Midea MB-FZ4086 User manual

Operating Instructions
for IH Intelligent Electric Cooker
MB-FZ4086
Pleaseread theOperating Instruc
NOTE：TheMidea Warranty Certificate attached in the Chinese Version.
tionscarefullybefore operation!
TheOperatingInstructionscontain thewarranty card, and shall bekept properly.

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Quick Start/001
Panel Operation Process-001
Product Features/002
Instructions of the Usage/008
Maintenance/018
Points to Use
Tips of Usage-006
-002
Part Description-008
Product Operation Guide-018
Care Instructions-016
Abnormality Analysis
and Troubleshooting-018
Note：Midea Warranty Certificate
attached in the Chinese Version.

Function
Rice Selectes
Quick Start
Panel Operation Process
Sliding
The Electric Cooker is only applicable to the
household use. Please refer to the Operating
Instructions for the specific using methods.
Quick Start
Press “Function” button
and choose the
cooking feature.
Select the cooking functions such
as cereal rice by slipping the
slider or by pressing the left /right
arrow.
Casserole Rice
Brown Rice
Keep Warm
Mew Rice Rice
Pearl Rice
Rice Select
Press the "Rice Select" to
choose the fragrant cooking,
ultra-fast cooking, rice
porridge, porridge cooking and
soup rice cooking functions.
Select the “Rice Select”
will be saved and for
the next use.
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Press the START
button after finishing
the cooking settings.
START
Mew Rice Rice
Pearl Rice

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Product Features
Points to Use Follow the safety notes to ensure the operation safety as well as avoid the people
injured and property damaged.
Improper use due to the failure of observing the safety warning may lead to the
accidents.
Do not modify the product
People who are not the maintenance
technician are not allowed to decompose
and repair the product, in order to avoiding the
fire, electric shock or injury.
Use of voltage other than 220V AC
is prohibited, to avoid the fire
and electric shock. Power cord which
is damaged cannot be used.
Do not cover the steam outlet
with cloth during operation.
Do not put the product near
the flammable materials and
keep away from curtains,
cloths, curtain walls or similar
items articles when using, or
otherwise it may cause fires or
damage to the electric cooker.
Do not move or shake the
electric cooker during
cooking.
Keep your hands or face
away from the steam outlet
when it starts, to avoid being
burned.
Food which may block the vent
hole should not be cook in the
electric cooker, such as flake food
(i.e. seaweed, cabbage) or strip food
(i.e. kelp) and fragmented food (i.e.
corn residue), so as not to cause an
accident or damage to the cooker.

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Situations will not be considered by the product are as follows:
- Use of the product by the uncared children and the disabled.
- Children play the appliance as toys.
Do not insert a pin, wire or
other items to the vent hole
located at bottom of the
cooker, to avoid electric
shock and injury. Do not put the cooker on a place which is
unstable, humid or near other sources of
ignition and heat (such as stoves), and the
distance between which shall be at least
30cm, or otherwise it will be damaged.
Children are not
allowed to operate it
individually. Place
the cooker in a place
which children
cannot touch, to
avoid the electric
shock or being burned
as well as other
accidents.
Following ways are prohibited, or
otherwise the power cord will be
damaged and thus lead to the fire
and electric shock.
The power cord is bent forcibly, or
placed in close to the high-tempera-
ture place, or in bundle and bearing
heavy weight.
Do not pull and insert the plug
with wet hand, as it may lead
to the electric shock and injury.
Once the plug of power cord is
damaged, it will be no longer
used, as it may cause fire,
electric shock or short circuit.
Meanings of Icons
Represent the [prohibited] content
Warning: indicate the matters which will
lead to the casualties.
Represent the [compulsory] content
Note: it denotes the matters which may
cause minor injury or damage to property.

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Socket with earthing wire and rated
current of 13A and above shall be
separately used.
When using together with other electric
appliances, the socket may have
exception occurred, causing fires and
other accident.
The appliance cannot be immersed
into water or be sprayed.
Clear the dirt or water stains appeared on
the plug and tail of power cord as well as
on the socket in a timely manner, so as not
to cause a fire, electric shock or short circuit.
If the power cord is too short, users must use
the extension socket, and low-quality
extension socket shall not be used.
Clean the water deposited
on the outside of the inner
pot before cooking.
The product maintenance
or part replacement should
be done by midea customer
service center, to avoid the
hidden troubles caused due
to the improper
maintenance or improper
selection of accessories.
Plug should be completely
inserted into the socket,
to prevent fire, electric shock and short
circuit. If the flexible cord is damaged, it must
be replaced with a special cord or the special
components purchased from the
customer service center.
The product should only be used indoor.

