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Use andCare Guide
Microwave ⁄Convection Oven
Safety Instructions....................3–5 Problem Solver...............................34
More questions ?…call
Precautions to Avoid Possible Exposure
to Excessive Microwave Energy .............2 GE Answer Center® 800.626.2000
Care and Cleaning....................31–33
Operating Instructions, Tips
Aluminum Foil ..................................4, 16, 19
Exhaust Fan...................................................32
Automatic Fan Feature ..........
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HELP US HELP YOU… Before using your oven, read this guide Save time and money. Before you carefully. request service… It is intended to help you operate and maintain your Check the Problem Solver in the back of this guide. It new microwave oven properly. lists causes of minor operating problems that you can correct yourself. Keep it handy for answers to your questions. If you don’t understand something or need more All these things are normal with your help, call: ® microwave oven. GE Answer C
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Important Safety Instructions IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read all instructions before using your appliance. When using electrical appliances, basic safety • See door surface cleaning instructions in the precautions should be followed, including the Care and Cleaning section(s) of this guide. following: • This appliance should be serviced only by qualified service personnel. Contact nearest WARNING–To reduce the risk of authorized service facility for examination, burns, electric shock, fire,
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS (continued) • Some products such as whole eggs and sealed • Do not store any materials, other than our containers—for example, closed glass jars— recommended accessories, in this oven when not will explode and should not be heated in this in use. microwave oven. Such use of the microwave/ • Foods cooked in liquids (such as pasta) may tend convection oven could result in injury. to boil over more rapidly than foods containing less • Avoid heating baby food in glass j
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Important Safety Instructions SAFETY FACT—Superheated water. —Use pot holders when handling the shelf and Microwaved water and other liquids do not always cookware. They will be hot. bubble when they reach the boiling point. They can —Do not use the broiler pan or spatter shield actually get superheated and not bubble at all. while microwaving. Superheated liquid will bubble up out of the cup —Place the shelf on the upper supports for when it is moved or when something like a spoon convection b
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IF YOU NEED SERVICE… To obtain service, see the Consumer Services page in NEXT, if you are still not pleased, write all the the back of this guide. details—including your phone number—to: We’re proud of our service and want you to be Manager, Consumer Relations pleased. If for some reason you are not happy with the GE Appliances service you receive, here are 3 steps to follow for Appliance Park further help. Louisville, KY 40225 FIRST, contact the people who serviced your FINALLY, if your proble
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If You Need Service… Microwaving Tips Variable Power Levels Auto Fan Feature VARIABLE POWER LEVELS (1–10) Rest periods (when the microwave energy cycles off) How to Change Power Level give time for the food to “equalize” or transfer heat to the inside of the food. An example of this is shown 1. Press MICRO COOK or TIME DEFROST. with Power Level 3—the defrost cycle. If microwave 1
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YOUR TOUCH CONTROL PANEL The Touch Control Panel allows you to set the oven controls with the touch of a finger. It’s designed to be easy to use and understand. 1. DISPLAY. Displays time of day, time or 15. COOK. Touch this pad, the number pad for the temperature during cooking functions, power level desired code number, then START. The oven being used, cooking mode and instructions. automatically microwaves at pre-programmed power levels and determines the proper amount 2. BEVERAGE. Touch thi
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Your Touch Control Panel 1 14 15 16 17 SENSOR COOKING CONVECTION 2 POPCORN BEVERAGE REHEAT COOK COOK BROIL 3 MICROWAVE COMBINATION 4 18 MICRO
TIME
AUTO
TEMP
COOK ROAST 19 5 COOK DEFROST DEFROST COOK/HOLD PROBE PROBE 6 20 21 7 1
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EXPRESS COOK EXPRESS COOK EXPRESS COOK DELAY
START 22 START 4
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6 REMINDER EXPRESS COOK EXPRESS COOK 23 8 7 8 9 CLEAR
MINUTE 24 OFF POWER
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9 LEVEL 30 SEC 25 DISPLAY ON/OFF 10 SELECTIONS 26 NIGHT
SOUND
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FEATURES OF YOUR OVEN Cooking Complete Reminder 5 (For all defrost and cook cycles except Temp Cook/Hold) To remind you that you have food in the oven, the oven will display ‘‘End’’ and beep once a minute until you 6 either open the oven door or touch the CLEAR/OFF pad. Do not use for microwave-only cooking. 1 2 3 4 POWER ENTER CONV COMB DEF BROIL CODE 7 SENSOR COOKING CONVECTION WEIGHT PRE COOK FOOD TEMP TIME POPCORN BEVERAGE REHEAT COOK COOK BROIL CONVEC
