PHILIPS HD3037 Multicooker User Manual

: June 3, 2024
: Philips

PHILIPS HD3037 Multicooker

Your multicooker

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What’s in the box (fig. 1)

Multicooker main un	Steam basket
Rice scoop	Soup ladle
Measuring cup	Power cord
User manual	Safety leaflet
Warranty card	Recipe booklet

Silica gloves

Overview (fig. 2)

①	Lid	⑥	Power socket
②	Inner pot	⑦	Heating element
③	Lid release button	⑧	Water level indications
④	Control panel	⑨	Cooker handle
⑤	Main body	⑩	Detachable steam vent cap

Controls overview (fig. 3)

⑪

| Cooking functions|

⑯

| Hour button
---|---|---|---

⑫

| Display|

⑰

| Minute button

⑬

| Off/Warm button|

⑱

| Cooking time button

⑭

| Menu button|

⑲

| Temperature button

⑮

| Preset button|

⑳

| Start button

Functions overview

Program| Temperature regulation| Temperature (Approximately)| Timbe regulation| Default time
---|---|---|---|---
Rice| No| 135°C| No| 40 minutes
Risotto| No| 135°C| No| 40 minutes
Pilaf| No| 135°C| No| 40 minutes
Jam| No| 90°C| 1-4 hours| 2 hours
Boil| No| 95°C| 5-30 minutes| 30 minutes
Stew| No| 90°C| 20 minutes-10 hours| 1 hour
Fry| No| 150°C| 5-59 minutes| 42 minutes
Yogurt| No| 40°C| 6-12 hours| 8 hours
Reheat| No| 90°C| 8-25 minutes| 25 minutes
Bake| Yes| 40, 60, 80, 100, 120, 150, 180°C| 20 minutes -2 hours| 45 minutes
Steam| No| 95°C| 5 minutes -2 hours| 30 minutes
Warm| No| 73°C| Turn on automaticlly after functions finished (excluding Yogurt)

Using the multicooker

Before first use

Take out all the accessories from the inner pot. Remove the sheet between the inner pot and the heating element.
Clean the parts of the multicooker thoroughly before using the multicooker for the first time (see chapter ‘Cleaning’).
Add a half pot full of water in the inner pot, close the lid and plug in the power supply. Select the boiling function; the Boil indicator lights up.
After water boils for 5 minutes, press the Off/Warm button.
Unplug the appliance, wait until the pot has cooled and pour out the water.

Note

Make sure all parts are completely dry before you start using the
multicooker.

Preparations before cooking (fig. 4)

Before using the multicooker, you need to follow below preparations:

Measure the rice using the measuring cup provided.
Wash the rice thoroughly.
Put the pre-washed rice in the inner pot.
Add water to the level indicated on the scale inside the inner pot that corresponds to the number of cups of rice used. Then smooth the rice surface.
Press the lid release button to open the lid.
Wipe the outside of the inner pot dry, then put it in the multicooker. Check if the inner pot is in proper contact with the heating element.
Close the lid of the multicooker, and put the plug in the power socket.

Note

Make sure that the outside of the inner pot is dry and clean, and that
there is no foreign residue on the heating element or the magnetic switch.
Do not exceed the volume indicated nor exceed the maximum water
level indicated in the inner pot, as this may cause the multicooker to overflow.

Tip

The level marked inside the inner pot is just an indication. You can always adjust the water level for different types of rice and your own preference. Do not exceed the maximum quantities indicated on the inside of the inner pot.
Besides following the water level indications, you may also add rice and water at 1:1-1.2 ratio for rice cooking.
For 4 cups of rice, the water level should reach the “4” mark in the inner pot.

Cooking rice or pasta (fig. 5)

Follow the steps in “Preparations before cooking”.
Press the menu button (Menu) until the rice/pasta cooking function (Rice/Pasta) is selected.
Press the start button (Start) to start cooking.
When the cooking is finished, you will hear a few beeps and the selected cooking function light will be off.
The multicooker will be in keep-warm mode automatically
⮑The keep-warm indicator lights up.

