Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven

Control panel features (cont.)

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19.Number pads. Touch Number pads to enter cooking times, cook powers, quantities, weights, or food categories.

20.CLOCK SET/START. Touch this pad to enter the correct time of day.

21.TIMER. Touch this pad to set or cancel the Kitchen Timer.

22.START. Touch this pad to start a function.

23.CANCEL/OFF. Touch this pad to erase an incorrect command, cancel a program during cooking, or to clear the display.

24.TURNTABLE ON/OFF. Touch this pad to turn your turntable on and off. (See Page 11.)

25.LIGHT ON/NIGHT/OFF. Touch this pad to turn the light or night light on or off. (See Page 12.)

26.VENT FAN ON/OFF higher or lower. Touch this pad to turn the fan on or off. (See Page 12.)

NOTES:

If you have entered all settings for a function but do not touch START/ENTER in 5 seconds, the START? indicator light will show.

For nonsensor functions, if you open the door while the oven is on and then shut the door within 15 minutes, the START? indicator light will show. Touch START to continue. If you open the door when sensor cooking, cooking is cancelled and you have to start over.

If you choose a function but do not touch another command pad within 1 minute, the display returns to the time of day and you have to start over.

Interrupting cooking

You can stop the oven during a cycle by opening the door. The oven stops heating and the fan stops, but the light stays on. To restart cooking, close the door and

TOUCH

If you do not want to continue cooking:

Close the door and the light goes off.

OR

TOUCH

NOTE: Before setting a function, touch CANCEL/OFF to make sure no other function is on.

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.

One long tone signals the end of a Timer countdown.

Four tones signal the end of a cooking cycle.

Two quick, short tones sound once every minute for the first 15 minutes after an end-of-cooking signal as a reminder if the food has not been removed from the oven.

Two quick, short tones will sound while entering and exiting from a hidden feature (for example, Child Lock) or time of day.

Three tones sound if you have made an incorrect entry.

To disable the programming tone:

TOUCH

and hold for 5 seconds

To turn the programming tone back on:

TOUCH

and hold for 5 seconds

To disable all audible signals except the end-of-timer and hidden feature signals:

TOUCH

and hold for 5 seconds

To turn signals back on:

TOUCH

and hold for 5 seconds

NOTE: Two tones will sound when audible signals are turned on or off.

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