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USING THE AUTO RAPID DEFROST FEATURE
The Auto Rapid Defrost feature enables you to defrost meat, poultry, fish or fruit/berry.
The defrost time and power level are set automatically. You simply select the programme
and the weight.
First, place the frozen food in the centre of the turntable and close the door.
1.
Press the
Auto
Rapid Defrost
button.
Result:
The following indication is displayed:
Press the
Auto
Rapid Defrost
button one or more times
according to the type of food to be defrosted. Refer to the
table on the opposite page for further details.
2.
Select the food weight by pressing the
100 g
button.
It is possible to set up to a maximum of 1500 g.
3.
Press the
Start
button.
Result:
• Defrosting begins.
• The oven beeps halfway through defrosting
to remind you to turn the food over.
• Press the
Start
button again to finish
defrosting.
You can also defrost food manually. To do so, select the microwave cooking/
reheating function with a power level of 180 W. Refer to the section entitled
“Cooking/Reheating” on page 15 for further details.
Use only dishes that are microwave-safe.
The following table presents the various Auto Rapid Defrost programmes, quantities and
appropriate instructions. Remove all kinds of package material before defrosting.
Place meat, poultry, fish and fruit/berry on a ceramic plate.
Code/Food
Serving Size
Instructions
1
Meat
200-1500 g
Shield the edges with aluminium foil. Turn the meat
over, when the oven beeps. This programme is
suitable for beef, lamb, pork, steaks, chops, minced
meat. Stand for 20-90 minutes.
2
Poultry
200-1500 g
Shield the leg and wing tips with aluminium foil.
Turn the poultry over, when the oven beeps. This
programme is suitable for whole chicken as well as
for chicken portions. Stand for 20-90 minutes.
3
Fish
200-1500 g
Shield the tail of a whole fish with aluminium foil.
Turn the fish over, when the oven beeps. This
programme is suitable for whole fishes as well as
for fish fillets. Stand for 20-80 minutes.
4
Fruit / Berry
100-600 g
Spread fruits evenly into a flat glass dish.
This programme is suitable for all kind of fruits.
Stand for 5-20 minutes.
MULTISTAGE COOKING
Your microwave oven can be programmed to cook food up to three stages.
Example:
You wish to defrost food and cook it without having to reset the oven after
each stage. You can thus defrost and cook a 500 g fish in three stages:
• Defrosting
• Cook I
• Cook II
You can set between two and three stages in multistage cooking.
If you set three stage, the first stage must be defrosting.
Don’t press the
Start
button until you’ve set the final stage.
1.
Press the
Auto
Rapid
Defrost
button once or more times.
2.
Set the weight by pressing the
100 g
buttons the
appropriate number of times (500 g in the example).
3.
Press the
Microwave
button.
The microwave mode (I) :
If necessary, set the power level by pressing the
Microwave
button again one or more times.
(600 W in the example)
4.
Set the cooking time by pressing the
10 min
,
1 min
and
10 s
buttons the appropiate number of times (4 minutes in
the example).
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