KLARSTEIN 10027094 Fine Dinesty Microwave Oven Instruction Manual

KLARSTEIN 10027094 Fine Dinesty Microwave OvenSAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Read all the safety and operating instructions carefully and retain them for future reference. Make sure the voltage in your living area corresponds to the one shown on the rating label of the appliance. And the wall socket is properly grounded.
To reduce the risk of fire 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 fire.
• If materials inside the oven should smoke or ignite, keep oven door closed, turn oven off 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.

To reduce the risk of explosion and sudden boiling

• Liquids and other foods must not be heated in sealed container since they are liable to explode; Baby bottles fitted 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.
• If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer or its service agent or a qualified technician in order to avoid a shock hazard.
• 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.
• Slowly lift the furthest edge of dishes cover and microwave plastic wrap and carefully open popcorn and oven cooking bags away from the face.

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.

General Instructions

• Make sure the utensils do not touch the interior walls during cooking. Only use utensils that are suitable for use in microwave ovens. Do not store food or any other things inside the oven.
• Do not operate the oven without any liquid or food inside the oven. This would do damage the oven.
• When the appliance is operated in the combination mode, children should only use the oven under adult supervision due to the temperatures generated.
• Any accessories not recommended by the manufacturer may cause injuries to persons.
• Do not use outdoors.
• If the door or door seals are damaged or the oven malfunctions, the oven must not be operated until it has been repaired by a competent person;
• 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 that gives protection against exposure to microwave energy.
• If smoke is emitted, switch off or unplug the appliance and keep the door closed in order to stifle any flames.
• Microwave heating of beverages can result in delayed eruptive boiling; therefore care must be taken when handling the container.
• 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 the shattering of the glass.
• The appliances are not intended to be operated by means of an external timer or separate remote control system.
• This appliance is intended to be used in household and similar applications, such as: Staff kitchen areas in shops, offices, and other working environments; Farmhouses; By clients in hotels, motels and other residential environments; Bed and breakfast type environments.
• 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.
•  This appliance can be used by children aged 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.
• A steam cleaner is not to be used.
• The door or the outer surface may get hot when the appliance is operating.
• During use the appliance becomes hot. Care should be taken to avoid touching heating elements inside the oven.

Note: This device must not be installed in a cabinet with a door.

OVERVIEW AND CONTROL PANEL

OPERATION AND FUNCTIONS

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

6

| Press Preset.Clock.Defrost button once again or wait

for 5 seconds, and the numbers will go steadily.

|

Microwave power and grill cooking
This function is for cooking or grilling food. Press Micro Power.Grill/Combi button, LED cycles to show 100P—80P—60P—40P—20P—G—C.1—C.2

100P

| High power—100% microwave power. Applicable for quick and

thorough cooking

---|---

80P

| Medium High power—80% microwave power. Applicable for medium

express cooking

60P

| Medium power—60% microwave power. Applicable for steaming

food

40P

| Medium Low power—40% microwave power. Applicable for

defrosting food

20P| Low power— 20% microwave power. Applicable for keeping warm

G

| Grill, the heat element will be energized during operation time. This is applicable for rolling thin meats or pork, sausage, chicken wing as good brown color can be obtained

C1

| Combination of Grill and microwave cooking. 30% of time microwave output and 70% of time grilling
C2| Combination of Grill and microwave cooking. 55% of time microwave output and 45% of time grilling

Important notes

• Never operate the oven empty.
• If you turn the food during operation, press the Instant.Start button once and the preset cooking procedure will continue.
• 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.

Example: To cook at P80 for 10 minutes.

2

| Select the desired microwave power by pressing Micro Power.Grill/Combi button

consecutively

|

80P

3| Set cooking time by turning Auto Cooking /Time. Weight knob| 10:00
4| Press Instant. Start button and LED will count down to show running time.|

Note: You may change the cooking time during cooking. And it is recommended to turn 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.

Important notes

• 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.

