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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN
using your microwave oven
USING THE KITCHEN TIMER
1. Press the Kitchen Timer button. (max. time 90 min.)
The display shows: SET MIN
2. Use the dial to set the number of minutes you want the timer to run.
3. Press the Select button.
The display shows: SET SEC
4. Use the dial to set the number of additional seconds you want the timer to run.
5. Press the Select button.
The display counts down and beeps when the time has elapsed.
USING THE STOP/CLEAR BUTTON
The Stop/Clear button allows you to clear instructions you have entered.
It also allows you to pause the oven’s cooking cycle, so that you can check the food.
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To pause the oven during cooking, press the Stop/Clear button once. To restart, press the Start button.
• To stop cooking, erase instructions, and return the oven display to the time of day, press the Stop/
Clear button twice.
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To clear instructions you have just entered, press the Stop/Clear button once, then re-enter the instructions.
• To cancel a timer setting, press the Stop/Clear button once.
USING THE MICROWAVE +30 SEC. FEATURE
This feature offers a convenient way to heat food in set time increments at the High power level.
1. Dial in the Microwave +30 Sec. direction (clockwise) to increase the time you want food to cook.
The time will display. Press the Start button to begin cooking.
If the Total Cooking Time is Between
The Cooking Time Increases in These
Increments
30 seconds ~ 1 minute 5 seconds
1 minute ~ 3 minutes 10 seconds
3 minutes ~ 10 minutes 30 seconds
10 minutes ~ 20 minutes 1 minute
20 minutes ~ 60 minutes 2 minutes
60 minutes ~ 90 minutes 5 minutes
2. Add cooking time to a program in progress by dialing in the Microwave +30 Sec. direction (clockwise).
As you dial clockwise, you increase the cooking time by set increments.
USING THE MORE/LESS FEATURE
The More or Less feature allows you to adjust the pre-set cooking time. It works with 1 and 2 stage
cooking, MW, Bake, Roast, Brown, Speed Bake/Roast, and Warm Hold buttons.
Use the More or Less feature only after cooking has begun.
1. To ADD more time to a cooking procedure, dial in the clockwise direction. Each step adds 5 seconds to
the cooking time.
2. To REDUCE the time of a cooking procedure, dial in the counter-clockwise direction. Each step reduces
the cooking time by 5 seconds.
TURNING ON THE LIGHT
Press the button to turn the light on or off. Press once for high, twice for low, three times to turn the light off.
TURNING ON THE VENT
The vent fan removes steam and other vapors from rangetop cooking.
Press the button once for fan speed high, twice for fan speed medium, three times for fan speed Low,
and four times to turn the fan off.
The Vent Fan protects the microwave from excess heat rising from the cooktop below it. It
automatically turns on if it senses too much heat. If you have turned the fan on, you may find that you
cannot turn it off. The fan will automatically turn off when the internal parts are cool. It may stay on for
30 minutes or more after the cooktop and microwave controls are turned off.
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