Panasonic Microwave Oven NN SE785S_NN SE985S EW Operating Instructions

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Oven Components Diagram
1 External Air Vent
2 Internal Air Vent
3 Door Safety Lock System
4 Exhaust Air Vent
5 Control Panel
6 Identifi cation Plate
7 Glass Tray
8 Roller Ring
9 Heat/Vapor Barrier Film
     (do not remove)
10 Waveguide Cover (do not remove)
11 Door Release Button
12 Warning Label
13 Function Label
14 Picto Label
15 Power Supply Cord
16 Power Supply Plug
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Control Panel
Beep Sound:
When a pad is touched correctly, a beep will be heard.
If a pad is touched and no beep is heard, the unit did not or cannot accept the instruction. 
When operating, the oven will beep twice between programmed stages. At the end of any 
complete program, the oven will beep 5 times.
Notes:
•  If there is no operation for 6 minutes after setting cooking program, the oven will 
automatically cancel the cooking program. The display will return to clock or colon 
display. 
•  The oven will enter stand-by mode after the last operation has completed. When in 
stand-by mode, the backlight of the display will be reduced and the backlight of key will 
be turned off.
•  When in stand-by mode, it is necessary to open and close the oven door before operating 
the oven.
•  If no beep sound is heard, check “Beep ON/OFF” function feature (P12, 13).
Display Window
Step by step instructions 
scroll for easy operation
Coffee/Milk Pad 
(
page 15)
Sensor Reheat/Cook Pad
(
page 19) Popcorn Pad (
page 16)
Keep Warm Pad 
(
page 15)
Clock Pad (
page 11) Quick 30 Pad 
(
page 15)
Timer Pad (
page 23) Inverter Turbo Defrost 
Pad (
page 17) Slider bar (
page 12)
Touch or hold “+”/“-”, 
swipe the slider bar 
to select the cooking 
options.
Power Level Pad
(
page 14)
More Pad (
page 16)
Less Pad (
page 16)
Stop/Rest Pad
Before cooking: One touch 
clears all your instructions.
During cooking: One 
touch temporarily stops the 
cooking process. Another 
touch cancels all your 
instructions, and time of 
day or colon appears in the 
Display Window.
Start Pad
After cooking program 
setting, one touch allows 
oven to begin functioning.
If door is opened or Stop/
Reset Pad is touched once 
during oven operation, Start 
Pad must be touched again 
to restart oven.
* The control panels of 
NN-SE985S/SE785S 
have same key 
layout.
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Child Safety Lock
This feature prevents the electronic 
operation of the oven until cancelled. It 
does not lock the door.
To set:• Touch Start 3 times. 
“LOCK” appears in the 
display window.

“LOCK” continues 
to be displayed 
until Child Lock is 
cancelled. Key pads 
may be touched but 
the microwave will 
not start.
To Cancel:• Touch Stop/Reset 
3 times.

The display will 
return to colon or 
time of day when 
Child Lock has been 
cancelled.
NOTES:
1. You can set the Child Lock feature when 
the display shows a colon or time of day.
2. To set or cancel child safety lock, Start 
or Stop/Reset must be touched 3 times 
within 10 seconds.
Starting to Use
Your Oven
1.
Display Window
• Plug into a properly 
grounded electrical 
outlet.
“WELCOME TO 
PANASONIC REFER 
TO OPERATING 
INSTRUCTIONS 
BEFORE USE” 
scrolls across display 
window.
Setting the Clock
Example: To set 11:25 a.m. or p.m.
1. • Touch Clock once.

Colon fl ashes.
2.
Swipe• Set time of day by 
touching “+”/“-” or 
swipe the slider bar.

Time appears in 
the display window; 
colon continues 
fl ashing.
3.• Touch Clock.

