Melissa ide line 753-121 User Manual

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OPERATING THE MICROWAVE OVEN
Basic operation
• Place the food to be cooked in the microwave oven and close the door. Select

cooking function as described below and start the microwave oven. Once the
cooking time set has elapsed, the oven will switch off automatically. The display
will show "0:00" and 4 beeps will sound.

• Cooking can be temporarily interrupted at any time by pressing the

Pause/

Reset button (g). If you press the button twice, the cooking time and the
program selected will be cancelled.

• Cooking can also be temporarily interrupted by opening the door (practical if the

food needs turning).

• When cooking is temporarily interrupted, one or more function indicators will

show on the display, and the remaining cooking time. Cooking can be resumed
by closing the oven door and pressing the

Start (h) button again.

Express cooking
Express cooking takes place at full microwave power for the number of minutes you
set.
1. Press the

Quick Start (i) button. The microwave oven will start at full power.

2. For each additional time you press the

Quick Start button, cooking time will be

increased by 1 minute.

Cooking by manual selection of power and cooking time
1. Press the Micro button (b) to select power required. See the various levels in the

table below.

2. When the display shows the desired power, set the cooking time using the time

setting buttons (a):

– For each time you press the

10 Min button, 10 minutes will be added to the

cooking time.

– For each time you press the

1 Min button, 1 minute will be added to the cooking

time.

– For each time you press the

10 Sec button, 10 seconds will be added to the

cooking time.

3. Press the

Start button to commence cooking.

4. The microwave indicator

will start to flash and the display will show the

remaining time.

You can see what the set power is at any time during cooking by pressing the

Micro

button. After a few seconds the display will show the remaining time again.

Example:
To set the microwave oven to cook at 80% power for 16 minutes and 50 seconds.
1. Press the

Micro button three times. The display will show "P 80", and the

indicator

will be lit.

2. Set the cooking time to 16 minutes and 50 seconds by pressing the

10 Min

button once,

1 Min six times and 10 Sec five times.

3. Press the

Start button to commence cooking. The microwave indicator

will start to flash and the display will show the remaining time.

Grilling
1. Press the Grill button (c).
2. The display will show “G1”, and the

indicator will light.

3. Set the desired cooking time using the time setting buttons.
4. Press the Start button to commence cooking. The grill indicator

will start

to flash and the display will show the remaining time.

Cooking with microwaves and grill
1. Press the

Micro+Grill (d) button once or several times to select level allocation

(see table below).

2. The display will show “G2” or “G3”, the

and

indicators will light.

3. Set the desired cooking time using the time setting buttons.

4. Press the

Start button to commence cooking. The

and

indicators

will start to flash and the display will show the remaining time.

You can see what the setting (G2 or G3) is at any time during cooking by pressing
the

Micro+Grill button. After a few seconds the display will show the remaining time

again.

Convection cooking
1. Press the Conv button (e) to select the convection function.
2. Set the desired temperature between 140 and 230 ºC by repeatedly pressing the

Conv button. Each time you press, the temperature will be increased by 10 ºC.
The convection indicator

and a red field at the bottom of the display will

light to indicate the temperature selected.

3. Press the

Start button to commence preheating. The temperature indicator and

other indicators will flash.

4. When the temperature set is reached, the microwave oven will beep five times

to remind you that the food should be placed in the oven. The temperature
indicator will now be lit constantly whilst the rest of the display flashes.

5. Place the food in the oven.
6. Set the desired cooking time using the time setting buttons. Please note: The

time cannot be set before the oven door has been opened.

7. Press the

Start button to commence cooking.

8. The convection indicator

will start to flash and the display will show the

remaining time. The temperature indicator at the bottom of the display will be
constantly lit when the temperature is at the level set.

You can see what the set temperature is during cooking by pressing the

Conv

button. After a few seconds the display will show the remaining time again.

NB! The convection function can only be used for 99 minutes and 99 seconds at a
time.
If the temperature set is not reached within 30 minutes, the heating element will
switch off and the “E3” error message will show.

NOTE! The microwave oven heats up by means of the heating element, which
switches off automatically when the oven reaches the desired temperature.
If you put the food into a cold oven it may become burnt if it is placed too close to
the heating element or if it remains in the oven for a long time before the heating
element switches off.

Cooking with microwaves and convection
1. Press the

Micro+Conv (f) button once or several times to select level allocation

(see table below).

2. The display will show “C1” to “C4”, the

and

indicators will light.

3. Set the desired cooking time using the time setting buttons.

4. Press the

Start button to commence cooking. The

and

indicators will start to flash and the display will show the remaining time.

5. The relevant indicators [symbol] will start to flash and the display will show the

remaining time.

You can see what the setting (C1 to C4) is during cooking by pressing the
Micro+Conv button. After a few seconds the display will show the remaining time
again.

Two stage cooking
You can set two cooking stages, one after the other. If one of the stages is defrost, it
must always be the first.

Example:
To set the microwave oven to cook at full power for 5 minutes, and then grill for 10
minutes.

1. Press

Micro once to select 100% microwave power.

2. Set the cooking time by pressing the

1 Min button 5 times.

3. Press the

Grill button once.

4. Set the cooking time by pressing the

10 Min button once.

5. Press the

Start button. Please note that when half of the grill time set has

elapsed, cooking will stop to allow you to turn the food around in the oven. If
you do not do so, the grill will automatically re-start after 1 minute.

NB! The auto menu cannot be used as a step in two stage cooking.

Automatic defrosting
1. Set the desired weight by pressing once or several times on either the left or

right side of the

Defrost by weight (j) button.

2. The microwave oven will automatically calculate defrosting time based on the

weight set.

3. Press the

Start button to commence defrosting.

4. The microwave indicator

will start to flash, the weight indicator will

disappear and the display will show the remaining time.

No. of times to

press

button

Indication in the

display

Microwave

power

P100 100 %

P 90 90 %

P 80 80 %

P 70 70 %

P 60 60 %

P 50 50 %

P 40 40 %

P 30 30 %

P 20 20 %

10 P 10 10 %
11

P 0 0 %

No. of times to

press

button

Indication in the

display

Microwave

G2 36 % 64 %

G3 55 %

45 %

Grill

No. of times to

press button

Indication in the

display

Microwave

C - 1 61 % 39 %

C - 2 52 % 48 %

C - 3 39 % 61 %

C - 4 27 % 73 %

Convection