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Use And Care
GUIDE
A Note to You ............................... 2
Microwave Oven Safety .............. 3
Installation Instructions .............. 5
Getting to Know Your
Microwave Oven .......................... 7
Using Your Microwave Oven .... 13
Cooking at high cook power ....... 13
Cooking at different
cook powers ............................... 14
Cooking with more than
one cook cycle............................ 15
Using ADD MINUTE ................... 16
Using REHEAT.......................
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A Note to You ® Thank you for buying a CROSLEY appliance. To ensure that you enjoy years of trouble-free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide. It contains valuable information about how to operate and maintain your microwave oven properly and safely. Please read it carefully. Also, please complete and mail in the Ownership Registration Card provided with your appliance. The card helps us notify you about any new information on your appliance. Please record your model’s information. Mo
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Microwave Oven Safety Your safety and the safety of others is very important. We have provided many important safety messages in this manual and on your appliance. Always read and obey all safety messages. This is the safety alert symbol. This symbol alerts you to hazards that can kill or hurt you and others. All safety messages will be preceded by the safety alert symbol and the word “DANGER” or “WARNING.” These words mean: You will be killed or seriously injured wDANGER if you don’t follow ins
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MICROWAVE OVEN SAFETY IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • The microwave oven should be serviced • To reduce the risk of fire in the only by qualified service personnel. Call oven cavity: an authorized service company for – Do not overcook food. Carefully attend examination, repair, or adjustment. the microwave oven if paper, plastic, or • Do not cover or block any openings on other combustible materials are placed the microwave oven. inside the oven to facilitate cooking. • Do not store the microwav
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Installation Instructions Before you begin operating the oven, carefully read the following instructions. 1. Empty the microwave oven and clean NOTE: Do not block the exhaust vents or inside it with a soft, damp cloth. Check rear air intake openings. Allow a few inches for damage such as a door that isn’t lined of space at the back of the oven where the up correctly, damage around the door, or intake openings are located. Blocking the air dents inside the oven or on the exterior. intake openings
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS For all cord connected appliances: completely understood, or if doubt exists The microwave oven must be grounded. as to whether the microwave oven is In the event of an electrical short circuit, properly grounded. grounding reduces the risk of electric Do not use an extension cord. If the power shock by providing an escape wire for supply cord is too short, have a qualified the electric current. The microwave oven electrician or serviceman install
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Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven This section discusses the concepts behind microwave cooking. It also shows you the basics you need to know to operate your microwave oven. Please read this information before you use your oven. wWARNING Explosion Hazard Do not store flammable materials such as gasoline near the microwave oven. Doing so can result in death, explosion, or fire. How your microwave Radio interference Using your microwave oven may cause oven works interference to your radio, TV,
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN • Do not operate the microwave oven unless the glass turntable is securely in place and Testing your can rotate freely. The turntable can rotate microwave oven in either direction. Make sure the turntable is correct-side up in the oven. Handle To test the oven put about 1 cup (250 ml) of your turntable with care when removing cold water in a glass container in the oven. it from the oven to avoid possibly breaking Close the door. Make sure it latches. Cook it.
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Microwave oven features 7 3 8 BEVERAGE CLOCK DEFROST TIME VEGETABLES BAKED FR. ENTREE QTY.? CUPS / START? SIZE? POTATOES REHEAT DEFROST POPCORN BREAKFAST VEGETABLES BAKED FROZEN BEVERAGE POTATOES ENTREE 6 COOK COOK CLOCK TIME POWER SET 2 2 3 4 1 5 6 7 8 9 0 TIMER OFF START ADD ENTER MINUTE CANCEL 4 5 1 Your microwave oven is designed to make 7. Light. Automatically turns on when door your cooking experience as enjoyable and is opened or when oven is operating.