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The product should only be used indoor.
Do not touch the inner pot directly
with your hands when the cooker
works or after turning off, to protect
from being burned by such high
temperature. Do not knock against the
inner pot with hard
object to avoid
deformation.
Please clear the water drop, rice
kernel left between the inner pot and
coil panel before the cooker starts, to
avoid the overheat or short circuit.
The inner pot should not be
fell, or otherwise it may be
deformed.
The rice cooker
should only use the
original inner pot, so
as to avoid overheat
and abnormality.
Persons equipped with pacemakers or users
with hearing aids and cochlear implanted
shall consult with the authorized medical
personnel and refer to the instructions from
medical device provider when using the
product.
Some important elements like fuse and other critical
elements, with the improper maintenance or
connected by yourselves, may lead to the failure of
product, thereby causing the overheating or fire.

Manual
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Tips of Usage
If the product picture is
inconsistent with the physical
one the latter shall prevail.
Please check if the inner pot,
steam valve and cover plate are
installed properly before rice cooker
works, to avoid the accident.
The minor ticking or fizz sound
generated during the product
operation can be the normal
sound.
Do not conduct the second cooking
immediately after the last cooking is
completed. The cooling of pot body
to the room temperature after 15 minutes.
Do not cook the rice with hot water,
otherwise the temperature controller
will make wrong judgement, and the
rice cooking effect will thus be affected.

3 cups
To ensure the rice cooking
effect, do not steam the food
with steamer when the rice
quantity is more than 3 cups.
Please clean and clear the steam valve,
cover plate as well as the table top for
product placement regularly.
As the persons sensitive to the
electricity when the indoor earthing
device is insufficient, suggested to
check whether the earthing device is
reliable or not, or do not contact the
metal shell and inner pot after
energization.
The normal working altitude of the
product ranges from 0 to 2000m.
The product maintenance or part
replacement should be done in the
customer service center, so as to
get the high-quality professional
service. Please keep the Operating
Instructions properly.
Thank You!
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Operating Instructions
Part Description
Display Control Panel
Concealed steam valve
Notes:
Foreign matters in the
spill-proof moisturizing steam
valve shall be eliminated
promptly, so as not to affect
the cooking quality.
Time
Remaining
Indicate the
remaining time of
current function
End Time Indicate the end time of the function, and give
prompt to the approximate ending time under the
preset working state.
Function Display
Sliding Key
Icon for
Heating Up
Species Selection Key
Time Change Key
Reservation Key Start Start Cancel
Cancel
Function
Tips of Usage The panel (in addition to the “Cancel” key) cannot be operated
after 2seconds of cover opening, but after closing the cover
(2 seconds ), it can be operated again..
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Brown Rice
Rice Mew Rice

