VALBERG MWO 23 CG K 902C2 Microwave Oven Instruction Manual

Microwave oven
976466 – MWO 23 CG K 902C2
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE

MWO 23 CG K 902C2 Microwave Oven

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Preview of the appliance

Product instruction

1. Door lock
   Microwave oven door must be properly closed in order for it to operate

2. Viewing window
   Allow user to see the cooking status

3. Rotating axis
   The glass turntable sits on the axis; the motor underneath it drives the turntable to rotate

4. Rotating ring
   The glass turntable sits on its wheels; it supports the turntable and helps it to balance when rotating
   Turntable
   The food sits on the turntable, its rotation during operation helps to cook food evenly

5. CAUTION
   – Place the rotating ring first
   – Fit the turntable onto the rotating axis and make sure that it is geared in properly

6. Control panel
   See below in details (the control panel is subject to change without prior notice)
   Waveguide cover
   It is inside the microwave oven, next to the wall of control panel.

7. WARNING
   Never remove the waveguide cover

8. Grill rack
   Use to place the roasting food.

9. Waveguide cover

Using the appliance

Installation

1. Take out all the packing. If there is a safe film over the oven, tear it off before Use. Check carefully for damage. If any, immediately notify dealer or send to the manufacturer’s service center.
2. Microwave ovens must be placed under dry and non-corrosiveness environments, kept away from heat and humidity, such as gas burner or water tank.
3. To ensure sufficient ventilation, the distance of the back of microwave to the wall should be at least 10 cm, the side to the wall should be at least 5 cm, the free distance above the top surface at least 20 cm. the distance of the microwave to the ground should be at least 85 cm.
4. The position of the oven shall be such that it is far from the TV, Radio or antenna as picture disturbance .The distance should be more than 5m.
5. The appliance must be positioned so that the plug is accessible, and must ensure a good grounding in case leakage, ground loop can be formed to avoid electric shock.
6. The microwave oven must be operated with the door closed.
7. The microwave oven must not be placed in a cabinet. The microwave oven is intended to be used freestanding.
8. As there is manufacturing residue or oil remained on the oven cavity or heat element, it usually would smell the odor, even a slight smoke, It is normal case and would not occur after several times use, keep the door or window open to ensure good ventilation. So it is strongly recommended to set the oven to grill mode and operate dry several times.

Operation of control panel

Before cooking
The LED flashes 3 times when plugged in power supply. Then it flashes “:”, prompting you to input the cooking menu and time.
knob
You can increase or decrease cooking time, weight, cooking temperature or select auto cooking menu during operation by turning the knob.
At the initial or input stage: press once to cancel input programs and resume initial stage. During cooking: press once to stop oven operation, press twice to cancel cooking programs.
Auto reminder
When your preset cooking procedure have finished, the LED display will show End and three beeps sound will be heard to prompt you to take out the food. If you do not press button once or open the door, the beep will be sounded at an interval of 3 minutes.
Clock setting
The button make it available for you to input current or preset time. When “:” flashes onto LED display after plugged in, or try to skip it over to continue if unnecessary.

Example: to set 12:30

6 Press button once again or wait for 5 seconds, and the numbers will go steadily.|

Microwave cooking
This function is used for cooking and heating food. Press button, LED cycles to show 100P — 80P — 60P — 40P — 20P

Caution:
a. The max time which can be set is 60minutes
b. Never operate the oven empty.
c. Never use the grill rack when microwave cooking.
d. At the maximum microwave power, the oven will automatically lower the power after a certain time of cooking to lengthen the service life.
e. If you turn the food during operation, press the button once and the preset cooking procedure will continue.
f. If you intend to remove the food before the preset time, you must press button once to clear the preset procedure to avoid unintended operation of next time use.

Example: To cook at P80 for 10 minutes.

Convection and grill cooking
This function is used for grilling food. Press button LED display will cycle to show C – C.1-C.2-G-G.1-G.2

Convection cooking

C| Convection, convection unit will be energized during entire operation time. In this mode, hot air is circulated throughout the oven cavity to brown and crisp foods quickly and evenly.
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C.1| Combination of Convection Grill and microwave cooking. 30% of time microwave output and 70% of time Convection Grill
C.2| Combination of Convection Grill and microwave cooking. 55% of time microwave output and 45% of time Convection Grill

Temperature setting
Select operating temperature by different task, Temperature includes 80°C, 100°C, 120°C, 140°C, 160°C, 180°C.
In combination mode, the cooking temperature you set can’t exceed 180°C as the oven cannot be heated to the temperature higher than 180°C.

Example: Cook with convection function C. at 180°C for 20 minutes

Grill cooking

G| Grill, the heat element will be energized during operation time. Which is applicable for rolling thin meats or pork, sausage, chicken wing as good brown color can be obtained
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G.1| Combination of grill and microwave cooking. 30% of time microwave output and 70% of time grilling
G.2| Combination of grill and microwave cooking. 55% of time microwave output and 45% of time grilling

Caution:
In the mode of convection/combi/grill, all of the oven parts, as well as the rack and cooking containers, may become very hot. Use caution when removing any item from the oven. Use heavy potholders or oven mitts to PREVENT BURNS.
Example: To grill food with G.2 cook menu for 10 minutes

Defrost
This function use for defrost food; press button and the LED display will cycle to show d.1-d.2-d.3.