Tip

You can press the cancel button (Off/Warm) to turn off the keep-warm function.
To switch off, you need to unplug the appliance.
The default cooking time is 40 minutes, and is not adjustable.
Temperature for this program is approximately 135°C.

Cooking risotto (fig. 6)

Put food and ingredients in the inner pot.
Follow steps 6 and 7 in “Preparations before cooking”.
Press the menu button (Menu) until the risotto cooking function (Risotto) is selected.
Press the start button (Start) to start cooking.
When the cooking is finished, you will hear a few beeps and the selected cooking function light will be off.
The multicooker will be in keep-warm mode automatically.
⮑The keep-warm indicator lights up

Tip

You can press the cancel button (Off/Warm) to turn off the keep-warm function.
To switch off, you need to unplug the appliance.
The default cooking time is 40 minutes, and is not adjustable.
Temperature for this program is approximately 135°C.

Cooking pilaf (fig. 6)

Whisk the food and ingredients for the pilaf well.
Follow steps 6 and 7 in “Preparations before cooking”.
Press the menu button (Menu) until the pilaf cooking function (Pilaf) is selected.
Press the start button (Start) to start cooking.
When the cooking is finished, you will hear a few beeps and the selected cooking function light will be off.
The multicooker will be in keep-warm mode automatically.
The keep-warm indicator lights up.

Tip

You can press the cancel button (Off/Warm) to turn off the keep-warm function.

To switch off, you need to unplug the appliance.
The default cooking time is 40 minutes, and is not adjustable.
Temperature for this program is approximately 135°C

Cooking jam (fig. 7)

Put food and ingredients in the inner pot.
Follow steps 6 and 7 in “Preparations before cooking”.
Press the menu button (Menu) until the jam cooking function (Jam) is selected.
Press the cooking time button (Cooking time), and the hour unit starts flashing on the display.
Press the hour button (Hr.) to set a desired hour unit.
After the hour unit is set, press the cooking time button (Cooking time) again, and the minute unit starts flashing on the display.
Press the minute button (Min.) to set a desired minute unit
Press the start button (Start) to start cooking.
When the cooking is finished, you will hear a few beeps and the selected cooking function light will be off.
The multicooker will be in keep-warm mode automatically.
⮑The keep-warm indicator lights up.

Tip

You can press the cancel button (Off/Warm) to turn off the keep-warm function.
To switch off, you need to unplug the appliance.
The default cooking time is 2 hours. You can select the cooking time from 1 to 4 hours.
Temperature for this program is approximately 90°C

Boiling (fig. 8)

Put the food and ingredients in the inner pot.
Follow steps 6 and 7 in “Preparations before cooking”.
Press the menu button (Menu) unitl the boiling function (Boil) is selected.
Press the cooking time button (Cooking time), and the minute unit starts flashing on the display.
Press the minute button (Min.) to set a desired minute unit.
Press the start button (Start) to start cooking.
When the cooking is finished, you will hear a few beeps and the selected cooking function light will be off.
The multicooker will be in keep-warm mode automatically.
⮑The keep-warm indicator lights up.

Note

The cooking time begins once the water is boiling, and the time is
displayed as a countdown.

Tip

You can press the cancel button (Off/Warm) to turn off the keep-warm function.
To switch off, you need to unplug the appliance.
The default cooking time is 30 minutes. You can select the cooking time between 5 to 30 minutes.
Temperature for this program is approximately 95°C

Stewing (fig. 9)

Put the food and ingredients in the inner pot.
Follow steps 6 and 7 in “Preparations before cooking”.
Press the menu button (Menu) until the stewing function (Stew) is selected.
Press the cooking time button (Cooking time), and the hour unit starts flashing on the display.
Press the hour button (Hr.) to set a desired hour unit.
After the hour unit is set, press the cooking time button (Cooking time) again, and the minute unit starts flashing on the display.
Press the minute button (Min.) to set a desired minute unit.
Press the start button (Start) to start cooking.
When the cooking is finished, you will hear a few beeps and the selected cooking function light will be off.
The multicooker will be in keep-warm mode automatically.
⮑The keep-warm indicator lights up.

