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GE Appliances
COMBINATION SENSOR COMBINATION
BAKE BAKED
ROAST CHICKEN FISH
HI-LO POTATO
SENSOR COOK
POPCORN BEVERAGE REHEAT
CONVECTION
BROIL CANNED FRESH FROZEN
HI-LO BAKE VEG VEG VEG
EXPRESS COOK 1-6
TIME COOK DEFROST
I & II AUTO/TIME132
TEMP ADD
COOK 30 SEC. 4 56
798
POWER START CLEAR
LEVEL HELP PAUSE0
OFF
DISPLAY ON/OFF
SOUND AUTO DELAY TIMER
LEVEL NIGHT LIGHT START ON/OFF
SURFACE
VENT FAN LIGHT REMINDER CLOCK AM/PM
SCROLL SPEED
Owner’s Manual
JVM1190
®
GE Answer Center 800.626.2000
Part No.
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! For your safety, the information in this manual must be followed to minimize the risk of fire or explosion, electric shock, or to prevent property damage, personal injury, or loss of life. PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE ENERGY n Do Not Attempt to operate n Do Not Operate the oven if it this oven with the door open is damaged. It is particularly since open-door operation important that the o
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Safety Information Operating Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Use this appliance only for its intended purpose as described in this Owner’s Manual. n This over-the-range oven was n To reduce the risk of fire in designed for use over ranges the oven cavity: no wider than 42 inches. It — Do not cover the shelf or any may be installed over both other part of the oven with gas and electric cooking metal foil. This will cause equipment. overheating of the n Do not operate this appli
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! ARCING If you see arcing, press the CLEAR/OFF pad and correct the problem. Arcing is the microwave term n Foil not molded to food for sparks in the oven. Arcing is (upturned edges act like caused by: antennas). n The temperature probe in n Metal, such as twist-ties, the microwave but not poultry pins, or gold-rimmed inserted in the food. dishes, in the microwave. n The metal shelf not installed n Recycled paper towels co
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Safety Information Operating Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service n Spontaneous boiling—Under n SUPERHEATED WATER certain special circumstances, Microwaved water and other liquids may start to boil liquids do not always bubble during or shortly after when they reach the boiling removal from the microwave point. They can actually get oven. To prevent burns from superheated and not bubble splashing liquid, we at all. recommend the following: before removing the Superheated liquid wi
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! MICROWAVE-SAFE COOKWARE Make sure all cookware used in n Do not use recycled paper your microwave oven is suitable products. Recycled paper for microwaving. Most glass towels, napkins and waxed casseroles, cooking dishes, paper can contain metal measuring cups, custard cups, flecks which may cause arcing pottery or china dinnerware or ignite. Paper products which does not have metallic containing nylon or nylon trim or g
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Safety Information Operating Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service n “Boilable” cooking pouches n Plastic cookware—Plastic and tightly closed plastic bags cookware designed for should be slit, pierced or microwave cooking is very vented as directed by useful, but should be used package. If they are not, carefully. Even microwave- plastic could burst during or safe plastic may not be as immediately after cooking, tolerant of overcooking possibly resulting in injury. conditions as are
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! THE VENT FAN The fan will operate n Use care when cleaning the automatically under certain vent fan filters. Corrosive conditions (see the Automatic cleaning agents, such as Fan section). Take care to lye-based oven cleaners, prevent the starting and may damage the filters. spreading of accidental cooking n When flaming foods under fires while the vent fan is in use. the microwave, turn the vent n Clean the underside
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Safety Information Operating Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service WARNING! Improper use of the grounding plug can result in a risk of electric shock. GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS This appliance must be grounded. In the event of an electrical short circuit, grounding reduces the risk of electric shock by providing an escape wire for the electric current. This appliance is equipped with a power cord having a grounding wire with a grounding plug. The plug must be plugged into an outlet th
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Congratulations! You Are Now Part of the GE Family. Welcome to the GE family. We’re proud of our quality products and we are committed to providing dependable service. You’ll see it in this easy-to-use Owner’s Manual and you’ll hear it in the friendly voices of our customer service department. Best of all, you’ll experience these values each time you use your microwave oven. That’s important, because your new microwave oven will be part of your family for many years. And we hope you will be p
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Safety Information Operating Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Safety Information Precautions to Avoid Possible Exposure GE & You, to Excessive Microwave Energy . . . . . . . 2 A Service Partnership. Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 3 Arcing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Ask any GE appliance owner and they will Foods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 5 tell you we stand behind our products with Microwave-Safe Co
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About the features of your microwave oven. Throughout this manual, features and appearance may vary from your model. 825 Watts 2 1 3 4 7 5 6 5 8 9 10 Features of the Oven Door Handle. Pull to open the door. The door must be 1 securely latched for the microwave to operate. Window with Metal Shield. Screen allows cooking to be 2 viewed while keeping microwaves confined in the oven. Receptacle for Temperature Probe.
