Sharp R420LW R-420L , R-425L Microwave Operation Manual - Page 18

SPECIAL FEATURES MANUAL DEFROST If the food that you wish to defrost is not listed on the DEFROST CHART or is above or below the limits in the "Amount" column on the DEFROST CHART, you need to defrost manually. You can defrost any frozen food, either raw or previously cooked, by using 30% Power Level. See page 11. Estimate defrosting time and touch POWER LEVEL pad 8 times for 30% when you select the power level. For either raw or previously cooked frozen food the rule of thumb is approximately 4 minutes per pound. For example, defrost 4 minutes for 1 pound/450 g of frozen spaghetti sauce. Always stop the oven periodically to remove or separate the portions that are defrosted. If food is not defrosted at the end of the estimated defrosting time, program the oven in 1 minute increments at 30% until totally defrosted. When using plastic containers from the freezer, defrost only long enough to remove from the plastic in order to place in a microwave-safe dish. KEEP WARM PLUS Keep Warm Plus allows you to keep food warm up to 30 minutes. You can program Keep Warm Plus with manual cooking to keep food warm continuously after cooking, also. DIRECT USE • Suppose you want to keep a cup of soup warm for 15 minutes. PROCEDURE WITH MANUAL COOKING • Suppose you want to cook a cup of soup for 2 minutes at 70% and keep the soup warm for 15 minutes. PROCEDURE 1 Enter cooking time. 2 0 0 2 Touch POWER LEVEL pad 4 times for 70% power. POWER LEVEL x 4 3 Touch KEEP WARM PLUS pad. KEEP WARM PLUS 4 Enter the desired time. 1 5 0 0 5 Touch START pad. START The operation will start. When the cooking time is complete, a long tone will sound and Keep Warm Plus will start. KEEP WARM will appear in the display every 10 seconds and count down for 15 minutes. NOTE: 1. If you attempt to enter more than 30 minutes for Keep Warm Plus, an error message will appear in the display. 2. Keep Warm Plus cannot be programmed with SPECIAL FEATURES. 3. Touch CUSTOM HELP pad when the HELP indicator is lighted in the display. 1 Touch KEEP WARM PLUS pad. KEEP WARM PLUS 2 Enter the desired time. 1 5 0 0 3 Touch START pad. START The oven will start. The display will show 15.00 and count down. KEEP WARM will appear in the display every 10 seconds. 18