Hoover HMGV28GDFB Microwave Ovens Instructions

MODEL: HMGV28GDFB
HMGV28GDFW 
MICROWAVE OVENS
INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Read these instructions carefully before using your microwave oven, and keep it carefully.
If you follow the instructions, your oven will provide you with many years of good service.
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE ENERGY

(a) Do not attempt to operate this oven with the door open since this can result in harmful exposure to microwave energy. It is important not to break or tamper with the safety interlocks.
(b) Do not place any object between the oven front face and the door or allow soil or cleaner residue to accumulate on sealing surfaces.
(c) WARNING: If the door or door seals are damaged, the oven must not be operated until it has been repaired by a competent person.

ADDENDUM

If the apparatus is not maintained in a good state of cleanliness, its surface could be degraded and affect the lifespan of the apparatus and lead to a dangerous situation.

Specifications

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING

To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, injury to persons or exposure to excessive microwave oven energy when using your appliance, follow basic precautions, including the following:

1. Warning: Liquids and other foods must not be heated in sealed containers since they are liable to explode.
2. Warning: It is hazardous for anyone other than a competent person to carry out any service or repair operation that involves the removal of a cover that gives protection against exposure to microwave energy.
3. This appliance can be used by children aged from 8 years and above and persons with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities or lack of experience and knowledge if they have been given supervision or instruction concerning the use of the appliance in a safe way and understand the hazards involved. Children shall not play with the appliance.
   Cleaning and user maintenance shall not be made by children unless they are older than 8 and supervised.
4. Keep the appliance and its cord out of reach of children less than 8 years.
5. Only use utensils suitable for use in microwave ovens.
6. The oven should be cleaned regularly and any food deposits should be removed.
7. Read and follow the specific: “PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE ENERGY”.
8. When heating food in plastic or paper containers, keep an eye on the oven due to the possibility of ignition.
9. If smoke is emitted, switch off or unplug the appliance and keep the door closed in order to stifle any flames.
10. Do not overcook food.
11. Do not use the oven cavity for storage purposes.
    Do not store items, such as bread, cookies, etc. inside the oven.
12. Remove wire twist-ties and metal handles from paper or plastic containers/bags before placing them in the oven.
13. Install or locate this oven only in accordance with the installation instructions provided.
14. Eggs in the shell and whole hard-boiled eggs should not be heated in microwave ovens since they may explode, even after microwave heating has ended.
15. This appliance is intended to be used in household and similar applications such as ­staff kitchen areas in shops, offices and other working environments; ­by clients in hotels, motels, and other residential type environments;
    ­farm houses; ­bed and breakfast-type environments.
16. If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer, its service agent, or similarly qualified persons in order to avoid a hazard.
17. Do not store or use this appliance outdoors.
18. Do not use this oven near water, in a wet basement or near a swimming pool.
19. The temperature of accessible surfaces may be high when the appliance is operating. The surfaces are liable to get hot during use. Keep the cord away from the heated surface, and do not cover any vents on the oven.
20. Do not let the cord hang over edge of table or counter.
21. Failure to maintain the oven in a clean condition could lead to deterioration of the surface that could adversely affect the life of the appliance and possibly result in a hazardous situation.
22. 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.
23. Microwave heating of beverages can result in delayed eruptive boiling, therefore care must be taken when handling the container.
24. The appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities, or lack of experience and knowledge unless they have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance by a person responsible for their safety.
25. Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.
26. The appliances are not intended to be operated by means of an external timer or separate remote-control system.
27. Accessible parts may become hot during use. Young children should be kept away.
28. Steam cleaner is not to be used.
29. During use the appliance becomes hot. Care should be taken to avoid touching heating elements inside the oven.
30. Only use the temperature probe recommended for this oven. (for ovens provided with a facility to use a temperature-sensing
    probe.)
31. 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.
32. The microwave oven must be operated with the decorative door open. (for ovens with a decorative door.)
33. The surface of a storage cabinet can get hot.

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To Reduce the Risk of Injury to Persons Grounding Installation

DANGER
Electric Shock Hazard Touching some of the internal components can cause serious personal injury or death. Do not disassemble this appliance.
WARNING
Electric Shock Hazard Improper use of the grounding can result in electric shock. Do not plug into an outlet until the appliance is properly installed and grounded. This appliance must be grounded. In the event of an electrical short circuit, grounding reduces the risk of electric shock by providing an escape wire for the electric current. This appliance is equipped with a cord having a grounding wire with a grounding plug. The plug must be plugged into an outlet that is properly installed and grounded.

Consult a qualified electrician or serviceman if the grounding instructions are not completely understood or if doubt exists as to whether the appliance is properly grounded. If it is necessary to use an extension cord, use only a 3-wire.

