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BUILT BETTER THAN IT HAS TO BE
OwnerÕs Manual
Covering model ACM1460A / ACM2160A
Contents
Important Safety Information ....................................... 3
Installation..................................................................... 5
Other Helpful Information............................................. 6
Cooking Utensils........................................................... 8
Feature Diagram .......................................................... 9
Electric Microwave
Cont
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Thank you for buying an Amana Microwave! Please take the time to complete the registration card and return promptly. Asure™ Extended If the registration card is missing, call Amana Consumer Affairs Department. Service Plan When contacting Amana, provide product information from serial plate: Amana Appliances offers long-term service protection for this new microwave. Asure™ Extended Service Model Number Plan, covering functional parts, labor, and travel charges, is specially Manufacturing (P)
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION w w CAUTION To avoid risk of personal injury or property damage, observe the following: 1. Be certain to place the front surface of the door 7. Do not operate the oven empty. Either food or three inches away or more from the countertop water should always be in the oven during edge to avoid accidental tipping of the appliance in operation to absorb microwave energy. normal usage. 8. Do not use your microwave oven to dry 2. For the most accurate programming o
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION Recognize this symbol as a SAFETY message w w WARNING To reduce the risk of burns, electric shock, fire, injury to persons, or exposure to excessive microwave energy: 11. Do not store this appliance outdoors. Do not use this 1. Read all instructions before using the appliance. product near water - for example, near a kitchen sink, in a 2. Read and follow the specific PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID wet basement, or near a swimming pool, and the like. POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO E
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Installation D. PLACEMENT OF THE OVEN w w WARNING Your microwave oven can be placed easily in your kitchen, family room, or anywhere else in your home. Place the oven To avoid risk of electrical shock or death, this oven on a flat surface such as a kitchen countertop or a specially must be earthed. designed microwave oven cart. Do not place oven above a gas or electric range. Free air flow around the oven is important. w w WARNING E. DO NOT BLOCK AIR VENTS To avoid risk of electrical shock o
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Other Helpful Information GETTING THE BEST RESULTS SPECIAL TECHNIQUES IN FROM YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN MICROWAVE COOKING Keep an eye on things. The instructions in this book Browning: Meats and poultry that are cooked fifteen have been formulated with great care, but your minutes or longer will brown lightly in their own fat. success in preparing food depends, of course, on how Foods that are cooked for a shorter period of time may much attention you pay to the food as it cooks. Always be brushed wit
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Other Helpful Information Elevating: Thick or dense foods are often elevated so NOTE: It is a common misconception that micro-waves that microwaves can be absorbed by the underside and cook food from the inside out. This comes from heating center of the foods. filled pastries with a high sugar content, like jelly doughnuts. The pastry is cool but the filling is very hot! If Piercing: Foods enclosed in a shell, skin, or membrane you cook a chicken or a roast, you’ll see the outside is are likely
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Cooking Utensils w w CAUTION To avoid risk of personal injury or property damage, do not use stoneware, alumium foil, metal utensils, or metal trimmed utensils in the oven. 4. Plastic storage containers: These can be used to MICROWAVE-SAFE UTENSILS hold foods that are to be quickly reheated. However, Never use metal or metal-trimmed utensils in your they should not be used to hold foods that will need microwave oven: Microwaves cannot penetrate metal. considerable time in the oven as hot food
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Feature Diagram Oven Front Plate Window Door Screen Your oven will be packed with the following materials: Door Seal Glass Turntable ...................................... 1 each Display Window Owner's Manual & Cooking Guide........................................ 1 each Control Panel Rotating Ring.......................................... 1 each This microwave oven is designed for household Door Open Button use only. It is not recommended for commercial purposes and will void the warranty. Sa
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Operating Instructions SETTING CLOCK TIME COOK When your oven is plugged in for the first time or when This function allows you to cook food for a desired power resumes after a power interruption, the numbers amount of time. Because many foods need slower in the display reset to “:”. cooking (at less than HI-POWER), there are 10 power level settings in addition to HI-POWER. When cooking is complete, beeps will sound. The word NOTE: END shows in the display window. Then the oven shuts You can sel
