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Microwave Oven
BEL553MS0B BEL554MS0A BEL554MS0B
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User manual and installation instructions |
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Table of contents |
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USER MANUAL |
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Safety.................................................................... |
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Preventing material damage ............................... |
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Environmental protection and saving en- |
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ergy ....................................................................... |
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Familiarising yourself with your appliance ........ |
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Accessories.......................................................... |
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Before using for the first time ............................. |
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Basic operation .................................................... |
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Grill ..................................................................... |
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Memory ............................................................... |
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Programmes ....................................................... |
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Basic settings..................................................... |
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Cleaning and servicing...................................... |
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Troubleshooting................................................. |
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Disposal.............................................................. |
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Customer Service............................................... |
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How it works....................................................... |
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ....................... |
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Safe installation ................................................. |
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1 Safety
Observe the following safety instructions.
1.1 General information
¡Read this instruction manual carefully.
¡Keep the instruction manual and the product information safe for future reference or for the next owner.
¡Do not connect the appliance if it has been damaged in transit.
1.2 Intended use
Only a licensed professional may connect appliances without plugs. Damage caused by incorrect connection is not covered under the warranty.
The appliance can only be used safely if it is correctly installed according to the safety instructions. The installer is responsible for ensuring that the appliance works perfectly at its installation location.
Only use this appliance:
¡To prepare meals and drinks.
¡Under supervision. Never leave the appliance unattended when cooking for short periods.
¡In private households and in enclosed spaces in a domestic environment.
¡Up to an altitude of max. 4000 m above sea level.
This appliance complies with the standards EN 55011 and CISPR 11. It is a group 2, class B product. Group 2 means that microwaves are produced for the purpose of heating food. Class B means that the appliance is suitable for private households.
1.3 Restriction on user group
This appliance may be used by children aged 8 or over and by people who have reduced physical, sensory or mental abilities or inadequate experience and/or knowledge, provided that they are supervised or have been instructed on how to use the appliance safely and have understood the resulting dangers.
Children must not play with the appliance. Children must not perform cleaning or user maintenance unless they are at least 15 years old and are being supervised.
Keep children under the age of 8 years away from the appliance and power cable.
1.4 Safe use
WARNING ‒ Risk of fire!
Combustible objects that are left in the cooking compartment may catch fire.
Never store combustible objects in the cooking compartment.
If smoke is emitted, the appliance must be switched off or the plug must be pulled out and the door must be held closed in order to stifle any flames.
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Loose food remnants, fat and meat juices may catch fire.
Before using the appliance, remove the worst of the food residues and remnants from the cooking compartment, heating elements and accessories.
Overheating can cause a fire.
Never install the appliance behind a decorative door or the door of a kitchen unit.
WARNING ‒ Risk of burns!
The appliance and its parts that can be touched become hot during use.
Caution should be exercised here in order to avoid touching heating elements.
Young children under 8 years of age must be kept away from the appliance.
Accessories and cookware get very hot.
Always use oven gloves to remove accessories or cookware from the cooking compartment.
When the cooking compartment is hot, any alcoholic vapours inside may catch fire.
Only use small quantities of drinks with a high alcohol content in food.
Open the appliance door carefully.
WARNING ‒ Risk of scalding!
The accessible parts of the appliance become hot during operation.
Never touch these hot parts.
Keep children at a safe distance.
Hot steam may escape when you open the appliance door. Steam may not be visible, depending on the temperature.
Open the appliance door carefully.
Keep children at a safe distance.
If there is water in the cooking compartment when it is hot, this may create hot steam.
Never pour water into the cooking compartment when the cooking compartment is hot.
WARNING ‒ Risk of injury!
Scratched glass in the appliance door may develop into a crack.
Do not use any harsh or abrasive cleaners or sharp metal scrapers to clean the glass on the appliance door, as they may scratch the surface.
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The hinges on the appliance door move when the door is opened and closed, which could trap your fingers.
Keep your hands away from the hinges. Cracks, splinters or breaks in the glass turntable are dangerous.
Never allow hard objects to strike the turntable.
Handle the turntable with care.
WARNING ‒ Risk of electric shock!
Incorrect repairs are dangerous.
Repairs to the appliance should only be carried out by trained specialist staff.
