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Problem

 

Possible Causes

What To Do

 

 

 

 

Oven willnot start

 

A fusein your homemay be

• Replace fuseor resetcircuit breaker.

 

 

blown or the circuit breaker

 

 

 

tripped.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power surge.

• Unplug the microwave oven, then plug it back in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plugnot fullyinserted into wall

• Make surethe 3-prongplug on the oven is fully inserted

 

 

outlet.

into wall outlet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Door not securely closed.

• Open the door and close securely.

 

 

 

 

Control panel lighted,

 

Door not securely closed.

• Open the door and closesecurely.

yet oven will not start

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Start/Enter pad not touched

• Touch Start/Enter.

 

 

after entering cooking selection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another selection entered

• Touch Clear/Off.

 

 

already in oven and Clear/Off

 

 

 

pad not touched to cancel it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cooking time not entered after

• Make sureyou have entered cooking time after touching

 

 

touching Time Cook.

TimeCook.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clear/Off was touched

• Reset cooking program and touch Start/Enter.

 

 

accidentally.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food weight not entered after

• Make sureyou have entered food weight after selecting

 

 

selecting Auto Defrost or

Auto Defrost or Quick Defrost.

 

 

Quick Defrost.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food type not entered after

• Make sureyou have entered a food type.

 

 

touching Cook.

 

 

 

 

 

CONTROL LOCKED

 

The controlhas been locked.

•Touch and hold Clear/Offfor about 3 seconds

appearson display

 

 

to unlock the control.

 

 

 

 

OVEN TOO HOTFOR

 

One of the sensor cooking

•These features will not operate when the ovenis hot.

SENSOR COOKING---

 

padswas touched when the

The oven will automatically change to cook by time

USING ALTERNATE

 

temperature inside the oven

(follow the directions in the display)or once the ovenis

METHOD appears

 

was greater than200°F.

cool enough, the sensor features will function normaly.

on display

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Floorof the oven is warm

 

The cooktop light is located

•This is normal.

even whenthe ovenhas

 

below the ovenfloor. When

 

not been used

 

light is on, the heat it produces

 

 

 

may make the oven floor get

 

 

 

warm.

 

 

 

 

 

You hear an unusual

 

You have tried to change

•Many of the oven’sfeaturesare presetand cannot

low-tone beep

 

the powerlevel when it is

be changed.

 

 

not allowed.

 

 

 

 

 

Oven interior light does

 

The light bulbis loose

•Tighten or change the light bulb.

not work

 

or defective.

 

 

 

 

 

Oven takeslonger than

 

The Power Levelis not

•Reset the Power Level.

normal to cook or cooks

 

programmed properly.

 

too rapidly

 

 

 

 

 

 

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