R-272 (serv.man2) - Sharp Home Appliance User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 15

ENGLISH

GB-14

1. TIME DEFROST
This function quickly defrosts food while enabling you to choose a suitable defrost period, depending on the 
food type. Follow the example below for details on how to operate this function. The time range is 0:10 – 99:50.

Example: To defrost the food for 10 minutes.

1.  Select the menu required by pressing the TIME 

DEFROST key once. 

 

 x1, the display will show: 

dEF2

2.  Enter the cooking time by 

pressing the 10 min. key once.

3. Press the START/AUTO 

MINUTE key to start 
cooking.

Notes for Time Defrost: 
•  After cooking the audible signal will sound fi ve times and the LED will display the time of day, if the clock has 

been set. If the clock has not been set, the display will only show “0:00” when cooking is complete.

•  The preset microwave power level is 30P and can not be changed.

2. WEIGHT DEFROST
The microwave oven is pre-programmed with a time and power level so that the following food is defrosted 
easily: Pork, beef and chicken. The weight range for this food is from 0.1kg – 2g in 0.1kg steps. 
Follow the example below for details on how to operate these functions.

Example : To defrost a meat joint weighing 1.2kg using WEIGHT DEFROST.
Place the meat in a fl an dish or microwave oven defrost rack on the turntable.

1.  Select the menu required by pressing 

the WEIGHT DEFROST key once.

 

 x1,  

 

the display will show: 

dEF1

2.  Enter the weight by pressing the 

WEIGHT keys until the desired weight is 
displayed.

 

, display:  1. 2 

3. Press the START/

AUTO MINUTE key to 
start cooking.

 

(The display will 
count down through 
defrosting time)  

Frozen foods are defrosted from -18°C.

NOTES FOR WEIGHT DEFROST:
•  Before freezing foods, ensure food is fresh and of good quality.
•  Food weight should be rounded up to the nearest 0.1kg, for example, 0.65kg to 0.7kg.
•  If necessary, shield small areas of meat or poultry with fl at pieces of aluminium foil. This will prevent areas 

from becoming warm during defrosting. Ensure the foil does not touch the oven walls.

The AUTO MENU keys automatically work out the correct cooking mode and cooking of the foods (details on 
page GB-5 and GB-15). Follow the example below for details on how to operate this function.

Example: To cook two jacket potatoes (0.46kg) by using the AUTO MENU function.

1.  Select the required menu by pressing 

the Jacket Potato key once. 

 

 x1,

 

the display will show: 

1

2. Press WEIGHT UP/DOWN keys or 

continue to press the Jacket Potato 
key to choose the required number of 
potatoes (up to 3).

 x1, display: 

2

3. Press the START/AUTO 

MINUTE key to start 
cooking.

 

(The display will 
count down through 
defrosting time)  

NOTES:
•  The weight or quantity of the food can be input by pressing the WEIGHT UP/DOWN keys until the desired 

weight/quantity is displayed. Enter the weight of the food only. Do not include the weight of the container.

•  For food weighing more or less than the weights/quantities given in the AUTO MENU chart on page GB-15 cook 

by manual operation.