Table of Contents Safety Information Microwave Oven Safety ..................1 Important Safety Instructions ................2-5 Installation and Grounding Instructions ............5-6 Safety Precautions ................... 7-8 Operation Control Panel ....................... 12 Starting to Use Your Oven................... 13 Setting the Clock ....................13 Child Safety Lock....................
Microwave Oven Safety Your safety and the safety of others are very important. We have provided important safety messages in this manual and on your appliance. Always read and obey all safety messages. This is the safety alert symbol. It is used to alert you to poten- tial hazards that can kill or hurt you and others.
Thank you for purchasing a Panasonic Microwave Oven. Your microwave oven is a cooking appliance and you should use as much care as you use with a stove or any other cooking appliance. When using electric appliance, basic safety precautions should be followed, including the following:...
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS (continued) 16. Some products such as whole eggs with or without shell, narrow neck bottles and sealed containers — for example, closed glass jars — may explode and should not be heated in this oven. 17. To reduce the risk of re in the oven cavity: (a) DO NOT overcook food.
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS (continued) WARNING TO AVOID THE RISK OF SHOCK: DO NOT remove outer panel from oven. Repairs must be done only by a quali ed service person. TO REDUCE THE RISK OF EXPOSURE TO MICROWAVE ENERGY: DO NOT tamper with, or make any adjustments or repairs to Door, Control Panel Frame, Safety Interlock Switches, or any other part of oven.
Panasonic trim kit available from a local Panasonic dealer, or online from the Panasonic Canada eStore. Follow all instructions packed with the trim kit. 3. Use of a non-Panasonic trim kit will void the Manufacturer’s warranty for the Microwave oven.
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(120 V, 60 Hz). Using a higher voltage is dangerous and may result in a re or oven damage. Using a lower voltage will cause slow cooking. Panasonic is NOT responsible for any damages resulting from the use of the oven with any voltage other than speci ed.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Follow These Safety Precautions When Cooking in Your Oven. IMPORTANT Proper cooking depends upon the power, the time setting and quantity of food. If you use a smaller portion than recommended but cook at the time for the recommended portion, fire could result.
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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS (continued) 5) GLASS TRAY / COOKING CONTAINERS / FOIL • Cooking containers get hot during microwaving. Heat is transferred from the HOT food to the container and the Glass Tray. Use pot holders when removing containers from the oven or when removing lids or plastic wrap covers from cooking containers, to avoid burns.
Cookware Guide Item Microwave Comments Yes for Small strips of foil can be molded around thin parts of meat or Aluminum Foil Shielding poultry to prevent overcooking. Arcing can occur if foil is too close only to oven wall or door and damage to your oven will result. Browning dishes are designed for microwave cooking only.
Care and Cleaning of Your Microwave Oven After cooking, the oven should be cleaned with a soft cloth moistened with soapy water. If the oven is not cleaned occasionally to eliminate grease, it can accumulate and cause the oven to "Smoke" during use.
Oven Components Diagram External Air Vent Waveguide Cover (do not remove) Internal Air Vent Door Release Button Door Safety Lock System Warning Label Exhaust Air Vent Menu Label Control Panel Power Supply Cord Identification Plate Power Supply Plug Glass Tray Roller Ring Heat/Vapor Barrier Film (do not remove)
Starting to Use Child Safety Lock Your Oven This feature prevents the electronic oper- ation of the oven until cancelled. It does not lock the door. • Plug into a properly • Press Start 3 times. To set: grounded electrical The indication light outlet.
Function Features This unique function of your PANASONIC microwave oven allows you to establish the initial non-cooking features of your Oven. This microwave oven has the functions below: LB/KG CHOICE: The oven has both imperial and metric weight measurements. BEEP CHOICE: The oven has both Beep On and Beep Off mode.
Selecting Quick 30 Feature Microwave Power This feature allows you to set or add cooking time in 30 seconds increments up & Cook Time to 5 minutes. To Set Cooking Time: Example: To cook at P 6 (MEDIUM) • Press Quick 30 until power for 1 minute 30 seconds the desired cooking •...
