Bosch BFL520MS0, BFL520MW0, BFL520MB0 User manual and assembly instructions
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Microwave Oven
BFL520MS0 BFL520MW0 BFL520MB0 BFL520M.0
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User manual and installation instructions
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Table of contents
USER MANUAL
1 Safety....................................................................2
2 Preventing material damage ...............................5
3 Environmental protection and saving en-
ergy .......................................................................5
4 Familiarising yourself with your appliance ........6
5 Before using for the first time .............................7
6 Basic operation ....................................................7
7 Cleaning and servicing........................................8
8 Troubleshooting.................................................10
9 Disposal..............................................................11
10 Customer Service...............................................11
11 How it works.......................................................11
12 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS .......................15
12.1 Safe installation ..............................................
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¡ In private households and in enclosed
spaces in a domestic environment.
¡ Up to an altitude of max. 4000m 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 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 appli-
ance unattended when cooking for short
periods.
1.4 Safe use
WARNING‒Risk of fire!
Combustible objects that are left in the cooking compartment may catch fire.
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Never store combustible objects in the
cooking compartment.
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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.
Overheating can cause a fire.
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Never install the appliance behind a decorative door or the door of a kitchen unit.
WARNING‒Risk of burns!
Accessories and cookware get very hot.
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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.
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Only use small quantities of drinks with a
high alcohol content in food.
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Open the appliance door carefully.
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Safety en
WARNING‒Risk of scalding!
The accessible parts of the appliance become
hot during operation.
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Never touch these hot parts.
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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.
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Open the appliance door carefully.
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Keep children at a safe distance.
If there is water in the cooking compartment
when it is hot, this may create hot steam.
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Never pour water into the cooking compart-
ment when the cooking compartment is
hot.
WARNING‒Risk of injury!
Scratched glass in the appliance door may
develop into a crack.
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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.
The hinges on the appliance door move when
the door is opened and closed, which could
trap your fingers.
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Keep your hands away from the hinges.
Cracks, splinters or breaks in the glass
turntable are dangerous.
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Never allow hard objects to strike the
turntable.
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Handle the turntable with care.
WARNING‒Risk of electric shock!
Incorrect repairs are dangerous.
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Repairs to the appliance should only be
carried out by trained specialist staff.
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Only use genuine spare parts when repair-
ing the appliance.
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If the power cord of this appliance is dam-
aged, it must be replaced by the manufac-
turer, 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.
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Never let the power cord come into contact
with hot appliance parts or heat sources.
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Never let the power cord come into contact
with sharp points or edges.
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Never kink, crush or modify the power
cord.
An ingress of moisture can cause an electric
shock.
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Do not use steam- or high-pressure clean-
ers to clean the appliance.
If the appliance or the power cord is damaged, this is dangerous.
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Never operate a damaged appliance.
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Never operate an appliance with a cracked
or fractured surface.
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Call customer services. →Page11
WARNING‒Risk of suffocation!
Children may put packaging material over
their heads or wrap themselves up in it and
suffocate.
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Keep packaging material away from chil-
dren.
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Do not let children play with packaging ma-
terial.
Children may breathe in or swallow small
parts, causing them to suffocate.
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Keep small parts away from children.
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Do not let children play with small parts.
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.
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Never dry food or clothing with the appli-
ance.
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Never heat up slippers, pillows filled with
grain or cereal, sponges, damp cleaning
cloths or similar with the appliance.
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The appliance must only be used to pre-
pare food and drink.
Food may catch fire.
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Never heat food contained in heat-retaining
packaging.
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Do not leave food heating unattended in
containers made of plastic, paper or other
combustible materials.
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Never set the microwave power too high or
the cooking time too long. Follow the in-
structions provided in this instruction
manual.
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Never use the microwave to dry food.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Never cook eggs in their shells or reheat
hard-boiled eggs.
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Never cook shellfish or crustaceans.
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Always prick the yoke when baking or
poaching eggs.
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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.
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Never heat baby food in closed containers.
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Always remove the lid or teat.
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Stir or shake well after heating.
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Check the temperature before giving the
food or drink to a child.
Heated food gives off heat. The cookware
may become hot.
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Always use oven gloves to remove cook-
ware or accessories from the cooking com-
partment.
Airtight packaging may burst when food is
heated.
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Always follow the instructions on the pack-
aging.
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Always use oven gloves to remove dishes
from the cooking compartment.
The accessible parts of the appliance become
hot during operation.
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Never touch these hot parts.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Never use metal containers during mi-
crowave-only operation.
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Only use microwave-safe cookware.
WARNING‒Risk of electric shock!
The appliance uses a high voltage.
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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.
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Preventing material damage en
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Clean the appliance on a regular basis,
and remove any food residue immediately.
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Always keep the cooking compartment,
door and door stop clean.
Microwave energy may escape if the cooking
compartment door is damaged.
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Never use the appliance if the cooking
compartment door or the plastic door
frame is damaged.
2 Preventing material damage
2.1 General
ATTENTION!
The prolonged presence of moisture in the cooking
compartment leads to corrosion.
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Always wipe away the condensation after cooking.
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Do not keep moist food in the cooking compartment
for a long time with the door closed.
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Do not store food in the cooking compartment.
Sitting or placing objects on the appliance door may
damage it.
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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.
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Metal (e.g. a spoon in a glass) must be kept at least
2cm 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.
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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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Call the customer service.
Microwave energy will escape from appliances that do not have any casing.
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Never remove the casing.
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Contact our after-sales service if mainten-
ance or repair work is needed.
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Do not switch on the microwave unless there is food
inside. The only exception to this rule is when per-
forming 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.
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Leave the appliance to cool down for several
minutes between each use.
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Never set a microwave power level that is too high.
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Use a maximum microwave output of 600 watts.
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Always place the popcorn bag on a glass plate.
The microwave feed is damaged by the removal of the
cover.
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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.
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Never remove the transparent film on the inside of
the door.
Liquid that penetrates the interior of the appliance may
damage the turntable drive.
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Monitor the cooking process.
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Set a shorter cooking time first and, if necessary, in-
crease the cooking time.
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Never use the appliance without the turntable.
3 Environmental protection and saving energy
3.1 Disposing of packaging
The packaging materials are environmentally compatible and can be recycled.
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Sort the individual components by type and dispose
of them separately.
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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.
Door opener Open the door.
Time switch Set the cooking time in minutes.
Power selector Set the microwave power setting in watts.
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
90–800 Microwave Defrosting, cooking or heating food and liquids.
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