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Over The Range
Microwave Oven
Use & Care Guide
Model AMV5164AA/AC
Important Safety Instructions.................. 2-4
Features........................................................ 5-6
Operating Instructions ............................ 7-20
Care and Cleaning................................. 21-22
Cooking Utensils.......................................... 23
Troubleshooting ..................................... 24-25
Warranty......................................................... 26
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Important Safety Instructions CAUTION Installer: Please leave this guide with this appliance. To avoid personal injury or property damage, observe the Consumer: Please read and keep this Use & Care Guide for future reference. following: Keep sales receipt and/or cancelled check as proof of 1. Do not deep fat fry in oven. Fat could overheat and be purchase. hazardous to handle. Model Number ________________________________ 2. Do not cook or reheat eggs in shell or with an Serial Number_______
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Important Safety Instructions ● Move the microwave oven away from the receiver. WARNING ● Plug the microwave oven into a different outlet so that To avoid risk of electrical shock or death, this oven the microwave oven and the receiver are on different must be grounded and plug must not be altered. branch circuits. The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or television interference caused by unauthorized Grounding Instructions modification to this microwave oven. It is the Oven MUST be
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Important Safety Instructions WARNING When using electrical appliances, basic safety 10. DO NOT heat baby bottles in oven. precautions should be followed to reduce the risk of 11. DO NOT operate this oven if it has a damaged burns, electric shock, fire, or injury to persons or cord or plug, if it is not working properly, or if it exposure to excessive microwave energy. has been damaged or dropped. 1. READ all instructions before using oven. 12. This oven, including power cord, must be 2. READ AN
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Features OVEN SPECIFICATIONS Model and Serial Vent Grille Power Supply 120 VAC, Number Plate 60 Hz Glass Turntable Window with Metal Shield Cooking Guide Input Power 1,500 W Door Handle Metal Rack Cooking Power 1,000 W (IEC 60705 Standard) Frequency 2,450 MHz Rated Current 13 A 15 7 Outer Dimensions 291 /16" x 16 /6" Oven Control 3 Panel (WxHxD) x 15 /8" Door Safety Lock System Cavity Volume 1.6 Cu. Ft. Cooktop/Countertop Light Net Weight 52 lbs. Grease Filter FEATURES 1. DISPLAY: The Display
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Features 5. COOK: Touch this pad to cook frozen 11. AUTO DEFROST: Meat, poultry, fish. 20. CONTROL SETUP: Touch this pad entree, casserole, and rice. The oven’s Touch this pad to select food type and to change the oven’s default settings sensor will tell the oven how long to defrost food by weight. See page 14 for sound, clock, display speed and cook depending on the amount of for more information. defrost weight. See page 7 for more humidity coming from the food. See information. 12. TIME DEFRO
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Operating Instructions LEARN ABOUT YOUR KITCHEN TIMER VENT HI/LO/OFF MICROWAVE OVEN You can use your microwave oven The VENT moves as a timer. Use the Timer for timing steam and other This section discusses the concepts up to 99 minutes, 99 seconds. vapors from the behind microwave cooking and cooking surface. The vent will introduces you to the basics you Example: To set for 3 minutes. operate at low speed whenever the need to know to operate your oven is on. microwave oven. Please read this 1.
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Operating Instructions CHILD LOCK LIGHT TIMER HOLD WARM You may lock the control panel to You can set the LIGHT to turn on You can keep cooked food warm in and off automatically at any time. prevent the microwave from being your microwave oven for up to 99 The light comes on at the same time accidentally started or used by minutes 99 seconds. You can use every day until reset. children. HOLD WARM by itself or to follow a Example: Turn on 2:00 AM, turn off cooking cycle automatically. The Child L
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Operating Instructions CUSTOM PROGRAM COOKING AT HIGH COOKING WITH POWER LEVELS MORE THAN ONE CUSTOM PROGRAM lets you recall one cooking instruction previously COOK CYCLE Example: To cook food for 8 placed in memory and begin cooking minutes 30 seconds at 100% power. For best results, some recipes call for quickly. one Power Level for a certain length 1. Enter the cook Example: To cook for 2 minutes. of time, and another Power Level for time. another length of time.Your oven can 1. Touch CUSTO
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Operating Instructions COOKING GUIDE FOR LOWER POWER LEVELS The 10 power levels in addition to HIGH allow you to choose the best power level for the food you are cooking. Below are listed all the power levels, examples of foods best cooked at each level, and the amount of microwave power you are using. POWER LEVEL MICROWAVE OUTPUT USE ● 10 High 100% Boil water. ● Cook ground beef. ● Make candy. ● Cook fresh fruits and vegetables. ● Cook fish and poultry. ● Preheat browning dish. ● Reheat beverag
