8
Using the Oven Control
(Electronic Control)
Manual Time Entry
To cook food using a specific entered time and power level.
1.
Open oven door and place food in oven. Close door.
•
READY
displays. Fan and light will turn on.
2.
Press TIME ENTRY pad.
•
READY
and
0000
display.
• If pad does not work, open and close oven door and try again.
3.
Enter cooking time by using the numbered pads.
4.
Press a power level pad to change power level if desired
(some models).
•
POWER LEVEL
displays with the power setting.
-
00
indicates 0% microwave power,
20
indicates 20%,
50
indicates 50% and
70
indicates 70% microwave power. If a
number is not displayed with POWER LEVEL the microwave is set to
full power.
5.
If stage cooking is desired, press TIME ENTRY pad and repeat steps 3
through 4 (some models).
• Display changes to cook time and power level for the next stage.
6.
Enter cook time and power level as in steps 3 and 4.
• To add another cooking stage press TIME ENTRY pad again.
• Up to four different stages can be programmed.
7.
Press START pad.
• Oven operates and time counts down.
•
POWER
,
COOK LEVEL
and cooking time display.
8.
At end of cooking cycle oven beeps and shuts off.
Programmed Pads
To cook food using pads preprogrammed with cooking sequences.
1.
Open oven door and place food in oven. Close door.
•
READY
displays. Fan and light will turn on.
2.
Press desired pad.
• For single pad entry, press only one pad.
• For double pad entry, press the two pads, in order, of the
double digit number for the desired cooking
sequence.
• To change single or double pad entry option
see
User Options section in this manual.
3.
Oven begins to cook.
•
POWER
, power level and total cooking time display. If power level
does not display, microwave is cooking at full power.
• For additional cooking time, press preprogrammed pad again
to begin cooking sequence again.
4.
At end of cooking cycle oven beeps and shuts off.
Factory Settings
Pad Time
Pad
Time
1
10 sec.
6
1:30 min.
2
20 sec.
7
2 min.
3
30 sec.
8
3 min.
4
45 sec.
9
4 min.
5
1 min.
0
5 min.
QTY 2X Pad
(some models)
To increase cooking time by a
specific cooking factor when
cooking more than one serving. The
cooking factor is a percentage of the
original cooking time (from 10 to
100%).
1.
Open oven door and place food
in oven. Close door.
•
READY
displays. Fan and
light will turn on.
2.
Press QTY 2X pad.
• Amount of time added is a
percentage of the original
preprogrammed cooking time.
• The percentage can be
changed. See
Programming
the Oven Control section in
this manual.
3.
Press desired preprogrammed
pad or pad sequence.
4.
Oven begins cooking.
Displayed cooking time is the
total of original cooking time
plus the added 2X time.
Interrupting
Operation
Open oven door or press
STOP/RESET pad to interrupt
operation. Display may continue to
show countdown time. Close door
and press START pad to resume
oven operation.
Do I
have
stage
programming?
Stage programming is not shown
with a pad on the oven. To
verify that your microwave has stage
programming, refer to the Quick Start
Guide provided with the microwave or
call your authorized Amana dealer.