Example: To defrost 0.4 kg of poultry

5

| In halfway through defrosting 3 beep sounds will be heard two times to prompt you to turn over the food. Open the door and turn over the food. Then close the door. Press Instant. Start the button again to continue defrosting|

Auto cooking
The oven has a default cooking menu for simple operation. When the LED flash colon, turn the knob in a anticlockwise direction and LED will cycle to show A.1,A.2 …… 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.

Important notes

• In standby state, turn the knob in anticlockwise direction firstly to enter setting auto cooking state, if the knob is turned in clockwise direction firstly, it will enter time setting, and its default model is 100% micro power.
• The temperature of food before cooking would be 20-25℃. Higher or lower temperature of the food before cooking would require increase or decrease of cooking time.
• 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.

Example: Steam 0.4kg fish****

Automatic starting (delayed function)
If you do not want the menu to 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.

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

hours

| 12:00
1.4| Set minutes by turning Auto Cooking /Time. Weight knob| 12:30
1.5| Press Preset.Clock.Defrost button once or waiting for

5 seconds, and the numbers will go steady.

| 12:30
2| Set the cooking menu and time|
2.1| Select cooking power by pressing Micro Power. Grill/Combi button| 100P
2.2| Turn Auto Cooking /Time. Weight knob to set cooking time| 9:30
2.3| Press and hold Preset.Clock.Defrost 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 Preset.Clock.Defrost 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 Preset.Clock.Defrost

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 grill for 9 minutes. This is 2 sequence setting.

Important notes

• When microwave 100 power cooking is finished, microwave oven will begin grill operation automatically.
• Max 4 sequences can be set per time, repeat the steps.

SUITABLE DISHES

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.

Note: 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|

Mikro

|

Grill

|

Combi

|

Notes

---|---|---|---|---

Heat-resistant ceramic

|

Yes

|

Yes

|

Yes

| Never use the ceramics which are decorated with metal rim or glazed

Heat-resistant plastic

|

Yes

|

No

|

No

| Can not be used for long time microwave cooking
Heat-resistant glass|

Yes

|

Yes

|

Yes

|

Plastic film

|

Yes

|

No

|

No

| It should not be used when cooking meat or chops as the over- temperature may do damage to the film
Grill rack| No| Yes| Yes|

Metal container

|

No

|

No

|

No

| It should not be used in microwave oven. Microwave can not penetrate through metal.

lacquer

|

No

|

No

|

No

| Poor heat-resistant. Can not be used for High- temperature cooking

Bamboo wood and paper

|

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 the outside of the 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. Overcooking 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 cool 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 the 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

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.

• To set child lock, press and hold the Pause/Cancel button for about 3 seconds.
• To cancel child lock, press and hold the Pause/Cancel button about 3 seconds.

CLEANING AND CARE

• 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 that gives protection against exposure to microwave energy.
• remove the power cord from the wall outlet before cleaning. Don‘t immerse the appliance in water or other fluids when cleaning.
• 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.
• The oven should be cleaned regularly and any food deposits removed
• Details for cleaning door seals, cavities and adjacent parts.
• Never use hard detergent, gasoline, abrasive powder or metal brush to clean any part of the appliance.
• Do not remove the waveguide cover.

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 power for 2-3 min.
• Place a cup of red tea in oven, then heat with high power.
• Put some orange peel into oven, and then heat them with high power for 1 minute.

Note: 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;

DISPOSAL CONSIDERATIONS

If there is a legal regulation in your country regarding the disposal of electrical and electronic equipment, this symbol on the product or on the packaging indicates that this product must not be disposed of with household waste. Instead, it must be taken to a collection point for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment. By disposing of this product in accordance with the regulations, you protect the environment and the health of those around you from negative consequences. For information on the recycling and disposal of this product, contact your local government or household waste disposal service.

MANUFACTURER & IMPORTER (UK)

Manufacturer
Chal-Tec GmbH, Wallstraße 16, 10179 Berlin, Germany.
Importer for Great Britain Berlin Brands Group UK Ltd PO Box 1145 Oxford, OX1 9UW
United Kingdom

References

• Klarstein | Your home. Your kitchen. Your style.
• Take-e-way GmbH | take-e-back | Elektroschrott Rücknahmesystem Onlinehandel

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