SHARP KS-ZT18 Electronic Rice Cooker Owner’s Manual

SHARP KS-ZT18 Electronic Rice Cooker

SAFETY INSTRUCTION

Please read the warning and instruction for use carefully before using this appliance and comply strictly for your own safety and to prevent the damage that may occur on your property.

• The appliance is to be supplied through a residual current device(RCD) having a rated residual operating current not exceeding 30 mA.
• This appliance is considered to be suitable for use in countries having a warm damp equable climate. It may also be used in other countries.
• Tropical climate.

WARNING

1. Do not immerse the set in water or sprinkling water on the heater plate.
2. During or immediately after cooking, the areas near the steam vent hole are kept at high temperature. Do not touch those areas to avoid burns.
3. Do not opening the lid when during boiling because touched hot steam.
4. Do not give strong vibration or impact during cooking. It may cause an irregular operation of thermostat to lead to poor rice-cooking.

INSTRUCTION FOR USE

1. This appliance is not intended for use bY. persons (including children) with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities, or lack of experience and knowledge,
   unless they have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance by a person responsible for their safety.

2. Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance. . , .

3. Keep the rice cooker out of the children’s reach, especially when cooking rice.

4. This appliance is intended to be used in household and similar applications such as

   • Staff kitchen areas in shops, offices and other working environments;
   • Farm houses;
   • By clients in hotels, motels and other residential type environments;
   • Bed and breakfast type environments. .

5. Avoid using metal spoon, only use with the provided plastic spoon.

6. If the power cord or plug is damaged. The power cord must be replaced by the manufacturer, its aftersales service or similarly qualified persons in order to avoid a hazard.

DESCRIPTION OF PARTS

OPERATION CONTROL PANEL

SPECIFIC INFORMATION

• Detail is subject to change without prior notice.
• When the electronic rice cooker is plugged, the electronic circuit will consume about 1 Win case of OFF mode. (The body of electronic rice cooker will be a little warm).

HOW TO USE

Be sure that the rated voltage is 220v only before use.

1. Measure the volume of rice correctly.
   (The volume of the attached measuring cup is about 0.18 or 180 cc.)

2. Wash the rice in a separate bowl. (Wash the rice in the inner pot may damage the non-stick coated in the inner pot so that causes in poor cooking result).

3. Place rinsed rice into the inner pot and pour water at its level.
   ExamPle

   • Menu PLAIN RICE for cooking 4 cups, refer to the water level scale at 4.

4. Place the inner pot on the heater plate correctly by turning it slightly from left and right.
   Note

   • Before putting in, wipe off the moisture, dirt of rice grains on the outside of the inner pot or surface the heater plate.

5. Close the lid firmly, please make sure there is a “click” sound.

6. Insert the plug into the wall outlet. Press “COOK” button to start.
   When rice done “WARM” lamp will lights on.
   Note

   • Press “WARM/CLEAR” button to switch the function.
     Then press “COOK” button.

   • After finish cooking, stir the rice and warm about 30 minutes.

7. Press the ‘WARM/CLEAR” button and unplug when you do not use the rice cooker for a long time.

KEEP WARMl’OFFCLEAR

• “WARM/CLEAR” button.
  • If you press the button once, it will be WARM function, and TV vice, it will be CLEAR function.

INSTRUCTION FOR USE

• Avoid using the warm function more than 12 hours because it may causes the rice is too dry.

• Avoid using the warm function for a small amount of rice.
  In such case, please warm the rice with a microwave oven.

• Avoid using add rice or other ingredients during warming.

• Use menu PLAIN RICE for only plain rice. Avoid using for other menus.

AUTO START SETTING

1. Place the rice and water in the inner pot and put it into the rice cooker, then close lid firmly.

2. Press “TIMER” button, display shows time.
   Note – If to finished cooking in hour 8, press “TIMER” button 8 times.
   ( 1 time = 1 hour )

   • Can be set the time at 1 to 12 hours.
     (2 to 12 hours for cook the CONGEE)

3. Select the required menu by press “COOK” button.

   • Please know that MIXED RICE is not recommend for preset timer function because the ingredients for MIXED RICE may become bad.

