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ENGLISH
USING THE AUTO POWER DEFROST FEATURE
The auto power defrost feature enables you to defrost meat, poultry or fish.
The defrost time and power level are set automatically.
Use only dishes that are microwave-safe.
First, place the frozen food in the centre of the turntable and close the door.
1.
Press the
Auto Power Defrost
( ) button one or
more times. (Refer to the table on the side)
Result :
The following indication is displayed :
2.
Select the food weight by pressing ( ) and ( )
buttons.
It is possible to set up to a maximum of 1500 g.
3.
Press the button.
Result :
Defrosting begins.
The oven beeps half way through
defrosting to remind you to turn the food over.
Press 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 10 for further details.
AUTO POWER DEFROST SETTINGS
The following table presents the Power Defrost programme, quantities,
standing times and appropriate recommendations.
Remove all kind of package material before defrosting. Place meat, poultry
and fish on a flat ceramic plate.
Food
Serving
size (g)
Standing
time (min.)
Recommendations
Meat
200-1500
15-60
Shield the edges with aluminium
foil. Turn the pieces over, when the
oven beeps.
This programme is suitable for
meat such as steaks, chops or
minced meat, chicken pieces,
whole chicken or fish fillets.
Poultry
Fish
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