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Operating Instructions 3. Match the amount to the size of SENSOR OPERATING CAUTION the container. Fill containers at INSTRUCTIONS least half full for best results. ● DO NOT leave microwave oven unattended while pop- Sensor Cook allows you to cook 4. Be sure the outside of the cooking ping corn. most of your favorite foods without container and the inside of the ● When popping commercially selecting cooking times and power microwave oven are dry before packaged popcorn,remove levels. The display
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Operating Instructions BAKED POTATO COOK REHEAT The BAKED POTATO pad lets you Using COOK lets you heat common REHEAT lets you heat foods without bake one or several potatoes without microwave-prepared foods without needing to program times and Cook selecting cooking times and power needing to program times and Cook Powers. REHEAT has preset Cook levels. Powers. COOK has preset Cook Powers for 3 categories: Casserole, Power for 3 food categories: Frozen Dinner Plate, and Soup/S
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Operating Instructions SENSOR COOK TABLE CATEGORY DIRECTIONS AMOUNT Potato 1 - 4 medium approx. Pierce each potato with a fork and place on the oven tray around the 8 -10 ozs. each edge, at least one inch apart. 1 - 4 cups Fresh Prepare as desired, wash, and leave residual water on the vegetables. Vegetable Place in an appropriately-sized microwave container, cover with plastic wrap and vent. 1 - 4 cups Frozen Remove from package, rinse off frost under running water. Place in Vegetable an app
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Operating Instructions For best results: AUTO DEFROST DEFROST TIPS ● Remove fish, shellfish, meat, and ● Three defrost choices are preset in When using AUTO DEFROST, the poultry from its original closed the oven. The defrost feature weight to be entered is the net paper or plastic package (wrapper). provides you with the best defrosting weight in pounds and tenths of Otherwise, the wrap will hold steam method for frozen foods, because the pounds (the weight of the food and juice close to t
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Operating Instructions TIME DEFROST RAPID DEFROST METAL RACK This feature allows you to choose the The RAPID DEFROST feature CAUTION time you want to defrost. provides a rapid defrost for 1.0 To avoid risk of property pound frozen food. The oven The Time Defrost Chart provides damage: automatically sets the defrosting time some basic guidelines for using Time ● Do not use rack to pop for ground beef. Defrost. popcorn. Example: To defrost 1lb. ground Example: To defrost for 2 minutes. ● Rack must
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Operating Instructions cooking time to expose all sides GETTING THE BEST FISH AND SHELLFISH equally to microwave energy. COOKING RESULTS Cooking Fish and Shellfish: ● Place delicate areas of foods, such General Directions To get the best results from your as asparagus tips, toward the microwave oven, read and follow the ● Prepare the fish for cooking. center of the dish. guidelines below. ● - Completely defrost the fish or Arrange unevenly shaped foods, ● Storage Temperature: Foods shellfish. su
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Operating Instructions ● ● Avoid overcooking by using the Tend the meat as it cooks. APPETIZERS/SAUCES/ minimum suggested time. Add - Drain juices as they accumulate to SOUPS more time, if necessary, only after reduce spattering and keep from checking the food. Cooking Appetizers: Tips and overcooking the bottom of the ● Stirring occasionally will help blend meat. Techniques flavors, distribute heat evenly, and - Shield thin or bony portions with Recommended may even shorten the cooking time. st
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Operating Instructions MEAT COOKING TABLE POWER COOKING MEAT LEVEL TIME DIRECTIONS BEEF HI Form patties with depression in center of each. Hamburgers, Place on microwavable roasting rack. Brush with browning Fresh or defrosted agent, if desired. Cover with waxed paper. (4 oz. each) Turn over halfway through cooking. 1 1 patty 1-1 /2 minutes Let stand covered 1 minute. 1 2 patties 1 /2-2 minutes 1 1 4 patties 2 /2-3 /2 minutes Sirloin tip roast 5 8-10 minutes Place roast fat side down on microwav
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Operating Instructions ● Watch the poultry as it cooks. POULTRY - Drain and discard juices as they accumulate. Cooking Poultry: General Directions ● - Shield thin or bony pieces with small strips of aluminum Prepare the poultry for cooking. foil to prevent overcooking. Keep foil at least 1 inch - Defrost completely. from the oven walls and other pieces of foil. - Arrange poultry pieces with thicker pieces at the outside ● Poultry is done when it is no longer pink and the juices edge of the bakin
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Operating Instructions Cooking Pasta and Rice: Tips and Techniques PASTA AND RICE ● If you are planning to use rice or pasta in a casserole, Microwave cooking and conventional cooking of pasta, undercook it so it is still firm. rice, and cereal require about the same amount of time, ● but the microwave is a more convenient method because Allow for standing time with rice, but not for pasta. you can cook and serve in the same dish. There is no ● The Pasta and Rice Cooking Tables below provide sti
