# Setting up a manual cook with your Anova Precision® Cooker

**URL:** <https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/setting-up-a-manual-cook-with-your-anova-precision-cooker/25208>\
**Category:** First Cook Essentials\
**Created:** [February 20, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/setting-up-a-manual-cook-with-your-anova-precision-cooker/25208 "2020-02-20T21:00:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![odeon2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ec8ea/32.png) [@odeon2000](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/odeon2000)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/setting-up-a-manual-cook-with-your-anova-precision-cooker/25208/1 "2020-02-20T21:00:45Z")

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If you’ve watched the video " Setting up a manual cook with your Anova Precision® Cooker" it ends with setting the temperature. It does NOT say how to set the timer NOR how to start after the timer/temperature is set. So after watching this video you still cant set up a manual cook with your Anova Precision® Cooker.

I know this because my Anova Precision® Cooker no longer talks via the app and I need a way to setting up a manual cook with your Anova Precision® Cooker !

Can someone make the video more useful and post the instructions?

Tanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![fischersd](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/fischersd/32/5594_2.png) [@fischersd](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/fischersd)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/setting-up-a-manual-cook-with-your-anova-precision-cooker/25208/2 "2020-02-21T15:50:10Z")

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Predominantly, this is just a community of Anova customers. If you want to send feedback to Anova you really should use one of the support links to send them an e-mail.

To answer your question though:  
1). The timer function within the Anova is flawed and annoying (many, many threads here over the years complaining about it). Use a timer app in your phone (or, my own favourite, for longer cooks I use the calendar in my phone - has the added advantage of reminding me that I have something cooking, so I don’t make conflicting dinner plans) 🙂  
2). How you start? It’s that start button - it has the “play” arrow on it? 🙂

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**Author:** ![odeon2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3ec8ea/32.png) [@odeon2000](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/odeon2000)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/setting-up-a-manual-cook-with-your-anova-precision-cooker/25208/3 "2020-02-21T16:41:11Z")

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Steven,  
I wont bore you with my long story WRT customer support, I will say "Thanks for this info. Using the calendar is a great idea!

Really appreciate it. "

V/R

Dubg