GE JE42A Use and Care Manual

Contents

Sub-CompatiMicrwwe

Oven

Adapter Plugs Aluminum Foil

Appliance Registration Care and Cleaning

Convenience Food Guide Cooking

Cooking Guide Extension Cords

Features Grounding Instructions

Heating or Reheating Guide 7 Microwave Cookware Guide 16

Microwaving Tips Model and Serial Numbers

9-15

Model JE42A

Precautions

4 Problem Solver 2

8 Warranty

3 2

Repair Service Safety Instructions

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Back Cover

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Before

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your oven,

read this book carefully.

It is intended to help you operate and maintain your new microwave oven properly.

Keep it handy for answers to your questions.

If you don’t understand something or need more help, write (include your phone number):

Consumer Affairs GE Appliances Appliance Park Louisville,

KY40225

Write down the model and serial numbers.

You’ll find them on a label inside the oven.

These numbers are also on the Consumer Product Ownership Registration Card that came with your microwave oven. Before sending in this card, please write these numbers here:

Model Number

Serial Number

Use these numbers in any correspondence or service calls concerning your microwave oven.

Be sure your microwave oven is

It is important that we know the location of your microwave oven should a need occur for adjustments.

r~titered.

Your supplier is registering you as the

Please check with be sure he has done your Consumer Registration Card. If if you are not the please write to us, and serial numbers.

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must be registered. PI that it is.

Write to: GE Appliances

Range Product Appliance Park Louisville,

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KY40225

If you received a

dam~ed

Immediately contact builder) that sold you

oven..

Save time and m

Before you requests

check the Problem It lists causes of problems that you can

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available at extra cost GE supplier.

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POSS~LE EXPOS~

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(a) Do Not Attempt

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.

Not

Place

between the oven front face the door or allow soil or cleaner residue to accumulate on sealing surfaces.

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.

(d) The Oven Shodd Not

adjusted or repaired by anyone except properly qualified service personnel.

to operate

any object

anll

the oven

All these things are normal with your microwave

● Steam or vapor escaping from

around the door.

● Light reflection around door or

outer case.

●

Dull thumping sound while

oven is operating.

. Some TV-Radio might be noticed microwave oven. It’ss interference caused appliances and does n problem with your

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Microwaving

. Make sure all cookware used in your microwave oven is suitible for microwaving. Most glass casseroles, cooking dishes, measuring cups, custard cups, pottery or china dinnerware which does not have

metilic

sheen can be used. Some cookware is labeled “suitable for microwaving?’

If you are unsure, use this dish test: Measure 1 cup water in a glass cup. Place in oven on or beside dish. Microwave 1 minute at High (10). If water becomes hot, dish is microwave safe. If dish heats, it should not be used for microwaving.

● Paper towels, wax paper, and

plastic wrap can be used to cover dishes in order to retain moisture and prevent spattering.

●

—

stirring, rotating or rearranging. Check the cooking guide for specific instructions.

●

which are tightly covered by a skin or membrane. Pierce potatoes, egg yolks and chicken livers to prevent bursting.

trim or glme with a

Some microwaved foods require

Steam builds up pressure in foods

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

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INSTRUCTIONS

Read all instructions before using this appliance.

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not

When using electrical appliances, basic safety precautions should be followed, including the following:

WARNING–TO reduce

the risk of burns, electric shock, fire, injury to persons or exposure to excessive microwave energy:

●

Use this appliance

ordy

for its intended use as described in this manual.

●

Read and follow the specific

“PRECAUTIONS

POSSIBLE EXPOSURE

AVOID

EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE ENERGY” on page 2.

. This appliance must

Connect

ordy

to properly grounded

groundd.

outlet. See “GROUNDING

INSTRU~IONS” on page 18.

●

This microwave oven is specifically designed to heat or cook food, and is not intended for laboratory or industrial use.

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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Install or locate this appliance

orly

in accordance with the

Frovided

. Be

surface of the door three

initiation instructions.

certain

to place the

front

inch=

or more back from the countertop edge to avoid accidental tipping of the

●

apptiance

in normal usage.

Do not cover or block any

openings on the appliance.

●

Do not use outdoors,

●

Do not immerse power cord

or plug in water.

●

Keep power cord away from

heated surfaces.

●

Do not let power cord hang

over edge of table or counter.

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

●

See

door surface cleaning

instructions on page 17.

●

This appliance should be serviced personnel.

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Contact nearest authorized service facility for examination, repair or adjustment.

●

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

●

To reduce the risk of fire in the oven cavity:

–Do

not

overewkfood. CareMy

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

—Remove wire twist-ties

paper or plastic bags before placing bag in oven.

–Do not use your microwave oven to dry newspapers.

–Do not use recycled paper

produck.

Recycled paper towels, napkins and wax paper can contain

meti

flecks which may cause arcing or ignite. Paper products containing nylon or nylon filaments should be avoided, as they may

–Do not

operate

empty to avoid damage to the oven and the danger of

by accident the oven should run empty a minute or two, no harm

is done. However, try to avoid operating the oven empty at all times—it saves energy and prolongs the life of the oven.

appliance

qudfied

the oven while

service

from

dso ignite.

fire.