Caution:
a. It is necessary to turn over the food during operation to obtain uniform effect.
b. Usually defrosting will need longer time than that of cooking the food.
c. If the food can be cut by knife, the defrosting process can be considered completed.
d. Microwave penetrates around 4cm into most food.
e. Defrosted food should be consumed as soon as possible, it is not advised to put back to fridge and freeze again.

Example: To defrost 0.4kg poultry

5 During defrosting, 3 beep sound will be heard two times to prompt you turn over the food. Open the door and turn over the food. Then close the door. Press button again to continue defrosting|

Auto cooking
The oven has default cooking menu for simple operation. When the LED flash colon, turn the knob and LED will cycle to show A.1, A.2 …… A.8
Choose the appropriate menu according to the food type and weight and strictly observe the directions in below table, otherwise the cooking effect will be largely influenced.

bowl. Refer to the water volume as follow.
Rice 100g 200g 300g
Water 180ml 330ml 480ml
Rice -After cooking, stand cover for 5 minutes or until water is absorbed.
A.2| Vegetable| Place 0.2-0.8kg vegetable in a microwave-safe bowl. Add water.
Cover with wrap, After cooking, stir and allow standing. Add water amount according to the vegetable quantity.
0.2-0.4kg: 2 Tablespoon;
**0.5-0.8kg: 4 Tablespoon
A.3| Frozen vegetable| Same as Fresh vegetable
A.4| Popcorn| Suitable for popping a bag of corn, which is available in the market, weighting 3.0oz (85g) or 3.5oz (100g). Prior to completion, if the popping speed has been decreased to 1 time per 1-2 seconds you should press button to stop the popping process.
A.5| Beverage| Heating a cup of 250ml or 500ml liquid. The liquid temperature is about 5-10°C. Use a big mouth cup and do not seal.
A.6| Potato| Choose medium sized potatoes approx. 200g, wash and dry it, total weight is about 0.45kg or 0.65kg. Place potatoes on a large dish and cover the dish with a thin film to prevent water loss.
Turning the potatoes is necessary halfway.
A.7| Pizza| Warm a piece of chilled pizza of 0.15kg.
A.8| Fish| Suitable for steaming a fish of 0.45kg. After the fish washed and scales removed, make a slits on the skin of fish .Put the fish on a shallow dish of 22-27 cm diameter sprinkle lightly with some ingredient. After cooking, stand for 2 minutes.

Caution:
a. The temperature of food before cooking would be 20-25°C. Higher or lower temperature of the food before cooking would require increase or decrease of cooking time.
b. The temperature, weight and shape of food will largely influence the cooking effect. If any deviation has been found to the factor noted on above menu, you can adjust the cooking time for best result.

3 Start cooking by pressing button and LED will count down to shorunning time.|

Automatic starting (delayed function)
If you do not want the menu be started immediately, you can preset the cooking menu and time and the preset menu will be automatically started at your set time. The setting will consist of 2 steps:

• Setting the current clock;
• Setting the cooking menu and time.

Example: Now it is 12:30 clock, if you hope that the microwave oven will automatically start cooking with 100P microwave power for 9 minutes and 30 seconds at 14:20

1.5 Press button once or waiting for 5 seconds, and the numbers will go steady.| 12:30
2 Set the cooking menu and time|
2.1 Set power level by pressing button| 100P
2.2 Turn knob to set cooking time| 9:30
2.3 Press and hold button for 3 seconds to return to current clock.|
3 Set the time you expect to start. Repeat the steps of 1.2, 1.3, 1.4|
4 Press button to confirm the delayed menu. Now the program has been activated. And the menu will be started at 14:20.|
5 You may check the preset starting time by pressing button.|

Multi-sequence cooking
To obtain best cooking result, some recipes call for different cook mode and time. You may program your personalized menu as follow:
Example: You want cook food with 100P microwave for 3 minutes then grilling for 9 minutes. This is 2 sequence setting.

Caution:
a. When microwave power cooking is finished, microwave oven will begin grilling operation automatically.
b. Max 4 sequences can be set per time, repeat the steps.
Child lock function
Use this feature to lock the control panel when you are cleaning or so that children can not use the oven unsupervised. All the buttons are rendered inoperable in this mode.

1. Set lock: Hold button about 3 seconds.
2. Cancel lock: Hold button about 3 seconds.

Useful information

Cleaning
Microwave oven care

CAUTION
The oven should be cleaned regularly and any food deposits removed.