Tip

You can press the cancel button (Off/Warm) to turn off the keep-warm function.
To switch off, you need to unplug the appliance.
The default cooking time is 1 hour. You can select the cooking time between 20 minutes to 10 hours.
Temperature for this program is approximately 90°C.

Frying (fig. 10)

Put food and ingredients into the inner pot.
Follow step 6 in “Preparations before cooking”.
Put the plug in the power socket.
Press the menu button (Menu) until the frying function (Fry) is selected.
Press the cooking time button (Cooking time), and the minute unit starts flashing on the display.
Press the minute button (Min.) to set a desired minute unit.
Press the start button (Start) to start cooking.
During cooking, stir the food constantly using a spatula.
When the cooking is finished, you will hear a few beeps and the selected cooking function light will be off.
The multicooker will be in keep-warm mode automatically.
⮑The keep-warm indicator lights up.

Note

This function must be operated with the lid opened.
This function may be not used for deep fry, and the amount of oil may not exceed marking “2“.

Tip

To switch off, you need to unplug the appliance.
The default cooking time is 42 minutes. You can select the cooking time between 5 to 59 minutes.
Temperature for this program is approximately 150°C

Making yogurt (fig. 11)

Method 1:

Whisk the ingredients for the yogurt well and put them in a glass container.
Put the glass container in the inner pot. Make sure that the container is sealed.
Pour some water in the inner pot. Make sure that half of the container is immersed in water.
Follow steps 6 and 7 in “Preparations before cooking”.
Press the menu button (Menu) until the yogurt making function (Yogurt) is selected.
Press the cooking time button (Cooking time), and the hour unit starts flashing on the display.
Press the hour button (Hr.) to set a desired hour unit.
After the hour unit is set, press the cooking time button (Cooking time) again, and the minute unit starts flashing on the display.
Press the minute button (Min.) to set a desired minute unit.
Press the start button (Start) to start cooking.
When the cooking is finished, you will hear a few beeps and the selected cooking function light will be off.
The multicooker will be in standby mode automatically

Method 2 :

Pour 1 L of pasteurized milk into the pot (milk should be room temperature) and add natural yogurt (180-200 g). Stir the milk and yogurt.
Close the lid and select the yogurt-making function. Program starts automatically.
If you want fruit yogurt, add fruits (eg. 200 g of cut strawberries) 30 minutes before the end of the program.
Unplug the appliance.

Tip

You can unplug the multicooker immediately after the cooking is finished.
To switch off, you need to unplug the appliance.
The default cooking time is 8 hours. You can select the cooking time between 6 to 12 hours.
Temperature for this program is approximately 40°C

Reheating (fig. 12)

Loosen the cooled dish and evenly distribute it in the inner pot.
Pour some water onto the dish to prevent it from becoming too dry. The quantity of the water depends on the amount of dish.
Follow steps 6 and 7 in “Preparations before cooking”.
Press the menu button (Menu) until the reheating function (Reheat) is selected.
Press the cooking time button (Cooking time), and the minute unit starts flashing on the display.
Press the minute button (Min.) to set a desired minute unit.
Press the start button (Start) to start cooking.
When the cooking process is finished, you will hear a few beeps and the selected cooking function light will be off.
The multicooker will be in keep-warm mode automatically.
⮑The keep-warm indicator lights up

Tip

You can press the cancel button (Off/Warm) to turn off the keep-warm function.
To switch off, you need to unplug the appliance.
The default cooking time is 25 minutes. You can select the cooking time between 8 to 25 minutes..
Temperature for this program is approximately 90°C

Baking (fig. 13)

Put the food and ingredients in the inner pot.
Follow step 6 in “Preparations before cooking”.
Put the plug in the power socket.

