Danby DMW162W-OTR, DMW162BL-OTR User Manual

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OWNER’S MANUAL

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DMW162W-OTR

DMW162BL-OTR

CAUTION:
Read and Follow All Safety Rules and

Operating Instructions Before First
Use of This Product.

Microwave Oven

Owners Manual

Danby Products Limited, Guelph, Ontario Canada N1H 6Z9

Danby Products Inc., Findlay, Ohio USA 45840

04/04

Microwave Oven

Owner’s Manual

Important Safety Information

Precautions to Avoid Possible Exposure
to Excessive Microwave Energy 2
Special Notes About Microwaving 6

Operating Instructions

Features of Your Microwave 11
The Controls on Your Microwave 12
Time Features 15
Convenience Features 21
Automatic Features 24
Other Features 25

Helpful Information

Microwave Terms 29
Care and Cleaning 30

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If Something Goes Wrong

Before Your Call For Service 35

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

READ ALL SAFETY INFORMATION BEFORE USING

FOR YOUR SAFETY

PRECAUTIONS

TO AVOID

POSSIBLE

EXPOSURE

TO EXCESSIVE

MICROWAVE

ENERGY

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT (U.S.A.
ONLY)

This equipment generates and uses ISM frequencies and if not installed and used properly, that is in
strict accordance with the manufacturer's instructions, may cause interference to radio and television
reception. It has been type-tested and found to comply with limits for ISM Equipment pursuant to Part
18 of FCC Rules, which are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference in a
residential installation.

For your safety the information in this manual must be followed to minimize
the risk of fire or explosion or to prevent property damage, personal injury or
loss of life.
Do Not Attempt to operate this oven with the door open since open-door
operation can result in harmful exposure to microwave energy. It is important
not to defeat or tamper with the safety interlocks.
Do Not Place any object between the oven front face and the door or allow
soil or cleaner residue to accumulate on sealing surfaces.
Do Not Operate the oven if it is damaged. It is particularly important that
the oven door close properly and that there is no damage to the:

1 door (bent),
2 hinges and latches (broken or loosened),
3 door seals and sealing surfaces.
The Oven Should Not be adjusted or repaired by anyone except properly

qualified service personnel.

However
ment does cause interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the
equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of
the following:

• Reorient the receiving antenna of radio or television.

• Relocate the microwave oven with respect to the receiver

• Move the microwave oven away from the receiver.

• Plug the microwave into a different outlet so that microwave and receiver are on different
branch circuits.

The Manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or TV interference caused by

MODIFICATION

, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in particular installations. If this equip

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UNAUTHORIZED

to this microwave oven. It is the responsibility of the user to correct such interference.

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WELCOME

Welcome to the Danby
family. We’re proud of
our quality products
and we believe in
dependable service.

You’ll see it in this
easy-to-use manual
and you’ll hear it in
the friendly voices of
our consumer service
department.

Tel: 1-800-26-DANBY

Start Here!…Before using your Microwave

Write down the model and serial
numbers here. They are on a label
inside the oven.
Model number _______________
Serial number _______________
Date of purchase______________

Best of all, you’ll
experience these val­ues each time you use
your microwave.
That’s important,
because your new
microwave will be
part of your family for
a long time.

Staple your receipt to the inside
back cover of this manual. You
will need it to obtain service under
warranty

NEED HELP?

Before you call for service,
there are a few things you
can do to help us serve
you better

Read this manual.
It contains instructions to
help you use and maintain
your microwave properly.

If you received a
damaged oven…

ately contact the dealer (or
builder) that sold you the
oven.

Save time and money

Check the section titled “If
Something Goes wrong”

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before calling. This section
helps you solve common
problems that might occur.
If you do need service, you
can relax knowing help is
only a phone call away.

Tel: 1-800-26-DANBY

IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

READ ALL SAFETY INFORMATION BEFORE USING

WARNING

To reduce the risk of fire, burns, electric shock, injury to persons or exposure of excessive microwave energy
when using your appliance, follow basic precautions, including the following sections.

SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS

This microwave oven is
CUL listed for installation

over electric and gas ranges.

This microwave oven is

not approved or tested
for marine use.

• Read and follow the specific
“Precautions to Avoid Possible
Exposure to Excessive
Microwave Energy” on page 2.

• This appliance must be ground­ed. Connect only to properly
grounded outlet. See Grounding
Instructions section on page 10.

• Do not mount this appliance
over a sink.

• Install or locate this appliance
only in accordance with the pro­vided Installation Instructions.

• This over-the-range oven was
designed for use over ranges no
wider than 42 inches. It may be
installed over both gas and elec
tric cooking equipment.

• Do not operate this appliance if

it has a damaged power cord or
plug, if it is not working proper­ly, or if it has been damaged or
dropped.

• Do not cover or block any
openings on the appliance.

• Use this appliance only for its
intended use as described in this
manual. Do not use corrosive
chemicals or vapors in this appli
ance. This microwave oven is
specifically designed to heat, dry
or cook food, and is not intended
for laboratory or industrial use.

• Some products such as whole
eggs and sealed containers – for
example, closed glass jars- may
explode and should not be heat

­ed in this oven.

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• Do not store this appliance out­doors. Do not use this product
near water-for example, in a wet
basement, near a swimming pool
or near a sink.

• Keep power cord away from
heated surfaces.

• Do not immerse power cord or
plug in water.

• To reduce the risk of fire in the
oven cavity:

• Do not use the oven for storage
purposes. Do not leave paper
products, cooking utensils or food
in the oven when not in use.

• If materials inside oven should
ignite, keep the oven door closed,
turn the oven off and disconnect
the power at the fuse or circuit
breaker panel. If the door is
opened, the fire may spread.

• See door surface cleaning
instructions in the Care and
Cleaning section(s) of this manual.

• Clean Ventilating Hoods
Frequently – Grease should not be
allowed to accumulate on hood or
filter.

• When flaming foods under the
hood, turn the fan on.

• Suitable for use above both gas
and electric cooking equipment.

• Use care when cleaning the vent­hood filter. Corrosive cleaning
agents may damage the filter.

• Do not overcook food. Carefully
attend appliance if paper, plastic
or other combustible materials are
placed inside the oven while cook­ing.

• Remove wire twist-ties and
metal handles from paper or plas­tic containers before placing them
in the oven.

• This appliance should be serv­iced only by qualified service per­sonnel. Contact nearest authorized
service facility for examination,
repair or adjustment.

• As with any appliance, close
supervision is necessary when
used by children.

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

SPECIAL NOTES ABOUT MICROWAVING

ARCING

If you see arcing,
press the STOP/CLEAR
pad and correct the problem.

FOODS

Arcing is the microwave term
for sparks in the oven. Arcing is
caused by:

•Metal or foil touching the side
of the oven.

•Foil not molded to food
(upturned edges act like anten­nas).

•Do not cook popcorn in your
microwave oven unless using a
special microwave popcorn acces­sory dish or unless you use pop­corn labeled for use in microwave
ovens.

•Some products such as whole
eggs, sealed containers, and
closed jars –will explode and
should not be heated in this
microwave oven. Heating these
products in the microwave oven
could result in injury

•Do not boil eggs in a microwave
oven. Pressure will build up
inside egg yolk and will cause
it to burst, possibly resulting
in injury.

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•Metal, such as twist-ties, poul­try pins, or gold-rimmed dishes,
in the microwave.

•Recycled paper towels contain­ing small metal pieces being
used in the microwave.

•Operating the microwave with
no food inside for more than a
minute or two may cause damage
to the oven and could start a fire.
It increases the heat around the
magnetron and can shorten the
life of the oven.

•Foods with unbroken outer
“skin” such as potatoes, hot dogs,
sausages, tomatoes, apples, chick­en livers and other giblets, and
egg yolks should be pierced to
allow steam to escape before
cooking.

