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Operation
Using the Sensor Cook Buttons
By actually sensing the humidity that escapes as food heat, this feature
automatically adjusts the oven’s heating time for various types and
amounts of precooked food. All food should be precooked and at
refrigerator temperature.
1
Press the Sensor Cook button corresponding to the food you are
cooking (Potato, for example).
The display shows Potato and your microwave oven will begin
cooking automatically.
When cooking popcorn, wait at least five minutes between each bag to
avoid overheating the glass tray. If you want to adjust the cooking time,
you can use the More/Less buttons. See page 15 for more information.
If you want to check the current time while cooking is in progress, press
the Clock button.
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See page 20 for the Sensor Cooking Guide.
Using the Sensor Reheat Button
Heating leftovers and precooked foods is easy with your new micro-
wave. By actually sensing the humidity that escapes as food heat, this
feature automatically adjusts the oven’s heating time for various types
and amounts of precooked food. All food should be precooked and at
refrigerator temperature. To use sensor reheating:
1
Press Sensor Reheat button.
The display will show REHEAT and the oven will start
automatically.
If you want to adjust the heating time, use the More/Less buttons.
See page 15 for more information on the More/Less buttons. If you
want to check the current time while reheating, press the Clock
button.
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See page 21 for the Sensor Reheat Guide.
Using the Power Defrosting
(Power/Auto Defrosting) Button
To thaw frozen food, set the weight of the food and the microwave auto-
matically sets the defrosting time, power level and standing time.
The Power Defrost function will automatically activate when defrosting
foods that weigh less than 1.0 lbs.
The Auto Defrost function will automatically activate when desfrosting
foods that weigh over 1.0 lbs.
Please note that Auto Defrost function (function that defrosts foods
which weigh more than 1.0 lbs) will take several minutes longer
than the Power Defrost function (function that defrosts foods which
weigh less than 1.0 lbs).
1
Press the Power Defrost, Power/Auto Defrost button.
The display shows : 0.5 LB (0.2Kg if you have set your oven for
metric measure).
2
To set the weight of your food, press the Power Defrost, Power/
Auto Defrost button repeatedly. This increases the weight by 0.5
lb increments, up to 6.0 lbs. You can also use the number buttons
to enter the weight of the food directly. The oven calculates the
defrosting time and starts automatically.
Twice during defrosting, the oven will beep and the display will read
TURN THE FOOD OVER
3
Open the oven door, and turn the food over.
4
Press the Start button to resume defrosting.
Note: Even if you do not turn the food over when “TURN THE
FOOD OVER” is displayed.
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See page 21 for the Power Defrosting(Power/Auto
Defrosting) Guide.
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