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0.1kg - 0.3kg (Dried)

• Place rice/pasta in an appropriate sized 

Pyrex ® 

bowl.

0.2kg - 0.5kg (Fresh)

• Add 300ml (1/2 pint) of boiling water per

100g rice/pasta.

•

x

1: Dried Rice/Pasta

• Place in the centre of the turntable.

x

2: Fresh Pasta

• Stir when the audible signal sounds.

E.g. filled pasta,

• After cooking stir and leave to stand for 2 minutes,

spaghetti,

then drain and rinse in boiling water.

fusilli.

0.6kg - 1.8kg

• Place meat in a flan dish on the low rack. 

(Also suitable for Lamb)

• After cooking, leave meat to stand wrapped in

aluminium foil for 10 minutes. 

NOTES:
• Select 

MORE for well done.

x

1: Frozen

• It is not possible to use the 

LESS key.

x

2: Chilled

• For frozen meat: Turn over when the audible

signal sounds.

0.6kg - 1.8kg

• Place meat in a flan dish on the turntable. 

(Beef/Lamb/Pork)

• Turn meat over when the audible signal sounds.
• Stand, wrapped in foil, for 60 - 90 minutes until

thoroughly defrosted.

Chicken Quarters 0.3kg - 1.2kg

• Place quarters, best side-down, in a flan dish on 

the turntable.

• Turn over and rearrange when the audible signal

sounds.

• Stand, wrapped in foil, for 15 - 30 minutes until

thoroughly defrosted.

1.2kg - 1.8kg

• Place poultry, breast side-up, in a flan dish on the

turntable.

• Turn over when the audible signal sounds.
• Stand, wrapped in foil, for 60 - 90 minutes until

thoroughly defrosted.

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WEIGHT RANGE FOR EXPRESS COOK / EXPRESS DEFROST / PIZZA:
• Weigh all meat and poultry prior to cooking/defrosting as the labelled weight is only approximate.
• Food weight should be rounded up to the nearest 0.1kg, for example, 0.65kg to 0.7kg.

Crispy Chips, Crispy Coated Foods and Pizza should be rounded up to the nearest 0.05kg, for
example, 0.34kg to 0.35kg.

•

• To cook/defrost weights or foods not included in these charts, cook manually.
• For converting to Lb/oz see the conversion chart on page 34.

NOTES FOR EXPRESS COOK / EXPRESS DEFROST / PIZZA:
• Chilled foods are cooked from 5ºC.       
• Frozen foods are cooked from -18ºC.
• If using 

MORE / LESS press the key before pressing the START/AUTO MINUTE key.

• When action is required (e.g. turn food over), the oven stops, the audible signals sound and

instructions will appear on the display. To continue cooking, press the 

START/AUTO MINUTE key.

• The final food temperature will vary according to the initial food temperature. Check food is

thoroughly heated after cooking. If necessary, you can extend the cooking time manually.

• EXPRESS COOK and PIZZA menus, except Rice/Pasta, use a combination of microwave power and

grill or convection.

• Before freezing foods, ensure food is fresh and of good quality.
• If necessary, shield small areas of meat or poultry with flat pieces of aluminium foil. This will prevent

the areas from becoming warm during defrosting. Ensure the foil does not touch the oven walls.

• Do not cook meat or poultry unless it is thoroughly defrosted.
• Do not use the racks for defrosting.

0.10kg - 0.90kg

• Lightly grease the turntable with oil.
• Remove all packaging and place food on the turntable.
• After cooking, remove from the turntable.

x

1: Frozen

NOTE: It is not recommended to cook bake and rise

x

2: Chilled

and stuffed crust pizza using this key.

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This function allows you to cook using up to 4
manual cooking programmes.
For grill, convection and combi cooking modes,
you can programme up to 2 stages in one
sequence setting.
Once programmed the oven will automatically
move onto the next stage.

Example:
To cook for:
5 minutes on 70% microwave power (Stage 1)
6 minutes on Grill-1

(Stage 2)

3 minutes on Combi-1, 200ºC,
30% microwave power

(Stage 3)

4. Select Grill-1 by pressing the GRILL key once.

6. Select Combi-1 by pressing the COMBI key

once, then change the convection
temperature by pressing the 

CONV. ºC key

3 times.

NOTE: If 100% is required on the final stage, it
is not necessary to input the power level.

1. Enter the cooking time by pressing the

1 MIN. key 5 times.

2. Input the power level by pressing the MICRO

POWER key twice.

3. Enter the cooking time by pressing the

1 MIN. key 6 times.

5. Enter the cooking time by pressing the

1 MIN. key 3 times.

7. Press the START/AUTO MINUTE key

once to start cooking.

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The 

▼ ) and MORE ( ▲ ) keys enable you to:

• Cook/defrost food for less or more time than the automatic programmes.
• Decrease or increase cooking/defrosting time whilst the oven is in use during manual cooking.

Press the 

▼ ) / MORE ( ▲ ) key before

pressing the 

START/AUTO MINUTE key.

Example:
If you prefer Roast Poultry well cooked, use the
MORE ( 

▲ ) key.

Example:
To cook for 10 minutes on 50% microwave power
and then decrease the cooking time by 2 minutes.

NOTES:
• The cooking/defrosting time will increase/

decrease in multiples of 1 minute.

• The overall time can be extended to a

maximum of 99 minutes.

NOTES:
• If you select MORE the display will show, ( 

▲ ).

If you select LESS, the display will show, ( 

▼ ).

• Some menus do not have the LESS function and

if you select LESS and then press
START/AUTO MINUTE key:

will be displayed.

• To cancel LESS / MORE, press the same key

again.

• To change MORE to LESS, press the

▼ ) key.

• To change LESS to MORE, press the

▲ ) key.

4. Reduce the cooking time by pressing the

LESS key twice.

The cooking time is reduced by 2 minutes and
continues to count down.

1. Enter the cooking time by pressing the

10 MIN. key once.

2. Input the power level by pressing the MICRO

POWER key 3 times.

3. Press the START/AUTO MINUTE key

once to start cooking.

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