1. A short power-supply cord is provided to reduce the risks resulting from becoming entangled in or tripping over a longer cord.
2. If a long cord set or extension cord is used:
   1) The marked electrical rating of the cord set or extension cord should be at least as great as the electrical rating of the appliance.
   2) The extension cord must be a grounding-type 3-wire cord.
   3) The long cord should be arranged so that it will not drape over the countertop or tabletop where it can be pulled on by children or tripped over unintentionally.

CLEANING

Be sure to unplug the appliance from the power supply.

1. Clean the cavity of the oven after using a slightly damp cloth.
2. Clean the accessories in the usual way in soapy water.
3. The door frame and seal and neighboring parts must be cleaned carefully with a damp cloth when they are dirty.
4. Do not use harsh abrasive cleaners or sharp metal scrapers to clean the oven door glass since they can scratch the surface, which may result in shattering of the glass.
5. Cleaning Tip—For easier cleaning of the cavity walls that the food cooked can touch: Place half a lemon in a bowl, add 300ml (1/2 pint) water, and heat on 100% microwave power for 10 minutes. Wipe the oven clean using a soft, dry cloth.

UTENSILS

CAUTION
Personal Injury HazardIt is hazardous for anyone other than a competent person to carry out any service or repair operation that involves the removal of a cover that gives protection against exposure to microwave energy.

See the instructions on “Materials you can use in microwave oven or to be avoided in a microwave oven.” There may be certain non-metallic utensils that are not safe to use for microwaving. If in doubt, you can test the utensil in question following the procedure below. Utensil Test:

1. Fill a microwave-safe container with 1 cup of cold water (250ml) along with the utensil in question.
2. Cook on maximum power for 1 minute.
3. Carefully feel the utensil. If the empty utensil is warm, do not use it for microwave cooking.
4. Do not exceed 1 minute of cooking time.

Materials you can use in a microwave oven

Materials to be avoided in a microwave oven

SETTING UP YOUR OVEN

Names of Oven Parts and Accessories
Remove the oven and all materials from the carton and oven cavityYour oven comes with the following accessories:
Glass tray 1
Turntable ring assembly 1
Instruction Manual 1

A) Control panel
B) Turntable shaft
C) Turntable ring assembly
D) Glass tray
E) Observation window
F) Door assembly
G) Safety interlock system

Turntable Installation

a. Never place the glass tray upside down. The glass tray should never be restricted.
b. Both glass tray and turntable ring assembly must always be used during cooking.
c. All food and containers of food are always placed on the glass tray for cooking.
d. If glass tray or turntable ring assembly cracks or breaks, contact your nearest authorized service center.

Installation and connection

1. This appliance is only intended for domestic use.
2. This oven is intended for built-in use only. It is not intended for counter-top use or for use inside a cupboard.
3. Please observe the special installation instructions.
4. The appliance can be installed in a 60cm wide wall-mounted cupboard (at least 55cm deep and 85cm off the floor).
5. The appliance is fitted with a plug and must only be connected to a properly installed earthed socket.
6. The mains voltage must correspond to the voltage specified on the rating plate.
7. The socket must be installed and connecting cable must only be replaced by a qualified electrician. If the plug is no longer accessible following installation, an all-pole disconnecting device must be present on the installation side with a contact gap of at least 3mm.
8. Adapters, multi-way strips, and extension leads must not be used. Overloading can result in a risk of fire.

The accessible surface may be hot during operation.

OPERATION INSTRUCTION

This microwave oven uses modern electronic control to adjust cooking parameters to meet your needs better for cooking.
1. Clock Setting
When the microwave oven is electrified, the oven will display “0:00”, the buzzer will ring once.

1. Press “ ” twice, the hour figures flash.
2. Press ” or ” to adjust the hour figures, the input time should be within 0–23.
3. Press ” “, the minute figures will flash.
4. Press ” or ” to adjust the minute figures, the input time should be within 0–59.
5. Press ” ” to finish the clock setting. “:” will flash, the clock setting has been finished.

Note:

1. If the clock is not set, the clock would not function when powered.
2. During the process of clock setting, if you press ” “, the oven will go back to the previous status automatically.

2. Microwave Cooking

1. Press the “ ” key once, and “P100” will display.
2. Press ” ” for times or press ” or ” to select the microwave power from 100% to 10%. “P100”, “P80”, “P50”, “P30”, “P10” will display in order.
3. Press ” ” to confirm.
4. Press “ or ” to select the cooking time. (The time setting should be 0:05- 95:00.)
5. Press “ ” to start cooking.

NOTE: the step quantities for the adjustment time of the coding switch are as follow:

0—1 min: 5 seconds
1—5 min: 10 seconds
5—10 min: 30 seconds
10—30 min: 1 minute
30—95 min: 5 minutes
Microwave Power Chart

3. Grill or Combi. Cooking
Press “ ” once the LED will display “P100”, and press “ ” for times or press ” or ” to choose the power you want, and “G” “C-1” or “C-2″ will display. Then press ” ” to confirm, and to set cooking time from 0:05 to 95:00 ” press “ or .
Press “ ” again to start cooking.
Example: If you want to use 55% microwave power and 45% grill power(C-1) to cook for 10 minutes, you can operate the oven as the following steps.