Colon stops fl ash-
ing; time of day is 
entered.
NOTES:
1. To reset the clock, repeat step 1-3.
2. The clock will retain the time of day 
as long as the oven is plugged in and 
electricity is supplied.
3. Clock is a 12-hour display.
4. Oven will not operate while colon is 
fl ashing.
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Slider Bar
SENSOR MENU CHOICE
Touch “+”/“-” or swipe the slider bar to select the Sensor Menus.
TIME CHOICE
Touch “+”/“-” or swipe the slider bar to increase or decrease the cooking 
time.
WEIGHT CHOICE
Touch “+”/“-” or swipe the slider bar to increase or decrease the weight 
setting.
NOTE: 
The maximum of programmable time using Slider bar is up to 90 minutes.
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.
LANGUAGE CHOICE: The oven has a choice of English, French or Spanish display.
BEEP CHOICE: The oven has both Beep On and Beep Off mode.
 Plug into a properly grounded electrical outlet.
LB/KG CHOICE LANGUAGE CHOICE BEEP CHOICE
• Touch Start once. 
The oven automatically 
defaults to the imperial 
measure system (LB).
• Touch “+” or swipe the slider 
bar to right to choose metric 
weight measurements (KG).
• Touch “-” or swipe the 
slider bar to left to choose 
imperial measure system 
(LB).
• Touch Start twice. 
The default display 
language is English.
• Touch Clock once. The 
display language changes 
to French.
• Touch Clock twice. The 
display language changes 
to Spanish.
• Touch Start 3 times. 
The default mode is 
Beep On.
• Touch Timer once. The 
mode changes to Beep Off.
Touch other pad to exit
NOTES: 1. These choices can be selected only when you plug-in the oven.
2. Touch Stop/Reset pad to select default setting.
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                Function Features       \(continued\)
Set LB/KG, LANGUAGE and BEEP by following the steps below:
1.   • Plug into a properly grounded electrical outlet.
2.   • Touch Start once.
3.   
• Touch “+” or swipe the slider bar to right to choose metric weight 
measurements (KG).
• Touch “-” or swipe the slider bar to left to choose imperial measure 
system (LB).
4.   • Touch Start once to set Language.
5.   
• Touch Clock once.
The display language changes to French.
• Touch Clock twice.
The display language changes to Spanish.
6.   • Touch Start once to Beep Choice.
7.   • Touch Timer once. The mode changes to Beep Off.
NOTE: After setting, it will revert back to LB/KG setting if Start pad is touched again, touch 
other pad to exit.
MENU ACTION ON/OFF (can be selected when colon or clock appears in the display window)
MENU ACTION SCREEN helps you to program your oven by prompting the next step to be 
taken. When you become familiar with your oven, the prompt can be turned off.
4 touch OFF
4 more touch *ONPrompting Guide will not appear.
Prompting Guide will appear.
DEMO MODE ON/OFF
Demo mode is designed for retail store display. In this mode, the oven can be demonstrated 
with no power in the oven.
Touch once Touch 4 times Touch 4 times
Touch once Touch 4 times Touch 4 times
ON
*OFFThe oven is in Demo mode
The oven is not in Demo mode
* DEFAULT MODE
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Selecting Power
& Cook Time
Example: To cook at P6 (MEDIUM) pow-
er for 1 minute 30 seconds
1.
    
Touch 5 times• Touch Power Level 
until the desired power 
level appears in the 
display window.
2.
Swipe• Set cooking time by 
touching “+”/“-” or 
swipe the slider bar 
to 1 minute and 30 
seconds.
3.• Touch Start.

Cooking will start. 
The time in the 
display window will 
count down.
Touch Power Level
once
twice
3 times
4 times
5 times
6 times
7 times
8 times
9 times
10 timesP10 (HIGH)
P9
P8
P7 (MEDIUM-HIGH)
P6 (MEDIUM)
P5
P4
P3 (MEDIUM-LOW)/DEFROST
P2
P1 (LOW)
NOTES:
1. When selecting P10 (HIGH) power for 
the fi rst stage, you may begin at step 2.
2. When selecting P10 (HIGH) power, the 
maximum programmable time is 
30 minutes. For other power levels, the 
maximum time is 90 minutes.
3. For reheating, use P10 (HIGH) for liquids, 
P7 (MEDIUM-HIGH) for most foods and 
P6 (MEDIUM) for dense foods.
4. For defrosting, use P3 (MEDIUM-LOW).
DO NOT OVERCOOK. This oven requires 
less time to cook than an older unit. 
Overcooking will cause food to dry out 
and may cause a fi re. A microwave oven’s 
cooking power tells you the amount of 
microwave power available for cooking.
3-Stage 
Cooking
This feature allows you to program 2-3 
Stages of cooking continuously.
Example: Continually set P10 for 
5 minutes, P7 for 3 minutes 
and P4 for 5 minutes.
1.
    
Touch once• Enter the desired 
Power level.
2.
Swipe• Set cooking time by 
touching “+”/“-” or 
swipe the slider bar to 
5 minutes.
3.
    
Touch 4 times• Enter the desired 
Power level.
4.
Swipe• Set cooking time by 
touching “+”/“-” or 
swipe the slider bar to 
3 minutes.
5.
    
Touch 7 times• Enter the desired 
Power level.
6.
Swipe• Set cooking time by 
touching “+”/“-” or 
swipe the slider bar to 
5 minutes.
7.• Touch Start.

