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Use&Care
Microwave Hood
Combination
A Note to You............ 2
Microwave Oven
Safety.................... 3-5
Installation
Instructions ............... 6
Getting to Know Your
Microwave Oven ....... 9
Using Your
Microwave Oven ..... 20
Caring for Your
Microwave Oven ..... 30
Cooking Guide........ 33
Questions and
Answers .................. 35
Troubleshooting ...... 36
Requesting
Assistance or
Service .................... 38
Index ....................... 39
Warranty ................. 40
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A NOTE TO YOU ® Thank you for buying a ROPER appliance. Your ROPER appliance gives you all the functionality of name brand appliances at a value price. To ensure that you enjoy years of trouble-free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide. It is full of valuable information about how to operate and maintain your appliance properly and safely. Please read it carefully. Also, complete and mail the Product Registration Card provided with your appliance. The card helps us notify you about an
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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 if you don’t wDANGER follow ins
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MICROWAVE OVEN SAFETY IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS To reduce the risk of fire in the oven cavity: Suitable for use above both gas and electric • • cooking equipment. – Do not overcook food. Carefully attend the microwave oven if paper, plastic, or other Intended to be used above ranges with maximum • combustible materials are placed inside the width of 36 inches. oven to facilitate cooking. Clean Ventilating Hoods Frequently – Grease should • – Remove wire twist-ties from paper or plastic not b
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MICROWAVE OVEN SAFETY ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS Observe all governing codes and ordinances. A 120 Volt, 60 Hz, AC only, 15 or 20 amp fused wWARNING electrical supply is required. (A time-delay fuse is recommended.) It is recommended that a sepa- rate circuit serving only this appliance be provided. Electrical Shock Hazard Plug into a grounded 3 prong outlet. Do not remove ground prong. Do not use an adapter. Do not use an extension cord. Failure to follow these instructions can result in death, fi
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS SPACE REQUIREMENTS NOTE: There must be at least one wall stud within 1 66 ⁄4" min. cabinet opening. mounting Exhaust outlet Check the opening where the microwave height from connects to oven hood will be installed. The location must 1 30" min. 4 floor 3 ⁄ "x10" provide: width required duct 3 2 inch x 4 inch wood studding and ⁄8 inch • thickness drywall or plaster lath Support for microwave oven hood weight of • 150 pounds plus the weight of items placed in the oven or u
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS REMOVING AND REPLACING THE MICROWAVE OVEN 4. While wearing gloves, grasp the microwave oven wWARNING supports and firmly pull the microwave oven Excessive Weight Hazard E forward and downward to Use two or more people to move and install release the microwave microwave oven. oven cabinet from the Failure to do so can result in back or mounting plate locking other injury. pins . If you need to remove your Microwave Hood Combi- nation for any reason, follow these simple
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS REMOVING AND REPLACING THE MICROWAVE OVEN (CONT.) To replace: 1. Carefully lift microwave oven and hang it on the 5. Untape the door and replace the turntable and support. support tabs at the bottom of the mounting plate. 6. Replace the vent grille. 2. Rotate the front of the microwave oven cabinet downward. Thread the power supply cord 7. Replace the two screws in the top of microwave through the power supply cord hole in the oven cabinet (the screws located closest to
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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 microwave oven. HOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN WORKS Microwave ovens are safe. Microwave energy is not hot. It causes food to make its own heat, and it’s this heat that cooks the food. Microwaves are like TV waves or light waves. You cannot see them, but you can see what they do.
