R-890SLM (serv.man3) - Sharp Home Appliance User Guide / Operation Manual. Page 11

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MANUAL DEFROSTING
• Enter the defrosting time and use microwave 

power levels 10% or 30% to defrost (refer to 
page 7).

•  Stir or turn the food, where possible, 2 - 3 times

during defrosting.

•  After defrosting, cover the food in foil and leave

to stand until thoroughly defrosted.

• Refer to the defrosting charts in the cookbook 

section, page 40.

NOTES FOR MANUAL COOKING AND 
DEFROSTING:
• When the oven starts, the oven lamp will light 

and the turntable will rotate clockwise or anti-
clockwise.

• Your oven can be programmed for up to 90 

minutes,  (90.00).  The input unit of cooking 
(defrosting) time varies from 10 seconds to 
5 minutes.  It depends on the total length of 
the cooking (defrosting) time as shown on the 
table opposite:

  0-5 minutes 

10 seconds

  5-10 seconds 

30 seconds

  10-30 minutes 

1 minute

  30-90 minutes 

5 minutes

• If the door is opened during cooking/

defrosting to stir or turn over food, the cooking 
time on the display stops automatically. The 
cooking/defrosting time starts to count down 
again when the door is closed and the START 
key is pressed.

• When cooking/defrosting is complete, “. 0” 

will reappear on the display.

• If you want to know the power level during 

cooking, press the MICRO POWER key.
As long as your finger is touching the key, the 
power level will be displayed.

Example:
To defrost for 10 minutes on 30% microwave 
power.

1. Enter the defrosting time by rotating the  

KNOB to 10.00 shown on the display.

2. Input the power level by pressing the MICRO 

POWER key 4 times.

The display will count down

through the defrosting time.

3. Press the START key once to start defrosting.

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