Philips HD4779 Cooktop User Manual


 
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Other Functions
Reheating
You can use the reheat mode to warm up rice that has cooled down.
Note: Do not use the reheat function when the amount of rice is over “RICE” water level 4 as the
rice may not be warmed adequately.
Do not reheat cooled rice more than once.
1 Loosen the cooled rice and evenly distribute it in the inner pot.
2 Pour water onto the rice to prevent it from becoming too dry. The amount of water to be added
depends on the amount of rice being reheated.
Tip: Add ½ cup (with the measuring cup supplied) of water to reheat the amount of rice up to
“RICE” water level 4.
If the rice starts scorching, add more water.
3 Follow the “Before Cooking Start” section to handle the inner pot and the Variety Cooker
properly.
4 Press the [Keep warm]/[Reheat] button twice to start the reheating process. (Fig. 30)
The » [Keep warm]/[Reheat] light goes on and the reheat animation and the remaining reheat
time appear on the display (Fig. 31).
Note: The default reheat time is 23 minutes.
5 When the reheating process is nished, you hear a beep and the message [Done!] is shown on
the display.
6 Press the lid release button to open the lid (Fig. 15).
7 Press the [Stop]/[Cancel] button (Fig. 7) to go to standby mode or unplug the Variety Cooker
to switch it off.
Keep warm
The keep-warm mode allows you to keep your rice or cooked food warm for a longer period of
time. It is not meant as a cooking function.
Tip: Do not keep your rice or food warm for more than 12 hours to preserve its taste.
1 Press the [Keep warm]/[Reheat] button once to activate the keep-warm mode (Fig. 32).
The » [Keep warm]/[Reheat] light is on continuously.
During the keep-warm process, the display shows the time in hours from 0 to 11 (0HR, 1HR ... »
11HR).
2 After 12 hours, the keep-warm mode automatically ends and the Variety Cooker beeps 10 times.
3 The display switches to clock time.
Timer for Delayed Cooking
Steam and Rice menu allow you to preset timer for delayed cooking from 1 to 24 hours, and 1 to
12 hours for Stew and Vegetable Soup submenus.
Steam menu, Stew and Vegetable Soup submenus can even allow you to set both the timer and the
cooking time.
You can set the timer rst and then the cooking time, vice versa.
Not recommend to delay cooking time for more than 1 hour for any food with the exception of
raw vegetables.