Panasonic HL-SF498S User manual

Model No. HL-SF498S
HL-SF498B
FOR DOMESTIC USE ONLY
HL-SF498S
Operating Instructions / Installation instructions
Steam Combination Oven

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS: Before operating this appliance, please read these
instructions carefully and keep for future reference.

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Contents
Operating Instructions ............... 2-93
Safety Instructions........................... 2-6
§Personal Safety............................... 2
§Product Safety.............................. 2-4
§Cooking Safety - General................ 4
§Cooking Safety - Containers ........... 5
§Cooking Safety - Baby bottles ........ 5
§Cleaning.......................................... 6
Disposal of Old Equipment ................ 7
Before Using Your Oven .................... 7
User Instructions ........................... 8-10
Quick check guide to cooking
utensils ............................................ 10
Parts of Your Oven ......................11-12
Oven Accessories............................. 13
General Controls ............................. 14
Cooking Modes ................................ 15
Combination Cooking Modes ......16-17
Switching on the appliance
for the rst time .................................18
§Setting the Clock .......................... 18
§Language ..................................... 18
General settings ...............................19
§Language ......................................19
§Time ............................................. 19
§Display ......................................... 19
§Sound ........................................... 20
§Other settings ............................... 20
Manual Mode .............................. 21-31
§Additional settings ........................ 21
§Starting the cooking process..........21
§End of program ..............................21
§Saving to Memory ..........................22
§Extend program..............................22
§Preheat .................................... 22-23
§Microwave cooking and
defrosting .................................23-24
§Grilling ..................................... 25-26
§Convection cooking ..................26-28
§Steam cooking ........................ 28-30
§Steam Shot ............................. 30-31
Combi Mode .................................32-39
§Combination cooking ................32-33
§Advice for cooking using
combination mode......................... 34
§Combination cooking
with steam ............................... 35-36
§Turbo Cook ..............................37-38
§Cooking guidelines for
Turbo cook .....................................39
Using the Timer ............................40-42
§Multi-stage cooking ...................... 40
§Delayed start ................................ 41
§Stand time .................................... 42
§Kitchen timer .................................42
Defrosting guidelines ...................43-44
Auto Mode ....................................44-59
§Turbo Defrost .......................... 44-46
§Auto Steam programs ............. 47-53
§Auto Cook programs ............... 53-59
Reheating charts ........................ 60-62
Reheating and cooking charts .... 63-69
Steam only cooking charts ......... 70-71
Defrosting chart .......................... 72-73
Meat and poultry ......................... 74-79
Fish .................................................. 80
Vegetables - microwave only ........... 81
Vegetable Cooking charts ........... 82-83
Tips for microwave cooking ...............84
Cleaning programs ..................... 85-87
§Drain Water .................................. 85
§System Clean ................................86
§Steam Clean ................................ 87
Cleaning the Water Tank and
Drain Tank ....................................... 88
Care of your Oven ........................... 89
Troubleshooting........................... 90-93
Installation Instructions............ 94-98
Installation and Connection ............. 94
Safety Instructions ...................... 94-95
Dimensions ................................. 95-96
Installing the Appliance ............... 97-98
Specications ................................ 99

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Operating Instructions
Safety Instructions
Personal Safety
§This appliance can be used by children aged from
8 years and above and persons with reduced physical,
sensory and mental capabilities or lack of experience
and knowledge if they have been given supervision
or instruction by a person responsible for their safety
concerning the use of the appliance in a safe way and
understand the hazards involved, including escaping
steam. Children shall not play with the appliance. Cleaning
and user maintenance shall not be made by children
without supervision.
§Warning! The appliance and its accessible parts become
hot during use. Care should be taken to avoid touching
heating elements inside the oven. Children less than
8 years of age shall be kept away unless continuously
supervised.
§Warning! Steam may billow out when you open the door.
If there is steam in the oven, do not reach in with your
bare hands! Risk of burns! Use oven gloves.
§During and after cooking with steam function, do not open
the oven door when your face is very close to the oven.
Care must be taken when opening the door as steam may
cause injury.
Product Safety
§When this oven is installed, it should be easy to isolate
the appliance from the electricity supply by pulling out the
plug or operating a circuit breaker.
§If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by the
manufacturer or its service agent or a similarly qualied
person in order to avoid a hazard.
§Warning! If the door or door seals are damaged, the
oven must not be operated until it has been repaired by a
service technician trained by the manufacturer.

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Safety Instructions
§Warning! Do not attempt to tamper with or make any
adjustments or repairs to the door, control panel housing,
safety interlock switches or any other part of the oven.
§ This oven should only be serviced by qualied personnel.
For maintenance and repair of the oven contact the
nearest authorised dealer.
§Warning! It is hazardous for anyone other than a qualied
service personnel to carry out any service or repair
operation that involves the removal of a cover which gives
protection against exposure to microwave energy.
§Caution! In order to avoid a hazard due to inadvertent
resetting of the thermal cut-out, this appliance must not
be supplied through an external switching device, such as
a timer, or connected to a circuit that is regularly switched
on and o by the utility.
§This oven is intended for built-in use only. This appliance is
not designed to be used as a tabletop appliance or inside
a cupboard.
§This appliance is intended to be used in household
applications only.
§The appliance must not be operated by microwave or
combination without food in the oven. Operation in this
manner may damage the appliance.
§Exterior oven surfaces, including air vents and the oven
door will get hot during grilling, convection, steam,
and combination modes, take care when opening or
closing the door and when inserting or removing food and
accessories.
§Warning! The oven lamp must be replaced by a service
technician trained by the manufacturer. Do not attempt to
remove the outer panels from the oven.
§Please refer to page 13 for correct installation of the oven
accessories.