Philips HD2603 User Manual
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Using the appliance
Never leave the toaster unattended during use.
Toasting bread
1
Put the appliance on a stable and flat surface, away from curtains and other combustible
materials. Put the plug in the wall socket.
◗ Wind excess cord round the brackets of the cord storage facility on the bottom of the
appliance (fig. 1).
2
Put one or two slices of bread in the toaster (fig. 2).
3
Turn the browning control to the desired browning setting (fig. 3).
Select a low setting (1-2) for lightly toasted bread and a high setting (5-7) for darker toast.
Note: you do not have to re-adjust the browning control when toasting a series of slices.
4
Push the toasting lever down to switch the appliance on (fig. 4).
The toasting lever will only stay down if the appliance has been plugged in.
5
When the toast is ready, it pops up and the toaster switches off.
The metal parts of the toaster will get hot during toasting. Be careful not to touch them.
◗ The toaster will switch off automatically.You can stop the toasting process and pop the bread
up at any time by pressing the STOP button.
◗ To remove smaller items, you can lift the toasting lever slightly higher.
◗ If bread gets stuck inside the toaster, remove the plug from the wall socket, let the appliance
cool down completely and carefully remove the bread from the toaster. Do not use a knife
or another sharp metal tool to do this and do not touch the metal internal parts of the
toaster.
◗ Do not toast buttered slices of bread.
◗ Do not toast extremely thin or broken slices of bread or very small items, such as mini-
baguettes, mini-bagels etc.
Toasting frozen bread
1
Follow instructions 1, 2 and 3 in the 'Toasting bread' section. Push the toasting lever down
and then press the defrost button
Ç (fig. 5).
Note: toasting frozen bread will take longer to toast than defrosted bread.
Toasting one side only
Types HD2603 and HD2602 only
Ideal for toasting bagels and baguettes.
1
Half the bagel or baguette lengthwise and shorten the baguette to a length of max. 13 cm.
2
Put the halved parts in the toaster with the side to be toasted pointing towards the central
heating element of the toaster (fig. 6).
3
Follow instructions 1, 2 and 3 in the 'Toasting bread' section. Push the toasting lever down
and press the bagel button ≈.
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