Note

When baking cake, keep the lid closed during cooking. Baking cake at 130°C and by 45 minutes usually delivers best cooking result.
When baking food other than cake, the lid must be opened during
cooking

Press the menu button (Menu) until the baking function (Bake) is selected.
Press the cooking time button (Cooking time), and the hour unit starts flashing on the display.
Press the hour button (Hr.) to set a desired hour unit.
After the hour unit is set, press the cooking time button (Cooking time) again, and the minute unit starts flashing on the display.
Press the minute button (Min.) to set a desired minute unit.
Press the temperature button (Temperature), and the default cooking temperature starts flashing on the display.
Press the temperature button (Temperature) to set a desired baking temperature.
Press the start button (Start) to start cooking.
When the baking is finished, you will hear a few beeps and the selected function light will be off.
The multicooker will be in keep-warm mode automatically.
⮑The keep-warm indicator lights up.

Tip

When removing the inner pot from the multicooker, use a kitchen glove or a cloth, as the inner pot will be very hot.
To switch off, you need to unplug the appliance.
The default cooking time is 45 minutes. You can select the cooking time between 20 minutes to 2 hours.
The default cooking temperature is 60°C. The available temperature options are 40°C, 60°C, 80°C, 100°C, 120°C, 150°C, and 180°C.

Steaming (fig. 14)

Measure a few cups of water with the measuring cup.
Pour the water into the inner pot.
Put the steam basket into the inner pot.
Put the food into the steam basket.
Close the lid of the multicooker, and put the plug in the power socket.
Press the menu button (Menu) until the steaming function (Steaming) is selected.
Press the cooking time button (Cooking time), and the hour unit starts flashing on the display.
Press the hour button (Hr.) to set a desired hour unit.
After the hour unit is set, press the cooking time button (Cooking time) again, and the minute unit starts flashing on the display.
Press the minute button (Min.) to set a desired minute unit.
Press the start button (Start) to start cooking.
When the steaming is finished, you will hear a few beeps and the selected cooking function light will be off.
The multicooker will be in keep-warm mode automatically.
⮑The keep-warm indicator lights up.
Open the lid and carefully take out the steamed food from the plate or the steam basket.

Note

The cooking time begins once the water is boiling, and the time is displayed as a countdown.
When removing the steamed food from the steam basket, use a kitchen glove or a cloth, as the plate and steam basket will be very hot.
When you cook rice and steam food at the same time, make sure you measure out an amount of rice that leaves enough room for the steam tray.
Water level should be between 2 and 4 water level marked inside inner pot.

Tip

You can press the cancel button (Off/Warm) to turn off the keep-warm function.
To switch off, you need to unplug the appliance.
The default steaming time is 30 minutes. You can select the cooking time between 5 minutes to 2 hours.
Temperature for this program is approximately 95°C.

Preset time for delayed cooking (fig. 15)

You can preset the delayed cooking time in different cooking modes.
The preset timer is available from 10 minutes to 24 hours.

Follow steps 6 and 7 in “Preparations before cooking”.
Press the menu button (Menu) until your desired cooking function is selected.
Press the preset time button (Preset).
⮑The preset timer starts flashing on the display.
Press the hour button (Hr.) and minute button (Min.) to set the preset time.
Press the start button (Start) to confirm the preset time.
The cooking will be finished when the preset time has elapsed. You will hear a few beeps and the selected cooking function light will be off.
The multicooker will be in keep-warm mode automatically.
⮑The keep-warm indicator lights up.

Note

The preset timer is not available in fry (Fry) and bake (Bake) modes.

Tip

After the preset time is set, you can press the cancel button (Off/Warm) to deactivate the preset function.
To switch off, you need to unplug the appliance.
You can press the cancel button (Off/Warm) to turn off the keep-warm function.

