Midea MB-FS3018 User manual

1L Smart Rice Cooker
Instruction Manual
Please read the manual carefully before using this
appliance and keep them for future reference.
MB-FS3018

FORBIDDEN,
MANDATORY,
ATTENTION
Safety
warning
Parts and features
Accessories list
Operation panel
Product
overview
Service
guide
Care and
Cleaning
Instructions
for use
Quick start guide
Functional description
Disassemble the lid plate
for cleaning
Steam valve cleaning
Cleaning the cooker body
Technical data of the product
Circuit principle diagram
Anomaly self-checking
Table of Contents
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Safety warning
Reminder
Note
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Basic safety precautions should always be followed to ensure secure use and avoid
injury and/or property loss to user and others.
• Keep the appliance away from combustibles. During operation, stay away from curtains,
drapes, curtain Or in similar articles to avoid the risk of fire.
• Do not use the appliance for food that may cause vent clogging: food in sheets (e.g.
laver and Chinese cabbage), food in bands (e.g. kelp), food in pieces (e.g. corn dregs),
to avoid accident and damage to the appliance.
• During operation, do not place your hands or face close to the steam vent to avoid
burns.
Conditions unconsidered:
the appliance is used by unsupervised children or the disabled.
the appliance is played with by children.
Prohibit the use of
inferior plugs
Prohibit wet hands
from touching
Prohibit children
from operating
Prohibit combustible
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• During operation, do not cover the steam vent with cloth or other articles to avoid
accident and damage to the appliance.
• Do not reform the appliance: except for maintenance technicians, persons are not
allowed to disassemble or repair the appliance to avoid the risk of fire, electric shock and
injury to persons.
• Do not use the appliance on any voltage except for 220V AC to avoid the risk of fire and
electric shock. In case of power wire damage, do not use the appliance.
• Do not operate the appliance in the following ways to avoid fire risk and electric shock
due to power line damage: Forcibly bend the power cord, keep it close to
high-temperature objects, tie up the line or use it to carry weights.
• In case of power plug damage, do not use the appliance to avoid the risk of fire, electric
shock and short circuit.
• Do not pull the plug with wet hands to avoid electric shock and injury to persons.
• During operation, do not move or shake the appliance.
• Keep the appliance out of the reach of unsupervised children and babies to avoid
dangerous accidents such as electric shock and burns.
• Do not put the appliance in unsteady, damp places or close to other fire and heat
sources (e.g. stove). The optimum distance is 30cm. Otherwise, damage or accident
may happen to the appliance.
• Do not insert pin, iron wire or other articles into the steam vent at the bottom of the
appliance to avoid electric shock and injury to persons.
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Safety warning
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• Don't immerse the appliance in water or drench with water.
• Independently use grounding socket with rated current of above 10A. When used with
Others electrical appliances, the socket will go wrong and lead to dangers such as fire
disaster.
• If the power line is too short, user should use an extension socket for connection. Please
do not use poor-quality socket. The power consumption of the appliances must not
exceed the maximum load of the extension socket.
• Clean the dust and water on both ends of the power line and the socket of the appliance
to avoid the risk of fire, electric shock and short circuit.
• When maintenance or parts replacement is necessary, please deliver the product to the
authorized professional service centre for maintenance of Midea. to avoid hidden
dangers caused by improper maintenance or improper selection of accessories.
• The plug should be thoroughly inserted into the socket to avoid the risk of fire, electric
shock and short circuit.
• In case of supply cord damage, the cord should be replaced by professionals of the
Manufacturer, the Maintenance Department or similar.
• The appliance is for household use only.
Note: Improper repair or short-circuiting without permission of some important accessories
including fuse may lead to protection failure of the appliance and cause overheating or
fire. 5

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injuries or property loss
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Safety warning
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• The appliance can only use the original cooking pot to avoid overheating and anomaly.
• Do not drop the cooking pot to avoid deformation.
• Do not impact the cooking pot with hard materials to avoid deformation.
• When operation is being performed or just finished, do not directly touch the inner
cooking pot to avoid burns.
• Before operation, wipe dry the water outside the cooking pot to avoid malfunction.
• Before operation, clean the foreign materials including water drops and rice to avoid
overheating and short circuit.
• Any discrepancy between the picture and the product is subject to the real object.
• Before operation, check whether the cooking pot and steam valve are in place to avoid
accident.
• Before the first usage or after a long time of storage, add water to the steam water level
line, select “steam” function and steam for one to two times to clean the interior of the
cooker.
• During use, it is normal that the appliance slightly ticks or fizzes. Please do not panic.
• Do not use the appliance immediately after the first cooking, press the “Cancel” button
and wait above 15 minutes for the heating plate to cool down.
• Do not boil rice with hot water to avoid affecting the judgement of the temperature
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Safety warning
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• Please regularly clean the steam valve.
• Please regularly clean the countertop on which the appliance is placed.
• The altitude scope for the appliance to properly function is 0~2000m.
• When maintenance or parts replacement is necessary, please deliver the product to the
authorized service centre for maintenance of Midea to obtain professional quality
service. Please keep the manual for future reference.
Thank you. 7• This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced
physical, sensory or mental capabilities, or lack of experience and knowledge, unless they
have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance by a person
responsible for their safety。• Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance。• This appliance is intended to be used in household and similar applications such as:
-Staff kitchen areas in shops, office and other working environments;
-farm houses;
-by clients in hotels, motels and other residential type environments;
-bed and breakfast type environments;
• If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by a special cord or assembly available
from the manufacture or its service agent。• Please turn off and unplug the appliance before cleaning, maintenance or relocation and
whenever it is not in use。

