Special Features

Features

There are several different special features on your range. To change the settings of these special features, press the BAKE and BROIL pads at the same time and hold for three seconds. "SF" will appear in the display. Select the feature you want to change. When the change has been made, press the START key to save the change and return to the time of day.

USING THE RANGE: Special

Adjust the Oven Temperature

This feature allows the oven baking and convection baking temperature to be adjusted up to 35ºF hotter or down to 35ºF cooler. Use this feature if you believe your oven temperature is too hot or too cold and wish to change it. This adjustment affects Bake and Convection Bake modes. No other cooking modes are affected.

Press the Upper Oven Bake pad or Lower Oven Bake pad corresponding to the oven to be adjusted. Press the Bake pad again to enter the temperature adjustment mode. A number between 35 and - 35 will display.

Use the number pads to set the desired temperature adjustment and use the Bake pad to change between negative and positive.

Press the Start pad to save the temperature adjustment.

End of Timer Signals

This is the tone that signals the end of a timer. The tone can be continuous (Con bEEP) or one repeating beep (bEEP). A continuous setting will continue to sound a tone until a button on the control is pressed. Press the Broil pad to view the current setting and then to change the setting.

Fahrenheit or Celsius Temperature Display

The oven control is set to use Fahrenheit temperatures (F), but you can change it to use Celsius temperatures

(C). Press the number 6 and 8 pads at the same time to view the current setting, press again to change the setting.

Clock Display

This feature specifies how the time of day will be displayed or if no time of day will be displayed. You can select a standard 12-hour clock (12 H), 24-hour military time display (24 H), or no clock displayed (oFF). Press the Clock pad to view the current setting, press again to change the setting.

Auto Recipe Conversion

When using Convection Bake cooking, Auto Recipe Conversion will automatically convert the regular baking temperatures entered to convection bake cooking temperatures when turned on. Note that this option does not convert convection bake cooking times, it only converts temperatures. Press the Convection Bake pad to view the conversion settings, press again to toggle between On (Con On) and Off (Con oFF).

Sound Volume

This feature allows the oven tone volume to be adjusted between high (HI bEEP HI), medium (Std bEEP Std), low (Lo bEEP Lo) and off (oFF bEEP oFF). Press the number 1 and 5 pads at the same time to view the current setting or to change the setting. The control will sound the oven tone at the new volume level each time the sound level is changed.

12-hour auto shut-off and Sabbath

Options for this feature are “12 SHdn”, “no SHdn” and “SAbbAtH”.

12-hour auto shut-off turns off the oven after 12 hours of continuous operations.

Sabbath mode disables the oven lights (the oven light will not turn on when the door is opened), all sounds (the control will not beep when a button is pressed), Convection, Broil, Warm, Cook Time, Timer, Clock, and Delay Time functions. Sabbath mode can only be used with Bake. This feature conforms to the Star-K Jewish Sabbath requirements.

Press the Delay Time pad to view the current setting and then to change the setting.

To use Sabbath mode, select “SAbbAtH” and press Start. A ] will appear in the display and the clock will not display. Note that if you have a double oven, when you place the control into Sabbath mode, both ovens are now in Sabbath mode and available for cooking.

Once in Sabbath mode, at any time you can press Bake, use the number pads to enter a temperature between 170F and 550F, and press Start. No sound will be given when the keys are pressed. At a random time between 30 seconds and 1 minute, ][, will appear in the display indicating the oven is running. Note that both ovens of a double oven can be used in Sabbath mode. Each oven can be programmed to a different temperature and each oven must be programmed separately.

If you need to adjust the temperature, press Bake, use the number pads to enter a new temperature between 170F and 550F, and press Start.

To turn the oven off, press Cancel/Off at any time. The oven will immediately turn off and ][ will change to ] indicating that the oven has turned off. Note that each oven of a double oven must be turned off separately.

To exit Sabbath mode, make sure that the oven is turned off. Press and hold the Bake and Broil pads for 3 seconds to enter special features then press Delay Time until either “12 Shdn” or “no Shdn” is in the display and press Start.

NOTE: If power outage occurs during Sabbath mode the unit will remain in Sabbath mode but off when power is restored.

If you wish to use the Cook Time feature (if available) to bake in the oven and then have the oven automatically turn off, you will need to press the Cook Time button, enter a cooking time duration, and press Start. Then enter special features to start Sabbath mode as detailed above.

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