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Make sure all the cookware used in your
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Paper towels, wax paper and plastic wrap
microwave oven is suitable for microwaving.
can be used to cover dishes in order to retain
Most glass casseroles, cooking dishes, measuring
moisture and prevent spattering. Be sure to vent
cups, custard cups, pottery or china dinnerware
plastic wrap so steam can escape.
which does not have metallic trim or glaze with a
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Some microwaved foods require stirring,
metallic sheen can be used. Some cookware is
labeled “suitable for microwaving.”
rotating or rearranging.
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Steam builds up pressure in foods which
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If you are not sure if a dish is microwave-safe,
are tightly covered by a skin or membrane.
use this test:
Pierce potatoes, egg yolks and chicken livers
Place in the oven both the dish
to prevent bursting.
you are testing and a glass
measuring cup filled with one
If you use a meat thermometer while cooking,
cup water— set the measuring
cup either in or next to the dish.
make sure it is safe for use in microwave ovens.
Microwave for 1 minute at high. If
the dish heats, it should not be used for microwaving.
If the dish remains cool and only the water in the cup
heats, then the dish is microwave-safe.
All these things are normal with
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Dimming of the oven light and
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Some TV-Radio interference
your microwave oven:
change in the blower sound may
might be noticed while using
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Steam or vapor escaping from
occur while operation at power
your microwave oven. It’s similar
around the door.
levels other than high.
to the interference caused by
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Light reflection around the door
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A dull thumping sound while the
other small appliances and
or the outer case.
oven is operating.
does not indicate a problem with
your oven.
HOW TO USE THE MINUTE TIMER
When the microwave oven is not in use, the control
panel can serve as a convenient timer and will signal
when through.
To set the minute timer:
1. Press the TIMER pad.
2. Press the number pads to set the amount of time.
The Timer can be set for any time from 1 second
to 99 minutes and 99 seconds.
3. Press the START pad.
The timer will count down in the display window and
the timer indicator light will
When the set time
is up, the word “END” will appear in the display
window. Press the
pad to clear the display.
If the minute timer is used during a cooking
function, the cooking function time will show in the
display while the timer is in use. When the set minute
timer time is up, the control will beep three times. To
display the remaining minute timer time during a
cooking function, press the TIMER pad. The minute
timer time will appear in the display
three minutes.
AUTO DEFROSTING
The glass tray must always be in place when
Select one of the three food categories (Meat,
operating the oven. The Auto Defrost function
Poultry or Fish) and enter the weight of the food.
automatically calculates the exact amount of
A preprogrammed standing time of five minutes is
defrosting time and the correct power level
included in the calculated item to allow complete
needed to defrost food.
defrosting before cooking begins.
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