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PROBLEM

 

POSSIBLE CAUSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OVEN WILL NOT

 

• A fuse in your home may be blown or the circuit breaker tripped. Replace fuse or

 

 

COME ON

 

reset circuit breaker.

 

 

 

 

 

• Unplug your microwave/convection oven, then plug it back in.

 

 

 

 

 

• Make sure 3-prong plug on oven is fully inserted into wall receptacle.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL PANEL

 

• Door not securely closed.

 

 

LIGHTED, YET OVEN

 

• START pad must be touched after entering cooking selection.

 

 

WILL NOT START

 

• Another selection entered already in oven and CLEAR/OFF pad not touched

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to cancel it.

 

 

 

 

 

• Make sure you have entered cooking time or temperature after touching one of the

 

 

 

 

 

cooking pads.

 

 

 

 

 

• CLEAR/OFF pad was touched accidentally. Reset cooking program and touch

 

 

 

 

 

START pad.

 

 

 

 

 

• Temperature probe not inserted properly or not being used during Combination

 

 

 

 

 

Roast or Temp Cook/Hold.

 

 

 

 

 

• Make sure you have entered a desired finished food temperature or oven temperature

 

 

 

 

 

after setting temperature cooking programs.

 

 

 

 

 

• Make sure you have entered a code number after touching Sensor COOK.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“PRObE” APPEARS

 

• Temperature probe is missing or not plugged in securely when using cooking

 

 

ON DISPLAY

 

functions that measure food temperature.

 

 

 

 

 

• Temperature probe is inserted for a program that does not use the probe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Error” APPEARS

 

• During Cook, Reheat, Beverage or Popcorn program, the door was opened before

 

 

ON DISPLAY

 

steam could be detected, or steam was not detected in maximum time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“HOT” APPEARS

 

• This is normal when the temperature inside the oven is greater than 200 degrees and

 

 

ON DISPLAY

 

the door is opened.

 

 

 

 

 

• One of the sensor cooking pads was touched when the temperature inside the oven

 

 

 

 

 

was greater than 200 degrees. These features will not operate when the oven is hot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FLOOR OF THE

 

• The cooktop lamp is located directly below the oven floor. When the lamp is on,

 

 

OVEN IS WARM,

 

the heat it produces makes the oven floor get warm. This is normal.

 

 

EVEN WHEN THE

 

 

 

 

OVEN HAS NOT

 

 

 

 

BEEN USED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All these things are normal with your microwave oven:

 

Steam or vapor escaping from around the door.

Light reflection around door or outer case.

Dimming oven light and change in blower sound may occur while operating at power levels other than high.

Dull thumping sound while oven is operating.

Some TV-Radio interference might be noticed while using your microwave oven. It’s similar to the interference caused by other small appliances and does not indicate a problem with your oven.

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