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Operating Instructions MULTI-STAGE TIME COOK CHILD LOCK For Multi-Stage cooking, touch PROGRAM and repeat This safety feature prevents unwanted oven operation. Time Cook steps 1-3 on previous page before touching Once the child lock is set, no cooking can take place. The the START pad. Child Lock feature is also useful when cleaning the control panel. Child Lock prevents accidental programming when Auto Defrost can be programmed before the first stage wiping the control panel. to defrost firs
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Operating Instructions CONTROL SET-UP CONTROL SET-UP provides five modes which make using your microwave oven quite handy. You can select SOUND ON/OFF, CLOCK ON/OFF, SCROLL SPEED, LBS/KG, and DEMO MODE. Example 1: To turn off Sound of beeper. Example 2: To select kg unit. 1. Touch CONTROL SET-UP. 1. Touch CONTROL SET-UP. CONTROL CONTROL Five modes show in the display Five modes show in the display SET-UP SET-UP repeatedly. You can set them continuously. according to your intention. You c
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Operating Instructions MORE/LESS SENSOR COOK OPERATION INSTRUCTION By using the MORE or LESS keys, all of the AUTO For most Sensor Cook programs, a chart with specific COOK, TIME COOK, EASY COOK, SENSOR COOK food examples and cooking instructions is provided on programs can be adjusted to cook food for a longer or the next pages. The Sensor Cook system works by shorter time. Pressing MORE will add 10 seconds to the detecting a build-up of vapor. cooking time each time you press it. Pressing L
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Operating Instructions SENSOR COOK CHART Code Category Direction Amount 1 Potato Pierce each potato with a fork and place on the 1 - 4 medium approx. 8 oven tray around the edge, at least one inch apart. ounce each 2 Fresh Prepare as desired, wash, and leave residual water 1 - 6 cups Vegetable on the vegetables. Place in an appropriately-sized microwave container, cover with plastic wrap and vent. 3 Frozen Remove from package, rinse off frost under running 10 oz. - 1 lb. Vegetable water. Place i
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Operating Instructions SENSOR REHEAT CHART SENSOR POPCORN SENSOR POPCORN lets you pop commercially Cate- Code Direction Amount packaged microwave popcorn (1.75-3.5 ounces). For gory best results, use a fresh bag of popcorn. 1 Dinner Place foods to be heated Approx. Place only one bag of prepackaged microwave 1 plate on dinner plate or similar /2 - 1 popcorn on the center of turntable. dish. pound Cover with plastic wrap. Example: To pop 3.5 oz. 2 Soup/ Place food to be heated 1-4 cups Touch POPC
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Operating Instructions AUTO COOK This feature allows to cook foods that you select by touching AUTO COOK pad. It has 6 foods categories. Example: To cook four slices of bacon 2. Touch number 1. Display scrolls the words BACON 1 TOUCH 2 TO 6 SLICES. 1. Touch AUTO COOK. AUTO Display scrolls the words SELECT COOK MENU 1 TO 6 -- SEE COOKING GUIDE BEHIND DOOR. 3. Touch number 4. 4 The oven will start automatically. AUTO COOK CHART • First, touch AUTO COOK pad, then select food and amount. Code Ca
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Operating Instructions • For best results, remove fish, shellfish, meat, and AUTO DEFROST poultry from its original closed paper or plastic package Three defrost sequences are preset in the oven. The (wrapper). Otherwise, the wrap will hold steam and defrost feature provides you with the best defrosting juice close to the foods, which can cause the outer method for frozen foods. The cooking guide will show surface of the foods to cook. you which defrost sequence is recommended for the • For b
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Fresh Vegetable Chart Cook time Standing Vegetable Amount at HIGH Instructions Time (minutes) Artichokes 2 medium 5-8 Trim. Add 2 tsp. water and 2 tsp. lemon juice. 2-3 minutes (8 oz. each) 4 medium 10-12 Cover. Cook stem end up. Asparagus, 1 Ib. 3-7 Wash and turn half of spears around. 2-3 minutes 1 Fresh, spears Add /2 cup water. Cover. 1 1 Beans, green & 1 lb. 7-10 Add /2 cup water in 1 /2 qt. casserole. 2-3 minutes wax Stir halfway through cooking. 1 1 Beets, Fresh 1 Ib. 12-16 Add /2 cup wa
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Cook using Sensor Cook Ground Beef and Noodle Casserole, serves 4 VEGETABLES 5 ounces egg noodles, cooked according to package Vegetable Medley, serves 4 as a side dish or 2 as a meal directions 2 large carrots, cut into 1 inch pieces 1 pound lean ground beef, cooked and drained 1 large baking potato, diced 2 cups cooked chopped broccoli, either fresh OR 10 1 medium red onion, thinly sliced ounces cooked peas 4 cloves of garlic, peeled 3 1 can (10 /4 ounces) cheddar cheese soup 2 stalks celery
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Cook using Sensor Cook Peel and Eat Shrimp, serves 2 EGGS 1 /2 cup dry white wine Hard Cooked Eggs for Egg Salad - 2 cloves garlic, minced If you’ve ever made an egg salad the traditional way you 2 tablespoons lemon juice know it’s quite a task. You have to boil the eggs, allow 4 tablespoons butter them to cool and then peel them before you chop them 1 pound large shrimp in shells and add the other ingredients. When you cook the eggs Place everything in a 2 quart microwave dish push to the as di
