Peter Huebner wrote:

>>NEVER USE THE PRE-PROGRAMMED DEFROST SETTINGS, or any of those
>>fuzzy logic mechanisms that the Japanese claim to sense when the
>>food is thawed.
>>
>>-sw
>
>
> Check. Just goes to show ... the programming in our Panasonic breadmaker is
> superb, but this Panasonic MicroWave ... I was beginning to wonder if the
> thing's broken and I should take it back to be tested.
>
> thanks (also to the other posters who replied) -P.
>

If its a model with "inverter turbo defrost" take it back for
testing/replacement. We have been using a Panasonic with "inverter
technology " for at least the past year and the defrost works as
advertised on anything we have ever tried (and it is used frequently)

http://www.panasonic.com/consumer_el...rter_story.asp