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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
Cooking with Microwaves Only ..13
Cooking at high cook power......13
Cooking at different cook
powers ......................................14
Cooking with more than
one cook cycle ..........................15
Using ADD MINUTE ...............
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4393788v06(c98).qx 5/6/98 1:57 PM Page 2 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 applianc
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4393788v06(c98).qx 5/6/98 1:57 PM Page 3 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 serio
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4393788v06(c98).qx 5/6/98 1:57 PM Page 4 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. oven cavity: Call 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
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4393788v06(c98).qx 5/6/98 1:57 PM Page 5 Installation Instructions Before you begin operating the oven, carefully read the following instructions. 1. Empty the microwave oven and clean legs are in place to ensure proper airflow. If inside it with a soft, damp cloth. Check vents are blocked, a sensitive thermal safety for damage such as a door that isn’t lined device automatically turns the oven off. The up correctly, damage around the door, or oven will not work until it has cooled. dents insi
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4393788v06(c98).qx 5/6/98 1:57 PM Page 6 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 micro
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4393788v06(c98).qx 5/6/98 1:57 PM Page 7 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. Microwaves pass through most glass, How your microwave paper, and plastic
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4393788v06(c98).qx 5/6/98 1:57 PM Page 8 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 in microwave oven either direction. Make sure the turntable is correct-side up in the oven. Handle your To test the oven put about 1 cup (250 ml) of turntable with care when removing it from cold water in a glass container in the oven. the oven to avoid possibly breaking it.
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4393788v06(c98).qx 5/6/98 1:57 PM Page 9 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Microwave oven features 8 3 7 REHEAT DEFROST 2 6 4 5 1 Your microwave oven is designed to make 4. Glass Turntable. This turntable turns your cooking experience as enjoyable and food as it cooks for more even cooking. productive as possible. To get you up and It must be in the oven during operation running quickly, the following is a list of the for best cooking results. oven’s basic features: 5. Turntable Support (
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4393788v06(c98).qx 5/6/98 1:58 PM Page 10 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Control panel features Your microwave oven control panel lets you 1 select a desired cooking function quickly and easily. The following is a list of all the Command and Number pads located on the control panel. For more information on these features, see “Using your microwave oven” 3 section. 2 4 1. Display. The display includes a clock and indicators to tell you time of day, cooking time settings, cook powers, q
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4393788v06(c98).qx 5/6/98 1:58 PM Page 11 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN 13. Number Pads. Touch Number pads to Audible signals enter cooking times, cook powers, Audible signals are available to guide you selection quantities or weight. when setting and using your oven: 14. MINUTE TIMER. Touch this pad • A programming tone will sound each followed by number pads to use as a time you touch a pad. kitchen timer. • Five tones signal the end of a cooking 15. START/ENTER. Touch this pad to s
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4393788v06(c98).qx 5/6/98 1:58 PM Page 12 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 timing stay on the display until you set the clock or up to 99 minutes, 99 seconds. another function. NOTES: 1. Touch “0.” • You can only set the clock when the
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4393788v06(c98).qx 5/6/98 1:58 PM Page 13 Cooking with Microwaves Only This section gives you instructions for operating each microwave function. Please read these instructions carefully. 4. End of cooking Cooking at high At end of cooking time: cook power Five tones will sound, and the display will show “End”. 1. Put the food in the oven and close the door. YOU SEE 2. Set the cooking time. TOUCH YOU SEE Two tones will sound every minute until you open the door or touch OFF/CANCEL. The displa
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4393788v06(c98).qx 5/6/98 1:58 PM Page 14 COOKING WITH MICROWAVES ONLY Cooking at different cook powers For best results, some recipes call for differ- The following chart gives the percentage of ent cook powers. The lower the cook power, cook power each Number pad stands for, the slower the cooking. Each Number pad and the cook power name usually used. It also stands for a different percentage of also tells you when to use each cook power. cook power. Many microwave cookbook Follow recipe or
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4393788v06(c98).qx 5/6/98 1:58 PM Page 15 COOKING WITH MICROWAVES ONLY 1. Put the food in the oven and 4. Start the oven. close the door. TOUCH 2. Set the cooking time. TOUCH (cooking time counts down) At end of cooking time: Five tones will sound, and the display will Example for 7 minutes, 30 seconds: show “End”. TOUCH Two tones will sound every minute until you open the door or touch OFF/CANCEL to return the display to the time of day. To see the cook power during cooking: 3. Set the cook
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4393788v06(c98).qx 5/6/98 1:58 PM Page 16 COOKING WITH MICROWAVES ONLY 2. Set the cooking time for the first Changing instructions cycle. You can change the cook power for a cycle only before you start to set the next cycle. TOUCH To change cook power repeat Step 3. If you want to change the cooking time for a cycle touch OFF/CANCEL and start over. 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 minute to
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4393788v06(c98).qx 5/6/98 1:58 PM Page 17 COOKING WITH MICROWAVES ONLY 3. Touch During cooking: Touch ADD MINUTE one or more times. Each press will increase time by one minute at the currently selected cook power. NOTES: TOUCH YOU SEE • For casserole, soups/sauces, and pizza slice, if you do not enter a quantity within 2 seconds, REHEAT will prompt you to choose a quantity. You have 3 seconds to (example: enter a quantity or to touch START/ENTER twice for 2 to reheat one item. If you do not d
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4393788v06(c98).qx 5/6/98 1:58 PM Page 18 COOKING WITH MICROWAVES ONLY 2. Touch Number pads to enter the weight. Reheating tips • Cooked food and leftovers can be reheated quickly and efficiently without spoiling their freshness and taste. • Always place the dense food at the outer edges and the more porous food towards the center. • To keep food moist during reheating, cover the food with a microwave-safe lid or plastic wrap. Covering the food keeps heat in the food, speeds heating, and preve
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4393788v06(c98).qx 5/6/98 2:55 PM Page 19 COOKING WITH MICROWAVES ONLY Weight conversion chart You are probably used to food weights as being in pounds and ounces that are fractions of a 1 pound (for example, 4 ounces equals ⁄4 pound). However, in order to enter food weight in DEFROST, you must specify pounds and tenths of a pound. If the weight on the food package is in fractions of a pound, you can use the following chart to convert the weight to decimals. EQUIVALENT WEIGHT OUNCES METRIC (g)
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4393788v06(c98).qx 5/6/98 1:58 PM Page 20 COOKING WITH MICROWAVES ONLY Using POPCORN 2. Touch POPCORN lets you pop a 3.5 oz (99 g), 3.0 oz (85 g), or 1.75 oz (50 g) bag of com- mercially packaged microwave popcorn by touching just 2 pads. once for 3.5 oz (99 g) twice for 3.0 oz (85 g) For best results: three times for 1.75 oz (50 g) • Pop only one package at a time. NOTE: If you touch POPCORN 4 times, • If you are using a microwave popcorn the oven will return to the 3.5 oz (99 g) popper,
