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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
1 = PL:10
(Warm)
6 = PL:60
(Simmer)
2 = PL:20
(Low)
7 = PL:70
(Medium high)
3 = PL:30
(Defrost)
8 = PL:80
(Reheat)
4 = PL:40
(Medium low)
9 = PL:90
(Sauté)
5 = PL:50
(Medium)
0 = PL:Hi
(High)
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.
Multi-stage cooking
1.
Follow steps 1 and 2 in the “One-Stage Cooking” section on the
previous 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
to begin cooking.
You can check the Power Level while cooking is in progress by pressing
the
Power Level
button.
USING THE MORE/LESS BUTTONS
The
More/Less
buttons allow you to adjust pre-set cooking times. They
only work in the
Rice/Pasta, Meat/Fish, Snack Bar, Auto Reheat, Pizza
Reheat, Beverage or Time Cook, Kitchen Time
modes.
Use the
More/Less
button only after you have already begun cooking with
one of these procedures.
The
More/Less
feature cannot be used with the
Sensor Cook
button.
The
More/Less
key cannot be used with the
Auto Defrost
key.
1.
To ADD more time to an automatic cooking procedure: Press the
More
(9) button.
2.
To REDUCE the time of an automatic cooking procedure: Press the
Less
(1) button.
If you wish to increase/decrease in
Time Cook, Kitchen Time
mode
by 10 sec, press the
More (9)
or
Less (1)
button.
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