Vitek VT-1653 - Manual (Page 5)

chicken livers, tomatoes and potatoes,
should be poked with a fork before cooking.
12. Only use specially designed
microwavable dishes.
Test: place an empty dish into the microwave
oven, set the highest power level and heat for
60 seconds. If the dish gets very got, then its use
is not recommended.
Microwave-safe dishes
Any glass, ceramic, porcelain and clay dishes
that do not have metal parts are suitable for use
in a microwave oven.
Microwaves reflect off metal dishes and
therefore do not reach the food.
Glass, porcelain, cardboard and ceramics
provide for fast penetration of electromagnetic
waves.
When using plastic dishes, it is important to
remember that some plastic items are not heat
resistant and may become deformed in the
microwave oven.
The following table will help you choose the
proper type of dishes:
Type of
dishes
Normal
microwave
mode
Grill
Combo
cook
mode
Heat
resistant
glass
Yes Yes Yes
Regular
Glass
No No No
Head
resistant
ceramics
Yes Yes Yes
Microwav
able
plastic
Yes No No
Paper
towels
Yes No No
Metallic No Yes No
Using the oven
Each time you press a button on the control
panel, you will hear an audible signal.
Setting the current time
When you first plug in the device, the display
will show “12:00”.
For example: you need to set the current time of
8:30. To do this:
1. Press the ”Clock/Pre-set” button.
2. Press the ”Pause/CLear” button.
3. Rotate the “Menu/Time” dial until the
display shows the number ”8”.
4. Press the "Clock/Pre-set" button again.
5. Rotate the “Menu/Time” dial until the
display shows the number ”30”.
6. Press the ”Clock/Pre-set” button to finish
setting the clock.
If you want to view the current time while the
microwave is operating, press the ”Clock/Pre-
set” button and the current time will be
displayed for 5 seconds.
Microwave cooking
For microwave cooking, press the ”Power”
button the required number of times needed to
select a power level. Rotate the “Menu/Time”
dial to select the cook time. This microwave is
equipped with a 90-minute timer with automatic
shutoff and an audible signal.
For example: you want to reheat a meal for 1
minute at 80% power.
1. Press the ”Power” button twice.
2. Rotate the “Menu/Time” dial to set the
cook time of ”1:00”.
3. Press the ”Start” button.
Grill
Used for preparing will cooked, crunchy pieces
of meat, fish, poultry, potatoes, hotdogs, and
also for preparing hot sandwiches. The grill’s
maximum operating time is 90 minutes.
Let’s say you want to grill something for 12
minutes. To do so:
1. Press the ”Grill/Combi” button once.
2. Rotate the “Menu/Time” dial to set the grill
time of “12:00”.
3. Press the ”Start” button.
Combination cooking
Combines microwave cooking with a grill. The
function is recommended for preparing foods
such as lasagna, quick vareniky and baked
vegetables
There are to combination cooking modes:
- combination C-1 (30% microwave cooking
+ 70% grill) – recommended for preparing
fish, potatoes.
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