Keep-warm mode

The multicooker provides you with easy control over the keep-warm mode.

After you have selected the cooking function using the menu button (Menu), if you press the start button (Start) directly, the keep-warm indicator will light up. After the cooking is finished, the multicooker will switch to keep-warm mode directly.
After you have selected the cooking function using the menu button (Menu), if you press the keep-warm button first, and then the start button (Start), the keep-warm indicator will be off. After the cooking is finished, the multicooker will be in standby mode

Note

Except for the yogurt-making function, all cooking functions will allow the product to go into the keep-warm mode (Off/Warm).
In standby mode, you can press the keep-warm button (Off/Warm) to enter the keep-warm mode.
In keep-warm mode, you can press the keep-warm button (Off/Warm)to enter the standby mode.

Tip

To switch off, you need to unplug the appliance.
Temperature for this program is approximately 73°C.

Cleaning and Maintenance

Note

Unplug the multicooker before starting to clean it.
Wait until the multicooker has cooled down sufficiently before cleaning it.

Interior

Inside of the outer lid and the main body:

Wipe with wrung out and damp cloth.
Make sure to remove all the food residues stuck to the multicooker. Heating element:
Wipe with wrung out and damp cloth.
Remove food residues with wrung out and damp cloth or toothpicks

Exterior

Surface of the outer lid and outside of the main body:

Wipe with a cloth damped with soap water.
Only use soft and dry cloth to wipe the control panel.
Make sure to remove all the food residues around the control buttons.

Accessories

Rice scoop, soup ladle, inner pot, steam basket, and steam vent cap:

Soak in hot water and clean with sponge.

Environment

Do not throw away the appliance with normal household waste at the end of its life, but hand it in at an official collection point for recycling. By doing this, you can help to preserve the environment.

Specifications

Model Number	HD3037
Rated power output	980W
Rated capacity	5.0L
Rice volume	1.8L

Troubleshooting

If you encounter problems when using this multicooker, check the following points before requesting service. If you cannot solve the problem, contact the Philips Consumer Care Center in your country

Problem	Solution
The light on the button does not go on.	There is a connection problem. Check

if the power cord is connected to the cooker properly and if the plug is inserted firmly into the power outlet.
The light is defective.Take the appliance to your Philips dealer or a service center authorized by Philips.
The display does not function.| The multicooker is not connected to the power supply. If there is no power supply, the power failure backup function does not work and the display does not function.
The battery for the display runs out of power. Take the appliance to your Philips dealer or a service center authorized by Philips to have the battery replaced.
The rice is not cooked.| There is not enough water. Add water according to the scale on the inside of the inner pot.
You did not press the start button (Start) to start cooking.
Make sure that there is no foreign residue on the heating element and the outside of the inner pot before switching the multicooker on.
The heating element is damaged, or the inner pot is deformed. Take the cooker to your Philips dealer or a service center authorized by Philips.
The cooker does not switch to keep-warm mode automatically.| The temperature control is defective.Take the appliance to your Philips dealer or a service center authorized by Philips.
The rice is scorched.| You have not rinse the rice properly. Rinse the rice until the water runs clear.
Water spills out of the multicooker during cooking.| Make sure that you add water to the level indicated on the scale inside the inner pot that corresponds to the number of cups of rice used.
Make sure the water does not exceed the next level on the scale, as this may cause the appliance to overflow during cooking.
The cake result is too hard.| Please use cake mix and follow the instructions provided in the user manual.
I cannot get to the desired cooking function.| Press the menu button (Menu) repeatedly to select the desired function as shown by the LED indicator.
Rice smells bad after cooking| Clean the inner pot with some washing detergent and warm water.
After cooking, make sure the steam vent cap, inner lid and inner pot are cleaned thoroughly.
Error message (E1, E2, E3, or E4) appears on the display.| There is malfunction in your multicooker.Take the appliance to your Philips dealer or a service center authorized by Philips.

Specifications are subject to change without notice
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