Tristar MW-2890 Manuel D'utilisation page 7

Microwave cooking.
The longest cooking time is 60 minutes.
Suppose you want to cook for 5 minutes at 60% of microwave power.
Touch POWER to select microwave power.
Rotate TIME/MENU clockwise to enter cooking time.
Touch START/QUICK START.
By pressing POWER repeatedly, you are selecting different microwave power levels as the
following table shows:
Note: You can check the microwave power when
the program is in progress by pressing POWER.
After total time has elapsed, beeps will be heard
and "End" will appear in the display, press
STOP/CANCEL or open oven door to clear "End".
Grill function.
The longest cooking time is 60 minutes. Grill cooking is particularly useful for thin slices of
meat, steaks, chops, kebabs, sausages or pieces of chicken. It is also suitable for hot
sandwiches and au grain dishes.
Suppose you want to grill for 40 minutes.
1 In standby mode, touch GRILL once.
2 Rotate TIME/MENU clockwise to enter cooking time.
3 Touch START/QUICK START.
Combination function.
The longest cooking time is 60 minutes.
Combination 1:
30% time for microwave cooking, 70% for grill cooking. Use for fish or au gratin.
Combination 2:
55% time for microwave cooking, 45% for grill cooking. Use for puddings omelettes, baked
potatoes and poultry.
Suppose you want to cook with Combination 2 for 40 minutes.
1 Touch COMBINATION twice, "COMB2" will be displayed.
2 Rotate TIME/MENU clockwise to enter cooking time.
3 Touch START/QUICK START.
Quick start.
The longest cooking time is 12 minutes. This feature allows you to start the oven quickly at
100% microwave power level.
In waiting mode, press START/QUICK START once or repeatedly to set cooking time, the
oven starts working at full power level immediately.
Auto defrost.
Automatically sets proper defrosting cycle once you have selected the weight of the food to be
thawed. The weight varies between 100g and 1800g.
Suppose you want to defrost 600g of food.
Display Power Level
100 100% of total
80 80%
60 60%
40 40%
20 20%
00 0%
1 Rotate TIME/MENU until "100" is displayed.
2 Rotate TIME/MENU to select food weight.
3 Touch START/QUICK START.
Note: In the middle of cooking time the system will sound to remind you to turn over the food
and pause until you press START/QUICK START to resume defrosting.
Child lock.
Use to prevent unsupervised operation of the oven by little children. The child lock indicator will
show up on display screen, and the oven can not be operated while the child lock is set.
To set the child lock: Press and hold STOP/CANCEL for 3 seconds, a beep sounds and lock
To cancel the child lock: Press and hold STOP/CANCEL for 3 seconds until lock indicator on
display goes off.
Auto cook.
For food or the following cooking mode, it is not necessary to program the duration and the
cooking power. It is sufficient to indicate the type of food that you wish to cook as well as the
weight of it.
1 Rotate TIME/MENU clockwise to select food code (see the table below).
2 Press CLOCK/WEI.ADJ. to select food weight or number of servings.
3 Press START/QUICK START.
Code Menu
1 Auto Reheat (g)
1 The result of auto cooking depends on factors
Tea/Coffee
2
such as the shape and size of food, voltage
(200ml/cup)
fluctuation, your personal preference as to the
3 Soup (300ml/bowl)
doneness of certain foods and even how well you
4 Porridge (g)
happen to place food in the oven. If you find the
5 Pizza (g)
result at any rate not quite satisfactory, please
adjust the cooking time a little bit accordingly.
6 Pasta (g)
7 Popcorn (99g)
2 For items 8 to 13, in the middle of cooking time,
the oven will pause and beeps will be heard to
8 Grilled ham (g)
remind you to open the door and turn over food to
9 Grilled Bacon (g)
obtain uniform cooking; please be careful to handle
10 Grilled Pork Chops (g)
the very hot food in the oven. To resume cooking,
11 Grilled Steak (g) just close the door, and press START/QUICK
Grilled Chicken START.
12
Pieces (g)
3 There is only one choice of weight (99g) for
Popcorn.
13 Grilled Fish Pieces (g)
4 For Tea/Coffee and Soup, numbers of choices
indicate amount but not weight directly.
Notes