Page 1
Register your product and get support at
www.philips.com/welcome
HD4744
User manual
Page 2
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 use the appliance if the plug, the power cord, the inner pot, the sealing ring, or the main
body is damaged.
•
Make sure that the damaged power cord is replaced by Philips, a service center authorized by
Philips or similarly quali ed persons in order to avoid a hazard.
•
This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including children) with reduced physical,sensory,
or mental capabilities, or lack of experience and knowledge, unless they have been given supervision
or instruction concerning use of the appliance by a person responsible for their safety.
•
Children should be supervised to make sure that they do not play with the appliance.
•
Keep the power cord out of the reach of children. Do not let the power cord hang over the edge
of the table or worktop on which the appliance stands.
•
Make sure the heating element, the temperature sensor, and the outside of the inner pot are clean
and dry before you put the plug in the power outlet.
•
Do not plug in the appliance or press any of the buttons on the control panel with wet hands.
•
Never connect this appliance to an external timer switch in order to avoid a hazardous situation.
Caution
•
Never use any accessories or parts from other manufacturers or that Philips does not speci cally
recommend. If you use such accessories or parts, your guarantee becomes invalid.
•
Do not expose the appliance to high temperatures, nor place it on a working or still hot stove or cooker.
•
Do not expose the appliance to direct sunlight.
•
Place the appliance on a stable, horizontal, and level surface.
•
Always put the inner pot in the appliance before you put the plug in the power outlet and switch it on.
•
Do not place the inner pot directly over an open re to cook rice.
•
Do not use the inner pot if it is deformed.
•
The accessible surfaces may become hot when the appliance is operating. Only touch the control
panel and lid open button.
•
Beware of hot steam coming out of the steam vent during cooking or out of the rice cooker when
you open the lid. Keep hands and face away from the rice cooker to avoid the steam.
•
The inner pot, steam basket, and resealable cups, during and after cooking process, may be hot and heavy.
•
Do not lift and move the rice cooker while it is operating.
•
Do not exceed the maximum water level indicated in the inner pot to prevent over ow.
3
Page 3
•
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. Do not use the appliance near a magnetic substance.
•
Always let the appliance cool down before you clean or move it.
•
Always clean the appliance after use. Do not clean the appliance in the dishwasher.
•
Always unplug the appliance if not used for a longer period.
•
This appliance is intended to be used in household and similar applications such as:
» Staff kitchen areas in shops, of ces, and other working environments;
» Farm houses;
» By clients in hotels, motels and other residential type environments;
» Bed and breakfast type environments.
•
If the appliance is used improperly or for professional or semi-professional purposes or if it is not
used according to the instructions in this user manual, the guarantee becomes invalid and Philips
refuses liability for any damage caused.
Electromagnetic elds (EMF)
This appliance complies with all standards regarding electromagnetic elds (EMF). If handled properly
and according to the instructions in this user manual, the appliance is safe to use based on scienti c
evidence available today.
Power failure backup function
This appliance has a backup function that remembers the status before a power failure, provided the
power supply is resumed within two hours. If the power failure occurs during a cooking process, the
countdown of the cooking time continues where it left off when the power supply resumes.
If the power failure lasts longer than two hours and the failure occurs during a cooking process, the
appliance automatically resets to standby mode when the power supply resumes. Open the rice
cooker, remove its contents, and start all over again.
If you have set the timer and the preset cooking process has not yet started when a power failure
occurs, the process starts when the power supply resumes, provided it resumes within 12 hours.
Environment
Do not throw away the appliance with the normal household waste at the end of its life, but
hand it in at an of cial collection point for recycling. By doing this, you help to preserve the
environment.
Guarantee and service
If you need information e.g. about replacement of an attachment or if you have a problem, please
visit the Philips website at www.philips.com/support or contact the Philips Customer Care Centre in
your country. The phone number is in the worldwide guarantee lea et. If there is no Consumer Care
Centre in your country, go to your local Philips dealer.