Electric Cooker
Useinstructions for inner pot
1. Inner pot adopts the dual-layered
composite panels, the outer surface is
coated with the titanium nitride carbide.
2. Inner pot cannot be heated on other
heating stove, or it may be easily
deformed.
3. Take the inner pot out from the body,
and clean it with the household
detergent and soft cloth, and then wipe
the water outside the inner pot.
4. Do not wipe the inner pot with metal
brush or other rough washing articles,
so as not to damage the inner pot.
5. The inner wall may, according to the
use frequency, may be discolored or
have strips, but will not affect the health
and use. Cover Opening Button
Upper Cover
Removable Cover Plate
Handle
Pot Body
Socket
Accessories:
Soup Ladle Rice Spoon Measuring Cup Steamer Power Cord Component Rag of Inner Pot
Notes for
Accessories
1. The configuration of accessories differs due to the model.
2. All illustrations in the Operating Instructions shall take FZ4086 as an
example, and only be used for functional diagram. The product in kind
will be different due to the diference in product model and batch.
Technical Parameters
Model Power Rated Power(W)
Electromagnetic
heating
Lx W x H(mm)
Capacity Dimensions
Heating
Method Weight (kg)
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稀飯 粥
Rice Porridge Northeastern Rice
Long Grain Rice
“Proportion
of rice and water can
be adjusted slightly based
upon the personal
preference!”
Use of water line
Operation Guide
Preparation for cooking
Take the rice into
measuring cup.
a. It is not
recommended
to wash rice
directly with the
inner pot, in order
to scratching
the inner pot.
b. When using the
cereal rice cooking
mode, if the hard
dry cereal is used,
it shall be soaked
in hot water for 2-3
hours in advance.
Put the clean rice into the inner pot, and
choose the suitable water level based on the
rice quantity, and fill water to the correspond-
ing level. Rice and water proportion can be
adjusted based on the personal taste.
The filling of water shall
not exceed the rice/water
tick mark, or else it may
cause the pot overflowing,
short circuit, and so on.
Rice Cooking (Sweet
Cooking, Quick Cooking
Cereal Rice and Soup
Rice):
When filling water,
the tick mark of northeastern
rice or long grain rice shall
be taken as the water level,
as shown in figure at left:
cooking of 3 cups of long
grain rice.
(Sweet Cooking, Quick Cooking,
Cereal Rice and Soup Rice)
Model Max. rice qty. Min. rice qty.
Model Max. rice qty. Min. rice qty.
Model Max. rice qty. Min. rice qty.
MB-FZ4086
MB-FZ4086
MB-FZ4086
8 cups
2 cups
1 cup
2 cups
1 cup
0.5 cup
Porridge Cooking
(Porridge, Congee):
When filling the water, the
tick mark of rice porridge
shall be taken as the water
level, as show on in figure at
left: cooking of 2 cups of rice
porridge or the millet
congee.
(Porridge, Congee)
(Porridge, Congee)
Porridge Cooking
(Porridge, Baby Food,
Mixed Congee):
When filling the water, the
tick mark of porridge shall
be taken as the water
level, as show on in figure
at left: cooking of 1 cup of
porridge, porridge for baby
eat and mixed congee.
(Porridge, Baby Food,Mixed Congee)
Water can be filled
according to the actual
needs at time of
cooking, but the water
shall be appropriate, so
that the water will not spill
over the steamer or rack
at time of boiling.
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稀飯
東北米
絲苗米
東北米 絲苗米
絲苗米
稀飯 粥絲苗米 稀飯 粥絲苗米
稀飯

Function
Timer Timer
End time is
Function
Start
Function
Cooking
Mixed congee
Functions
Fragrant Cooking Ultra-fast Cooking Rice Porridge
Porridge Cooking
Hot Rice
Cereal Rice Soup Rice
Porridge for Baby Eating
Millet Congee
Soup Cooking
Heat
Preservation
Northeastern Rice
Long Grain Rice
Fragrant Rice
Cooking Use
Wipe the external
surface of inner
pot with dry cloth.
Put the inner pot into
the body.
Close the cover
until a crack
sound is heard.
Check the plug
of pot body.
Check the power
plug. Press “Function”
key or slide the
slider to choose
the cooking
function.
Press “Start” key
and enter the
working state.
The inner pot
shall not be
heated on other
ovens, or else it
may be
deformed due to
the high
temperature.
Other containers
cannot be used in
substitution of the
inner pot.
Cooking by reservation
Methods for cooking by reservation
Only limited to the product designed with such function:
Functions available for reservation: Sweet Cooking, Quick Cooking, Rice Porridge, Porridge Cooking,
Steaming, Cereal Rice, Soup Rice, Baby Food, Millet Congee, Mixed Congee, Soup Cooking.
Press the “Function” key and choose the
function required to make the reservation.
Press the “Timer” key once, and the
reserving time flashes at this time, and then slide
the slider, or press the arrows at both sides of the
slider; you may press the key for
reservation time adjustment.
Press the “Start” key and thus the reservation
is done.
For example, make reservation for porridge cooking
at 10:30a.m. to next morning:
a) Press the “Function” key and choose the porridge
cooking function.
b) Press the “Timer” key once, and the
reserving time flashes at this time, and then slide the
slider to adjust the reservation time to 10:30a.m.
c) Press the “Start” key and thus the reservation is
done, and you will have the porridge at 10:30a.m. of the
next morning exactly.
Tips of Usage
1. The reservation time is recommended not to exceed 12
hours, or otherwise the rice will appear with abnormal taste.
2. To ensure the accuracy of reservation time, please calibrate
the clock of the cooker promptly.
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Start
Cooking
Mixed congee
Functions
Fragrant Cooking
Ultra-fast Cooking
Rice Porridge
Porridge Cooking
Hot Rice
Cereal Rice Soup Rice
Porridge for Baby Eating
Millet Congee
Soup Cooking
Heat
Preservation
Northeastern Rice
Long Grain Rice
Fragrant Rice
Sliding
Sliding
Reservation