Popcorn Feature More/Less Feature For Popcorn: Example: To pop 3.5 oz. (99 g) of popcorn By using the Quick 30 (More) Pad or Timer/ • Press Popcorn until the Clock (Less) pad, the programs can be desired size appears adjusted to cook popcorn for a longer or in the display window.
Inverter Turbo Defrost Feature This feature allows you to automatically defrost foods such as: meat, poultry and seafood simply by entering the weight. Conversion Chart: Example: To Defrost 1.5 pounds of meat Follow the chart to convert ounces or Place food on microwave safe dish. hundredths of a pound into tenths of a pound.
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Defrosting Tips & Techniques (continued) MANUAL AFTER DEFROSTING DEFROST FOOD DURING DEFROSTING TIME at P3 Stand Time Rinse (min/kg) (min/lb) Fish and Seafood [up to 1.4 kg (3 lbs.)] Crabmeat Break apart/Rearrange Fish Steaks 8 to 12 4 to 6 Turn over 5 min.
Sensor Reheat Sensor Cook Feature Feature This sensor feature allows you to reheat This sensor feature allows you to cook food food without setting time. The oven without setting time. The oven simpli es simpli es programming. programming. Example: To To reheat a plate of food Example: To cook Frozen Entrées •...
Microwave Recipes In a 2-qt. casserole dish, melt the butter for OMELET 40 seconds at P10. Add onion and garlic Basic omelet and cook for 1 minute at P10. Stir in our, 1 tablespoon butter or margarine mustard, salt and pepper, and gradually 2 eggs add the milk.
Timer Feature This feature allows you to program the CAUTION: oven as a kitchen timer. It can also be If oven lamp is lit while using the timer fea- used to program a standing time after ture, the oven is incorrectly programed. Stop cooking is completed and/or to program a oven immediately and re-read instructions.
Microwave shortcuts FOOD POWER TIME DIRECTIONS (in mins.) To separate refrigerated 30 sec. Remove wrapper and place in microwave Bacon, safe dish. After heating, use a plastic spatula (HIGH) 450 g (1 pound) to separate slices. To soften Brown Sugar 20 - 30 Place brown sugar in microwave safe dish 1 cup (250 ml)
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Microwave shortcuts (continued) FOOD POWER TIME DIRECTIONS (in mins.) To cook baked Potato, Pierce each potato with a fork 6 times spac- (170 - 220 g) ing around surface. Place potato or potatoes (6 - 8 oz. each) around the edge of paper-towel-lined glass 3½...
Food Characteristics Cooking Techniques Bone and Fat Piercing Both bone and fat affect cook- Foods with skins or mem- ing. Bones may cause irregular branes must be pierced cooking. Meat next to the tips scored or have a strip of skin of bones may overcook while peeled before cooking to al- meat positioned under a large bone, such...
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Cooking Techniques (continued) Covering Turning As with conventional cooking, moisture It is not possible to stir some foods to distrib- evaporates during microwave cooking. Cas- ute the heat evenly. At times, microwave en- serole lids or plastic wrap are used for a ergy will concentrate in one area of the food.
Before Requesting Service These things are normal: The oven causes Some radio, TV, Wi-Fi, cordless telephone, baby monitor, interference with my blue tooth or other wireless equipment interference might occur when you cook with the microwave oven. This inter- ference is similar to the interference caused by small appli- ances such as mixers, vacuums, blow dryers, etc.
Over-The-Range cooktop light bulbs are excluded from coverage under this warranty. In the case where the microwave oven is built-in, the warranty will be voided if using a non-Panasonic trim kit. THIS EXPRESS, LIMITED WARRANTY IS IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Quick Guide to Operation Feature How to Operate To set Thru Clock (
page 13) Press twice. Enter time of day. Press once. To Use Child To Set: To Cancel: Safety Lock (
page 13) Press 3 times. Press 3 times. To Use Thru Power and Time (
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Specifications NN-ST663S Model Number Power Source: 120 V 60 Hz Power Consumption: Microwave 12.4 A 1480 W Cooking Power: Microwave* 1200 W Outside Dimensions 525 mm x 310 mm x 401 mm (20 11/16” x 12 ¼” x 15 ¾”)