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1 •  For one section containers, use a skewer to pierce film in five places. 

•  Place on the low rack.

•  For two section containers, pierce using a skewer. Pierce meat/main portion 

3 times and the rice/pasta portion twice.  

•  For food contained in bag(s), pierce meat portion 5 times on each side.

For rice/pasta pierce 5 times on one side only (where rice/pasta portion 
bags come already perforated, do not pierce further).  

•  Place on a plate on the low rack.

2 •  Close the oven door, press the AUTO COOK key once for chilled or

twice for frozen ready meals.              

3 •  To enter the weight, press the WEIGHT keys.
4 • Press START/AUTO MINUTE to start cooking.

(NOTE: For non-stirrable foods, press the MORE key, before pressing 
START/AUTO MINUTE.)

5 • After cooking, leave to stand for 2-3 minutes before serving.

•  For stirrable foods, stir as oven indicates. For food in bags, manipulate contents. 

For non-stirrable foods, it is not necessary to stir.

•  For frozen meals contained in two bags remove the rice/pasta 

portion when the oven indicates “STIR” halfway through cooking.

Stirrable: 
Chilled or frozen ready meals which can be stirred without spoiling their appearance.
For example: Chicken tikka, Tagliatelle and Macaroni cheese. 
Non-Stirrable: 
Chilled or frozen ready meals which cannot be stirred without spoiling their appearance.
For example: Lasagne, Fisherman’s pie, Cottage pie.
In-One-Bag: 
Frozen ready meals contained and cooked in one bag.
For example: Chicken breast and gravy, Beef curry, Liver with onions and gravy.
In-Two-Bags: 
Frozen ready meals contained and cooked in two bags.
For example: Prawn curry with rice, Spaghetti bolognese and Chicken chasseur with Rice.

AUTO COOK -1
CHILLED (5°C) 
200 g - 800 g

AUTO COOK -2
FROZEN (-18°C) 
200g - 800g 

Meat   Rice/Pasta Meat   Rice/Pasta

Pierce where shown.

T

he following table shows the variety of savoury convenience foods which can be used in this microwave oven:

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0.6 - 1.8 kg
(1lb 5oz - 4lb)

1.2 - 1.8 kg
(2lb 8oz - 4lb)

0.2 - 1.0 kg
(8oz - 2lb 8oz)

0.2 - 1.0 kg
(8oz - 2lb 8oz)

0.1 - 0.8 kg
(4oz - 2lb)

AUTO DEFROST-1
Meat (Beef/Lamb 
and Pork Joints)

AUTO DEFROST-2
Poultry (Whole)

AUTO DEFROST-3
Chicken Portions,
Steak, Chops

AUTO DEFROST-4
Minced Meat
(Beef, Lamb, Pork,
Poultry)

AUTO DEFROST-5
Bread

• Place meat in a flan dish on the turntable.
• Turn over when oven indicates.
• Stand, wrapped in foil, for 45-60 minutes until thoroughly defrosted.

• Place poultry breast side down in a flan dish, place on the

turntable.

• Turn over when oven indicates.
• Stand wrapped in foil for 45-60 minutes until thoroughly defrosted.

• Place meat evenly in a flan dish on the turntable.
• Turn over when oven indicates.
• Leave meat to stand in foil, for 15-30 minutes until thoroughly

defrosted.

• Place in a glass bowl on the turntable.
• When oven indicates turn over. Remove any defrosted parts.
• Leave meat to stand wrapped in foil, for 5-10 minutes until evenly

defrosted.

• Place directly  on the turntable.
• Turn over when oven indicates.
• Leave bread to stand for up to 5 minutes until defrosted.

AUTO COOK-3
Roast Beef / Lamb

AUTO COOK-4
Roast Pork

AUTO COOK-5
Roast Poultry

0.6 - 1.8 kg 

(1lb 5oz - 4lb)

0.6 - 1.8 kg 

(1lb 5oz - 4lb)

1.2 - 1.8 kg  

(2lb 11oz - 4lb)

• Place the splash guard into the turntable.
• Place meat directly on the low rack.
• After cooking, wrap in foil and leave meat to stand for 10

minutes.

NOTE: Use MORE for beef/lamb which is well done and LESS
(for beef only) for meat which is rare. It is not possible to use LESS
for pork.

• Place the splash guard into the turntable.
• Pierce skin of poultry.
• Place poultry breast side up directly on the low rack.
• After cooking, wrap in foil and leave meat to stand for 10

minutes.

NOTE: It is not possible to use LESS for poultry.

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You can use the TIMER for timing where microwave cooking is not involved. For example, to time boiled
eggs cooked on a conventional hob, to monitor the standing time for microwaved food or to remind you
of the time when making a phone call.

3. When the water comes to the

boil, add the egg, and press
START/AUTO MINUTE

key once.

2. Press 1 MINUTE

key 5 times.

1. Press TIMER

key once.

Example: To set the timer for 5 minutes to boil an egg on a conventional hob.

A sequence of 3 stages (maximum) can be programmed using combinations of MICROWAVE, GRILL or
DUAL GRILL.

1st Stage

2nd Stage

Example:
Suppose you want to cook rice for 5 minutes on 100P microwave power and then for 16 minutes on 30P power.

Input the time
(5 min.)

Input the
power 100P
(HIGH)

Input the time
(16 min.)

Input the
power 30P
(MED LOW)

Start

  

TIMER

• To programme a series of sequences: Input the cooking time followed by the desired cooking mode. 
• Repeat this procedure twice, to a maximum of three sequences.
• Finally, press START/AUTO MINUTE to start sequence cooking.

You can enter any time up to 99 minutes, 90 seconds. To cancel the TIMER whilst counting down, simply
press STOP/CLEAR and the display will return to the time of day, if set.

4. The display will count down. 

When the display reaches

zero, the ‘beep’ signal will
sound.

START

AUTO MINUTE

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AUTO START/CLOCK enables you to set the clock. See page 6 for details. 
AUTO START/CLOCK also enables you to programme the oven manually to come

on during the next 12 hours (if you set the 12 hour clock).

IMPORTANT: Always attend the oven when in use. Check to ensure the oven is programmed correctly.
Exceeding power levels and/or cooking times can lead to overheating and fire. 

You can use AUTO START/CLOCK only with manual cooking. Before programming the oven, always check
the display is showing the correct time of day.
• Enter the time in multiples of 10 minutes.
• Once programmed the display will return to show the time of day and             . 

To check the AUTO START/CLOCK programme press and hold the AUTO START/CLOCK key.

• To cancel AUTO START/CLOCK, press STOP/CLEAR twice.

AUTO START EXAMPLE
To reheat a casserole on MEDIUM (50P) for 20 minutes at 4:00 pm. (Using the 12 hour clock.)

1. Enter the time you want cooking to start, then press

AUTO START/CLOCK once. 

2. Press 10 MINUTE key twice to

enter the desired cooking time.

3. Set the power level, then press 

START/AUTO MINUTE.

4. Oven will start pre-

programmed cooking at
set time.

GRILL

MICRO

AUTO

COOK

START

AUTO MINUTE

To check the microwave power level during cooking press the MICROWAVE POWER LEVEL key. As  long as
your finger is touching the MICROWAVE POWER LEVEL key the power level will be displayed.The oven
continues to count down although the display will show the power level.

NOTE:    This function will only work if the clock has previously been set.

The oven cannot be used once the AUTO START has been programmed.  To cancel the program, press      
STOP/CLEAR twice.