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    Register your pr oduct and get support at www .philips.com/w elcome HD4744 User man ual[...]

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    Impor tant  Read this user manual carefully before you use the appliance and save it for future reference.    Danger • N ever i mm er s e the m ai n bod y of th e r ice coo ker i n wa ter , n or r in se i t und er t he t ap . Warning • Check if the voltage indicated on the appliance corresponds to the local power voltage before you [...]

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    • 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 s[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 po[...]

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    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 ri[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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 conf[...]

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    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.[...]

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    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 Ca[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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 [...]

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    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 automatica[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 re[...]

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    T r oubleshooting If you encounter prob lems when using this cooker , check the following points bef ore requesting ser vice . If you cannot solv e the problem, contact the Philips Consumer Care Center in your countr y . Proble m Pos s ib l e c au s e Solu tion T he li ght o n th e bu t ton s do es no t go on . T her e i s a conn ec t ion p ro bl e[...]

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    Proble m Pos s ib l e c au s e Solu tion Wate r spi lls ou t of t he ap pli an ce dur i ng coo ki ng. Y o u add ed to o muc h wat er to t he ri ce . Ma ke su re t hat yo u add w ate r to t he le vel in dic ate d on t he sc ale i nsi de t he in ne r pot th at cor r es pon ds to t he n umb er of cup s of ri ce use d. Ma ke su re t he w ate r doe s no[...]

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    Recipes Congee with Grains Ingredients Cooking time Mi xed gr a ins : 1 65g Wate r : r ice’s wa ter m ar k at 4 1. 5 hou r s Mi xed g ra ins : 3 3 0 g Wate r : r ice’s wa ter m ar k at 7 4 ho ur s Thick Congee Ingredients Cooking time R ice: 0 . 5 cup Wate r : cong ee’s 0 . 5 lev el Pumpkin: 8 0g 2 ho ur s Pr ocedure: 1 Co ok pu mp ki ns un t[...]

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    ©2011 K oninklijke Philips Electr onics N.V . All rights reserved. HD4744_EN_UM_V1.0 www .philips.com[...]