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Well, I have sort of worked out what is going on. there is a rotary control, which has: Timer...Power....weight. in that order, Power being at the top centre of the knob.
There is a button marked: quick start/start. below that a button
marked: Microwave. I wrongly assumed that the rotary knob started at the left marking, I.E Timer, when in fact it defaults to the centre, marked: Power. When on timer, it can also be turned anti-clockwise, and counts down from a 100 minutes. after each operation I pushed start/quick start, even though i had not finished setting it up, and it appears to be working.
Thank you all for your assistance, if anyone does happen to have the info, I would still like to see it please.
I am off now to try and not incinerate sunday Dinner.
thanks again,
annie.