Rice Porridge
Pearl Rice
Mew Rice
Function
Function Rice Select
Function
The rice
species selected
will be as the default
for the next use.
Reheat
Rice species selection
The Sweet Cooking, Quick Cooking, Rice
Porridge, Porridge Cooking and Soup Rice Cooking
functions are optional.
Slide the slider, or
press the “Function”
key, or press the
right or left arrows to
choose the cooking
function.
Put the “Rice
Select” and
select the one
you want.
The rice select
is selected.
Press the “Start”
key and enter into
the working state.
Cooking
The water filling of
inner pot will not
exceed the scale 3
based on the
cooking time.
Put the steamer or
rack.
Put the food
in the steamer
or rack.
Press the “Function”
key and choose the
cooking function, and
then press “Start” key
at this time.
Tips of Usage
Tips of Usage
The cooking time can be adjustable, and setting range from
1 to 60minutes.The cooking time will always be displayed before
boiling, and the countdown time will be displayed after boiling
and steaming.
Use of hot rice
Slacken the rice,
and add 50-80g
water into the rice
surface.
Press the “Function” key
or slider to choose the
“Reheat” function, and
then press “Start” key.
Please fluff up the
rice within 30min
after entering into
the keep warm
process.
It is suggested that the rice quantity shall not exceed scale 4
when using the hot rice function.
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Rice Select
Rice
Pearl Rice
Mew Rice
Start
Keep Warm

Function
Function
Function
Tips of Usage
Cereal rice
Soak the cereal
with hot water
for 2-3 hours.
Wash the well
prepared White
Rice and Brown
Rice.
Press the “Function”
key or slider and
choose the “Brown
Rice” function, press
the “Start” key.
Open the cover
and stir evenly,
and allow the
steam to be
discharged.
Soup rice
Stir the food
materials (such as
pork ribs) and
seasoning (scallion,
ginger, garlic, light
soy sauce, etc.)
evenly, and preserve
the mixed ingredients
for a little time based
on the personal taste.
Put the washed white
rice into the inner pot
witch cup, fill the
appropriate water, and
add a certain amount of
peanut oil to have it
stirring together with the
white rice in the inner
pot.
Press the
“Function” key or
slider and choose
the “Casserole Rice”
function, press
the “Start” key.
During the rice cooking,
put the preserved food
materials onto the rice
when hearing a tone,
close the cover, and wait
for the completion of
cooking.
Use of heat preservation
Press the “Function” key
or slider and choose the
“Keep Warm” function
and then press the
“Start” key.
Fluff up the rice within
30min under the heat
preservation mode.
1. It will automatically entering the heat preservation mode
when all cooking tasks are completed.
2. Heating is done during the preservation process, to make the
temperature maintaining about 73°C.
3. The product allows the heat preservation for 12 hours.
4. The preservation time is recommended to be within 5 hours,
so that the rice will not discolor or flavor reversion.
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Brown Rice Casserole Rice
Keep Warm

