10
Operation
Setting Cooking Times & Power Levels
Your microwave allows you to set up to two different stages of cooking, each with its
own time length and power level. The power level button lets you control the heating
intensity from Warm (1) to High (0).
One-stage Cooking
For simple one-stage cooking, you only need to set a cooking time. The power level is
automatically set to High. If you want to set the power to any other level, you must set it
using the Power Level button.
1.
Use the number buttons to set a cooking time. You can set a time from one second
to 99 minutes, 99 seconds. To set a time over one minute, enter the seconds too.
For example, to set 20 minutes, enter 2, 0, 0, 0 .
2.
If you want to set the power level to something other than High, press the Power
Level button, then use the number buttons to enter a power level.
Power Levels:
1 = PL:10
(Warm)
6 = PL:60
(Simmer)
2 = PL:20
(Low)
7 = PL:70
(Medium High)
3 = PL:30
(Defrost)
8 = PL:80
(Reheat)
4 = PL:40
(Medium Low)
9 = PL:90
(Sauté)
5 = PL:50
(Medium)
0 = PL:Hi
(High)
3.
Press the Start button to begin cooking. If you want to change the power level,
press Pause/Cancel before you press Start, and re-enter all of the instructions.
Some recipes require different stages of cooking at different temperatures. You can set
multiple stages of cooking with your microwave.
Multi-stage Cooking
1.
Follow steps 1 and 2 in the “One-Stage Cooking” section on the previous page.
When entering more than one cooking stage, the
Power Level button must be
pressed before the second cooking stage can be entered.
To set the power level at High for a stage of cooking, press the
Power Level
button twice.
2.
Use the number buttons to set a second cooking time.
3.
Press the
Power Level button, then use the number buttons to set the power
level of the second stage of cooking.
4.
Press Start to begin cooking.
You can check the Power Level while cooking is in progress by pressing the
Power
Level button.
Demonstration Mode
You can use the Demonstration Mode to see how your microwave oven operates with-
out the oven heating.
1.
Hold the 0 button and then press the 1 button.
To turn demo mode off, repeat step 1 above.
Using the More/Less Buttons
The More/Less buttons allow you to adjust pre-set cooking times. They only work in
the Rice/Pasta, Meat/Fish, Snack Bar, Auto Reheat, Custom Cook,
Pizza Reheat, Beverage or Time Cook, Kitchen Time modes. Use the More/
Less button only after you have already begun cooking with one of these procedures.
The More/Less key cannot be used with the Baby Food key.
1.
To ADD more time to an automatic cooking procedure: Press the More(9) button.
2.
To REDUCE the time of an automatic cooking procedure: Press the Less(1)
button.
If you wish to increase/decrease in
Time Cook, Kitchen Time mode by
10sec, press the More(9) or Less(1) button.
Switching the Beeper On/Off
You can switch the beeper off whenever you want.
1.
Press the Sound button. The display shows “ON”.
(“START” will flash)
2.
Press the Sound button to turn the volume off. The display shows:
“OFF”.(“START” will flash)
3.
Press Start. The display returns to the time of day.
Using the Kitchen Timer
1.
Press the Kitchen Timer button.
2.
Use the Number buttons to set the length of time you want the timer to run.
3.
Press Start to begin Kitchen Timer.
4.
The display counts down and beeps when the time has elapsed.
Note: The microwave does not turn on when the Kitchen timer is used.
Setting the Child Protection Lock
You can lock your microwave oven so it can’t be used by unsupervised children.
1.
Hold the “0” button and then press the “2” button. The display shows “Loc”.
At this point, the microwave oven cannot be used until it is unlocked. To unlock it,
repeat step 1 above.
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