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Important safety instructions
Read carefully and keep for future reference.
1. Your appliance is for domestic use. It is intended only for cooking, hea-
ting and defrosting foods and drinks. Use it only for these purposes.
2. Do not allow children to use the appliance without supervision in
particular in the combination mode due to the temperatures generated.
Beware of the risk of burns.
3. Avoid touching any surfaces that may have become hot during opera-
tion of your oven: the door, the grill element, the inner walls, the top.
In order to avoid burns when removing containers and accessories
from the oven, always use oven gloves.
4. Do not operate your appliance when empty. This can cause damage. To try
out programming the appliance, place a glass of water in the oven. This will
absorb the microwaves and protect your oven against damage.
5. The door must be free to close properly :
Do not obstruct the door in any way (with oven cloths, oven gloves, over-size
dishes etc.). If the door of your appliance is not properly closed, a safety
mechanism will prevent its being turned on.
6. When cooking in grill mode, any fat splashing the grill element may
catch fire. These flames will extinguish themselves and will not have any
adverse effect on your appliance if it is regularly maintained.
To avoid fat spitting during cooking, especially when cooking meats
and poultry, use dishes in glazed earthenware. Always maintain a
minimum gap of 2 cm between the food and the grill element.
7. Never obstruct the ventilation holes. This can cause the oven to over-
heat. If this happens, your appliance will stop automatically and will not
start again until it has cooled sufficiently.
8. Precautions against exposure to microwaves:
• Never attempt to operate your appliance with the door open, to inter-
fere with the safety door-locking mechanism or to insert anything in this
mechanism,
• Never place anything in the way of opening and closing the door,
• Never allow food or cleaning product residues to accumulate on the
door seals, ensure that the door and its seals remain clean, after use,
wipe them with a damp cloth and dry them carefully,
• It is particularly important that the oven door should close correctly and
that there is no defect in the door, the seals, the hinges or the supply
cable.
Never use your oven if it is damaged.
In no case should your oven be adjusted or repaired by anyone other
than a qualified microwave appliance repair technician, trained by
the manufacturer.
The following recommendations will help you get the greatest benefit
from using your oven. Please read them carefully.
Foods
Forbidden foods
You should never :
• Attempt to fry food – it is impossible to control the temperature of the
oil and other fats – fire-risk,
• Attempt to cook or warm up eggs in their shells, hard-boiled eggs or
snails – they may explode,
• Attempt to cook food in an intact shell (e.g. chestnuts) or hard skin
(tomatoes, potatoes, sausages) – always make a slit.
Food temperatures
The action of microwaves is such that only the food is heated. The
container may, therefore, remain cold or cool while the food that it
contains is burning hot.
To avoid any risk of burning, always stir and check the temperature care-
fully before serving – especially to children.
Shake feeding bottles well and try a few drops on the back of your wrist to
check the temperature.
Preparing food for cooking
Before warming feeding bottles and small pots, remove teats and covers.
Remember to cover the food in order to :
• Avoid any splashing of the oven cavity,
• Retain sufficient moisture for cooking.
Heating liquids
When heating liquids, a sudden overflow may occur when you take the
container to remove it from the appliance. In fact, when the temperature
reaches boiling point, steam tends to remain trapped in the liquid until it
is disturbed.
To avoid this superheating effect and the consequent risk of scalding,
always place a plastic spoon in the liquid to be heated.
Containers and materials
Below, you will find details of the various types of containers, which can be
or must not be used for the chosen cooking method.
microwave mode
Use containers suitable for microwave cooking.
A container can easily be tested for microwave “transparency”.
Instructions for use
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