Cook will start. The 
time in the display 
window will count 
down.
NOTES:
1. The maxi-mum number of stages for 
cooking is 3.
2. When selecting P10 (HIGH) power for 
the fi rst stage, you may begin at step 2.
3. When operating, two beeps will sound 
between each stage.
4. Inverter turbo defrost, sensor or other 
auto features can not be used with 3 
stage cooking.
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Keep Warm Feature
This feature will keep food warm for up to 
30 minutes after cooking.
Example: 
To keep 2 cups of gravy warm
1.
    • Touch Keep Warm.
2.
Swipe• Set warming time, up 
to 30 minutes.
3.• Touch Start.

Keep Warm will 
start. The time in 
the display window 
will count down.
NOTE:
Keep Warm can be programmed as the 
fi nal stage after cook times have been 
manually entered. It cannot be used in 
combination with inverter turbo defrost, 
sensor or other auto features.
Quick 30 Feature
This feature allows you to set or add 
cooking time in 30 seconds increments up 
to 5 minutes.
To Set Time using Quick 30:
Example: To cook at P6 (MEDIUM) pow-
er for 1 minute 30 seconds
1.
    
Touch 5 times• Enter the desired 
Power level (see page 
14 for directions).
2.
Touch 3 times• Touch Quick 30 until 
the desired cooking 
time (up to 5 minutes) 
appears in the display 
window. 
3.• Touch Start.

Cooking begins and 
the time will count 
down. At the end of 
cooking, 5 beeps 
sound.
NOTES:
1. When selecting P10 (HIGH) power for 
the fi rst stage, you may begin at step 2.
2. After setting the time by Quick 30 Pad, 
you cannot use Slider bar.
To Add Time using Quick 30:
Example: Add 3 minutes.
Touch 6 times
• During manual 
cooking, touch Quick 
30 until the desired 
cooking time (up to 5 
minutes) appears in 
the display window. 
Coffee/Milk Feature
This feature allows you to reheat coffee/
milk without setting power and time.
Example: To reheat 2 cup coffee.
1.
Touch twice• Touch Coffee/Milk 
until the desired menu 
appears in the display 
window.Touch Menu
once
twice
3 times
4 timescoffee 1 cup
coffee 2 cups milk 1 cup
milk 2 cups
2.
or
Optional• (see More/Less 
Feature.) (
page 16)
3.• Touch Start.

Reheat will start. 
The time in the 
display window will 
count down.
NOTES:
1. Use a microwave safe cup.
2. Heated coffee/milk can erupt if not mixed 
with air. Do not heat coffee/milk in your 
microwave oven without stirring before 
and halfway through heating.
3. Care must be exercised not to overheat 
coffee/milk when using the Coffee/Milk 
feature. It is programmed to give proper 
result when heating 1 cup or 2 cups of 
coffee/milk, starting from room tempera-
ture for coffee and refrigerator tempera-
ture for milk. Overheating will cause 
an increased risk of scalding, or water 
eruption. Refer to page 2, item 18.
4. 1 cup of milk is 200 ml to 250 ml and 1 
cup of coffee is 150 ml to 200 ml.
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Popcorn Feature
Example: To pop 3.5 oz. (99 g
) of popcorn
1.
Touch once
• Touch Popcorn until 
the desired size 
appears in the display 
window.
Touch Weight
once
twice
3 times3.5 oz. (99 g
)
2.75 oz. (78 g
)
1.5 oz. (42 g
)
2.
or
Optional• (see More/Less 
Feature.)
3.• Touch Start.

After several 
seconds, cooking 
time appears in 
the display window 
and begins to count 
down.
NOTES ON POPCORN FEATURE:
1. Pop one bag at a time.
2. Place bag in oven according to manu-
facturers’ directions.
3. Start with popcorn at room temperature.
4. Allow popped corn to sit unopened for a 
few minutes.
5. Open bag carefully to prevent burns, 
because steam will escape.
6. Do not reheat unpopped kernels or reuse 
bag.
NOTE:
If popcorn is of a different weight than list-
ed, follow instructions on popcorn package. 
Never leave the oven unattended. If 
popping slows to 2 to 3 seconds between 
pops, stop oven. Overcooking can cause 
fi re.
REMARKS:
When popping multiple bags one right 
after the other, the cooking time may vary 
slightly. This does not affect the popcorn 
results.
More/Less Feature
For Popcorn:
By using the More Pad or Less pad, the 
programs can be adjusted to cook popcorn 
for a longer or shorter time if desired.
 : Adds time
More 1 = Adds Approx. 10 secs.
More 2 = Adds Approx. 20 secs.
 : Subtracts time
Less 1 = Subtracts Approx. 10 secs.
Less 2 = Subtracts Approx. 20 secs.
Touch More Pad or Less pad before 
touching Start.
For Sensor Reheat/Cook and Coffee/
Milk:
Preferences for food doneness vary 
with each individual. After having used 
the Sensor Reheat/Cook and Coffee/
Milk feature a few times, you may decide 
you would prefer your food cooked to a 
different doneness.
For sensor Reheat/Cook:
 : Adds time
More = Adds Approx. 20% time
 : Subtracts time
Less = Subtracts Approx. 20% time
Touch More Pad or Less pad before 
touching Start.
For sensor Coffee/Milk:
 : Adds time
More = Adds Approx. 10% time
 : Subtracts time
Less = Subtracts Approx. 10% time
Touch More Pad or Less pad before 
touching Start.
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Example: To Defrost 1.5 pounds of meat
Place food on microwave safe dish.
1.
    • Touch Inverter Turbo 
Defrost.
2.
Swipe• Set weight of the food 
by touching “+”/“-” or 
swipe the slider bar to 
1.5 pounds.
3.• Touch Start.

