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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 

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 

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 oven will
be save energy mode automatically after the
power is reinstated, and the display will show
nothing until you set clock. 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 36 - 41.

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

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 - 20.

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 

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, pull the door opening
handle.

The display will count down

through the cooking time.

3. Press the START/AUTO MINUTE key

once to start cooking.

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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 35.

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.

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