4. After use, press ‘WARM/CLEAR” button, then unplug.

Note

• Cooking time may varying, depend on the kind or volume of rice or ingredients.
• Cooking time is set at specified voltage, room temperature 20-25° c, water temperature 20-25° c and under standard water level.
• No need to soak the GLUTINOUS RICE before cooking.
• For cooking Kiaw Ngu Glutinous Rice should be reduced a little water.
• Use the broken rice for cooking CONGEE, it will become better result.

INITIAL INSPECTIONS

Problem/ Check|

• Was the rice kept warm more than 12 hours ?

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• Was there any foreign matter on the steam cap, outside of the inner pot or heater plate ?

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• Was the lid close tightly ?
• Was the steam cap install correctly ?

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• Did you check the water level ?

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• Did you wash the rice cleanly ?

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• Did you use the measuring cup provided with the rice cooker (not a standard measuring cup)?

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During cooking operation.| Boiling water overflows.| ●| ●| ●| ●| ●|
Steam appear from other place except the steam vent hole.| | | | ●| ●|
Immediately after cooking.| Rice is too hard and uncooked at the core.
Rice is too soft.| ●| | ●| ●| ●|
Rice is scorched.| | ●| ●| | ●|
When rice is kept warm.| Rice become too dry.| | | | ●| ●| ●
Rice become sticky.| ●| | ●| ●| ●| ●
A large amount of water is on inner lid.| | | | ●| ●| ●
Rice become yellowish.| | ●| | ●| ●| ●
Rice has a strange smell.| | ●| | ●| ●| ●
Rice is not cooked at programmed time.| Did you push the “COOK” button after pressing the “TIMER” button ?
Power interruption occurred.| Rice may not be cooked properly.
Because power interruption make programmed time clear .

EARTH WIRE ASSEMBLY

1. Unplug before assemble the earth wire.
2. Remove the inner pot from the rice cooker .
3. Upside down the rice cooker.
4. Remove the screw for earth wire about 2-3 mm (Symbol ) and insert earth wire ass’y and fasten screw for earth wire.
   

CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE

Always unplug and let the rice cooker cool down before cleaning .

Parts t o c l ean| H o w t o clean| I n st ruct ion
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HEATER PLATE| Use the damp fine sandpaper to clean the dirty area and wipe out with sponge or damp cloth, then wipe again with the dry cloth to remove the humidity.| Rice grains and dusts that attached on the heater plate cause the inefficiently operation of the heat spread between the innerpotand heater plate. This may cause your cooker to malfunction.
INNER POT AND STEAM CAP| Soak inner pot in lukewarm water and wash with sponge, washing detergent or liquid detergent and then wipe dry cloth.| Using metal-brush or nylon-brush make the inner pot surface scratchy and this cause the removal of coating substance and rice attached at the bottom of the inner pot.
INNER LID| Soak and damp the smooth cloth from warm water wipe the lid smoothly| Do not use metal brush or nylon-brush.
BODY / LID| Wash with sponge and wipe with cloth to dry it.| Do not use metal-brush to clean the body and lid because it will scratch the coating substance of the surface.

HOW TO CLEAN STEAM VENT HOLE

Pull out the steam cap then wash it.
Carefully aling marks when replacing it in the steam vent hole.

Note

Incorrect assembly may cause in poor cooking result.

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

MANUFACTURED BY FEDERAL ELECTRIC CORP., LTD.
64/1 Moo 4 Kingkaew Rd., Rajatheva, Bangplee, Samutprakarn 10540
THAI CITY ELECTRIC Co LTDLT
1643/4 New Pettibone Rd., Makkasan, Ratchathewi
Bangkok 10400 Tel. o 2333 3111 Call center o 2254 5000
E-mail: callcenter@thaicity.co.th
www.thaicity.co.th
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