Frigidaire FFCE1439LB, FFCE1439LW User Manual

Use & Care Manual

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Microwave Oven

with Sensor Pad

Welcome & Congratulations......2

Questions or for Service Call:

Important Safety Instructions...3

Features & Specifications.........7

Before Operating........................8

Manual Operation.......................9

Sensor Operations...................12

Cooking Charts........................14

Care & Cleaning.......................18

Before You Call........................19

Warranty....................................20

1-866-312-2117

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Welcome & Congratulations

Product Registration

Be sure to register your product. The self-addressed PRODUCT REGISTRATION CARD should be filled in completely, signed and returned to Electrolux Home Products.

Congratulations on your purchase of a new microwave! At Electrolux Home Products, we are very proud of our product and are completely committed to providing you with the best service possible. Your satisfaction is our number one priority.

We know you’ll enjoy your new microwave and Thank You for choosing our

product. We hope you consider us for future purchases.

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This Use & Care Manual provides specific operating instructions for your model.

Use your microwave only as instructed in this manual. These instructions are not meant to cover every possible condition and situation that may occur. Common sense and caution must be practiced when installing, operating and maintaining any appliance.

Be sure to record your model and serial number. The serial plate is located on the back of the microwave oven.

Please record your model and serial number and date of purchase in the spaces provided below for future reference in case your microwave should ever require servicing:

This Use & Care Manual contains

general operating instructions for your appliance and feature information for several models. Your microwave may not have all the described features. The graphics shown are representative. The graphics on your microwave may not look exactly like those shown.

Model Number: _______________________________________________

Serial Number: _______________________________________________

Purchase Date: _______________________________________________

MPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

What You Need to

Know About Safety Instructions

Warning and Important Safety Instructions appearing in

the Use & Care Guide are not meant to cover all possible conditions and situations that may occur. Common sense, caution, and care must be exercised when installing, maintaining or operating a microwave.

Always contact your dealer, distributor, service agent

or manufacturer about problems or conditions you do not understand.

Recognize Safety Symbols, Words, Labels

DANGER

DANGER - Immediate hazards which WILL result in

severe personal injury or death.

CAUTION

To avoid personal injury or property damage, observe

the following:

1. and be hazardous to handle.

2. unbroken yolk using microwave energy. Pressure may build up and erupt. Pierce yolk with fork or knife before cooking.

3. Pierce skin of potatoes, tomatoes, and similar foods before cooking with microwave energy. When skin is pierced, steam escapes evenly.

4. cavity.

5. Use only popcorn in packages designed and labeled for microwave use. Popping time varies depending on oven wattage. heat after popping has stopped. Popcorn will scorch or burn.

6. Most cooking thermometers contain mercury and may cause an electrical arc, malfunction, or damage to oven.

deep fat fry in oven. Fat could overheat

cook or reheat eggs in shell or with an

operate oven without load or food in oven

continue to

leave oven unattended.

use regular cooking thermometers in oven.

use metal utensils in oven.

WARNING

WARNING - Hazards or unsafe practices which COULD

result in severe personal injury or death.

CAUTION

CAUTION - Hazards or unsafe practices which COULD

result in minor personal injury.

8. materials that are not intended for cooking.

9. When cooking wi t h p a per, p l a s t ic , o r o the r combustible materials, follow manufacturer’s recommendations on product use.

10. other synthetic fibers. Heated synthetics could melt and cause paper to ignite.

11. oven. Food or liquid could expand quickly and cause container or bag to break. Pierce or open container or bag before cooking.

12. To avoid pacemaker malfunction, consult physician or pacemaker manufacturer about effects of microwave energy on pacemaker.

use paper, plastic, or other combustible

use paper towels which contain nylon or

heat sealed containers or plastic bags in

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

WARNING

Improper use of the grounding

To avoid risk of electrical shock or death, this oven must

be grounded and plug must not be altered.

can result in electric shock.

GROUNDING

INSTRUCTIONS

Oven MUST be grounded.

In the event of

grounding reduces risk of electric shock by providing an escape wire

or the electric current if an electric

short occurs. This oven is equippe with a cord having a grounding wire with a grounding plug. The plug mus be plugged into an outlet that is properly installed and grounded. See Installation

tructions

Ins

Consult a qualified electrician or servicer if grounding instructions are not completely understood, or if doubt

exists as to whether the oven is properly grounded. Do not use an extension cord. If the product power cord is too short, have a qualified electrician install a three-slot receptacle. This oven should be plugged into a separate 60 hertz circuit with the electrical ratting as shown in specifications table. When the oven is on a circuit with other equipment, an increase in cooking times may be required and fuses can be blown. Microwave operates on standard household current, 120V.

WARNING

an electrical short circuit,

Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement (U.S.A. Only)

This equipment generates and uses ISM frequency energy

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.

However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment 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:

Ÿ Reorient the receiving antenna of the radio or

television.

Ÿ Relocate the microwave oven with respect to the

receiver.

Ÿ Move the microwave oven away from the receiver.

a. A short power-supply cord is provided to reduce the

risks resulting from becoming entangled in or tripping over a longer cord.

b. Longer cord sets or extension cords may be used if care

is exercised in

c. If a long cord or

1. The marked electrical rating of the cord set or extension cord set should be at least as great as the electrical rating of the appliance.

