Setting the controls

Be sure you understand the basics of microwave oven cooking before you start. Start with recipes from your MICRO MENUSR Cookbook. Follow the directions carefully.

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1.Place food in the oven, then close the door. The oven won’1 work if the door isn’t closed tightly.

NOTE: The Display will be blank until a cooking time or Cook Power is set.

2.Press the MORE Minutes Pad until I:00 shows on the Display. Continue to press or tap the pad until the

Display shows the minutes of cooking time you want. To reduce the number of minutes on the Display, press or tap the LESSMinutes Pad until the proper number of minutes show on the Display.

COOK POWER CHART

Recipes in your MICRO MENUS@ Cookbook use Cook power settings from HI to LO. Recipes from other books and magazines may use different Cook Power percentages. The following chart may be helpful:

3.To set seconds, press the MORE Seconds pad until 10 seconds show on the Display. Continue to press or tap the pad to increase the seconds in 10 second increments up to 50. To reduce the number of seconds, press or tap the LESS Seconds to decrease the seconds in 10 second increments.

5.Touch START/CANCEL. The oven light will come on and cooking will begin. The Display will count down in 1 second increments.

4. Set Cook Power to desired
setting from HI to LO. NOTE:
The oven is set to cook
at HI unless a lower
power is selected.	Some
recipes call for lower cook

HI - 100% of full power MID-HI - 70% of full power MED - 50% of full power

MED-LO/DEFROST

-30% of full power LO - 10% of full power

When the set time is up, “End” will show on the Display and 4 beeps will sound. “End” will remain on the Display until the door is opened. The Display will be blank until a new cooking time is set.

powers for best results. To

select a lower setting, press

or tap the LOWER pad. The

indicator light on the Display

will move to a lower setting.

Press or tap RAISE to increase

the power level from a lower

setting.

Time and cook power settings may be changed while the oven is

operating. Touch the appropriate pad (Minutes, Seconds, Lower or

Raise) until the desired setting shows in the Display.Theoven will start cooking at the new time or cook power.

MW8500XS specifications

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