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 (Model KCMS185J shown).
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 4 sizes.
5.CUSTOM DEFROST. Touch this pad to defrost frozen food by weight.
6.CUSTOM COOK. Touch this pad to cook at custom settings.
7.KEEP WARM. Touch this pad to keep hot, cooked food warm in your microwave oven. You can use KEEP WARM by itself or to automatically follow a cooking cycle.
8.COOK TIME. Touch this pad to set a cooking time.
9.PERSONAL CHOICE. Touch this pad to control sound volume or turn on/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.
10.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.”
11.Number pads. Touch number pads to control sound, weights, 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.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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15.TURNTABLE ON/OFF. (Model KCMS185J only) Touch this pad to start or stop turntable rotation. This function works during manual cook only. It will not work while in the CUSTOM DEFROST, CUSTOM COOK, AUTO SENSOR REHEAT, AUTO SENSOR COOK, or AUTO SENSOR POPCORN modes.
16.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”.
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