Midea MB-RS4080LS Intelligent Electric Rice Cooker Instruction Manual

Midea MB-RS4080LS Intelligent Electric Rice Cooker

Please read the manual carefully before using this appliance and keep them for future reference.

Safety warning

• 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 t they have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance by a person responsible for their safety.
• Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.
• This appliance is intended to be used in household and similar applications such as:
  – Staff kitchen areas in shops, office and other working environments;
  – farm houses;
  – by clients in hotels, motels and other residential type environments;
  – bed and breakfast type environments;
• Please turn off and unplug the appliance before cleaning, maintenance or relocation and whenever it is not in use.
• The heating element surface is subject to residual heat after use, do not touch.
• Warning: Avoid spillage on the connector.
• Warning: Misuse may cause potential injury.
• Don’t immerse the appliance in water or drench with water.
• The appliance is for household use only.
• If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by a special cord or assembly available from the manufacture or its service agent.
  

  Reminder Basic safety precautions should always be followed to ensure secure use and avoid injury and/or property loss to user and others.

  Note Conditions unconsidered: The appliance is used by unsupervised children or the disabled. The appliance is played with by children.

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• Keep the appliance away from combustibles.
  During operation, stay away from curtains, drapes, curtain or in similar articles to avoid the risk of fire.
• Do not use the appliance for food that may cause vent clogging: food in sheets (e.g.laver and Chinese cabbage), food in bands (e.g. kelp), food in pieces(e.g.corn dregs), to avoid accident and damage to the appliance.
• During operation, do not place your hands or face close to the steam vent to avoid burns.
• During operation, do not cover the steam vent with cloth or other articles to avoid accident and damage to the appliance.
• Do not reform the appliance: except for maintenance technicians, persons are not allowed to disassemble or repair the appliance to avoid the risk of fire, electric shock and injury to persons.
• Do not use the appliance on any voltage except for 220 – 240 AC to avoid the risk of fire and electric shock. In case of power wire damage, do not use the appliance.
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• Independently use grounding socket with rated current of above 10 A. When used with others electrical appliances, the socket will go wrong and lead to dangers such as fire disaster.
• If the power line is too short, user should use an extension socket for connection.
  Please do not use poor-quality socket. The power consumption of the appliances must not exceed the maximum load of the extension socket.
• Clean the dust and water on both ends of the power line and the socket of the appliance to avoid the risk of fire, electric shock and short circuit.
• When maintenance or parts replacement is necessary, please deliver the product to the authorized professional service centre for maintenance of Midea. to avoid hidden dangers caused by improper maintenance or improper selection of accessories.
• The plug should be thoroughly inserted into the socket to avoid the risk of fire, electric shock and short circuit.
• In case of supply cord damage, the cord should be replaced with a special cord or specialized component purchased from the Manufacturer or the Maintenance Department.
  Note: Improper repair or short-circuiting without permission of some important accessories including fuse may lead to protection failure of the appliance and cause overheating or fire.
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• The appliance can only use the original cooking pot to avoid overheating and anomaly.
• Do not drop the cooking pot to avoid deformation.
• Do not impact the cooking pot with hard materials to avoid deformation.
• When operation is being performed or just finished, do not directly touch the inner cooking pot to avoid burns.
• Before operation, wipe dry the water outside the cooking pot to avoid malfunction.
• Before operation, clean the foreign materials including water drops and rice to avoid overheating and short circuit.
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• Any discrepancy between the picture and the product is subject to the real object.
• Before operation, check whether the cooking pot and steam valve are in place to avoid accident.
• During use, it is normal that the appliance slightly ticks or fizzes. Please do not panic.
• Do not use the appliance immediately after the first cooking, press the “Cancel” button and wait above 15 minutes for the heating plate to cool down.
• Do not boil rice with hot water to avoid affecting the judgement of the temperature control and worsenin the result.
• Please regularly clean the steam valve.
• Please regularly clean the countertop on which the appliance is placed.
• The altitude scope for the appliance to properly function is 0 -2000 m.
• When maintenance or parts replacement is necessary, please deliver the product to the authorized service centre for maintenance of Midea to obtain professional quality service. Please keep the manual for future reference. Thank you.

Product overview

Parts and Features

Note All pictures in this manual are subject to material objects, and are only used for function display reference.