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SAFETY
FACT

SUPERHEATED WATER

Microwaved water and
other liquids do not
always bubble when they
reach the boiling point.
They can actually get
superheated and not
bubble at all.
Superheated liquid can
bubble up when it is
moved or when some­thing like a spoon or tea
bag is put into it.
To prevent this from
happening and causing
injury, do not heat any
liquid for more than 2
minutes per cup. After
heating, let the cup stand
in the microwave for 30
seconds before moving it
or putting anything into it.

• Avoid heating baby food in
glass jars, even with the lid off.
Make sure all infant food is thor­oughly cooked. Stir food to dis­tribute the heat evenly. Be care­ful to prevent scalding when
warming formula. The container
may feel cooler than the milk
really is. Always test the milk
before feeding the baby.

• Spontaneous boiling-Under
certain special circumstances,
liquids may start to boil during
or shortly after removal from the
microwave oven.
burns from splashing liquid, we
recommend the following:
before removing the container
from the oven, allow the con­tainer to stand in the oven for 30
to 40 seconds after the oven has
shut off. Do not boil liquids in
narrow-necked containers such
as soft drink bottles, wine flasks
and especially narrow-necked
coffee cups. Even if the contain­er is opened, excessive steam
can build up and cause it to burst
or overflow.

• Don’t defrost frozen beverages

To prevent

in narrow-necked bottles (espe­cially carbonated beverages).
Even if the container is opened,
pressure can build up. This can
cause the container to burst, pos­sibly resulting in injury.

• Hot foods and steam can cause
burns. Be careful when opening
any containers of hot food,
including popcorn bags, cooking
pouches and boxes.
possible injury, direct steam
away from hands and face.

• Do not overcook potatoes.
They could dehydrate and catch
fire, causing damage to your
oven.

• Cook meat and poultry thor­oughly-meat to at least an
INTERNAL temperature of
160 F (71.1C). and poultry to at
least an INTERNAL temperature
of 180 F (82.2C). Cooking to
these temperatures usually
protects against food borne
illness.

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

SPECIAL NOTES ABOUT MICROWAVING

MICROWAVE­SAFE
COOKWARE

Make sure all cookware used in
your microwave oven is suitable
for microwaving. Most glass
casseroles, cooking dishes, meas
uring cups, custard cups, pottery
or china dinnerware which does
not have metallic trim or glaze
with a metallic sheen can be used.
Some cookware is labeled “suit­able for microwaving.”

How to test for a microwave­safe dish.

• If you are not sure if a dish is
microwave-safe, use this test:
Place in the oven both the dish
you are testing and a glass meas­uring cup filled with 1 cup of

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water
in or next to the dish. Microwave
1 minute at high. If the dish heats,
it should not be used for
microwaving. If the dish remains
cool and only the water in the cup
heats, then the dish is microwave­safe.

• If you use a meat thermometer
while cooking, make sure it is
safe for use in microwave ovens.

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• Do not use recycled paper prod­ucts. Recycled paper towels, nap­kins and waxed paper can contain
metal flecks which may cause arc­ing or ignite. Paper products con­taining nylon or nylon filament
should be avoided, as they may
also ignite.

• Some styrofoam trays(like those
that meat is packaged on) have a
thin strip of metal embedded in
the bottom. When microwaved,
the metal can burn the floor of the
oven or ignite a paper towel.

• Do not use the microwave to dry
newspapers.

• Not all plastic wrap is suitable
for use in microwave ovens.
Check the package for proper use.

• Paper towels, waxed paper and
plastic wrap can be used to cover
dishes in order to retain moisture
and prevent spattering. Be sure to
vent plastic wrap so steam can
escape.

• Cookware may become hot
because of heat transferred from
the heated food. Pot holders may
be needed to handle the cookware.

