GE 164D2966P205-1 manual Before Using Your Oven, Oven Shelves, Shelf Positions

USING YOUR OVEN

Before Using Your Oven

1.Look at the controls. Be sure you understand

how to set them properly. Read over the directions for the Oven Controls so you understand how to use them.

2.Check the inside of the oven. Look at the shelves. Take a practice run at removing and replacing them properly to give sure, sturdy support.

3.Read over the information and tips that follow.

4.Keep this guide handy so you can refer to it, especially during the first weeks of using your new oven.

NOTE:

•You may notice a “burning” or “oily” smell the first few times you turn your oven on. This is normal in a new oven and will disappear in a short time. To speed the process, set a self-clean cycle for 4 hours. See the Self-Cleaning Oven section.

•A cooling fan may automatically turn on and off to cool internal parts. This is normal, and the fan may continue to run even after the oven is turned off.

•You will hear a convection fan while cooking with the convection feature. The fan will stop when the door is opened, but the heat will not turn off.

Oven Shelves

The shelves are designed with stop-locks so that, when placed correctly on the shelf supports, they will stop before coming completely out of the oven, and will not tilt when you are removing food from them or placing food on them.

When placing cookware on a shelf, pull the shelf out to the bump on the shelf support. Place the cookware on the shelf, then slide the shelf back into the oven.

This will eliminate reaching into the hot oven.

To remove a shelf	Bump
from the oven, pull
it toward you, tilt
the front end upward
and pull the shelf
out. Be sure the
shelf is cool before
touching it.

To replace, place the shelf on the

shelf support with

the stop-locks (curved extension of shelf) facing up and toward the rear of the oven. Tilt up the front and push the shelf toward the back of the oven until it goes past the bump on the shelf support. Then lower the front of the shelf and push it all the way back.

NOTE: The shelves for the convection oven are 2 inches shorter than the regular oven shelves.

Shelf Positions

The oven has seven shelf supports identified in this illustration as A (bottom), B, C, D, E, F and G (top).

Shelf positions for cooking are suggested in the Convection Cooking, Baking, Roasting and Broiling sections.

G

F

E

D

C

B

A

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