Your HOLD/TiMER, which oper- ates without microwave energy, hasthree timing functiorls,
It operates as a Minute Timer, it can be set to delay cooking or may be used as a hold setting after de- frosting. Hold/Timer can be set up to 99 minutes.
Step 1: Touch HOLD/TIMER pad. The
Step 2: Select the amount of time you desire. Touch the appropriate number pads. If, for example, you
are timing a three minute phone call, touch 3, 0, and 0, The readout panel shows 3:00 and “HOLD”. “START”flasheson display.
Step3: Touch START.The readout display showsthe time as it counts down.
Step 4: When time is up, a signal sounds three times. The readout shows “END”and the timer turns off*
The HOLD/TIMER can also be used to program “standingtime” between microwave cooking func-
tions. The time can rangefrom one second to 99 minutes and 99 sec- onds. A HOLD,or “standing”time may be found in someof your own recipesor Cookbook.
To set the oven to delay cooking up to 99 minutes foilow Steps 1 and 2 to enter hold time, then set time or temperaturedesired before pressing START,When hoiding be- fore temperature cooking, be sure probe is in food before pressing
START.
IHowto Defrost~Hold/Time-TimeCook
To help you become acquainted with the HOLt3/TIMERfeature as used with Time Cook or Temp Cook foiiow Steps beiow to defrost a frozen casserolefor 15minutes,then hold 10minutes and then cook 25 minutes. if us- ing TempCook after Hold/Timer, be sureto insert probe correctly as shown in TempCook sectionof this book.
Step 1: Removecasseroiefrom the freezer and place in oven. Touch the DEFROST pad. The readout panei shows “EnterDef Time”, :0, and Power3.
Step 2: Touch 1,5, 0, and Ofor de- frosting time. Def, 15:00, and Power 3 appear cm the display panei. (Defrosting is automatically set on Power Level 3 but can be changed by touching POWER LEVEL pad and the new Power Level.)
and
Q, What wiii happen if I acciden- tally reversethe instructions?
A. If you accidentally reverse the sequimce of programming instruc- ticww, your oven automatically rearranges your program. Defrost- ing aiway$ comes first, then hold, andthen the cooking function.
Step 3: Set standing or hold time by touching HOLD/TIMEFL“Enter Time” and:0 appear on display.
Step 4: Touch 1,0,0, and Oto hold for ten minutes. 10:00and “HOLD” appear on the display.
Q.Can i
A.Sometimesyou maywant to de- frost a food, hold it, and refrigerate it to be cooked later, All you need to do is program in Defrost and amount of time. Then program Hoid and amount of thne, Put your thawed dish in therefrigerator and cook later at a convenient time,
NOTE: Allow foods to remaifi at room temperature only as iong as safe.Times wi!i vary.
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Step 5: Touch the TIME COOK pad. The display shows “Enter Cook Time”, :0, and Power 10 (HIGH).
Step 6: Touch 2, 5, 0, and O for
Step 7’: Touch START, ‘*DefTime Left”, Power3, and 15:00counting down show on display. As each function is automatically per- formed oven display shows en- tered information,
Q. 1 programmed my oven for a specific defrosting time but it de- frosted longer than necessary. What happened?
A. When instructions conflict, the oven carries out the last instruc- tion. You may have set the oven to Defrost for 4 minutes, Hold/Time for 2 minutes,andthen Defrostfor 6 minutes, In this case, the oven
would Defrost for 6 minutesand Hold/Timefor 2 minutes,
