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Countertop Microwave Oven
Contents
Adapter Plugs :12 H(Jld Time 8
Add :30 Seconds 10 Installation 32
Appliance Registrati(m Light Bulb Replacement :3:3
2
Auto C:ook Microwaving Tips 3
19,20
Aut{} Defrost 14, 15 Minute/Second Timer 8
Auto Reheat 17, 18 Model and Serial Numbers
2,6
Auto Roast 12, 1:+ Popcorn” 11
Auto Simmer 1:; P{}wer Levels 8-1:3, 16
Auto Start 16 Precauti(ms 2-5
Automatic Cooking [;uide 5, 19-20 34
Problem Solver
{:are and Cleaning 3:3 Program {;ooking 5
(;(msumer Services :35 R
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Help us help you... Before using your oven, This appliance must be registered. yOLI are still not pleased, NEXT, if Please be certain that it is. write all the details—including read this book carefully. your phone number-to: Write to: It is intended to help you operate Manager, Consumer Relations and maintain your new microwave GE Appliances GE Appliances oven properly. Range Product Service Appliance Park Appliance Park Keep it handy for answers to your Louisville, KY 40225 Louisville, KY 402
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read all instructions before using this appliance. ● Do not store this appliance When using electrical Microwaving Tips outdoors. Do not use this appliances, basic safety product near water-for precautions should be followed, ● Make sure all cookware used in including the following: example, in a wet basement, your microwave oven is suitable for microwaving. Most glass or near a swimming pool. casseroles, cooking dishes, WARNING–TO reduce ● Do not immerse power cord
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS (continued) —Remove wire twist-ties from ● Avoid heating baby food in c Remove the temperature paper or plastic bags before glass jars, even without their probe from the oven when not placing bags in oven. lids; especially meat and egg using it to cook with. If you leave the probe inside the oven mixtures. —Do not use your microwave without inserting it in food or oven to dry newspapers. ● Don’t defrost frozen liquid, and turn on microwave beverages in narrow necked
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● Use of the DOUBLE DUTYTM ● Foods with unbroken outer Program Cooking “skin” such as potatoes, Shelf accessory. Use your Touch Control Panel to sausages, tomatoes, apples, —Remove the shelf from oven Auto Cook, Auto Roast, Auto chicken livers and other giblets, Reheat and Auto Defrost—with when not in use. and egg yolks (see previous the oven setting the power levels —Do not store or cook with shelf caution) should be pierced to and cooking or heating times; to on floor of oven. Product damage
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Features of Your Oven Cooking Complete Reminder (For all cooking features except Auto Roast code 4) To remind you that you have food in the oven, the oven will beep once a minute until you either open the oven door or touch the CLEAR/OFF pad. TT TT 7. Oven Interior Light. Turns on 1. Door Latches. 11. Door Latch Release. Press when the door is opened or when latch release button at indent to 2. Door Screen. Metal screen the oven is operating. open door. permits viewing of foods and keeps 8. Temp
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Your Touch Control Panel 9. AUTO START. Allows YOU The Touch Control Panel allows to program your oven to begin you to set the oven controls with cooking at a preset time of the touch of a finger. It’s designed day—up to a 12-hour delay. to be easy to use aid understa~d. 10. TIME DEFROST. Gentle 1. DISPLAY. Displays time of thawing at automatic power day, time or temperature during level 3 (Low). cooking functions, power level being used, cooking mode and 11. TEMP COOK & HOLD. instructions. Use
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How to Use the Minute/Second Timer The MIN/SEC TIMER has three How to Defrost, Hold and timing functions: Time Cook ● It operates as a minute timer. Let’s say you want to defrost a ● It can be set to delay cooking. frozen casserole for I 5 minutes, ~m~ hold for 10 minutes and then Time ● It can be used as a hold setting Cook for 25 minutes. Here’s how after defrosting. Step 8: Touch START. As each to do it: function is automatically performed, The MIN/SEC TIMER operates Step 1: Take the casserol
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Defrosting by Time Time Defrost is designed for Questions and Answers speedy thawing of frozen food Q. When I press START, I hear a and is one of the great advantages dull, thumping noise. What is it? of a microwave oven. A. This sound is normal. It is Use the Time Defrost setting to letting you know the oven is using quickly thaw foods such as bread, a power level lower than 10 (High). rolls, vegetables, fruits and frozen dinners. The Auto Defrost setting Q. Can I defrost small items in a is pr
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Cooking by Time Time Cook 1 & 11 allows you to Using the Time Cook II The Express Cook Feature microwave for a selected amount Feature The Express Cook feature is a of time. short-cut method to set time for The Time Cook 11 feature lets you pOWeI- ]eve] I () (High) is I–5 minutes. set two time cooking functions rccornrnended for most cooking, within one program. This is ideal To Expr-ess Cook your food or but you may change this for more if you want to change power levels beverage: flexibility.