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Features of Your Oven What Your Oven Can Do WHAT YOUR OVEN CAN DO Cooking with your new oven offers a wide variety of The Sensor Cooking features make your microwave do food preparation options. Microwave cooking uses the cooking for you. It’s easy and convenient— just very short, high frequency radio waves. The follow the step-by-step instructions in this guide. A movement of the microwaves through the food sensor detects steam from the food and automatically generates heat and cooks most foods
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COOKWARE AND ACCESSORIES Cookware Microwave Convection Combination Heat-Resistant Glass, YES YES YES ® Glass-Ceramic (Pyrex , ® Fire King , Corning ® Ware , etc.) Ceramic YES YES YES (Cookware with no metal trim) Metal NO YES NO Non Heat-Resistant Glass NO NO NO Microwave-Safe Plastics YES NO YES* Plastic Films and Wraps YES NO NO Paper Products YES NO NO Straw, Wicker and Wood YES NO NO *Use only microwave cookware that is safe to 400°F. NOTE: For more information on the proper use of cookware
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Cookware and Accessories How to Use the Kitchen Timer HOW TO USE THE KITCHEN TIMER The Kitchen Timer Using a Holding Time The Kitchen Timer has 3 timing functions: The Kitchen Timer can also be used to program a “holding time” between microwave cooking functions. • It operates as a minute timer. The time can range from 1 second to 99 minutes and • It can be set to delay cooking. 99 seconds. A holding or standing time may be found in some of your own recipes or in a cookbook. • It can be used as
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COOKING BY TIME Micro Cook I Because automatic Power Level 10 is recommended Micro Cook allows you to microwave for a preset amount of time. for this cup of coffee, there is no need to change the power level. (If Power Level 10 is not appropriate, Power Level 10 (High) is recommended for most see ‘‘How to Change Power Level’’ below.) cooking, but you may change this for more flexibility. Step 4: Touch START. See the Cooking Guide. To become better acquainted with time cooking, make START a cup
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Cooking by Time The Express Cook Feature The Express Cook feature is a short-cut method to To Express Cook your food or beverage: set time for 1-5 minutes at Power Level 10. Touch a number pad (from 1 to 5) for 1 to 5 minutes of cooking at Power Level 10. For example, touch the 2 pad for 2 minutes of cooking time. No need to touch 1
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DEFROSTING BY TIME Time Defrost (Power Level 3) To become better acquainted with the defrost Time Defrost is designed for speedy thawing of frozen food and is one of the great advantages of a function, defrost a 10 oz. package of frozen strawberries by following the steps below. microwave oven. Use the Time Defrost setting to quickly thaw foods Step 1: Place a package of frozen strawberries in the oven and close door. Be sure package contains such as bread, rolls, vegetables, fruits and frozen
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Defrosting by Time Cooking by Temperature COOKING BY TEMPERATURE Internal temperature is the best test of doneness Temp Cook/Hold takes the guesswork out of cooking, for many foods. because the oven automatically switches to ‘‘Hold’’ setting after reaching the preset food temperature Use Temp Cook/Hold to cook a variety of foods to and maintains that temperature until you touch the the desired finished food temperature. The Micro CLEAR/OFF pad. Cook setting is recommended for batters, doughs, f
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AUTO DEFROST Auto Defrost With the Auto Defrost feature, the oven Use the Auto Defrost Guide. Enter the food weight in automatically sets the defrosting times and power pounds and tenths of a pound (see Conversion Guide below). Then touch START pad. levels for you. The oven calculates defrosting time and changes power levels during defrosting to give even defrosting results. How to Set Auto Defrost Before you begin, check the Auto Defrost Guide Step 4: Touch START pad. Display shows located in t
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Auto Defrost AUTO DEFROST GUIDE RECOMMENDED MIN.–MAX. FOODS WEIGHT FIRST SIGNAL SECOND SIGNAL STAND TIME Meat Chops 0.1 - 6.0 lbs. Turn over. Separate and shield 5 minutes where necessary. Frankfurters, Sausage 0.1 - 6.0 lbs. Separate. Remove defrosted 2 minutes pieces. Ground Meat 0.1 - 6.0 lbs. Turn over. Remove defrosted areas 5 minutes and break apart. Beef Patties 0.1 - 6.0 lbs. Turn over. Separate patties. 5 minutes Roast 0.1 - 6.0 lbs. Turn over and Shield if necessary. 30 minutes shield.
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SENSOR COOKING POPCORN Step 3: Touch POPCORN pad. NOTE: Do NOT use the metal shelf with the No need to touch START, the oven POPCORN Popcorn program. will start immediately. After the sensor detects The Popcorn feature is designed to be used only steam, the oven signals with prepackaged microwave popcorn weighing and displays remaining 3.0 to 3.5 ounces. POWER cooking time needed. COOK Step 1: Remove the outer wrapper from the TIME microwave popcorn. Step 2: Open oven door and place package
