CHAMPION CHMW025 Retro Svart Microwave Oven User Manual

CHAMPION CHMW025 Retro Svart Microwave Oven

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Installation

1. Take out all the packing. If there is a safe lm over the oven, tear it o 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 beat 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. The back of the oven must be placed against a wall.
9. 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 place a cup of water in the turntable, setting at high power and operate for several times.

Important safeguards

The following basic precautions should always be followed when using electrical appliance:

1. Read all instructions before using.
2. Make sure the voltage in your living area corresponding to the one shown on the rating label of the appliance. And the wall socket is properly grounded.
3. To reduce the risk of re in the oven cavity:
   • Do not overcook the food
   • Remove wire twist -ties from paper or plastic bags before placing bags in the oven.
   • Do not heat oil or fat for deep drying as the temperature of oil cannot be controlled.
   • After use wipe the waveguide cover with a damp cloth, followed by dry cloth to remove any food splashes and grease. Built -up grease may overheat and begin to cause smoke or catch re.
   • If materials inside the oven should smoke or ignite, keep oven door closed, turn oven o and disconnect the power supply.
   • When heating food in plastic or paper containers, keep an eye on the oven due to the possibility of ignition.
4. To reduce the risk of explosion and sudden boiling:
   • WARNING: Liquids and other foods must not be heated in sealed container since they are liable to explode; Baby biotested with a screw cap or teat are considered to be sealed containers.
   • Use the wide -mouthed container to cook liquid, and the cooked liquid should not be removed out immediately. Several moments should be waited before removing. In order to avoid possible hazards caused by delayed eruptive boiling of liquids.
   • Potatoes, sausage and chestnut should be peeled or pierced before cooking. Eggs in their shell, whole hard -boiled eggs should not be heated in microwave ovens since they may explode, even after microwave heating has ended.
   • The contents of feeding bottles and baby food jars are to be stirred or shaken and the temperature is to be checked before consumption, in order to avoid burns.
5. If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer or its service agent or a quailed technician in order to avoid a shock hazard.
6. After cooking, the container is very hot. Using gloves to take out the food and avoid steam burns by directing steam away from the face and hands.
7. Slowly lift the furthest edge of dishes cover and microwave plastic wrap and carefully open popcorn and oven cooking bags away from the face.
8. To prevent the turntable from breaking:
   • Let the turntable cool down before cleaning.
   • Do not place hot foods or utensils on the cold turntable.
   • Do not place frozen foods or utensils on the hot turntable.
9. Make sure the utensils do not touch the interior walls during cooking.
10. Only use utensils that are suitable for use in microwave ovens.
11. Do not store food or any other things inside the oven.
12. Do not operate the oven without any liquid or food inside the oven. This would do damage the oven.
13. When the appliance is operated in the combination mode, children should only use the oven under adult supervision due to the temperatures generated. 14.
14. Any accessories not recommended by the manufacturer may cause injuries to persons.
15. Do not use outdoors.
16. Save these instructions.
17. WARNING: If the door or door seals are damaged or the oven is malfunctioned, the oven must not be operated until it has been repaired by a competent person;
18. WARNING: It is hazardous for anyone other than a competent person to carry out any service or repair operation that involves the removal of a cover which gives protection against exposure to microwave energy;
19. If smoke is emitted, switch o or unplug the appliance and keep the door closed in order to site any Ames;
20. Microwave heating of beverages can result in delayed eruptive boiling; therefore care must be taken when handling the container;
21. Do not use harsh abrasive cleaners or sharp metal scrapers to clean the oven door glass since they can scratch the surface, which may result in shattering of the glass.
22. The appliances are not intended to be operated by means of an external timer or separate remote -control system.
23. This appliance is intended to be used in household and similar applications, such as:
    • Staff kitchen areas in shops, odes and other working environments;
    • Farm houses;
    • By clients in hotels, motels and other residential environments;
    • Bed and breakfast type environments.
24. The microwave oven is intended for heating food and beverages. Drying of food or clothing and heating of warming pads, slippers, sponges, damp cloth and similar may lead to risk of injury, ignition or fire.
25. This appliance can be used by children aged from 8 years and above and persons with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities or lack of experience and knowledge if they have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance in a safe way and understand the hazards involved. Children shall not play with the appliance. Cleaning and user maintenance shall not be made by children unless they are older than 8 and supervised. Keep the appliance and its cord out of reach of children less than 8 years.
26. 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.
27. Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.
28. A steam cleaner is not to be used.
29. The door or the outer surface may get hot when the appliance is operating.
30. WARNING: Accessible parts may become hot during use. Young children should be kept away.
31. During use the appliance becomes hot. Care should be taken to avoid touching heating elements inside the oven.
32. The surfaces are liable to get hot during use.

Product instruction

Structure diagram

• Viewing window
• Glass turntable
• Waveguide cover
• Housing
• Rotating axis
• Rotating ring
• Control panel
• Door interlock

Function and operation method
The LED flashes 3 times when plugged in power supply. Then it flashes “:”, prompting you to input the cooking menu and time.

1. 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 food. If you do not press Pause/Cancel button once or open the door, the beep will be sounded at an interval of 3 minutes.

2. Clock setting
   Preset /Clock. Defrost 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

Steps

1. After power-up, the colon flashes Display :
2. Hold Preset /Clock. Defrost button three seconds 0:00
3. Turn Auto Cooking/Time. Weight knob to set exact hours. 12:00
4. Press Preset /Clock. Defrost button once again. 12:00
5. Turn Auto Cooking/Time. Weight knob to set exact minutes. 12:30
6. Press Preset /Clock. Defrost button once again or wait for 5 seconds, and the numbers will go steadily.