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Popcorn Questions and Answers Note: [ M Use of the metal Double Duty’ ’ Q. 1 set my oven for the time shelf with Popcorn program is called for in the recipe, but at the NOT recommended. end of the time allowed, my food wasn’t done. What happened? Step 1: Remove the outer wrapper A. Since house power varies due to from the microwave popcorn. time or location, many Time Cook Step 5: When cooking is recipes give you a time range to Step 2: Open oven door and place completed, the oven signals and pr
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Automatic Roasting Auto Roast uses the temperature probe to cook to the desired serving temperature. Unlike Temp Cook & Hold, which uses a single power level, Auto Roast uses u~ to 3 power settings which autom>ticaljy switch dur;ng roasting, thus providing even, tender cooking results without 2. When you select Auto Roast overcooking. Place meat in oven with probe to codes 1 ~r 2, the oven signals with 4 beeps and “TURn” tlashes on Just as in conventional roasting, the right. Insert cable end of
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Automatic Simmer Auto Roast Guide (Auto Roast Code 4) ● Place meats i n a cooking bag in microwave-safe dish. (Refer to package instructions for proper use of cooking bag. ) Total time includes time to bring c Recommended codes are shown on guide behind door, on front of oven. food to 180°F., and hold at that temperature until done. ● Insert probe as described in the Automatic Roasting section. Minimum Hold* >oneness End Approx. Time F()()d Code Temp. minutes per pound tiinutes Display Beef (5 l
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Auto Defrost With the Auto Defrost feature, Stand Time the oven automatically sets the After Auto Defrosting, meat needs defrosting times and power to stand in order to let the inside levels for you. defrost. YOLI may take the food out Use the Auto Defrost guide on the of the oven if you wish. Stand time next page. Enter the food weight in recommendations are given in the pounds and tenths of a pound (see uide on the next page. Conversion Guide at right). Then 3. Enter weight. For example, touch
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Auto Defrost Guide RECOMMENDED MIN.-MAX. STAND TIME FOODS WEIGHT FIRST SIGNAL SECOND SIGNAL I I I I 5 minutes Chops (). I -6.0 lbs. Turn over. Separate and shield where necessary. Frankfurters, Sausage 0.1 -6.0 Ibs. Separate. Remove defrosted I 2 minutes pieces. I I Remove defrosted areas 5 minutes Ground Meat 0. I - 6.() lbs. Turn over. and break apart. Beef Patties (). I -6.0 lbs. Turn over. Separate patties. 5 minutes 90 minutes Roast 0. I -6.0 lbs. Turn over and Shield if necessary. shield.
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Cooking by Temperature Internal temperature is the best Step 4: Touch POWER LEVEL Questions and Answers test of doneness for many foods. pad. Touch 5 for medium power. Q. Are there any foods I can’t Step 5: Touch the START pad. If Use Temp Cook & Hold to cook Temp Cook? a variety of foods to the desired internal temperature of the roast is A. Yes. Delicate butter icings, ice less than 90°F., display will show finished food temperature. The cre:un, frozen whipped toppings, Time Cook I & II settin
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Auto Reheat Auto Reheat lets you touch just 2 Foods Not Recommended pads to bring previously prepared foods to serving temperature. With many leftovers, there is no need to look up reheating times in the cookbook or to rely on guesswork. By actually sensing the steam that escapes as food heats, this feature automatically adjusts the oven’s heating time to various types and amounts of pre-cooked food. Bread products, foods that must b, reheated uncovered, foods that Because all cooking containers
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Q. I tried to warm some chow Containers and Covers Questions & Answers mein noodles using Auto Reheat. Appropriate containers and Q. If my food is not completely Why didn’t this work’? reheated after using Auto coverings help assure good A. Food must have some moisture reheating results. Reheat, what should I do? in order to create steam which A. Use Time Cook 1 & 11 to reheat ● Always use microwave-safe helps the auto sensor function. containers and cover them with for additional time until des
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Auto Cook The Auto Cook feature may be for a dry look or crisp surface after Example: used to eliminate your need to look cooking should not be Auto Cooked, Lip cooking time in the cookbook It is best to Time Cook them. or guess how long to set cooking Foods that microwave best using time. By actually sensing the the temperature probe should be steam that escapes as food Temp Cooked or Auto Roasted. microwaves, this feature ~m~ automatically adjusts the oven’s Easy to Use cooking time to various
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A. Most pudding and sauce recipes How to Adjust Questions & Answers require stirring many times during Auto Cook Codes to Q. Why does my oven cooking; therefore, Time Cook I & Suit Your Taste automatically cut off after the 11 is recommended. Auto cycle when using Auto By simply adding o I after any Q. My scalloped potatoes were Cook code 1, when it does not for Auto Cook code number, you can not completely cooked when I other settings? set the oven to cook for 2090 less removed the dish after A