• Boilable” cooking pouches and
tightly closed plastic bags should
be slit, pierced or vented as direct­ed by package. If they are not,
plastic could burst during or
immediately after cooking, possi­bly resulting in injury. Also, plas­tic storage containers should be at
least partially uncovered because
they form a tight seal. When
cooking with containers tightly
covered with plastic wrap, remove
covering carefully and direct
steam away from hands and face.

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Use foil only as directed in this
manual. TV dinners may be
microwaved in foil trays less than
3/4” high; remove the top foil
cover and return the tray to the
box. When using foil in the
microwave oven, keep the foil at
least 1 inch away from the sides
of the oven.
Plastic cookware-Plastic cook­ware designed for microwave
cooking is very useful, but should
be used carefully. Even

THE VENT FAN

microwave-safe plastic may not
be as tolerant of overcooking con­ditions as are glass or ceramic
materials and may soften or char
if subjected to short periods of
overcooking. In longer exposures
to over-cooking, the food and
cookware could ignite.
Follow these guidelines:
1 Use microwave-safe plastics
only and use them in strict com­pliance with the cookware manu­facturer’s recommendations.

2 Do not microwave empty con­tainers.
3 Do not permit children to use
plastic cookware without com­plete supervision.

Take care to prevent the starting
and spreading of accidental cook­ing fires while the vent fan is in
use.

• Clean the underside of the
microwave often. Do not allow
grease to build up on the
microwave or the fan filters.

• In the event of a grease fire on
the surface units below the
microwave oven, smother a flam­ing pan on the surface unit by

covering the pan completely with
a lid, a cookie sheet or a flat tray.

• Use care when cleaning the vent
fan filters. Corrosive cleaning
agents may damage the filters.

• When preparing flaming foods
under the microwave, turn the
fan on.

• Never leave surface units
beneath your microwave oven
unattended at high heat settings.
Boilovers cause smoking and

greasy spillovers that may ignite
and spread if the microwave vent
fan is operating. To minimize
automatic fan operation, use ade­quate sized cookware and use
high heat on surface units only
when necessary.

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION

GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS/OPTIONAL KITS

GROUNDING
INSTRUCTIONS

WARNING

Improper use of the ground­ing plug can result in a risk
of electric shock.

This appliance must be grounded.
In the event of an electrical short
circuit, grounding reduces the risk
of electric shock by providing an
escape wire for the electric cur­rent.
This appliance is equipped with a
power cord having a grounding
wire with a grounding plug. The

OPTIONAL KITS

plug must be plugged into an out­let that is properly installed and
grounded.
Consult a qualified electrician or
service technician if the ground­ing instructions are not complete­ly understood, or if doubt exists as
to whether the appliance is prop­erly grounded.
If the outlet is a standard 2-prong
wall outlet, it is your personal
responsibility and obligation to
have it replaced with a properly
grounded 3-prong wall outlet.
Do not under any circumstances

Filter Kits
Charcoal Filter Kit # DMW-OTR-CF1
Filter kits are used when the microwave oven cannot be
vented to the outside..

cut or remove the third (ground)
prong from the power cord.
Do not use an adapter plug with
this appliance.
Do not use an extension cord with
this appliance. If the power cord
is too short, have a qualified elec­trician or service technician install
an outlet near the appliance.
For best operation, plug this appli­ance into its own electrical outlet
to prevent flickering of lights,
blowing of fuse or tripping of cir­cuit breaker.

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Operating Instructions

Features of Your Microwave

(Throughout this manual, features and appearance may vary from your model.)

FEATURES

1 Door Handle. Pull to open

the door. The door must
be securely latched for the
microwave to operate.

2 Door Latches.

3 Window with Metal Shield.

Screen allows cooking to be
viewed while keeping microwaves
confined in the oven.

4 Touch Control Panel . Yo u
must set the clock before using
the microwave.

5 Cooktop Lights.

6 Grease Filters.

7 Removable turntable.

Turntable and support must be in
place when using the oven. The
turntable may be removed for
cleaning.

8 Rating plate.

NOTE: Oven vent(s) and oven

light are located on the inside
walls of the microwave oven.

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