL
and try again. Use the cooking charts included in the
recipe section as a guide for recommended cooking times.
For all pressure cooking preset buttons, the maximum cooking time is 2 hours and the
minimum cooking time is 0 minutes.
NOTE:
While pressure is building, the time will not change. The unit begins counting
down when the correct pressure is reached for the food selected.
Display
window
Scrolling digit
Fig. I
The left digit in the display
window will scroll in a
clockwise pattern during initial
heatup and throughout timed
cooking. It will not scroll
during the keep warm mode or
after the unit shuts off.