Only use genuine spare parts when repairing the appliance.
If the power cord of this appliance is damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer, the manufacturer's Customer Service or a similarly qualified person in order to prevent any risk.
If the insulation of the power cord is damaged, this is dangerous.
Never let the power cord come into contact with hot appliance parts or heat sources.
Never let the power cord come into contact with sharp points or edges.
Never kink, crush or modify the power cord.
An ingress of moisture can cause an electric shock.
Do not use steamor high-pressure cleaners to clean the appliance.
If the appliance or the power cord is damaged, this is dangerous.
Never operate a damaged appliance.
Never operate an appliance with a cracked or fractured surface.
Call customer services. → Page 16
WARNING ‒ Risk of suffocation!
Children may put packaging material over their heads or wrap themselves up in it and suffocate.
Keep packaging material away from children.
Do not let children play with packaging material.
Children may breathe in or swallow small parts, causing them to suffocate.
Keep small parts away from children.
Do not let children play with small parts.
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1.5 Microwave
Follow these safety instructions when using the microwave.
WARNING ‒ Risk of fire!
Using the appliance for anything other than its intended purpose is dangerous and may cause damage. For example, heated slippers and pillows filled with grain or cereal may catch fire, even several hours later.
Never dry food or clothing with the appliance.
Never heat up slippers, pillows filled with grain or cereal, sponges, damp cleaning cloths or similar with the appliance.
The appliance must only be used to prepare food and drink.
Food may catch fire.
Never heat food contained in heat-retaining packaging.
Do not leave food heating unattended in containers made of plastic, paper or other combustible materials.
Never set the microwave power too high or the cooking time too long. Follow the instructions provided in this instruction manual.
Never use the microwave to dry food.
Never defrost or heat food with a low water content, such as bread, at too high a microwave power or for too long.
Cooking oil may catch fire.
Never use the microwave to heat cooking oil on its own.
WARNING ‒ Risk of explosion!
Liquids and other food may explode when in containers that have been tightly sealed.
Never heat liquids or other food in containers that have been tightly sealed.
WARNING ‒ Risk of burns!
Foods with peel or skin may burst or explode during heating, or even afterwards.
Never cook eggs in their shells or reheat hard-boiled eggs.
Never cook shellfish or crustaceans.
Always prick the yoke when baking or poaching eggs.
The skin of foods that have a peel or skin, such as apples, tomatoes, potatoes and sausages, may burst. Always prick the peel or skin before heating.
Heat is not distributed evenly through baby food.
Never heat baby food in closed containers.
Always remove the lid or teat.
Stir or shake well after heating.
Check the temperature before giving the food or drink to a child.
Heated food gives off heat. The cookware may become hot.
Always use oven gloves to remove cookware or accessories from the cooking compartment.
Airtight packaging may burst when food is heated.
Always follow the instructions on the packaging.
Always use oven gloves to remove dishes from the cooking compartment.
The accessible parts of the appliance become hot during operation.
Never touch these hot parts.
Keep children at a safe distance.
Using the appliance for anything other than its intended purpose is dangerous. This is because, for instance, overheated slippers, pillows filled with grain or cereal, sponges and damp cleaning cloths, etc., may cause burns to the skin.
Never dry food or clothing with the appliance.
Never heat up slippers, pillows filled with grain or cereal, sponges, damp cleaning cloths or similar with the appliance.
The appliance must only be used to prepare food and drink.
WARNING ‒ Risk of scalding!
There is a possibility of delayed boiling when a liquid is heated. This means that the liquid reaches boiling temperature without the usual steam bubbles rising to the surface. Even if the container only vibrates a little, the hot liquid may suddenly boil over and spatter.
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Always place a spoon in the container when heating liquids. This will prevent delayed boiling.
WARNING ‒ Risk of injury!
Unsuitable cookware may crack. Porcelain or ceramic cookware can have small perforations in the handles and lid. These perforations conceal a cavity below. If moisture penetrates this cavity, it could cause the cookware to crack.
Only use microwave-safe cookware. Cookware and containers made from metal or cookware with metal edging may lead to sparks being formed during simple microwave operation. The appliance is damaged.
Never use metal containers during mi- crowave-only operation.