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN HOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN WORKS (CONT.) Microwaves pass through most glass, paper, and NOTE: Do not deep fry in the oven. Microwavable plastics without heating cookware is not suitable and it is difficult to them so food absorbs maintain appropriate deep-frying temperatures. the energy. Microwaves bounce off metal con- For the best cooking results tainers so food does Always cook food for the shortest cooking time not absorb the energy. • recommended. Check to
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN TESTING YOUR DINNERWARE OR COOKWARE Test dinnerware or cookware before using. Some dishes (melamine, some ceramic dinnerware, etc.) absorb microwave energy, becoming too hot to To test a dish for safe use, put it into the oven handle and slowing cooking times. Cooking in metal containers not designed for microwave use could with a cup of water beside it. Cook at 100% damage the oven, as could containers with hidden metal (twist-ties, foil lining, staples, met
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN OPERATING SAFETY PRECAUTIONS (CONT.) Do not overcook potatoes. Fire could result. At Do not try to melt paraffin wax in the oven. Paraffin the end of the recom- wax will not melt in a mended cooking time, microwave oven because potatoes should be it allows microwaves to slightly firm because pass through it. they will continue cook- ing during standing time. After micro- waving, let potatoes stand for 5 minutes. They will finish cooking while standing. Do not
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN MICROWAVE OVEN FEATURES 1 11 10 9 8 2 7 3 4 5 6 5 Your microwave oven is designed to make your 5. Charcoal and Grease Filters. Included in oven cavity. See page 31 for installation instructions cooking experience as enjoyable and productive as possible. To help get you up and running quickly, and cleaning information. the following is a list of the oven’s basic features: 6. Cooktop/Countertop Light. Turn on to light 1. Door Handle. Pull to open door. your cook
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN CONTROL PANEL FEATURES 1. Display. This display includes a clock and indicators to tell you the time of day, cooking SENSOR AUTO REHEAT DEFROST 12 3 time settings, and cooking functions you ENTER COOK TIMER SIM chose. POWER TABLE OFF OZ QTY TURN LBS START? 2. AUTO REHEAT. Touch this pad to reheat microwavable foods without entering times and cook powers. See page 25 for more AUTO AUTO information. POPCORN REHEAT DEFROST 3. COOK TIME. Touch this pad followed by
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN CONTROL PANEL FEATURES (CONT.) NOTE: Two tones will sound when audible signals Audible signals are turned on or off. Your microwave oven comes with audible signals that can guide you when setting and using Interrupting cooking your oven: You can stop the oven during a cycle by opening A programming tone will sound each time • the door. The oven stops heating and the fan stops, you touch a pad. but the light stays on. To restart cooking, close the One long
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN CONTROL PANEL FEATURES (CONT.) Using the demo/learning feature To cancel the demo/learning feature: You can set your microwave oven to display your TOUCH commands as you enter them without turning the magnetron on. This feature helps you learn to use TIMER SET/OFF your oven without actually cooking food. To set the demo/learning feature: and hold for 5 seconds TOUCH Two tones will sound and the small “d” will disappear from the display. TIMER SET/OFF and hold
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN SETTING THE CLOCK¼ NOTES: When your microwave oven is first plugged in, or after a power failure, the display will flash “:”. If a If you touch in an invalid time and touch CLOCK, • time of day is not set, “:” will flash until you touch 3 tones will sound. Enter the correct time. any pad. If you touch OFF/CANCEL while setting the clock, • the display will show the last time of day set. To turn off the clock touch CLOCK, Number pad • 0, and CLOCK again, the set
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN USING THE MINUTE TIMER You can use your microwave oven as a kitchen NOTE: The oven can operate while the Minute Timer is in use. To see the Minute Timer while the oven is timer. Use the Minute Timer for timing up to 99 minutes, 99 seconds. cooking, touch TIMER SET/OFF. 1. Touch TIMER SET/OFF. TOUCH YOU SEE ENTER TIMER TIMER SET/OFF 2. Enter the time to be counted down. TOUCH YOU SEE Example for 1 minute, 30 seconds: TIMER ENTER 1 NOTE: If you enter more than 4
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN USING ADD 1 MINUTE ADD 1 MINUTE lets you cook food for 1 minute If you touch ADD 1 MINUTE during cooking, • at 100% cook power or add an extra minute to your the oven will cook at the currently selected cook cooking time cycle. You can also use it to extend power. If you touch ADD 1 MINUTE after cooking time cycles in multiples of 1 minute, up to cooking is over, the oven will cook at 100% 99 minutes. cook power. You can also change the cook power after you to
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN This section gives you instructions for operating each function. Please read these instructions carefully. COOKING AT HIGH COOK POWER 1. Put your food in the oven and close the door. 2. Touch COOK TIME. TOUCH YOU SEE COOK ENTER COOK TIME TIME POWER TOUCH YOU SEE 3. Enter the cooking time. Example for 1 minute, 30 seconds: ENTER COOK TIME 1 POWER 3 0 4. Start the oven. TOUCH YOU SEE START COOK TIME ENTER POWER At the end of the cooking time: YOU SEE COOK TIME (four tone
