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Your oven has an Energy Save Mode.
This facility saves electricity when the oven is not 
in use.
•  If the oven is not used, it will default to Energy 

Save Mode after 3 minutes. The display is blank 
and the oven cannot be operated.

•  To operate the oven, open and then close 

the door. “0” will be displayed and the oven is 
ready to use.

To cancel Energy Save Mode, set the clock. 
(Please refer to page 9.)

To cancel the clock, follow the procedure 
opposite. (This will restart Energy Save Mode.)

Notes:
•  If you unplug your oven at any stage you will 

have to reset the clock to cancel Energy Save 
Mode.

•  If the clock has been set, cancelling Energy 

Save Mode, then your oven has a safety feature 
which prevents INSTANT COOK and 
START/AUTO MINUTE key from working 
if the oven has not been in use for more than 
3 minutes. Press the STOP/CLEAR key or 
open and close the door to re-use the oven.

1.  Time of day appears on the display.

2.  Press the KITCHEN TIMER/CLOCK 

SET key 3 times.

3.  Press the START/AUTO MINUTE key. 

The power will be off and the display will 
show nothing.

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Your oven has a 12 hour clock.
•  To select the 12 hour clock, press the 

KITCHEN TIMER/CLOCK SET key twice.

To set the time of day follow the instructions 
opposite.

1.  Select the clock.

2.  Enter the hours by pressing the TIME keys.

3.  Press the KITCHEN TIMER/CLOCK SET 

key once.

4.  Enter the minutes by pressing the TIME keys.

5.  To start the clock, press the KITCHEN 

TIMER/ CLOCK SET key once.

NOTES: 
•  Press the STOP/CLEAR key if you make a 

mistake during programming.

•  If you press any of the TIME keys too many 

times, continue to press the key until the 
desired time re-appears.

•  To check the time of day during a cooking 

process, press the KITCHEN TIMER/
CLOCK SET key and the time of day will 
remain on the display as long as you keep 
your finger on the key. This does not affect the 
cooking process.

•  If the clock is set, when cooking is complete, 

the display will show the correct time of day. 
If the clock has not been set, the display will 
only show “.0” when cooking is complete.

•  If the electrical power supply to your 

microwave oven is interrupted, the display will 
intermittently show “.0” after the power is 
reinstated. If this occurs during cooking, the 
programme will be erased. The time of day will 
also be erased. 

•  When you want to reset the time of day, follow 

the opposite example again.

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MANUAL COOKING
•  Enter the cooking time and use microwave 

power levels 10% to 100% to cook (refer to 
page 7).

•  Stir or turn the food, where possible, 2 - 3 

times during cooking, if required.

•  After cooking, cover the food and leave to 

stand, if required.

•  Refer to the cooking charts in the cookbook 

section, pages 37 - 44.

Your oven enables you to cook and defrost food 
using the automatic programmes, or to cook and 
defrost food manually.
Automatic cooking and defrosting allows you 
to cook and defrost using preset programmes 
where the timings have been calculated for you, 
e.g Express Cook and Express Defrost.

Manual cooking and defrosting allows you to 
cook/defrost foods and weights which are not 
included in the automatic programmes.
The following are examples of manual cooking 
and defrosting.
For automatic cooking and defrosting refer to 
pages 17 - 21.

Example:
To cook for 2 minutes 30 seconds on 70% 
microwave power.

1.  Enter the cooking time by pressing the  

1 MIN. key twice, then the 10 SEC. key 
three times.

2.  Input the power level by pressing the MICRO 

POWER key twice.

Starting the oven:
Close the door and press 
the START/AUTO 
MINUTE key.

Stopping the oven:
If you want to stop the oven 
during cooking, press the 
STOP/CLEAR key once 
or open the oven door.
If you want to cancel the 
cooking programme, press 
the STOP/CLEAR key 
twice.

Opening and closing the door:
To open the oven door, push the door opening 
button.

The display will count down 

through the cooking time.

3.  Press the START/AUTO MINUTE key 

once to start cooking.

NOTE FOR REHEATING READY MEALS:
Place the ready meal in a heat-resistant flan dish
on the low rack.

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NOTES FOR MANUAL COOKING AND 
DEFROSTING:
•  When the oven starts, the oven lamp will light 

and the turntable will rotate clockwise or 
anti-clockwise.

•  Your oven can be programmed up to 99 

minutes, 90 seconds (99.90). 

•  If the door is opened during cooking/defrosting 

to stir or turn over food, the cooking time on 
the display stops automatically. The cooking/
defrosting time starts to count down again 
when the door is closed and the START/
AUTO MINUTE key is pressed.

•  When cooking/defrosting is complete, the time 

of day will reappear on the display, if the clock 
has been set.

•  If you want to know the power level during 

cooking, press the MICRO POWER key. 
As long as your finger is touching the key, the 
power level will be displayed.

MANUAL DEFROSTING
•  Enter the defrosting time and use microwave 

power levels 10% or 30% to defrost (refer to 
page 7).

•  Stir or turn the food, where possible, 2 - 3 

times during defrosting.

•  After defrosting, cover the food in foil and 

leave to stand until thoroughly defrosted.

•  Refer to the defrosting charts in the cookbook 

section, page 36.

Example:
To defrost for 10 minutes on 30% microwave 
power.

1.  Enter the defrosting time by pressing the 

10 MIN. key once.

2.  Input the power level by pressing the MICRO 

POWER key 4 times.

The display will count down 
through the defrosting time.

3.  Press the START/AUTO MINUTE key 

once to start defrosting.