Defrosting will start. 
The time will count 
down. Larger weight 
foods will cause 
a signal midway 
through defrosting. 
If 2 beeps sound, 
turn over, rearrange 
foods or shield with 
aluminum foil.
Conversion Chart:
Follow the chart to convert ounces or 
hundredths of a pound into tenths of a pound. 
To use Inverter Turbo Defrost, enter the weight 
of the food in lbs. (1.0) and tenths of a lb. (0.1). 
If a piece of meat weighs 1.95 lbs. or 1 lb. 
14 oz., enter 1.9 lbs.
Ounces Hundredths 
of a PoundTenths of 
a Pound
0
1 - 2
3 - 4
5
6 - 7
8
9 - 10
11 - 12
13
14 - 15.01 - .05
.06 - .15
.16 - .25
.26 - .35
.36 - .45
.46 - .55
.56 - .65
.66 - .75
.76 - .85
.86 - .950.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
Inverter Turbo Defrost Feature
This feature allows you to automatically defrost foods such as: meat, poultry and seafood 
simply by entering the weight.
Note:
The maximum weight for Inverter Turbo Defrost is 6 lb (3 kg
).
Defrosting Tips & Techniques
Preparation for freezing:
1. Freeze meats, poultry, and fi sh in packages with only 1 or 2 layers of food. Place wax 
paper between layers.
2. Package in heavy-duty plastic wraps, bags (labeled “For Freezer”), or freezer paper.
3. Remove as much air as possible.
4. Seal securely, date, and label.
To Defrost:
1. Remove wrapper. This helps moisture to evaporate. Juices from food can get hot and 
cook the food.
2. Set food in microwave-safe dish.
3. Place roasts fat-side down. Place whole poultry breast-side down.
4. Select power and minimum time so that items will be under-defrosted.
5. Drain liquids during defrosting.
6. Turn over (invert) items during defrosting.
7. Shield edges and ends if needed. (See Cooking Techniques).
After Defrosting:
1. Large items may be icy in the centre. Defrosting will complete during STANDING TIME.
2. Let stand, covered, following stand time directions on page 18.
3. Rinse foods as indicated in the chart.
4. Items which have been layered should be rinsed separately or have a longer stand time.
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        Defrosting Tips & Techniques (continued)
FOODDEFROST 
TIME at 
P3 mins 
(per lb)DURING DEFROSTINGAFTER 
DEFROSTING
Stand Time Rinse
Fish and Seafood
Crabmeat
[up to 3 lbs. (1.4 kg
)]6 Break apart/Rearrange
5 min. YES Fish Steaks 4 to 6 Turn over
Fish Fillets 4 to 6 Turn over/Rearrange/Shield ends
Sea Scallops 4 to 6Break apart/
Remove defrosted pieces
Whole fi sh 4 to 6 Turn over
Meat
Ground Meat 4 to 5Turn over/Remove defrosted
portion/Shield edges10 min.
NO Roasts
[2½-4 lbs. (1.1-1.8 kg
)]5 to 8Turn over/Shield ends and
defrosted surface30 min. in 
refrig.
Chops/Steak 6 to 8Turn over/Rearrange/Shield ends
and defrosted surface
5 min. Ribs/T-bone 6 to 8Turn over/Rearrange/Shield ends
and defrosted surface
Stew Meat 4 to 8Break apart/Rearrange/
Remove defrosted pieces
Liver (thinly sliced) 4 to 6Drain liquid/Turn over/
Separate pieces
Bacon (sliced) 4 Turn over ----
Poultry
Chicken, Whole
[up to 3 lbs. (1.4 kg
)]4 to 6Turn over/Shield20 min. in 
refrig.
YES Cutlets 4 to 6Break apart/Turn over/
Remove defrosted Pieces5 min.
Pieces 4 to 6 Break apart/Turn over/Shield
10 min.
Cornish hens 6 to 8 Turn over/Shield
Turkey Breast
[5-6 lbs. (2.3-2.7 kg
)]6 Turn over/Shield20 min. in 
refrig.
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