Electrolux EMS 1745 User manual

EMS 1745
INSTRUCTION MANUAL GB

Before using your microwave oven
Safety Instructions 4
Utensil & food safety 5
Suitability of cookware 6
Installation 7
Built-in model 7
Electrical connections 7
Description of the microwave oven
and accessories
The microwave oven 8
Accessories 8
Control panel 9
Before using your microwave oven
for the first time
Cleaning 10
Setting the clock 10
How to operate your microwave oven
Microwave cooking 11
Microwave setting guide 11
Automatic programmes 12
Auto Defrost 12
Automatic cooking programmes 13
Microwave hints 14
Quick Start 15
Child Lock 15
Minute timer with alarm 15
Charts
Defrosting 16
Cooking vegetables 18
Cooking fish 18
Test procedures 19
Care and cleaning
Cleaning the accessories (turntable,
support) 20
Cleaning the interior 20
Cleaning the exterior 20
If the microwave does not function 21
Service and spare parts 22
Technical data 22
Guarantee conditions
Standard guarantee conditions 23
European Guarantee 23
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Contents

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Congratulations on the purchase
of your new microwave oven
Thank you for having chosen an Electrolux product.
We are convinced that you will find your new microwave oven
very useful and that it will be of great help to you.
As with all new kitchen appliances, it will take some time
to learn all the new functions and features,
but with time, this oven will become indispensable to you.
In order that you can get the best from your new Electrolux
microwave oven, the following instructions have been prepared.
Please make sure you read them carefully. It is important
that this instruction book is retained with the appliance
for future reference. Should the appliance be sold or transferred
to another owner, or if you move house and leave the appliance,
always ensure that the book is supplied with the appliance.
Microwave cooking provides true innova-
tion for the culinary arts. Combining rapi-
dity and ease of use, it enhances flavours
and aromas all the while keeping the
appearance and nutritive qualities intact.
Your microwave oven will complement
your other kitchen appliances. It cooks,
reheats and defrosts quick as a wink,
affording you considerable time and energy
savings.
The microwaves used for cooking are
electromagnetic waves. They exist in our
environment as do radioelectric waves,
light, and infrared rays.They are reflected
by metals.They pass through all other
materials. They are absorbed by water,
sugar and fat molecules.
When food is exposed to microwaves
there follows a vibration of the molecules,
which in turn produces heat.
The depth of penetration of the waves into
food is about 2.5 cm. If the food is thicker
the centre is cooked by normal conduction
of heat.
It is worth noting that the microwaves pro-
duce a simple heat reaction inside food
and are not at all harmful to your health.
Due to the nature of microwave cooking,
foods rich in water, sugar or fat require
less cooktime and yield the best results.

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Safety instructions
• Your appliance is designed exclusively
for the domestic purposes of defros-
ting, heating or cooking foods. The
manufacturer bears no responsibility in
the case of improper usage.
• The appliance should only be operated
with the turntable and turntable sup-
port inserted.
• Only suitable microwave ovenware
should be used.
•Do not leave the appliance unattended
when warming or cooking food in
disposable containers made of plastic,
paper, or other flammable materials,
due to fire hazard.
• If smoke is observed, turn the oven off,
disconnect the power supply and keep
the oven door closed to extinguish any
flames. Contact your local ELECTRO-
LUX Service Force Centre. Never use
the microwave oven if it is no longer
functioning properly.
• This appliance complies with all rele-
vant safety instructions. In order to
maintain the safety of the appliance,
repairs should only be carried out by a
ELECTROLUX Service Force Centre.
WARNING: it is dangerous for anyone
other than qualified personnel to make
any repairs requiring removal of the
cover providing protection from expo-
sure to microwave energy. In the case
of any defect or breakdown, please
therefore contact your local ELEC-
TROLUX approved retailer or the
ELECTROLUX Service Force Centre.
•WARNING: Should the door seals and
/ or door seal surfaces be damaged,
the appliance should not be operated
until it has been repaired by the ELEC-
TROLUX Service Force Centre.
• Damaged appliance parts can only be
replaced by exactly the same make of
parts. Special tools are required for this
operation.
• Never tamper with the lock mechanism
of your microwave oven; you could
cause damage requiring repair by an
authorised technician.
• WARNING: This appliance is designed
to be operated by adults. Do not allow
children to use the microwave oven
without supervision unless they have
been thoroughly instructed in the pro-
per use and the dangers of improper
operation.
• In order to evacuate moisture, your
applaince is fitted with a delayed venti-
lation function. Depending on the
applied cooking mode (solo / grill /
combination), the oven ventilation will
continue to operate after the cooking
end. It switches off automatically after
3 minutes.
• Never jam anything between the door
and the door frame.
• Always keep the door seals and their
surfaces clean.
• Do not keep any flammable items in
the microwave. They could ignite when
the unit is switched on.
• Switch the appliance on only when the
food has been placed inside the
cooking space, as it could overload if
there is no food present.
General
For trouble free and safe operation

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Utensil & food safety
•During delayed boiling, the boiling tem-
perature is attained without the typical
steam bubbles rising. When the contai-
ner is shaken, even gently, the liquid
may then suddenly vigorously boil over
or spurt - with the risk of scalding the
user. To prevent liquids from boiling
over and possible burns, whenever hea-
ting liquid, please place a teaspoon in
the container and wait 20 seconds befo-
re removing the containers from the
appliance or adding anything to the
liquid, to avoid sudden spurting of the
liquid.
• WARNING : Be sure to remove the cap
or lid before cooking foods or heating
liquids in a sealed bottle or container,
which could otherwise explode.
•Make sure that a minimum temperature
of 70°C is attained for the cooking /
heating of food. Never use a mercury or
liquid thermometer for measuring the
temperature of the food.
•Baby food in jars or bottles should
always be heated without a lid or top,
and well stirred or shaken after heating,
to ensure uniform distribution of the
heat. Always check the temperature
before feeding to your child in order
to avoid scalding.
•The hot food in a microwave oven will
heat up the ovenware. For this reason
always use oven gloves for handling
hot dishes.
•Never cook your food for too long or at
too high a power setting. Some areas of
the food can dry out or even ignite.
•To protect the appliance against corro-
sion from moisture (condensation) in
the cavity or on the door, wipe these
areas dry after each use.
•Do not use porcelain or ceramic crocke-
ry, or porous earthenware (e.g. on the
handles or unglazed bases) in your
microwave as these types of dishes can
absorb moisture from the food as it is
cooking. This can cause vapour pres-
sure to build up which could shatter the
dish.
•Food with «skin» or «peel», such as
potatoes, tomatoes, sausages, and the
like, should be pierced with a fork so
that any steam present can escape and
the food will not burst.
Do not use your microwave oven for
the following :
•The heating or cooking of boiled, coddled
eggs or fried eggs by microwave is pro-
hibited. They can burst and cause
serious burns or irreparable damage to
your oven.
•to heat large quantities of cooking oil
(fondue or deep frying) and drinks
containing a high percentage of alcohol
- there is danger of spontaneous
combustion!
•to heat unopened cans, bottles, etc.
•to dry animals, textiles or paper.