4
Page 4
Product Overview
Heating element
Lid release
button
Detachable
steam vent cap
Outer lid
Measuring cup
Rice scoop
Steam bracket
Inner pot
Cooker handle
Mains plug
Mounting
brackets
Control panel
Main body
Sealing ring
Detachable inner lid
5
Page 5
Control panel
Cooking time/Ready time
* Indicator lights up when cooking
time or ready time displays on
the display screen.
Display screen
* display operations like menu number,
cooking time, ready time and so on.
* Adjust cooking time
or ready time
Cancel/Keep warm
* Press once to cancel
operation
* Press twice to activate
keep warm program
Preset
* Press once to
activate preset
program
Menu
* Press one to six times
to select corresponding
menus
OK/Reheat
* Press once to confirm
selection
* Press twice to activate
reheat program
6
Page 6
For the first time use
1
Take out all the accessories from inner pot
2
wipe the cooker with soft cloth.
3
Clean the inner pot and inner lid with 6-Steam menu.
4
Wash all the accessories with dish washing liquid and soft
sponge. Then use a soft cloth to dry inside and outside of
the pot and the accessories.
• 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.
• Pour the water out of the pot after it cools.
This means LED digit or indicator blinks
This means indicator is on
7
Page 7
1
Measure the rice with the measuring cup supplied.
2
Rinse rice, put the washed rice in the inner pot,
and fill in water.
Rice, Quick
(1)
3
Wipe off water outside of the inner pot
and put it into the main body.
Wipe with dry cloth
Click!
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.
Do not rinse rice in the inner pot, for
that may scratch off the non-sticky
coating of the inner pot.
Add water to the level indicated on
the scale inside the inner pot that
corresponds to the number of cups
and type of rice used.
For example, if you’re
cooking 6 cups of rice, add
water to scale 6.
8
Page 8
Rice, Quick
(2)
6
Press Cancel to cease
warm keeping, and
unplug the power
5
When the cooking is finished, the rice cooker beeps and
turns into warm keeping automatically.
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
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.
BEEP
Cooking time (for reference)
Plain rice about 35-45 minutes
Quick about 25-40 minutes
9
Page 9
Congee/Thick Congee
5
Press Cancel to cease warm keeping, and unplug the power.
4
1
Put ingredients for the congee
into the inner pot and add
water according to the scale
in the inner pot.
2
Wipe off the water outside of the inner
pot and put it into the main body.
3
Press this button repeatedly
to select 3-Congee or
4-Thick congee
Press OK to confirm
Adjust the time as
needed with time
counting in 0.5 hour
The default cooking time
(in hours) is displayed
Starts cooking and the LED digits loop around, menu number displays after each 3 loops
Press OK to confirm
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.
BEEP
For example, if you’re
cooking 1 cup of rice,
add water to CONGEE scale 1.0
1
10
Page 10
Soup
5
Press Cancel to cease warm keeping, and unplug the power
4
3
1
Put ingredients into the inner pot, add water as
needed, and stir a little bit.
2
Wipe off the water outside of the inner pot and put it into
the main body.
Press this button
repeatedly to select
5-Soup
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.
Press OK to confirm
Press OK to confirm
Adjust the time as
needed with time
counting in 0.5 hour
The default cooking time
(in hours) is displayed
Starts cooking and the LED digits loop around, menu number displays after each 3 loops.
BEEP
11
Page 11
Steam
5
When the cooking is finished, the rice cooker beeps
4
3
Put the food into the steam basket, and close the outer lid.
1
Put 5 cups of water into the inner pot (you can adjust
water level as needed).
2
Put the steam basket into the inner pot.
For 6-Steam menu, the rice cooker will not go to warm keeping
process automatically. You can press Cancel button twice to go
to keep warm process.
Press this button
repeatedly to select
6-Steam.
Press OK to confirm
Press OK to confirm
Adjust the time as
needed with time
counting in
1 minutes
The default cooking time
(in minutes) is displayed.
Starts cooking and the LED digits loop around, menu number displays after each 3 loops.
