EN User Manual Microwave Oven ZKG44500XA
Contents Safety information Safety instructions Product description Before first use Daily use Microwave mode 2 4 6 7 7 8 Clock functions Using the accessories Additional functions Hints and tips Care and cleaning Troubleshooting 12 13 13 14 20 21 Subject to change without notice. Safety information Before the installation and use of the appliance, carefully read the supplied instructions.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • WARNING: The appliance and its accessible parts become hot during use. Care should be taken to avoid touching heating elements. Children less than 8 years of age shall be kept away unless continuously supervised. Always use oven gloves to remove or put in accessories or ovenware. Before maintenance cut the power supply. Ensure that the appliance is switched off before replacing the lamp to avoid the possibility of electric shock.
• • • • • • If smoke is emitted, switch off or unplug the appliance and keep the door closed in order to stifle any flames. Microwave heating of beverages can result in delayed eruptive boiling. Care must be taken when handling the container. The contents of feeding bottles and baby food jars shall be stirred or shaken and the temperature checked before consumption, in order to avoid burns.
• • • Use only correct isolation devices: line protecting cut-outs, fuses (screw type fuses removed from the holder), earth leakage trips and contactors. The electrical installation must have an isolation device which lets you disconnect the appliance from the mains at all poles. The isolation device must have a contact opening width of minimum 3 mm. This appliance complies with the E.E.C. Directives. • • • • • Use WARNING! Risk of injury, burns and electrical shock or explosion.
Internal light • • • The type of light bulb or halogen lamp used for this appliance is only for household appliances. Do not use it for house lighting. WARNING! • Risk of electrical shock. • • Before replacing the lamp, disconnect the appliance from the power supply. Only use lamps with the same specifications. Disposal Disconnect the appliance from the mains supply. Cut off the mains electrical cable close to the appliance and dispose of it.
Before first use WARNING! 1. Press Refer to Safety chapters. or to set the current hour. 2. Press to confirm or the set hour will be saved automatically after 5 seconds. Initial Cleaning Remove all accessories and removable shelf supports from the appliance. Refer to "Care and cleaning" chapter. Clean the appliance and the accessories before first use. Put the accessories and the removable shelf supports back to their initial position.
Display A G B F E C D A. B. C. D. Timer Heat-up and residual heat indicator Microwave function Core temperature sensor (selected models only) E. Door lock (selected models only) F. Hours / minutes G. Clock functions Buttons Button Function CLOCK To set a clock function. MINUS To set the time. MICROWAVE To set the Microwave function. Hold the button for more than 3 seconds to activate or deactivate the oven lamp. PLUS To set the time.
fork several times before cooking so that the food does not burst. • For chilled or frozen food, set a longer cooking time. • Dishes which contain sauce must be stirred from time to time. • Turn larger pieces of food after half the cooking time. • If possible, cut vegetables into similar-sized pieces. • Use flat, wide dishes. • Do not use cookware made of porcelain, ceramic or earthenware with unglazed bottoms or small holes, e.g. on handles .
Cookware / Material Microwave Defrosting Grilling Heating Cooking Roasting dishes made of metal, e.g. enamel, X cast iron X X Baking tins, black lacquer or silicon-coated X X X Wire shelf X X X Browning cookware, e.g. crisp pan or crunch plate X 3) X Ready meals in packaging3) 1) With no silver, gold, platinum or metal plating / decorations.
• You get better results for rice if you use flat, wide dishes. Setting the Microwave function It depends on the model if your appliance has knob symbols, indicators or lamps: • The indicator comes on when the oven heats up. • The lamp comes on when the appliance operates. • The symbol shows whether the knob controls one of the cooking zones, the oven functions or the temperature. 1. Turn the knob for the oven functions to select the Microwave function .
Power setting Use • • • 400 Watt 300 Watt 200 Watt Continuing to cook meals Cooking delicate food Heating baby food Simmering rice Heating delicate food Melting cheese • 100 Watt Defrosting meat, fish, bread Defrosting cheese, cream, butter Defrosting fruit and cakes (gateaux) Raising yeast dough Heating up cold dishes and drinks Clock functions Clock functions table Clock function Application TIME OF DAY To set, change or check the time of day. Refer to "Setting the time".
If you press when you set the 4. When the set time ends, an acoustic signal sounds for two minutes. "00:00" and flash in the display. Press any button to stop the acoustic signal. If you set the MINUTE MINDER , the hours for DURATION appliance goes to setting of the END function. when the DURATION Setting the MINUTE MINDER 1. Press again and again until flash in the display. or END function operates, the symbol comes on in the display. and "00" or to set the MINUTE 2. Press MINDER.
