Control panel features
Your microwave oven control panel lets you select the desired cooking function quickly and easily. All you have to do is touch the necessary Command Pad. The following is a list of all the Command and Number Pads located on the control panel. For more information, see pages 1530.
1.Display. This display includes a clock and indicators to tell you time of day, cooking time settings and cooking functions selected.
2.COOK TIME. Touch this pad followed by Number Pads to enter cooking times. See pages 19 and 21 for more information.
3.COOK POWER. Touch this pad followed by a Number Pad to set the amount of microwave energy released to cook the food. The higher the number, the higher the power or “cooking speed.” See page
20 for more information. See the charts on pages 32 and 33 for specific Cook Powers to use for the food you are cooking.
4.WARM HOLD. Touch this pad to keep hot, cooked food safely warm in your microwave oven for up to 10 minutes. WARM HOLD can be used by itself, or it can automatically follow a cooking cycle. See page 26 for more information.
5.BEVERAGE. Touch this pad when heating one or two 8 oz cups of a bever- age in your microwave oven. The oven will automatically heat for a preset time at a preset Cook Power. See page 23 for more information.
6.DINNER PLATE. Touch this pad to reheat a dinner plate of food in your microwave oven. The oven will automatically heat for a preset time at a preset Cook Power. See page 24 for more information.
7.BAKED POTATO. Touch this pad to bake one potato in your microwave oven. The oven will automatically heat for a preset time at a preset Cook Power. See page 25 for more information.
8.MEAT. Touch this pad followed by Number Pads to thaw frozen meat by weight. See page 27 for more information.
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