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Only use microwave-safe cookware or use the microwave in combination with a type of heating.
WARNING ‒ Risk of electric shock!
The appliance uses a high voltage.Never remove the casing.
WARNING ‒ Risk of serious harm to health!
The surface of the appliance may become damaged if it is not cleaned properly. Microwave energy may escape.
Clean the appliance on a regular basis, and remove any food residue immediately.
Always keep the cooking compartment, door and door stop clean.
Microwave energy may escape if the cooking compartment door is damaged.
Never use the appliance if the cooking compartment door or the plastic door frame is damaged.
Call the customer service.
Microwave energy will escape from appliances that do not have any casing.
Never remove the casing.
Contact our after-sales service if maintenance or repair work is needed.
2 Preventing material damage
2.1 General
ATTENTION!
When the cooking compartment is hot, any water inside it will create steam. The change in temperature may cause damage.
Never pour water into the cooking compartment when it is still hot.
The prolonged presence of moisture in the cooking compartment leads to corrosion.
Always wipe away the condensation after cooking.
Do not keep moist food in the cooking compartment for a long time with the door closed.
Do not store food in the cooking compartment.
Leaving the appliance to cool down with the door open will damage the front of neighbouring kitchen units over time.
Always allow the cooking compartment to cool down with the door closed after cooking at high temperatures.
Take care not to trap anything in the appliance door.
Only leave the cooking compartment to dry with the door open if a lot of moisture was produced during operation.
Sitting or placing objects on the appliance door may damage it.
Do not place or hang objects on the appliance door.
2.2 Microwave
Follow these instructions when using the microwave.
ATTENTION!
Metal touching the wall of the cooking compartment will cause sparks, which may damage the appliance or the inner door pane.
Metal (e.g. a spoon in a glass) must be kept at least 2 cm from the cooking compartment walls and the inside of the door.
Placing aluminium containers in the appliance may cause sparks, which will damage the appliance.
Do not use aluminium containers in the appliance. Operating the appliance without food in the cooking compartment may lead to overloading.
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Do not switch on the microwave unless there is food inside. The only exception to this rule is when performing a short cookware test.
If you prepare several bags of microwave popcorn in immediate succession at a microwave power level that is too high, the cooking compartment may be damaged.
Leave the appliance to cool down for several minutes between each use.
Never set a microwave power level that is too high.
Use a maximum microwave output of 600 watts.
Always place the popcorn bag on a glass plate. The microwave feed is damaged by the removal of the cover.
Never remove the cover of the microwave feed in the cooking compartment.
Removing the transparent film from the inside of the door damages the appliance door.
Never remove the transparent film on the inside of the door.
Liquid that penetrates the interior of the appliance may damage the turntable drive.
Monitor the cooking process.
Set a shorter cooking time first and, if necessary, increase the cooking time.
Never use the appliance without the turntable.
Using unsuitable cookware may result in damage.
When using the grill, the microwave combi mode or the hot air, only use tableware that can withstand the high temperatures.
3 Environmental protection and saving energy
3.1 Disposing of packaging
The packaging materials are environmentally compatible and can be recycled.
Sort the individual components by type and dispose of them separately.
3.2 Saving energy
If you follow these instructions, your appliance will use less power.
Open the appliance door as little as possible during operation.
¡This will maintain the temperature in the cooking compartment and eliminate the need for the appliance to reheat.
Hide the clock in standby mode.
¡ The appliance saves energy in standby mode.
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4 Familiarising yourself with your appliance
4.1 Control panel
You can use the control panel to configure all functions of your appliance and to obtain information about the operating status.
Note: On certain models, specific details such as colour and shape may differ from those pictured.
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Automatic door opener |
Open the door automatically. |
Touch fields |
Select functions. |
Rotary selector |
Set the time, cooking time or automatic programmes. |
Display |
Display clock or cooking time. |
Touch fields
Touch fields are touch-sensitive surfaces. To select a function, touch the relevant field.
90–900 Select the microwave power in watts.
Select the automatic programmes.
Select the weight for the programmes.
Select the grill.
Set or display the time.
Start the operation.
Select "Memory".
Stop or pause the operation.
Open the appliance door.
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Rotary selector
Use the rotary selector to change the setting values that are shown on the display.