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Safety Information Operating Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Door Latches. 7 Temperature Probe. Use with Temp Cook, Convection 8 Temperature Bake, Combination Temperature Bake, or Combination Roast only. Shelf. The metal shelf must be in place on the oven floor 9 when convection or combination cooking. For sensor combination cooking or convection broiling, the shelf must be on the upper supports. Remove the shelf for microwave-only cooking. Broiler Pan. Consists of a drip pan
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About the features of your microwave oven. You can cook with convection heat, microwaves, or a combination of both. You can cook by time or temperature. You can also let the microwave choose the settings automatically by using the sensor features. CONVECTION TIME COOK DEFROST BAKE I & II AUTO/TIME 1 COMBINATION CONVECTION BAKE BROIL ADD HI-LO HI-LO 30 SEC. POWER LEVEL EXPRESS COOK 1-6 132 4 56 CONVECTION COMBINATION COMBINATION TEMP BAKE BAKE ROAST COOK HI-LO 2 SENSOR COMBINATION BAKED CHICKEN
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Safety Information Operating Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Cooking Controls Time Features 1 Press Enter TIME COOK I & II Amount of cooking time. Press once or twice DEFROST AUTO/TIME Amount of defrosting time. Press twice Convection BAKE Oven temperature and amount of cooking time. Combination BAKE HI-LO Oven temperature and amount of Press once or twice cooking time. Convection BROIL HI-LO High or Low temperature automatically Press once or twice selected. Enter amount of
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About microwave/convection cooking. How It Works Microwave cooking uses very short, high frequency radio waves. The movement of the microwaves through the food creates heat and cooks most foods faster than regular methods. Microwave cooking heats the food, not the cookware or the interior of the oven. Convection cooking constantly circulates heated air around the food. It creates even browning and sealed-in flavor by the motion of hot air over the food surfaces. Using a combination of microwav
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Safety Information Operating Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service Cookware Guide Cookware Microwave Convection Combination Heat-Resistant Glass, YES YES YES Glass-Ceramic ® ® (Pyrex, Fire King, ® Corning Ware, etc.) Ceramic (cookware YES YES YES with no metal trim) Metal NO YES NO Non Heat-Resistant Glass NO NO NO Microwave-Safe Plastics YES NO SOMETIMES* Plastic Films and Wraps YES NO NO Paper Products YES NO NO Straw, Wicker and Wood YES NO NO *Use only microwave cookware that is
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About changing the power level. The power level may be entered or changed POWER immediately after entering the feature time for LEVEL Time Cook, Time Defrost or Express Cook. The power level may also be changed during time countdown. EXPRESS COOK 1-6 1 2 3 Press TIME COOK I & II or select Time Defrost. 1 4 5 6 Enter cooking or defrosting time. 2 7 8 9 Press POWER LEVEL. 3 0 DISPLAY ON/OFF Select desired power level 1–10. 4 Press START. START 5 PAUSE Variable power levels add flexibility to mi
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Safety Information Operating Instructions Troubleshooting Tips Customer Service About the time features. Time Cook I & II TIME COOK I & II Time Cook I Allows you to microwave for any time up to 99 minutes EXPRESS COOK 1-6 1 2 3 and 99 seconds. 4 5 6 Power level 10 (High) is automatically set, but you may change it for more flexibility. 7 8 9 0 Press TIME COOK I & II. DISPLAY ON/OFF 1 Enter cooking time. 2 START PAUSE Change power level if you don’t want full 3 power. (Press POWER LEVEL. Sele
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About the time features. Cooking Guide for Time Cook I & II NOTE: Use power level High (10) unless otherwise noted. Vegetable Amount Time Comments Asparagus 1 (fresh spears) 1 lb. 7 to 9 min., In 1 ⁄2-qt. oblong glass baking Med-High (7) dish, place 1/4 cup water. Rotate dish after half of time. (frozen spears) 10-oz. package 5 to 7 min. In 1-qt. casserole. Beans 1 (fresh green) 1 lb. cut in half 10 to 12 min. In 1 ⁄2-qt. casserole, place 1/2 cup water. (frozen green) 10-oz. package 6 to 8 mi