12
Page 12
Preset time for delayed cooking Rice menus
When counting down to the required cooking time for the
selected menu, the cooking process starts automatically.
Press this button
repeatedly to select
menu you need
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
The default ready time
(in hours) is displayed
Preset program activated, ready time
starts counting down in 0.5 hours
Press Preset
Press OK
to confirm
13
Page 13
Preset time for delayed cooking Soup, and Congee
Press this button
repeatedly to select
menu you need
The default cooking time
is displayed
Adjust cooking
time as needed
Adjust the ready
time as needed
The default ready
time is displayed
Preset program activated, ready time
starts counting down in 0.5 hours
Press Preset
Press OK to confirm
Press OK to confirm
14
Page 14
Reheat
1
Loosen the cooled rice and evenly distribute it in the
inner pot.
2
Pour water onto the rice. The quantity of the water
depends on the amount of rice.
3
Under idle mode with LED digit displays “1”, press OK
twice to start the reheating process.
4
When the reheating process complete, the cooker beeps
and turns to warm keeping automatically.
To make sure the rice heat up thoroughly, put less
amount than “RICE” water level 4
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.
2x
Reheating starts, and LED digit will be "0"
4
15
Page 15
Keep warm
1
Under idle mode with LED digit displays “1”, press
Cancel button twice to start the warm keeping
process.
2
The rice cooker remains at warm keeping for
12 hours, after that it ceases warm keeping
process with a long beep sound.
2x
Warm keeping time counts up in 0.5 hours.
16
Page 16
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:
Wipe with wrung out and damp cloth.
Remove food residues with wrung out and
damp cloth or toothpicks.
Rice scoop, inner pot, steam basket,
steam vent cap, and inner lid:
Soak in hot water and clean with sponge.
Heating
Heating
element
element
Heating
element
17
Page 17
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. Take the appliance to your
Philips dealer or a service center
authorized by Philips.
The display does not
function.
The cooker is not connected to
power supply.
If there is no power supply, the
power failure backup function
does not work and the display
does not function.
The battery that supplies power to
the display is empty.
Take the appliance to your
Philips dealer or a service center
authorized by Philips to have the
battery replaced.
The rice is not cooked.
Not enough water has been added. Add water according to the scale
on the inside of the inner pot.
The cooking process has not
started.
You did not press OK button.
The inner pot is not properly in
contact with the heating element.
Make sure that there is no foreign
residue on the heating element
and the outside of the inner pot
before switching the rice cooker
on.
The heating element is damaged, or
the inner pot is deformed.
Take the cooker to your Philips
dealer or a service center
authorized by Philips.
The cooker does not
switch to keep-warm
mode automatically.
You are using Steam menu. The automatic keep-warm mode
only applies to other 5 menus.
The temperature control is
defective.
Take the appliance to your
Philips dealer or a service center
authorized by Philips.
The rice is scorched. You have not rinsed the rice
properly.
Rinse the rice until the water runs
clear.
18
Page 18
Problem
Possible cause
Solution
Water spills out of the
appliance during cooking.
You added too much water to the
rice.
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.
Rice smells bad after
cooking.
Inner pot is not well cleaned and
leftover from previous cooking
contaminates the rice.
Clean the inner pot with some
washing detergent and warm
water.
After cooking, make sure the
steam vent cap, inner lid and inner
pot is cleaned thoroughly.
Can’t get to the desired
cooking function
You did not press Menu button Press Menu button repeatedly to
select the desired menu as shown
by the LED indicator.
Error message E5
appears on the display.
There has been a power failure
during cooking or in the
keep-warm mode that lasted
longer than 2 hours.
When the power supply resumes,
press the Cancel button to reset
the appliance.
19
Page 19
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.
4 In the last 10 minutes before the cooking end, add in meshed pumpkin to the congee,
stir well and close the lid.
20
Page 20
©2011 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
All rights reserved.
HD4744_EN_UM_V1.0
www.philips.com
Loading...