Accessories list

Standing rice spoon x 1

Hanging soup spoon x 1

Measurement cup x 1

Steamer x 1

Power cord x 1

Control panel

Press “Menu” key to select “White Rice，Mixed Rice, Brown Rice, Crispy Rice, Congee，Soup，，Steam ，Reheat.

Instructions for use

Functional description (For specific functions, please refer to the physical panel for selective reference)

Rice-water ratio

1. Rice measuring method
   1 Measuring appropriate volume of rice can cook
   2 bowls of steamed rice, and the diameter of the bowl is about 11.5 cm
   
2. Put in the rice and water
   Take boiling 2 cups of rice as an example, put the washed rice into the inner pot and add water to the corresponding scale line 2.
   

Quick start guide (For specific functions, please refer to the physical panel for selective reference)

Rice

1. Cooking preparation
   Put the washed rice into the inner pot, inject the water according to the rice-water ratio, then put the inner pot into the pot body, and close the upper cover of the rice pot until the “click” sound is heard.
   Note: The amount of water can be increased or decreased according to personal preference.
   
2. Connect the power cord
   Push in the plug hard to make sure it is inserted to the bottom. Insert the power plug.
   
3. Choosing function
   Press the “Menu” key to select a function (e.g. “Brown Rice”)
   
4. Start cooking
   Press the “Cook” key to start the cooking state.
   
5. Cooking state
   After cooking starts, the indication lights will be on, followed by a countdown to cooking time.
   
6. Cooking completed
   After cooking, the heat preservation state starts. If the preservation function is not needed, press the “Keep Warm/Cancel” key to exit the heat preservation standby.
   

Note:

1. Press “Low Sugar Rice, Quick Rice” shortcut key to enter the cooking state;
2. After cooking, it will automatically trigger the heat preservation function;
3. During the preservation process, the product will be heated to maintain the rice in a state suitable for eating;
4. The product can achieve 24-hours water keep warm;
5. In order to maintain the food taste and appearance, the heat preservation time is suggested within 5 hours;
6. Smart countdown: The rice function has a full countdown display, the cooking time for the amount of small and medium-sized rice is selected by default.

Timer (take cooking rice as an example)

1. Add rice and water
   (refer to rice-water ratio)
   Note: The amount of water can be increased or decreased according to personal preference.
   
   
2. Choosing function
   Press the “Menu” key to select a function
   (e.g. “Brown Rice”).
   
3. Pre-set timer setting
   Press the “Timer” key,adjust appointment time.
   (If the preset time is 8 hours)
   Note: Display status refers to actual product.
   
   
4. Start cooking Press the “Cook” key to preset the cooking state.
   

Note:

1. The preset time is the time to finish cooking.
2. After selecting the preset function, 10 minutes will be added for each time when you press the preset key, and the long press will continuously add 1hour;
3. The pre-set the time is suggested not for more than 12 hours, otherwise the off-flavor Possible may occur.

White Rice

1. Will wash clean within meters into the pot, add water to the corresponding water level.
   
2. Close the cover, press the “Menu” key, select “White Rice”, and then press the “Cook” key to start cooking.
   
3. When cooking completed, open the lid to stir the cooked mixture evenly and ventilate the vapour.
   

Mixed Rice

1. Soak cereals in hot water for 2-3 hours, put them into an inner pot together with washed rice, and add water to the corresponding water level line.
   
2. Close the cover, press the “Menu” key, select “Mixed Rice”, and then press the “Cook” key to start cooking.
   
3. When cooking completed, open the lid to stir the cooked mixture evenly and ventilate the vapour.
   

Brown Rice

1. Will wash clean within meters into the pot, add water to the corresponding water level.
   
2. Close the cover, press the “Menu” key, select “Brown Rice”, and then press the “Cook” key to start cooking.
   
3. When cooking completed, open the lid to stir the cooked mixture evenly and ventilate the vapour.
   

Congee

1. Put the washed rice into the inner pot, refer to the rice-water ratio and inject the water according to the congee and water level line, or increase or decrease the water quantity according to personal preference.
   
2. Close the cover, press the “Menu” key, select “Congee”, and then press the “Cook” key to start cooking.
   

Note:

1. No injected water can be beyond the highest scale line.
2. For example, the rice-water ratio for bean or cereal congee can be adjusted according to the actual situation.

Soup

1. Prepare soup ingredients (such as pig bone, corn, carrots), wash all ingredients and cut into small pieces, then put them into the inner pot, and add water no more than maximum water line.
   