1. Remove the power cord from the wall outlet before cleaning. Don’t immerse the appliance in water or other fluids when cleaning.
2. Failure to maintain the oven in a clean condition could lead to deterioration of the surface that could adversely affect the life of the appliance and possibly result in a hazardous situation
3. Never use hard detergent, gasoline, abrasive powder or metal brush to clean any part of the appliance
4. Do not remove the waveguide cover
5. When the microwave oven has been used for a long time, there may be some strange odors exist in oven, Following
6. ethods can get rid of them:
   a. Place several lemon slices in a cup, then heat with high Micro Power for 2-3 min.
   b. Place a cup of red tea in oven, then heat with high micro power.
   c. Put some orange peel into oven, and then heat them with high Micro Power for 1 minute.

WARNING
Only allow children to use the oven without supervision when adequate instructions have been given so that the child is able to use the oven in a safe way and understands the hazards of improper use;

Tips for cleaning
Details for cleaning door seals, cavity and adjacent parts:
Exterior:

• Wipe the enclosure with a dampened soft cloth

Door:

• Using a dampened soft cloth, wipe clean the door and window
• Wipe the door seals and adjacent parts to remove any spill or spatter
• Wipe the control panel with a slightly dampened soft cloth

Interior walls:

• Wipe clean the cavity with a dampened soft cloth
• Wipe clean the waveguide cover to remove any food splashed

Turntable/ Rotation ring/ Rotation axis:

• Wash with mild soap water
• Rinse with clean water and allow drying thoroughly

Maintenance
Servicing
Please check the following before calling for services.

1. Place one cup of water (approx.150ml) in a glass measure in the oven and close the door securely. Oven lamp should go off if the door is closed properly. Let the oven work for 1 min.
2. Does the oven lamp light?
3. Does the cooling fan work? (Put your hand over the rear ventilation openings.)
4. Does the turntable rotate? (The turntable can rotate clockwise or counter clockwise. This is quite normal.)
5. Is the water inside the oven hot? If “NO” is the answer to any of the above questions, please check your wall socket and the fuse in your meter box. If both the wall socket and the fuse are functioning properly, CONTACT YOUR NEAREST SERVICE CENTER APPROVED.

Servicing safeguards
Caution: MICROWAVE RADIATION

1. The high voltage capacitor remains charge after disconnection; short the negative terminal of H. V capacitor to the oven chassis (use a screwdriver) to discharge before touching.

2. During servicing below listed parts are liable to be removed and give access to potentials above250V to earth.
   • Magnetron
   • High voltage transformer
   • High voltage capacitor
   • High voltage diode
   • High voltage fuse

3. The following conditions may cause undue microwave exposure during servicing.
   • Improper fitting of magnetron;
   • Improper matching of door interlock, door hinge and door;
   • Improper fitting of switch support;
   • Door, door seal or enclosure has been damaged.

CAUTION

1. If LED displays Err0 during working, it indicates that sensor has been short circuit and you need replace it at the nearest repaired department.
2. If LED displays Err1 during working, it indicates that sensor has been open circuit and you need replace it at the nearest repaired department.

Utensils guideline

It is strongly recommended to use the containers which are suitable and safe for microwave cooking. Generally speaking, the containers which are made of heat-resistant ceramic, glass or plastic are suitable for microwave cooking. Never use the metal containers for microwave ooking and combination cooking as spark is likely to occur. You can take the reference of below table.

decorated with metal rim or glazed
Heat-resistant plastic| Yes| No| No| No| Can not be used for long time microwave cooking
Heat-resistant glass| Yes| Yes| Yes| Yes|
Plastic film| Yes| No| No| No| It should not be used when cooking meat or chops as the overtemperature may do damage to the film
Grill rack| No| Yes| Yes| Yes|
Metal container| No| No| No| No| It should not be used in microwave oven. Microwave can not penetrate through metal.
lacquer| No| No| No| No| Poor heat resistant. Can not be used for high temperature cooking
Bamboo wood and paper| No| No| No| No| Poor heat resistant. Can not be used for high temperature cooking

Cooking tips
The following factors may affect the cooking result:
Food arrangement
Place thicker areas towards outside of dish, the thinner part towards the centre and spread it evenly. Do not overlap if possible.
Cooking time length
Start cooking with a short time setting, evaluate it after it times out and extend it according to the actual need. Over cooking may result in smoke and burns.
Cooking food evenly
Food such as chicken, hamburger or steak should be turned once during cooking.
Depending on the type of food, if applicable, stir it from outside to centre of dish once or twice during cooking
Allow standing time
After cooking times out, leave the food in the oven for an adequate length of time, this allows it to complete its cooking cycle and cooling it down in a gradual manner
Whether the food is done
Color and hardness of food help to determine if it is done, these include:

• Steam coming out from all parts of food, not just the edge
• Joints of poultry can be moved easily
• Pork or poultry shows no signs of blood
• Fish is opaque and can be sliced easily with a fork

Browning dish
When using a browning dish or self-heating container, always place a heat- resistant insulator such as a porcelain plate under it to prevent damage to the turntable and rotating ring.
Microwave safe plastic wrap
When cooking food with high fat content, do not allow the plastic wrap come into contact with food as it may melt
Microwave safe plastic cookware
Some microwave safe plastic cookware might not be suitable for cooking foods with high fat and sugar content. Also, the preheating time specified in the dish instruction manual must not be exceeded.
Correct disposal of this product
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