Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven

Control panel features

Your microwave oven control panel lets you select a desired cooking function quickly and easily. The following is a list of all the Command pads located on the control panel.

For more information on these features, see “Using your microwave oven” section.

1.Display. This display includes a clock and indicators to tell you the time of day, cooking time settings, cook powers, quantities, weights, and cooking functions.

2.AUTO SENSOR REHEAT. Touch this pad to reheat from a variety of food categories available.

3.AUTO SENSOR COOK. Touch this pad to cook from a variety of food categories available.

4.AUTO SENSOR POPCORN. Touch this pad to pop a bag of popcorn in any of 3 sizes.

5.CUSTOM DEFROST. Touch this pad to defrost frozen food by weight or quantity.

6.COOK POWER. Touch this pad to set the amount of microwave energy released to cook the food. The higher the number, the higher the power wattage and the faster the “cooking speed.”

7.COOK TIME. Touch this pad to set cooking time.

8.CUSTOM CONVECT. Touch this pad to cook in Custom Convection mode. See “Convection and Combination Cooking”.

9.CUSTOM COMBI. Touch this pad to cook in Custom Combination mode. See “Convection and Combination Cooking”.

10.CUSTOM BROIL. Touch this pad to cook in Custom Broil mode. See “Using Your Microwave Oven”.

11.Number pads. Touch number pads to control sound volume, weight, language, scroll speed, clock, Demo mode, cooking times, cook powers, or quantities.

12.TIMER. Touch this pad to set or cancel the timer function.

13.CLOCK SET. Touch this pad to enter the correct time of day.

14.AUTO CONVECTION pads. Touch one of these pads to select type of food to be cooked (see pages 21-25). Touch SPECIALTY FOODS pad once for Warm Hold. See “Using Warm Hold” section.

15.START/EASY START. Touch this pad to start a function you have set or to cook food for 30 seconds at 100% cook power.

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16.PERSONAL CHOICE. Touch this pad to, change sound volume to low, medium, high or off, to change weight measurement from lbs to kilograms, to change the language displayed, to change scroll speed, to change the clock from 12 hours to 24 hours, or to turn on/off, or to turn the Demo mode on and off.

17.CANCEL/OFF. Touch this pad once to clear an incorrect command or to cancel a program during cooking. This pad will not erase the time of day.

Audible signals

Your microwave oven comes with audible signals that can guide you when setting and using your oven:

A programming tone will sound each time you touch a pad.

Three tones signal the end of a cooking cycle and five tones signal the end of the timer function.

NOTE: The tones on your oven can be turned off. To do so, see “Using PERSONAL CHOICE.” This will only work when the oven is in standby mode.

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