2. Close the cover, press the  “Menu” key to select”Soup”, and then press the “Cook” key. After cooking, you can eat.
   

Steam

1. Add water to the “Steam” scale in the inner pot, put the food on the steamer or steaming rack that will be put into the inner pot.
   
2. Close the cover, press the “Menu” key, select “Steam”, and then press the “Cook” key to start cooking.
   

Cooking reference water level,can be adjusted according to the portion size
Note: For food that is difficult to cook, it is recommended to cook it again; For easy-to-cook food, the food can be taken out in advance after cooking for an appropriate time according to personal taste preferences.

Reheat

1. Loosen rice, spread 50-80 g water on the surface of rice, press the “Menu” button to select “Reheat” function, and press the “Cook” button.
   
2. Close the cover, press the “Menu” key, select “Reheat”, and then press the “Cook” key to start cooking.
   
3. After entering the heat preservation automatically, please loosen the rice within 30 minutes.
   Note: It is recommended that the maximum amount of rice does not exceed 4 marks when using this function.

Low Sugar Rice

1. Spread the cleaned rice on the bottom of the steamer and put it into the inner pot
   
2. Add water to the corresponding water level of the steamer according to the amount of rice
   
3. Close the lid, press the “Low Sugar Rice” button , Into the cooking.
   

Note:

1. When using the “Low Sugar Rice” function, please do not exceed the corresponding water level of the function
2. There is a hole at the bottom of the steamer, and the bottom is rice soup. If the bottom of the rice is wet, it is normal and you can eat it with confidence.
3. When cooking “Low Sugar Rice”, do not select other functions, otherwise abnormal phenomena will occur.

Care and cleaning

Note: Please make sure the appliance is unplugged before cleaning!

1. Disassemble the lid plate for cleaning
   • At the same time, pull the position “a” of “ears” on both sides of the cover plate to remove the plate.
   
   • Rinse the whole cover plate with water and dry it.
   
   • Insert the cover plate at the concave position “b”, push it into the upper cover, press it near the button “a”, and hear “click” sound, and then the installation is completed.
2. Cleaning the Steam valve
   • Pull up and remove the steam valve
   
   • After cleaning the inside of the steam valve, install it again
   
3. Cleaning the cooker body
   • It is necessary to clean water, rice, sundries and others on the coil; The casing cover has water storage function. Please keep it clean.
   
   • Clean and dry the bottom of inner pot.
   

Service guide

Technical data of the product

Product Model	Voltage Frequency	Rated Power (W)	Rice Amount	Heating Method	Product Dimensions Length X Width X Height (mm)	Weight (kg)
MB-RS4080LS	220-240V~ 50/60Hz	760~905	1.5L	Heat Plate	L390 *W285 *H225	4.11

Operation Manual

White Rice, Quick Rice

Specification	Maximum rice amount	Minimum rice amount
Model 40	8 cups	2cup

Crispy Rice

Specification	Maximum rice amount	Minimum rice amount
Model 40	5 cups	2cup

Browm Rice / Mixed Rice

Specification	Maximum rice amount	Minimum rice amount
Model 40	6 cups	2 cup

Congee

Specification	Maximum rice amount	Minimum rice amount
Model 40	1.0 cups	0.5 cup

Low Sugar Rice

Specification	Maximum rice amount	Minimum rice amount
Model 40	4 cups	1cup

Anomaly self-checking

Display the cause of the abnormality ,Please contact your local dealer or service network for repair or installation.

Indicator state	Abnorrmal display	Possible Reason	Solutions
Light on		Main thermistor (bottom sensor) open circuit	Pull out and re-connect the power cord, the display still shows same message, please send the cooker to your local after-sales service centre for maintenance.
Light on		Main thermistor (bottom sensor) short circuit	Pull out and re-connect the power cord, the display still shows same message, please send the cooker to your local after-sales service centre for maintenance.
Light on		Top lid sensor (handle thermistor) open circuit	Pull out and re-connect the power cord, the display still shows same message, please send the cooker to your local after-sales service centre for maintenance.
Light on		Top lid sensor (handle thermistor) short circuit	Pull out and re-connect the power cord, the display still shows same message, please send the cooker to your local after-sales service centre for maintenance.
Light on		Communication error	Pull out and re-connect 1the power cord, the display still shows same message, please send the cooker to your local after-sales service centre for maintenance.
Flash		Communication error	Pull out and re-connect the power cord, the display still shows same message, please send the cooker to your local after-sales service centre for maintenance.