The rotary selector can be pushed in. To engage or release the rotary selector, push the rotary selector.
Automatic door opener
When you press the automatic door opener, the appliance door springs open. You can fully open the appliance door manually.
Notes
¡In the event of a power cut, the automatic door opener does not work. You can open the door manually.
¡If you open the appliance door during operation, this pauses the operation.
¡When you close the appliance door, the operation does not continue automatically. You must restart the operation.
¡If the appliance is switched off for an extended period of time, the appliance door opens with a time delay.
4.2 Types of heating
Here you can find an overview of the types of heating. You can find recommendations on using the types of heating.
Symbol |
Name |
Use |
90–900 |
Microwave |
Defrosting, cooking or heating food and liquids. |
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Grill |
¡ Grill flat items, such as steak, sausages or toast. |
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¡ Gratinate food. |
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Microwave combined |
¡ Bake bakes and gratins. |
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¡ Brown dishes. |
4.3 Cooling fan
The cooling fan switches on and off as required. The cooking compartment remains cold during mi-
crowave operation. Despite this, the cooling fan will still switch on.
Note: The cooling fan may run on even if the oven has been switched off.
4.4 Condensation
Condensation can occur in the cooking compartment and on the appliance door when cooking. Condensation is normal and does not adversely affect appliance operation. Wipe away the condensation after cooking.
5 Accessories
Use original accessories. These have been made especially for your appliance.
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Wire rack |
¡ Wire rack for grilling |
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6 Before using for the first time
Configure the settings for initial start-up. Clean the appliance and accessories.
6.1 Initial configuration
Configure the settings for initial start-up. Clean the appliance and accessories.
Note: After connecting the appliance to the power or following a power cut, a signal sounds and several zeros are shown on the display. It may take a few seconds until a signal sounds and you can set the time.
1. Press 
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a12:00 is shown on the display. The indicator light lights up via 
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2.Set the clock using the rotary selector.
3.Press 
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6.2 Heating up the cooking compartment
1. Press 
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aThe indicator lamp above 
lights up and the display shows 10:00 min.
2. Press 
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3.Once the cooking compartment has cooled down, clean the smooth surfaces with soapy water and a dish cloth.
6.3 Cleaning the accessories
Clean the accessory thoroughly with soapy water and a soft dish cloth.
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6.4 Fitting the turntable
Never use the appliance without the turntable.
1.Place the roller ring 
into the recess in the cooking compartment.
2.Engage the turntable 
in the drive 
in the centre of the cooking compartment floor.
3.Check whether the turntable is correctly engaged.
Note: The turntable can turn anti-clockwise or clockwise.
7 Basic operation
7.1 Microwave power settings
This is where you can find an overview of the different microwave power settings and when to use them.
Microwave power |
Use |
setting in watts |
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90 |
Defrost delicate foods. |
180 |
Defrost food and continue |
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cooking. |
360 |
Cooking meat and fish or heat- |
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ing delicate foods. |
600 |
Heat and cook food. |
900 |
Heat liquids. |
Note:
You can set the microwave power settings for a particular cooking time:
¡900 W for 30 minutes
¡600 W for 60 minutes
¡90 W, 360 W, 180 W for 99 minutes
7.2 Microwave-safe cookware and accessories
To heat food evenly and avoid damaging your appliance, it is important to use the right cookware and accessories.
Note: Read the manufacturer's instructions before using any cookware in the microwave. If in doubt, carry out a cookware test.
Microwave-safe
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Cookware made from |
These materials allow mi- |
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heat-resistant, microwave- |
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through. Microwaves do |
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Glass |
not damage heat-resistant |
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Glass ceramic |
cookware. |
¡Porcelain
¡Temperature-resistant plastic
¡Fully glazed ceramic without cracks
Metal cutlery |
Note: You can use metal |
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spoon in a glass, to pre- |
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vent delayed boiling. |
ATTENTION!
Metal touching the wall of the cooking compartment will cause sparks, which may damage the appliance or the inner door pane.
Metal (e.g. a spoon in a glass) must be kept at least 2 cm from the cooking compartment walls and the inside of the door.
Not microwave-safe
Cookware and accessor- |
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Metal cookware |
Metal does not allow mi- |
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heats up. |
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