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Important Read this user manual carefully before you use the appliance and save it for future reference. Danger • Never immerse the main body of the rice cooker in water, nor rinse it under the tap. Warning • • • • • • • • • • Check if the voltage indicated on the appliance corresponds to the local power voltage before you connect the appliance. Only connect the appliance to an earthed power outlet. Always make sure that the plug is inserted rmly into the power outlet.
• • • • • • • • • • Do not place the cooking utensils inside the pot while cooking, keeping warm or reheating rice. Only use the cooking utensils provided. Avoid using sharp utensils. Do not use the cooking utensils provided by the rice cooker on open ame. To avoid scratches, it is not recommended to cook ingredients with crustaceans and shell sh. Remove the hard shells before cooking. Do not insert metallic objects or alien substances into the steam vent. Do not place a magnetic substance on the lid.
Product Overview Sealing ring Detachable inner lid Lid release button Detachable steam vent cap Outer lid Heating element Control panel Cooker handle Mounting brackets Main body Mains plug Steam bracket Measuring cup Inner pot Rice scoop 5
Control panel Display screen * display operations like menu number, cooking time, ready time and so on. Cooking time/Ready time * Indicator lights up when cooking time or ready time displays on the display screen.
For the first time use 1 2 3 Take out all the accessories from inner pot wipe the cooker with soft cloth. Clean the inner pot and inner lid with 6-Steam menu. • Fill half pot of water in the inner pot. Close the outer lid and connect the mains plug to power supply. • Press Menu button repeatedly to select 6-Steam. • Indicators of Cooking time and OK blink. Press +/- to adjust steam time. • Press OK to start steaming. • After the cooker beeps, press Cancel button.
Rice, Quick (1) 1 Measure the rice with the measuring cup supplied. The supplied measuring cup is approx 180ml. You can cook 2 to 8 cups of rice each time. Each cup of uncooked rice normally gives two servings of cooked rice. 2 Rinse rice, put the washed rice in the inner pot, and fill in water. Do not rinse rice in the inner pot, for that may scratch off the non-sticky coating of the inner pot. For example, if you’re cooking 6 cups of rice, add water to scale 6.
Rice, Quick (2) 4 Press this button repeatedly to select 1-Plain rice or 2-Quick Press OK to confirm Starts cooking and the LED digit loops around 5 When the cooking is finished, the rice cooker beeps and turns into warm keeping automatically. BEEP The rice cooker remains at warm keeping for 12 hours with time counting in 0.5 hour, after that it ceases warm keeping process with long beep sound.
Congee/Thick Congee 1 2 3 Put ingredients for the congee into the inner pot and add water according to the scale in the inner pot. 1 For example, if you’re cooking 1 cup of rice, add water to CONGEE scale 1.0 Wipe off the water outside of the inner pot and put it into the main body. Press this button repeatedly to select 3-Congee or 4-Thick congee Press OK to confirm Press OK to confirm The default cooking time (in hours) is displayed Adjust the time as needed with time counting in 0.
Soup 1 2 3 Put ingredients into the inner pot, add water as needed, and stir a little bit. Wipe off the water outside of the inner pot and put it into the main body. Press this button repeatedly to select 5-Soup Press OK to confirm Press OK to confirm The default cooking time (in hours) is displayed Adjust the time as needed with time counting in 0.5 hour Starts cooking and the LED digits loop around, menu number displays after each 3 loops.
Steam 1 2 3 4 Put 5 cups of water into the inner pot (you can adjust water level as needed). Put the steam basket into the inner pot. Put the food into the steam basket, and close the outer lid. Press this button repeatedly to select 6-Steam. Press OK to confirm Press OK to confirm The default cooking time (in minutes) is displayed. Adjust the time as needed with time counting in 1 minutes Starts cooking and the LED digits loop around, menu number displays after each 3 loops.
Preset time for delayed cooking Rice menus Press this button repeatedly to select menu you need Press Preset Press OK to confirm Preset program activated, ready time starts counting down in 0.5 hours The default ready time (in hours) is displayed Adjust the ready time as needed. For example, if now is 2pm and you want the rice to be ready at 7pm, then you would enter 5.0 When counting down to the required cooking time for the selected menu, the cooking process starts automatically.
Preset time for delayed cooking Soup, and Congee Press this button repeatedly to select menu you need The default ready time is displayed Adjust the ready time as needed Press OK to confirm Press Preset The default cooking time is displayed Adjust cooking time as needed Press OK to confirm Preset program activated, ready time starts counting down in 0.
Reheat 1 Loosen the cooled rice and evenly distribute it in the inner pot. 4 To make sure the rice heat up thoroughly, put less amount than “RICE” water level 4 2 Pour water onto the rice. The quantity of the water depends on the amount of rice. For example: add 3/4 cup (with the measuring cup supplied) of water to reheat the amount of rice up to “RICE” water level 4. 3 Under idle mode with LED digit displays “1”, press OK twice to start the reheating process.
Keep warm 1 Under idle mode with LED digit displays “1”, press Cancel button twice to start the warm keeping process. 2x Warm keeping time counts up in 0.5 hours. 2 16 The rice cooker remains at warm keeping for 12 hours, after that it ceases warm keeping process with a long beep sound.
Clean after use Inside of the outer lid and the main body: Wipe with wrung out and damp cloth. Make sure to remove all the food residues stuck to the rice cooker. Surface of the outer lid and outside of the main body: Wipe with a cloth damped with soap water. ONLY use soft and dry cloth to wipe the control panel. Make sure to remove all the food residues around the control buttons. Heating element Heating element: Wipe with wrung out and damp cloth.
Troubleshooting If you encounter problems when using this cooker, check the following points before requesting service. If you cannot solve the problem, contact the Philips Consumer Care Center in your country. Problem Possible cause Solution The light on the buttons does not go on. There is a connection problem. Check if the power cord is connected to the cooker properly and if the plug is inserted rmly into the power outlet. The light is defective.
Problem Possible cause Water spills out of the You added too much water to the appliance during cooking. rice. Rice smells bad after cooking. Inner pot is not well cleaned and leftover from previous cooking contaminates the rice. Solution Make sure that you add water to the level indicated on the scale inside the inner pot that corresponds to the number of cups of rice used. Make sure the water does not exceed the next level on the scale, as this may cause the appliance to over ow during cooking.
Recipes Congee with Grains Ingredients Cooking time Mixed grains: 165g Water: rice’s watermark at 4 1.5 hours Mixed grains: 330g Water: rice’s water mark at 7 4 hours Thick Congee Ingredients Cooking time Rice: 0.5 cup Water: congee’s 0.5 level Pumpkin: 80g 2 hours Procedure: 1 Cook pumpkins until soft, mesh the pumpkin and set aside. 2 Soak rice in water (room temp) for 30 minutes, then discard the soaked water. 3 Add rice and water to the inner pot, close the lid and start the menu.
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