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Operation
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 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 at 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:
1 = warm
6 = simmer
2 = low
7 = medium high
3 = defrost
8 = reheat
4 = medium low
9 = sauté
5 = medium
0 = high
3
Press the
Start/Time plus
button to begin cooking. If you want to
change the power level, press
Pause/Cancel
before you press
Start/Time Plus
, and re-enter all of the instructions.
Result: Cooking starts and once finished.
1) Oven emits four beeps.
2) Sign of finishing process sounds 3 time.(One time in every minute)
Setting Cooking Times, continued
Some recipes require different stages of cooking at different temperatures.
You can set multiple stages of cooking with your microwave.
Multi-stage Cooking
1
Follow steps 1 and 2 in the “One-Stage Cooking” section on this
page.
When entering more than one cooking stage, the
Power Level
button must be pressed before the second cooking stage can be
entered.
To set the power level at High for a stage of cooking, press the
Power Level
button twice.
2
Use the number buttons to set a second cooking time.
3
Press the
Power Level
button, then use the number buttons to
set the power level of the second stage of cooking.
4
Press
Start/Time Plus
to begin cooking.
You can check the Power Level while cooking is in progress by
pressing the
Power Level
button.
Microwave oven has priority independently from selection of
Multi-phase.
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