1. Press “ ” once, the screen displays “P100”.
2. Continue to press ” ” until the screen displays “C-1”.
3. Press ” ” to confirm.
4. Press “ or ” to adjust the cooking time until the oven displays “10:00”.
5. Press “ ” to start cooking.

Combination Power instructions:

Note: If half the grill time passes, the oven sounds twice, and this is normal. In order to have a better effect of grilling food, you should turn the food over, close the door, and then press “ ” to continue cooking.
If no operation, the oven will continue working.

4. Defrost By Weight

1. Press “ ” once, the screen will display “dEF1”.
2. Press ” or ” to select the food weight. The range of weight is 100-2000g.
3. Press the” ” key to start defrosting.

5. Defrost By Time

1. Press ” ” twice, the screen will display “dEF2”.
2. Press ” or ” to select the defrosting time. The maximum time is 95 minutes.
3. Press”“key to start defrosting.

6. Multi-Stage Cooking
Two stages can be maximumly set. If one stage is defrosting, it should be put in the first stage. The buzzer will ring once after each stage and the next stage will begin.
Note: Auto menu cannot be set as one of the multi-stage.
For example: if you want to defrost the food for 5 minutes, then to cook with 80% microwave power for 7 minutes. The steps are as follows:

1. Press “ ” twice, the LED display “dEF2”.
2. Press “ or ” to adjust the defrost time of 5 minutes;
3. Press ” ” once, LED will display “P100”.
4.  Press ” or ” to choose microwave power till “P80” displays;
5. Press ” ” to confirm, LED will display “P80”.
6. Press ” or ” to adjust the cooking time of 7 minutes;
7. Press “ ” to start cooking.

7. Kitchen Timer

1. Press “ ” once, LED will display 00:00.
2. Press “ or ” to enter the correct timer. (The maximum cooking time is 95 minutes.)
3. Press ” ” to confirm the setting, the timer indicator will be lighted.
4. When the kitchen time is reached, the timer indicator will go out. The buzzer will ring 5 times.

If the clock has been set(24-hour system), LED will display the current time.
Note: The kitchen Time is different from the 24-hour system. The kitchen timer is a timer.
8. Auto Menu

1. In the waiting state, press “ ” to choose the menu from “A1” to “A8”.
2. Press ” ” to confirm the menu you choose.
3. Press ” or ” to choose the food weight.
4. Press “ ” to start cooking.
5. After cooking finishes, the buzzer sounds five times.

The menu chart:

9. Speedy Cooking

1. In the waiting state, press” “key to cook with 100% power level for 30 seconds. Each press on the same key can increase 30 seconds. The maximum cooking time is 95 minutes.
2. During the microwave, grill, combination cooking and the defrost by time process, press ” ” to increase the cooking time.
3. In waiting state, press “” to set cooking time with 100% microwave power, then press “ ” to start cooking.
   Note: Under the states of the auto menu and defrost by weight, cooking time cannot be increased by pressing ““.

10. Lock Function for Children
Lock: In waiting state, press ” ” for 3 seconds, there will be a long beep denoting entering the children-lock state and the current time will display if the time has been set, otherwise, the LED will display ” 0:00 “.
Lock quitting: In locked state, press ” ” for 3 seconds, there will be a long “beep” denoting that the lock is released.

11. Inquiring Function

1. In the cooking states of microwave grill and combination, press ” ” the current power will be displayed for 2-3 seconds.
2. During cooking state, press “ ” to check the current time. It will be displayed for 2-3 seconds.

12. Specification

1.  “ ” must be pressed to continue cooking if the door is opened during cooking;
2. Once the cooking program has been set, ” ” is not pressed in 5 minutes. The current time will be displayed. The setting will be canceled.
3. The buzzer sounds once by the efficient press, the inefficient press will be no response.
4. The buzzer will sound five times to remind you when cooking is finished.

13. Open the oven door
In waiting for state, “ button, the oven door will be opened.

Troubleshooting
If something does troubleshooting; before seeking assistance carry out the following checks first.

 

This appliance is marked according to the European directive 2002/96/EC on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment  (WEEE). By ensuring this product is disposed of correctly, you will help prevent potential negative consequences for the environment and human health, which could otherwise be caused by inappropriate waste handling of this product.
The symbol on the product indicates that this product may not be treated as household waste.
Instead, it shall be handed over to the applicable collection point for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment Disposal must be carried out in accordance with local environmental regulations for waste disposal.
For more detailed information about the treatment, recovery, and recycling of this product, please contact your local city office, your household waste disposal service or the shop where you purchased the product.