Samsung ME81K-1/BAL manual Troubleshooting

Problem	Cause	Action
There is a	Cooking sealed food or	Do not use sealed containers
popping sound	using a container with a	as they may burst during
during operation,	lid may causes popping	cooking due to expansion of
and the oven	sounds.	the contents.
doesn't work.
The oven exterior	There is not sufficient	There are intake/exhaust
is too hot during	ventilation space for the	outlets on the front and rear
operation.	oven.	of the oven for ventilation.
		Keep the gaps specified
		in the product installation
		guide.
	Objects are on top of	Remove all objects on the
	the oven.	top of the oven.
The door cannot	Food residue is stuck	Clean the oven and then
be opened	between the door and	open the door.
properly.	oven interior.
Heating including	The oven may not work,	Put one cup of water in a
the Warm	too much food is being	microwave-safe container
function does not	cooked, or improper	and run the microwave
work properly.	cookware is being used.	for 1-2 minutes to check
		whether the water is heated.
		Reduce the amount of food
		and start the function again.
		Use a cooking container with
		a flat bottom.
The thaw function	Too much food is being	Reduce the amount of food
does not work.	cooked.	and start the function again.
The oven is not	The oven is installed on	Make sure the oven is
level.	an uneven surface.	installed on flat, stable
		surface.
There are sparks	Metal containers are	Do not use metal containers.
during cooking.	used during the oven/
	thawing functions.

	Problem	Cause	Action
When power is		The door is not properly	Close the door and check
connected, the		closed.	again.
oven immediately
starts to work.
There is		The power or power	Make sure the power and
electricity coming		socket is not properly	power socket are properly
from the oven.		grounded.	grounded.
1.	Water drips.	There may be water or	Let the oven cool and then
2.	Steam emits	steam in some cases	wipe with a dry dish towel.
	through a	depending on the food.
	door crack.	This is not an oven

3.Water remains malfunction. in the oven.

The brightness	Brightness changes	Power output changes
inside the oven	depending on power	during cooking are not
varies.	output changes	malfunctions. This is not an
	according to function.	oven malfunction.
Cooking is	To ventilate the	This is not an oven
finished, but the	oven, the cooling fan	malfunction.
cooling fan is still	continues to run for
running.	about 3 minutes after
	cooking is complete.

05 TROUBLESHOOTING

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