Control panel

• Set power level
• Set clock or defrost menu
• Start
• Press once stop cooking
• Press twice clear setting
• Set auto cooking menu
• Set time or weight

Microwave cooking

This function is used for cooking and heating food. Press Micro Power button, LED will cycle to show 100P–80P–60P–40P–20P

1. The max time which can be set is 60 minutes.
2. Never operate the oven empty.
3. If you turn the food during operation, press the start button once and the preset cooking procedure will continue.
4. If you intend to remove the food before the preset time, you must press Pause/Cancel button once to clear the preset procedure to avoid unintended operation of next time use.
5. At the maximum microwave power, the oven will automatically lower the power after a certain time of cooking to lengthen the service life.

NOTE: You may change the cooking time during cooking. And it is recommended turning the food halfway, after you turn the food. Press Instant/Start button once to continue.

Defrost
This function use for defrost food; Press the Preset/Clock. Defrost button and the LED display will cycle to show d.1, d.2, d.3.

d.1 For defrosting meat, the weight range from 0.1 to 2.0 kg.
d.2 For defrosting poultry, the weight range from 0.2 to 3.0kg.
d.3 For defrosting seafood, the weight range from 0.1 to 0.9kg.

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

Auto cooking
The oven has default cooking menu for simple operation. When the LED flashes colon, turn the knob and LED will cycle to show A-01, A-02 …… A-12.After setting auto cooking menu, pressing Enter button is available to set the cooking weight. 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.

Display
A-01
A-02
A-03
A-04
A-05
A-06
A-07
A-08
A-09
A-10
A-11
A-12

Kind
Popcorn
Potato
Vegetable
Meat
Fish
Chicken
Reheat
Beverage
Rice
Pasta
Bread
Pizza

Weight
All together there are two choices (3.0Oz and 3.5Oz)
All together there are two choices (0.45Kg and 0.65Kg)
All together there are five choices (0.1 0.2——0.5Kg)
All together there are six choices (0.2 0.3——0.7Kg)
All together there are six choices (0.2 0.3——0.7Kg)
All together there are six choices (0.2 0.3——0.7Kg)
All together there are five choices (0.2 0.4——1.0Kg)
All together there are two choices (250Ml and 500Ml)
All together there are five choices (0.1 0.2——0.5Kg)
All together there are five choices (0.1 0.2——0.5Kg)
All together there are five choices (0.1 0.2——0.5Kg)
All together there are two choices (1 share and 2 share)

1. 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.
2. 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.

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:

1. Setting the current clock;
2. Setting the cooking menu and time.

If you want to start the set program immediately without waiting, just press Instant/Start button; if “Automatic starting” need to be cancelled, press Pause/Cancel 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 20P for 9 minutes. This is 2 sequence setting.

Steps

1. 100P microwave for 3min
2. Press Micro Power button to select power level
3. Turn Auto Cooking/Time. Weight knob to set cooking time
4. 20P for 9min
5.  Press Micro Power button to select power level
6. Turn Auto Cooking/Time. Weight knob to set cooking time
7. Start cooking by pressing Instant/Start button

Display
100P
3:00
20P
9:00

1. When microwave 100 power cooking is finished, microwave oven will begin next operation automatically.
2. 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. To set child lock, press and hold Pause/Cancel button about 3 seconds. 2
2. To cancel child lock, press and hold Pause/Cancel button about 3 seconds.

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 cooking and combination cooking as spark is likely to occur. You can take the reference of below table

Material of container    Microwave
Heat-resistant ceramic          Yes
Heat-resistant plastic            Yes
Heat-resistant glass              Yes
Plastic film                          Yes
Grill rack                              No
Metal container                    No
lacquer                              No
Bamboo wood and paper    No

Cooking tips

The following factors may affect the cooking result:

• Food arrangement: Place thicker areas towards outside of dish, the thinner part towards the center 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 center 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.

Cleaning

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 3 methods can get rid of them:
   •  Place several lemon slices in a cup, then heat with high Micro Power for 2-3 min.
   • Place a cup of red tea in oven, then heat with high micro power.
   • 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

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.

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 above 250V to earth.
   • Magnetron
   • High voltage transformer
   • High voltage capacitor
   • High voltage diode
   • High voltage fuse

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.

Customer information on the REACH Regulation and the Candidate List. Of the substances included in the Candidate List, the following appear in this article: Products PCB unit contains lead exceeding 0.01% Kind regards, Champion

Warranty Champion Nordic guarantees that this product is free from manufacturing defects in terms of materials and workmanship during a period of 2 years in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. This warranty period begins on the day the product is purchased or delivered. Champion Nordic has no obligation to repair or replace products that are not accompanied by a valid proof of purchase. This warranty applies only to products purchased and used for home use and does not cover damage resulting from abuse, failure to comply with the instructions from Champion Nordic, cases in which the product has been modified or subjected to unauthorized repair, improper packaging on the part of the owner, normal wear and tear, or improper handling on the part of a transport company.
Correct Disposal of this product This marking indicates that this product should not be disposed with other household wastes throughout the EU. To prevent possible harm to the environment or human health from uncontrolled waste disposal, recycle it responsibly to promote the sustainable reuse of material resources.

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