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Product overview
Parts and features
Upper lid
Detachable
cover plate
Handle
Cooker body
Power cord
Inner
cooking pot
8• Do not immerse any part of the appliance in water or other liquid。• The heating element surface is subject to residual heat after use, do not touch。• Warning: Avoid spillage on the connector。• Warning: Misuse may cause potential injury。

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Product overview
Accessories list
Hanging soup
spoon X1
Measurement
cup X1
Steamer X1Rice spoon X1
Operation panel
Time adjustment buttons
Timer button
Start button
Function button
Warm/Cancel button 9Sweet cooking
Fast
cook
Hour
Hour
Min
Min
Keep
warm
Cancel
Congee
Start
Function
Porridge/Soup
Cake
Clay pot rice
Reheat
Preset

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Instructions for use
Close the rice cooker lid, press the
“Function” button, select the features
you need (such as “Sweet cooking”).
Function selection
Quick start guide
Reserve cooking
For example, pre-set 3 measurement cups of (Simiao) long grain rice for cooking the
essence rice, and completes after 8 hours.
Eg: Cook 3 cups of (Simiao) long
grain rice
Place the rinsed rice into the inner
pot and choose the appropriate
water level according to rice
amount.
Prepare rice and water
Sweet
cooking
Rice
Function
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8
10
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1
Start cooking
Press “Start” button, the cooking will be
finished at appointed time.
Gentle Reminder:
Display status refers to actual product;
Press the “Preset ” button, enter the
pre-set time adjustment mode, then
press “Hour” or “ Min” button to adjust
the pre-set time.
Set the timer for cooking completion
Preset
Hour
Min
Start
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3
Gentle Reminder:
•The time displayed under preset timer mode is the length of time from the
start to the completion of cooking;
•The pre-set the time is suggested not for more than 12 hours, otherwise
the off-flavor may occur;
•To ensure “Cake”, “Clay pot Rice”, “Reheat” functions do not have pre-set
time mode;
•The selected cooking function’s preset time should not be less than the
cooking time, such as “Porridge”, the cooking time is 2 hours, the pre-set
time should be more than 2 hours, otherwise cooking will started
immediately.
Cancel cooking
Press the “Keep warm/Cancel” button
can cancel the selected cooking
function.
Functional description
“Function” buttons user instructions:
Press the “Function” button, the indicated light is at the selected function. After
selecting the desired function, Press the “Start” button to start the selected
function.
Sweet cooking/Congee/Reheat/Porridge/Soup/
Clay pot rice/Cake/Fast cook
Regarding the special instructions on “Fast cook ” (it is only limited to products
with this function):
The “Fast cook ” function is based on the principle of Midea’s rice cooker “Five
Trilogy” cooking program. When the amount of rice and other factors are the
same, the cooking time is shorter than other modes.
Function
5
10Keep
warm
Cancel

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Instructions for use
Press the “Function” button, select
the “Cake” function.
Press the “Start” button to enter the working state.
Put sugar, add in eggs, stir the eggs with the egg mixer until it foams. Add in
cake powder, stir and mix quickly, and before the foams disappears, quickly
pour it into the electric cooker to bake.
Cake
Materials preparation:
Small amount: 3 eggs, 100g caster sugar, 120g cake flour (baking
powder), 30g butter (not melted);
Large amount: 5 eggs, 180g caster sugar, 200g cake flour (baking
powder), 50g butter (not melted).
Rice
Soup
Soup
Prepare soup ingredients (such as pig bone, corn,
carrots etc.), wash all ingredients and cut into small
pieces, then put them into the inner pot, and add water
no more than maximum water line.
Close the lid, press the “Function” button to
select the “Soup”, then press the “Start” button,
and wait for cooking to end.
Press the “Function” button, select
the “Soup” Function.
Function Cake
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Function
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4
2
1
Close the rice cooker lid, press the “Start” button, and
wait patiently for the function to end.
Press “Function” button to select “Clay pot
Rice” function, and press “Start” button.
Mix and stir the ingredients (such as pork ribs)
and seasonings (such as onion, ginger, garlic
and soy sauce) evenly, and according to
individual’s taste, pickle the marinated
ingredients for a short time.
During the cooking process, when you hear
the notification sound, spread the marinated
ingredients on the rice, close the lid, and wait
patiently for the function to end.
In the measurement cup, put the washed white
rice (no more than 4 cups) into the inner pot,
add the corresponding amount of water, and
add suitable amount of peanut oil and stir with
white rice together in the inner pot.
Clay pot rice
Start
Function Clay pot rice
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4
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Instructions for use
When using Reheat function, the maximum amount of rice cannot exceed Mark 4.
Reheat
After entering the warm-keeping
process, please loosen the rice
within 30 minutes for a better taste.
Loosen the rice; sprinkle 50-80 grams
of water on the surface of the rice (take
the amount of rice below the Mark 2 as
an example).
Press “Function” button to select the
“Reheat” function and press the
“Start” button.
Keep warm
Press “Keep warm/Cancel” button to enter
warm-keeping mode.
It is recommended that the rice should be
loosened within 30 minutes under warm-keeping
mode, the taste will be better.
Gentle Reminder:
•After all functions finished cooking, it will automatically enter the
warm-keeping mode;
•During the process of warm keeping, the product will be heated to
maintain the temperature above 65 degrees Celsius.
•The product can achieve 24-hours water keeping function;
Function Reheat
3
1
2
1
2
Rice: Refer to the corresponding water level according to the type of
rice when adding water.
Note: Clay pot rice can cook up to 4 cups of rice only
Congee: Refer to the congee water line when adding water.
Porridge: Refer to the porridge water line when adding water.
Porridge
Congee
Rice
The use of water level lines
rice congee porridge
max
Maximum rice
amount
5.5 cups 1 cup
Minimum rice
amount
Maximum rice
amount
0.5 cups
1 cup
Minimum rice
amount
Maximum rice
amount
0.5 cups 0.25 cups
Minimum rice
amount
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warm
Cancel
Keep
warm
Cancel
Water Level Line

