GE 49-8284 Microwave Oven User Manual


 
The Minute/Second Timer
Using a Holding Time
The Minute/Second Timer has three timing
The Minute/Second Timer can also be used to
functions:
program a “holding time” between microwave
It operates as a minute timer.
cooking functions. The time can range from one
second to 99 minutes and 99 seconds. A holding or
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It can be set to delay cooking.
standing time may be found in some of your own
It can be used as a hold setting after defrosting.
recipes or in the Cooking Guide.
The Minute/Second Timer operates without
microwave energy.
How to Time a 3-Minute Phone Call
Programming Delayed Cooking
1. Touch MIN/SEC TIMER pad.
2. Touch number pads 3,0 and O (for 3 minutes and
no seconds).
3. Touch START. Display shows time counting down.
The timer signals when time is up.
To delay cooking up to 99 minutes and 99 seconds,
touch TIME COOK and enter cook
time,
Touch
MIN/SEC TIMER and enter number of minutes to
delay cooking. Touch START. Timer will count down
to zero and cooking will begin.
How to Defrost, Hold and Time Cook
Let’s say you want to defrost a frozen casserole for
15
minutes, hold for 10 minutes and then Time Cook
for 25 minutes. Here’s how to do it:
Step 1: Take casserole from freezer and place in oven.
mDEFRosTpad
Step 2: Touch TIME
Step
5: Touch 1, 0, 0 and O to hold for ten minutes.
TIME COOK
I
&II
Step 6: Touch TIME
COOK I & II pad.
Step 7: Touch 2, 5,0 and O for 25 minutes
of
cooking time.
Step
3: Touch pads 1, 5, 0 and O for 15 minutes
defrosting time. (Defrosting is automatically set on
power level 3 but can be changed by touching the
POWER LEVEL pad and the desired power level.)
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START
Step 4: Set standing or hold
HTrMERpad
time by touching MIN/SEC
Step 8: Touch START. As
each
function is automatically
performed, oven display shows
instructions entered and the
function. When time is up, the
oven signals and flashes “End.”
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