2. The extension cord must be a grounding-type 3wire cord.

3. The longer cord should be arranged so that it will not drape over the countertop or tabletop where it can be tripped over, snagged, or pulled on by children or trippled over unintentionally.

If you use an extension cord, the interior light may flicker and the blower sound may vary when the microwave oven is on. Cooking times may be longer, too.

their use.

extension cord is used:

Ÿ Plug the microwave oven into a different outlet so that

the microwave oven and the receiver are on different branch circuits.

The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio or

television interference caused by unauthorized modification to this microwave oven. It is the responsibility of the user to correct such interference.

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WARNING

PRECAUTIONS TO

Liquids such as water, coffee, or tea are able to be overheated beyond the boiling point without appearing to

AVOID POSSIBLE E

EXCESSIVE

POSURE TO

be boiling due to surface tension of the liquid. Visible bubbling or boiling when the container is removed from the microwave oven is not always present. THIS COULD

RESULT IN VERY HOT LIQUIDS SUDDENLY BOILING OVER WHEN THE CONTAINER IS DISTURBED OR A

UTENSIL IS INSERTED INTO THE LIQUID.

reduce the risk of

1. Do not overheat the liquid.

injury to persons:

MICROWAVE

2. Stir the liquid both before and halfway through heating it.

ENERGY

Adhere to the following precautions:

3. Do not use straight-sided containers with narrow necks.

Ÿ 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 interlock switches.

Ÿ DO NOT place any object between the oven front face

and the door or allow soil or cleaner residue to accumulate on sealing surfaces.

Ÿ DO NOT use any cleaning materials on the oven door

gasket. Doing so could cause damage.

Ÿ 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:

1. door (bent),

2. hinges and latches (broken or loosened),

3. door seals and sealing surfaces.

Ÿ Oven should not be be adjusted or repaired by anyone

except properly qualified service personnel.

Radio Interference

1. Operation of the microwave oven may cause interference to your radio, TV or similar equipment.

2. When there is interference, it may be reduced or eliminated by taking the following measures:

1) Clean door and sealing surface of the oven

2) Reorient the receiving antenna of radio or television.

3) Relocate the microwave oven with respect to the receiver.

4) Move the microwave oven away from the receiver.

5) Plug the microwave oven into a dierent outlet so that microwave oven and receiver are on dierent branch circuits.

4. After heating, allow the container to stand in the microwave oven for a short time before removing the container.

5. Use extreme care when inserting a spoon or other utensils into the container.

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WARNING

When using electrical appliances, basic safety

precautions should be followed to reduce the risk of burns, electric shocks, fire or injury to persons or exposure to excessive microwave energy.

1. READ ALL instructions before using oven.

2. READ AND FOLLOW the specific “PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE

MICROWAVE ENERGY” on page 5.

3. This appliance must be grounded. Connect only to

properly grounded outlet. See GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS found on Page 4

4. Install or locate this oven ONLY in accordance with the

installation instructions in this Use & Care Manual.

5. Some products such as whole eggs and sealed

containers -for example, closed jars -are able to explode and SHOULD NOT be HEATED in this oven.

6. Use this oven ONLY for its intended use as described in

this Use & Care Manual. Do not use corrosive chemicals or vapors in this oven. This type of oven is specifically designed to heat, cook, or dry food. It is not designed for industrial or laboratory use.

7. As with any appliance, CLOSE SUPERVISION

necessary when used by CHILDREN or INFIRM PERSONS

8. DO NOT operate this oven if it has a damaged cord or

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

9. This oven, including power cord, must be serviced

ONLY by qualified service personnel. Special tools are required to service oven. Contact nearest authorized service facility for examination, repair, or adjustment.

10.DO NOT cover or block any vents or openings on the

oven.

11.DO NOT store this oven outdoors. DO NOT use this

appliance near water -for example, near a kitchen sink, in a wet basement, near a swimming pool or similar locations.

12.DO NOT immerse cord or plug in water.

13. Keep cord AWAY from HEATED surfaces.

14.DO NOT let cord hang over edge of table or counter.

15. Review the door cleaning instructions in the Care & Cleaning section.

16. To avoid the risk of fire in the oven cavity, injury to persons, or exposure to excessive microwave energy.

a. DO NOT overcook food. Carefully attend oven

when paper, plastic or other combustible materials are placed inside the oven to facilitate cooking.

b. Remove wire twist-ties from paper or plastic bags

before placing bag in oven.

c. If materials inside the oven ignite, keep oven door

CLOSED, turn oven off and disconnect the power cord, or shut off power at the fuse or circuit breaker panel.

d. DO NOT use this oven cavity for storage. DO

NOT leave paper products, cooking utensils or food in the cavity when not in use.

17.Liquids such as water, coffee, or tea are able overheated beyond the boiling point without appearing to be boiling due to surface tension of the liquid.

Visible bubbling or boiling when the container is

removed from the microwave oven is not always present. THIS COULD RESULT IN VERY HOT LIQUIDS SUDDENLY BOILING OVER WHEN A SPOON

T HE CONTAINER IS DISTRURBED

IS INSERTED INTO

18. DO NOT heat baby bottles in oven.

19. Baby food jars shall be open when heated and contents stirred or shaken before consumption, in order to avoid burns.

20. DO NOT use this oven for commercial purposes. It is made for household use only.

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