Philips HomeCooker HR1040 User Manual
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Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase and welcome to Philips!
This HomeCooker has been developed to help you cook a vast array of
dishes and gives you long-lasting performance. It has been designed to allow
easy cleaning and all accessories (except the safety ring) are dishwasher-proof.
Some of the advantages of your HomeCooker:
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Time saving: The HomeCooker allows you to do other things during
cooking. So you can enjoy other things you like and cook at the same time.
- No burned food: The stirrer prevents your food from burning on the
bottom. Furthermore the appliance stops heating automatically when
the set temperature has been reached and the set time has elapsed.
- Versatile: You can melt, keep warm, simmer, boil, steam, fry with or
without the stirrer.
- Very user-friendly: The simple user interface allows you to easily adjust
the settings at the touch of a button.
- Portable: The HomeCooker has a compact design, which allows you
to take it with you and cook anywhere you have electricity and a wall
socket (e.g. at a campsite, in a summer house or on your patio).
- Safe: The HomeCooker has a safety ring around the heating plate to
prevent nger burning.
Special benets of product registration
You have bought a culinary tool for life and we want to ensure that you
remain satised. We would like you to register your purchase so that we
can stay in contact with you and you can receive additional recipes from
use. Register within 3 months to receive benets including:
- Fresh ideas for recipes via email.
- Tips to use and maintain your HomeCooker.
- Special offers for accessories and other products.
Please visit www.philips.com/welcome to register your HomeCooker.
General description (Fig. 1)
1 Glass lid
2 Steam vent
3 Steaming tray
4 Steaming basket
5 Pasta insert
6 Stirrer
7 Pot
8 Spindle
9 Heating plate
10 Removable safety ring
11 Base
12 Control panel with display
13 Temperature increase button
14 Temperature decrease button
15 Temperature indication (°C or °F)
16 Stirrer on/off button
17 Start/pause button
18 Set time indication
19 Time increase button
20 Time decrease button
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21 ’Heating plate hot’ light
22 Mains cord with plug
23 On/off button
24 Cord storage compartment
Important
Read this user manual carefully before you use the
appliance and save it for future reference.
Danger
- Never use the appliance on an induction
cooker, stove, gas stove, oven or other
cooking appliances.
- Never immerse the base in water or any other liquid,
nor rinse it under the tap.
Warning
- Check if the voltage indicated on the appliance
corresponds to the local mains voltage before you
connect the appliance.
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Only connect the appliance to an earthed wall socket.
- Do not operate the appliance by means of an
external timer or a separate remote control system.
- This appliance is not intended to be operated by
means of an external timer or separate remotecontrol system.
- Do not use the appliance if the plug, the mains cord
or other parts are damaged.
- If the mains cord is damaged, you must have it replaced
by Philips, a service centre authorised by Philips or
similarly qualied persons in order to avoid a hazard.
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The appliance can be used by children aged 8 or above
and by persons with reduced physical, sensory or
mental capabilities or lack of experience and knowledge
if they have been given instructions in safe use of the
appliance or supervision to establish safe use and if they
have been made aware of the hazards involved.
- Do not allow children to play with the appliance.
- keep the appliance and its mains cord out of reach
of children aged 8 or under when the appliance is
switched on or cooling down.
- Children aged 8 or above are only allowed to clean
the appliance under supervision.
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- Do not let the mains cord hang over the edge of the
surface or worktop on which the appliance stands.
- Keep the appliance and the mains cord away from
hot surfaces.
- Leave at least 10cm free space behind and on both
sides of the appliance.
- Do not place objects close to the appliance when it
is operating.
- Always fully unwind the mains cord before you plug
in the appliance.
- Never let the appliance operate without the pot on
the base.
- The appliance becomes very hot and stays hot for a
long time after cooking. When the red ‘heating plate
hot’ indication light on the control panel lights up, the
heating plate is hot and must not be touched.
- Never remove the safety ring when the heating plate
is on or hot.
- Keep long hair, jewelry, loose clothing etc. away from
the stirrer.
- The temperature of accessible surfaces is high when
the appliance is operating.
- Overheated oil and fat may catch re.
Caution
- This appliance is intended for normal household
use only. It is not intended for use in environments
such as staff kitchens of shops, ofces, farms or other
work environments. Nor is it intended to be used by
clients in hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts and other
residential 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 the user manual, the
guarantee becomes invalid and Philips refuses any
liability for damage caused.
- Never use any accessories or parts from other
manufacturers or that Philips does not specically
recommend. If you use such accessories or parts,
your guarantee becomes invalid.
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- Only use the pot in combination with its original
base. Do not use the pot on an induction cooker,
stove or other cooking device.
- Only use the steaming basket, the pasta insert and
steaming tray in combination with the original base
and pot.
- Only cover the pot, the steaming basket or the pasta
insert with the lid supplied. Never use a towel or
something similar for this purpose.
- Always place the appliance on a dry, at and stable
surface.
- Do not place the appliance near or
underneath objects that would be damaged by
steam, such as walls and cupboards.
- Do not use the appliance to deep fry food.
- Do not use the appliance or any of its parts in the
microwave.
- You can blend the ingredients in the pot with a hand
blender, but only if you remove the stirrer from the
pot rst.
- Do not exceed the MAX indication on the pot (3 litres).
- Always make sure that the steaming slots in the
steaming baskets and steaming tray are free from fat,
food remnants and dirt.
- Only use a moist cloth to clean the base.
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Never let the appliance operate when the pot is empty.
- Always use the lid when you want to steam food.
- Consult the recipe book for the correct quantities
and cooking times.
- Always use oven mitts if you want to handle the
appliance while it is operating or still hot.
- Always remove the lid carefully and away from you.
Let condensation drip off the lid into the pot to
avoid scalding.
- Beware of the hot steam that comes out of the
steam vent in the lid during cooking or out of the pot
when you remove the lid. When you check the food,
always use kitchen utensils with long handles.
- When you switch off and/or unplug the appliance,
the red ‘heating plate hot’ indication light goes out.
However, the heating plate may still be hot. Always let
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