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Control panel BEVERAGE CLOCK DEFROST TIME VEGETABLES features Your microwave oven control panel lets you select a desired cooking function quickly and easily. The following is a list of all the Command and Number pads located on the CUPS / BAKED FR. ENTREE QTY.? START? SIZE? POTATOES control panel. For more information on these features, REHEAT DEFROST POPCORN see “Using your microwave oven” section. 1. Display. The display includes a clock and BREAKFAST VEGET
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN NOTES: Interrupting cooking • If you choose an auto cook function and You can stop the oven during a cycle by change your mind, you must press OFF/ opening the door. The oven stops heating CANCEL before you choose another auto and the fan stops, but the light stays on. cook function. To restart cooking, close the door and • If you attempt to enter unacceptable TOUCH instructions, three tones will sound, and “Err” will appear on the display. Touch START OFF/CAN
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Setting the clock Using the minute When your microwave oven is first plugged timer in, or after a power failure, the display will Your microwave oven can be used as a show “ : ”. If a time of day is not set, “ : ” will kitchen timer. Use the minute timer for stay on the display until you set the clock or timing up to 99 minutes, 99 seconds. another function. 1. Touch “0.” NOTES: • You can only set the clock when the oven TOUCH is not in use. 0 • If you enter a
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Using Your Microwave Oven This section gives you instructions for operating each microwave function. Please read these instructions carefully. Cooking at high 4. End of cooking cook power At end of cooking time: Four tones will sound and the display will 1. Put the food in the oven and show “End”. close the door. YOU SEE 2. Set the cooking time. TOUCH YOU SEE COOK TIME Two tones will sound every minute until you open the door or touch any pad. The display will then return to the time of day. Exa
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Cooking at different cook powers For best results, some recipes call for different The following chart gives the percentage of cook powers. The lower the cook power, the cook power each Number pad stands for, slower the cooking. Each Number pad also and the cook power name usually used. It stands for a different percentage of cook also tells you when to use each cook power. power. Many microwave cookbook recipes Follow recipe or food package instructions if tell you by
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN 1. Put the food in the oven and 4. Start the oven. close the door. TOUCH 2. Set the cooking time. START ENTER TOUCH COOK (cooking time TIME counts down) At end of cooking time: (Example for 7 minutes, 30 seconds:) Four tones will sound and the display will show “End”. TOUCH 3 0 7 TIMER To see the cook power during cooking: NOTE: If you wish to change the cook 3. Set the cook power. power press the desired Number pad. TOUCH TOUCH COOK COOK POWER POWER (example for 50% TO
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Example for 7 minutes, 30 seconds: Using ADD MINUTE TOUCH ADD MINUTE lets you cook food for one minute at 100% cook power or add an extra 3 7 0 minute to the current cooking cycle at the TIMER current cook power. You can also use it to extend cooking time in multiples of one minute, up to 99 minutes. 3. Set the cook power for the first NOTES: cycle. • To extend cooking time in multiples of one minute, touch ADD MINUTE repeatedly TOUCH TOUCH during cooking. COOK • You ca
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Using REHEAT • If you touch START/ENTER before REHEAT lets you reheat one of four different types of food, without needing to entering a quantity, your oven will automatically be set to reheat the set heating times or cook powers. To use REHEAT, follow the steps below: minimum quantity. • If you touch REHEAT 5 times, the display 1-4 times, to select 1. Touch goes back to the Dinner Plate setting. the food setting. REHEAT Reheating tips 2. Touch one of these Number pa
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Using DEFROST Defrosting tips Your microwave oven lets you defrost food • Before starting, make sure you have by simply entering defrosting time. A 30% removed any metal twist-ties and replace cook power is preset. them with strings or elastic bands. • Open containers before they are placed NOTE: Refer to a reliable cookbook for in the oven. defrosting times. • Always slit or pierce plastic pouches or 1. Put the frozen food in the oven packaging. and close the door. • I
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Using POPCORN Using BREAKFAST POPCORN lets you pop a “snack size” BREAKFAST lets you heat one of three bag (1.75 oz [50g]) of commercially pack- types of breakfast foods, without needing to aged microwave popcorn by touching just set heating times or cook powers. To use 2 pads. BREAKFAST, follow the steps below: For best results: 1-3 times, to 1. Touch • Pop only one package at a time. select the BREAKFAST • If you are using a microwave popcorn food setting. popper,
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN This chart shows you which foods you can heat and how to program your oven to heat them. TOUCH DISPLAY FOOD BREAKFAST SHOWS QUANTITIES AVAILABLE French Toast/Waffles 1 time 1-2 pieces P1 (Fresh) Bagels/Muffins (Fresh) 2 times 1-2 pieces P2 Hot Cereals (Instant) 3 times P3 1-2 servings NOTES: Using VEGETABLES • If you do not enter a quantity within 2 seconds, VEGETABLES will prompt you to VEGETABLES lets you heat one of two choose a quantity. types of vegetables, without