An acoustic signal sounds. SAFE comes on in the display. To deactivate the Child Lock, repeat step 2. temperature in the oven is more than 40 °C. Turn the knob for the temperature left or right to show the oven temperature. Using the Function Lock Automatic Switch-off You can activate the Function Lock function only when the appliance operates. For safety reasons the appliance deactivates automatically after some time if an oven function operates and you do not change any settings.
Grilling Food Temperature (°C) Time (min) 1st side Shelf position 2nd side Roast beef, medium 210 - 230 30 - 40 30 - 40 1 Filet of beef, medium 230 20 - 30 20 - 30 1 Back of pork 210 - 230 30 - 40 30 - 40 1 Back of veal 210 - 230 30 - 40 30 - 40 1 Back of lamb 210 - 230 25 - 35 20 - 35 1 Whole Fish, 500 1000 g 210 - 230 15 - 30 15 - 30 1 Microwave cooking tables Defrosting meat Food Power (Watts) Quantity (kg) Time (min) Standing time (min) Comments Whole cuts of mea
Food Power (Watts) Quantity (kg) Time (min) Standing time (min) Comments Chicken breast 200 0.1 - 0.2 3-5 10 - 15 Turn halfway through, cover defrosted parts with aluminium foil. Chicken thighs 200 0.1 - 0.2 3-5 10 - 15 Turn halfway through, cover defrosted parts with aluminium foil. Duck 200 2 45 - 60 20 - 30 Turn halfway through, cover defrosted parts with aluminium foil.
Food Power (Watts) Quantity (kg) Time (min) Standing time (min) Comments Butter 100 0.25 3-5 15 - 20 Remove aluminium parts, turn halfway through. Cheese 100 0.25 3-5 30 - 60 Remove aluminium parts, turn halfway through. Cream 100 0.25 7 - 12 20 - 30 Remove aluminium top, stir halfway through. Defrosting cakes / pastries Food Power (Watts) Quantity Time (min) Standing time (min) Comments Yeast dough 100 1 piece 2-3 15 - 20 Turn plate halfway through.
Food Power (Watts) Plums, cherries, 100 raspberries, blackcurrants, apricots Quantity (kg) 0.25 Time (min) 8 - 10 Standing time (min) 10 - 15 Comments Defrost covered, stir halfway through. Cooking / melting Food Power (Watts) Quantity (kg) Time (min) Standing time (min) Comments Chocolate / Chocolate coating 600 0.15 2-3 - Stir halfway through. Butter 200 0.1 2-4 - Stir halfway through.
Food Soup Power (Watts) 600 Quantity 300 ml Time (min) 2-4 Standing time (min) - Comments Stir halfway through. Cooking table Food Power (Watts) Quantity Time (min) Standing time (min) Comments Whole fish 500 0.5 kg 8 - 10 - Cook covered, turn container several times during cooking. Fish fillets 500 0.5 kg 6-8 - Cook covered, turn container several times during cooking. Vegetables, short cooking 600 0.5 kg 12 - 16 - Add approx. 50 ml water, cook covered, stir halfway through.
Food Popcorn Power (Watts) 1000 Quantity Time (min) - 3-4 Standing time (min) - Comments Put the popcorn on a plate on the bottom level. 1) Cook all vegetables with a cover on the container. Combi-function table • For selected models only. Food Ovenware • Pow er (Wat ts) Use the function Microwave grilling. Temperature (°C) Time (min ) Shelf position Comments 2 chicken halves (2 x 0.6 kg) Glass dish with strainer 300 220 40 2 Turn after 20 min, standing time 5 min.
2. Pull the front end of the shelf support away from the side wall. 3. Pull the supports out of the rear catch. Install the shelf supports in the opposite sequence. Replacing the lamp Put a cloth on the bottom of the interior of the appliance. It prevents damage to the lamp glass cover and the cavity. WARNING! Danger of electrocution! Disconnect the fuse before you replace the lamp. The lamp and the lamp glass cover can be hot.
Problem Possible cause Remedy Steam and condensation settle on the food and in the cavity of the oven. You left the dish in the oven for too long. Do not leave the dishes in the oven for longer than 15 - 20 minutes after the cooking process ends. The display shows an error code that is not in this table. There is an electrical fault. • • Service data Deactivate the oven with the house fuse or the safety switch in the fuse box and activate it again.
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