Adjusting the oven temperature

Your appliance has been factory calibrated and tested to ensure an accurate baking temperature. For the first few uses, follow your recipe times and temperature recommendations carefully. If you think the oven is cooking too hot or too cool for your recipe times, you can adjust the control so the oven cooks hotter or cooler than the temperature displayed.

To adjust oven temperature:

1.Press bake.

2.Set the temperature to 550°F (287°C) by pressing and

holding the

.

3.Within 2 seconds, press and hold bake until numeric digit(s) appear. Release bake keypad. The display now indicates the amount of degrees offset between the original factory temperature setting and the current temperature setting. If the oven control has the original factory calibration, the display will read "0."

4.The temperature can now be adjusted up or down 35°F (19°C), in 5°F increments by pressing and holding the

or

. Adjust until the desired amount of offset

appears in the display. When lowering the oven temperature, a minus sign (-) will appear before the number to indicate that the oven will be cooler by the displayed amount of degrees.

5.When you have made the desired adjustment, press clear off to go back to the time of day display.

NOTES

Oven temperature adjustments made will not affect the broil or self-cleaning feature temperatures.

If the display is set for Celsius, adjustments made will be in

1°C increments each press of the or keys.

DO NOT USE oven thermometers such as those found in grocery stores to check the temperature settings inside your oven. These oven thermometers may vary as much as 20 to 40 degrees from actual temperatures.

SETTING OVEN CONTROLS

Setting oven lockout

The control can be programmed to lock the oven door and lockout the oven control pads.

To set the oven lockout feature

1.Press clear off and hold for 3 seconds. “Loc” will appear in display, the “Door Locked” indicator light will flash and the motor driven door lock will begin to close automatically. Allow about 15 seconds for the oven door to lock. Once the oven door is locked, the current time of day will appear in the display.

2.To cancel the Oven Lockout feature, press clear off and hold for 3 seconds. The control will unlock the oven door and resume normal operation.

NOTES

DO NOT open the oven door while the indicator light is flashing. Allow about 15 seconds for the oven door to lock. Once the oven door is locked, the current time of day will appear in the display.

If any control pad is pressed with the oven lockout feature active, “Loc” will appear in the display until the control pad is released.

Operating oven light (some models)

The interior oven light will automatically turn ON when the oven door is opened. Press the oven light switch located on the upper left control panel to turn the interior oven light ON and OFF whenever the oven door is closed.

The interior oven light is located at the upper left rear wall of the oven interior and is covered with a glass shield held by a wire holder. The glass shield must be in place whenever the oven is in use. To change the interior oven light, see "Changing the oven light" in the Care & cleaning section.

oven light switch

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Frigidaire FFEF3020LB, FFEF3020LW Adjusting the oven temperature, Setting oven lockout, Operating oven light some models