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Care and Cleaning
Disassemble the lid plate for cleaning
Note
Make sure the product is not connected to power supply when cleaning.
Rinse the whole cover with water and wipe it dry with cloth;
Align top lid slot band insert the lid, press the lid near the button a,
when hears a “click” sound then the installation is complete.
Press white button a, pull outwards and remove the lid.
Steam valve cleaning
Pull it up and remove the steam valve.
Clean the cover
plate
Pull up
Open the top cover
and remove the
cover plate
Button a
2
3
1
1
Cleaning the cooker body
Wipe the inner lid with a damp cloth; do not wash directly with water.
Simply press the steam valve back in place with strength while installing.
According to the disassembly mark on the steam valve, after dismantling,
clean the steam valve inside, then install it according to the disassembly
and installation mark.
Use a clean cloth to clean the water, rice grain and other debris on the water
storage tank and heating plate.
Wipe the bottom and outer surface of the inner pot with a clean cloth.
Water storage tank
Electric hot tray
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Service guide
Rated Voltage/
Rated Frequency Rated Power Rated Capacity Weight
Circuit principle diagram
The electrical wiring is subject to change without prior notice.
Reminder
Technical data of the product
Model
220-240V~50/60Hz 605-720W 1.0L 1-5.5 Cup 330*245*198mm 3.00Kg
Rice
amount
Producf Size Length x
Width x Height
Temperature fuse
220-240V~50/60Hz
Red
Black
Blue
Electric hot tray
Red
Bottom sensor
Display
panel
Connecting
line
Power
panel
Top lid sensor
White
Black
Yellow and green
Socket
MB-FS10-GN/MB-FS10-PK
Quick button
Cooking Mode
Cooking Time
Fast Cook
around around around around around around 30min
Sweet Cook
37min
clay pot rice
53 min
Cooking time is not adjustable
*The Jasmine rice is based on three cups of Jasmine rice, and the porridge is based on half cups of rice.The congee is basedon one cup of rice.
The above data are for reference only.
Cooking time for reference
Reheat
25min
Congee
36min
Cake
43min
Function Selection Buton
Porridge/Soup
djustable
from 1h~4h
Cooking time adjustable
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Anomaly self-checking
When you think that cooking is not normal, please check the following conditions to
confirm if it is really a malfunction.
After the inspection of the above conditions, if it is confirmed that there is a malfunction,
please send it to the local maintenance network for repairing.
Keep warm
Abnormal
situation
Items to check
Too hard Too soft Not cooked Odour Rice stuck on pot Crispy/burned rice Rice soup overflow Porridge/soup/ congee too thick Not boiling Warm preservation not working Odour Discoloration Rice surface is dry Water dripping
Fast cook/
Sweet cook (rice)/clay pot rice,Reheat/
Porridge/Soup/Congee
Exceed the maximum
quantity
Correct function selection
Power outage
Stir loose rice after cooking
Whether the steam valve
installed properly
Top lid closed properly
Pre-set time too long
Rice not washed properly
Rice or foreign objects stick
on the seal ring or inner pot
edge
Warm preservation timer
set too long
Keep too long with no warm
preservation setting
The inner pot is not washed
properly
Rice spoon inside the inner pot
Water and rice is not stirred well
Rice and water quantity is
incorrect
Whether the inner pot is
deformed or uneven at the
bottom
Cooking with hot water or
continuous cooking without
cooling
Rice or foreign objects stick
on the bottom of the inner pot,
heating plate or thermostat
14Temperature fuse
MB-FS3018