Start
Tips of Usage
Clock adjustment
Power on and
enter into the
standby mode.
Press the “ ” or “ ”
key, and enter into the
clock after keeping for
2sec.
Adjust the time with
“ ” or “ ”.
The clock will automatically
be confirmed after 12seconds
of completion, or press “Start”
for confirmation.
1. Clock setting should not be done when the product is turned off.
2. The incorrect clock display will not affect the reservation time,
so please correct the display time.
3. In case no adjustment is made after entering the clock
adjustment mode, and the time will display in the display screen
flashes and stop after 12 seconds, and automatic confirmation
will be done.
Backup data for power failure
Power failure when making reservation:
The operation can be
continued if the
re-energization time is
prior to the timer, yet
the reservation ending
time will be deviated.
And if it is occurred
after the
reservation, it will
then enter the
standby mode.
Power failure during keep warm
After the re-energization,
the timing will be continued,
it will enter into the standby
mode if the power
failure lasts for more
than 2 hours.
Keep Warm
will be continued if
it is not more than 2
hours.
Power failure during heating
After the re-energization, it
will enter into the standby
mode if the power failure
lasts for more than 2 hours.
Keep Warm
will be continued
until completion if it
not more than 2
hours.
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Cancel
It is only for
the product designed
with clock display.
Tips of Usage
Tips of Usage
Backup data for power failure
Battery runs out
No backup data for power
failure, and the clock will
be flashed at each time of
plugging in.
Offer power to the
clock in case of
power failure.
Press “Cancel” key, and
cook the rice after returning
to the standby state.
1. The life of battery is five years;
2. Do not put the batteries into the fire or water;
3. Replace the batteries in the customer service center when the
batteries out of work.
4. Do not heat up, decompose and charge the batteries.
Power saving display
Power saving display
Only the clock will be displayed if there is no key
operation for more than 5minutes under the
standby mode, and other display will disappear.
Timer
Under the reservation or heat preservation state,
when the clock is in the time period from 22:00
to the 6:00 of the next day, the product will only
display the “Timer” or “Keep Warm” and other
display will disappear.
The energy saving will be recovered to the normal display state
as soon as touching any key; if there’s no key operation for
more than 5min, the product will enter into the energy saving
mode again.
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Care Instructions
Cleaning of Pot Body
Let’s cleaning
together!
Wipe the heat preservation base
plate with wet cloth, but shall
not rinse directly with water.
Clean the water drop or rice kernel
on the coil panel with the rag.
Wipe the water in the
water storage tank. Clear the water drop and rice kernel around and at bottom
of the product before putting
the inner pot.
Clear the rice kernel in
the cover closing place
of the cooker with the
toothpick or rag.
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Push up
Cover Plate Disassembly for Cleaning
Open the upper cover
and the upper end of
cover plate will be
disconnected, then
take the cover plate
down.
Clean the steam valve
and cover plate. Install the cover plate properly.
Steam Valve Disassembly for Cleaning
Rotate the cover
plate counterclock-
wise when it is taken
down, and open the
steam valve.
Clean the
steam valve. Rotate it clockwise after cleaning, and
mount the steam valve.
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Maintenance Service
Abnormality Analysis and Troubleshooting
Suspected Failure Problems
Once there is failure discovered for your product, please check the following situations before sending to the
customer service center for maintenance.
Failure Possible Reason Solution
Plug of power cord is loosened. Secure the power cord plug.
Key does not work The display screen flashes at
“12:00” after power on.
It will not affect the normal use, as it is caused due to
th
service center
e battery running out, or shall send to the customer
for battery replacement.
Removable cover plate is not
installed. Please install the removable cover plate properly.
Before
cooking
Upper cover cannot be
closed The water on the external surface
of inner pot is not wiped completely. Wipe it.
Inner pot is damaged and
deformed. Go to the customer service center.
Pressure cover plate and seal ring
are damaged. Go to the customer service center.
Air leakage from parts
other than the steam
valve
Upper cover is closed improperly. Close the upper cover properly.
Upper cover bounced
off automatically Upper cover is closed improperly. Close the upper cover properly.
During
cooking
Slight fizz sound Sound produced during the
heating of rice cooker is normal. Non-failure, and can be used continuously.
Words in the display
looks fuzzy
There’s a certain observing range
for the text on the LCD or digital
screen (the perspective is not on
right above, but the right above to
the front, or at 60 degree with the
plane).
It is not the failure, and shall adjust the observation
perspective correspondingly.
Abnormal
display
Water vapor on the
display screen, and the
display is hazy
Sealing ring of cover plate is damaged or contaminated by foreign substances.
With
unpleasant
smell
With plastics smell When using this new cooker, there is smell of plastic, after a period of time will be slowly
disappeared.
Shell Induce electricity when
touching Check whether the indoor earthing device works properly.
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