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S~ETY

–Do not pop popcorn in your microwave oven

udess

in a special

microwave popcorn accessory or

tiess

you use popcorn labeled for

use in microwave ovens,

–Do not overcook potatoes.

They could dehydrate and catch fire, causing damage to your oven.

●

If materi~ inside oven

ignite,

keep oven door closed, turn

shodd

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

Some

products

eggs and sealed

such as whole

containers-for example, closed glass jars—may explode and should not be heated in this oven.

●

Avoid heating baby food

glass jars, even without their lids; especially meat and egg mixtures.

Don’t

defrost frozen beverages

in narrow necked

boties (especidy

carbonated beverages). Even if the container is opened, pressure can build up. This can cause the container to burst, resulting in injury.

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Use

me~l

Ody as

directed in

cooking guide.

TV dinners maybe microwaved in foil trays less than 3/4” high; remove top tray to box, When using the microwave oven,

foti

cover and return

meti

keep metal

at least 1 inch away from sides of oven.

●

Cookware may

become

hot

because of heat transferred from the heated

food,

Pot holders may

be needed to handle the cookware.

●

Sometimes, the cooking tray

hot

can become too

to touch.

Be careful handling the cooking tray during and

afier

cooking.

~STRUCTIONS

●

FoA

cooked in liquids

as pasta) may tend to boil over

mom rapidy

than

fds

less moisture. Should this occur, refer to page 17 for instructions on

how

to clean the inside of the oven.

. Thermometer-D.

use a thermometer in food you are microwaving unless the thermometer is designed or recommended for use in the microwave .

Plastic

oven,

cookware—plastic

cookware designed for microwave cooking is very useful, but should be used carefully. Even 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 overcooking, the food and cookware could ignite. For these reasons: 1) Use microwave-safe plastics only and use them in strict compliance with the cookware manufacturer’s recommendations, 2) Do not subject empty cookware to microwaving. 3) Do not permit

children to use plastic cookware without complete supervision.

When

cooking pork, follow

the directions exactly and always cook the meat to an internal temperature of at least This assures that, in the remote possibility that trichina may be present in the meat, it will be killed and meat

●

Boiling

eggs

be safe to eat.

is not

recommended in a microwave oven.

Pressure can build up inside the egg yolk and may cause it to burst, resulting in injury.

(such

containing

not

microwave-

170°F.

(continued)

●

Foo& with

‘%kin”

such as potatoes, sausages,

unbroken

outer

tomatoes, apples, chicken livers and other giblets, and egg yolks (see previous caution) should be pierced to allow steam to escape during cooking.

●

$~Boilable”

cooking

pouches

and tightly closed plastic bags

should be slit, pierced or vented as directed in cooking guide. If they are not, plastic could burst during or immediately

atier

cooking, possibly resulting in injury. Also, plastic storage containers at least

parti~y

uncoved because

shoddbe

they form a tight seal. When cooking with containers tightly covered with plastic wrap, remove covering away from hands

●

Spontaneous boiling—Under

care~y

and direct steam

face,

certain special circumstances, liquids may shortly after

start

to boil during or

remoti

from the

microwave oven. To prevent burns from splashing liquid, stir the liquid briefly before removing the container from the

tic-e

oven.

SAW T~E

INSTRUCTIONS

Features of Your Oven

~2A

Cubic Foot

Oven Interior

1.2.Door Latches. Door Screen.

permits viewing of foods and keeps

microwaves confined inside oven.

Oven Vent.

4. Mode Stirrer Cover.

the microwave energy distributing system. Do not remove this cover. You will damage the oven.

Metal screen

Protects

Glass Cooking Tray.

be in place when using the oven. Cooking performance will be unsatisfactory without the tray in place. The tray may be removed for cleaning.

Oven Interior Light.

when timer is on.

Tray must

Turns on

K-Minute Timer.

desired cooking time. Setting the timer starts the oven (when the door is closed).

Door Open Bar.

door. Door must be securely latched for oven to operate.

Model and Serial Numbers.

Set timer to

Press to open

Cooting

The timer allows you to preset

the cooking time.

The oven shuts off automatically.

Power

Lvel

HIGH is recommended

for all cooking and heating. To become better acquainted with

time cooking, make a cup of coffee by following the steps below.

Step 1:

and add 1 teaspoon of instant coffee and stir to dissolve. Use a cup that has no metal decoration and is microwave safe (refer to Microwaving Tips on page 3). Place cup in oven and close door.

Fill a cup 2/3 full of water

Step 2:

coffee, set at may be reset during cooking if needed.

Note: TO set timer less than 2 turn the Timer Control past 2 and then back to the desired time.

Set Timer Control. For

11/2

minutes. Timer

minutes,

Questiom and Answers

Q. I set my oven for the time called for in the recipe, but at the end of the time allowed, my food wasn’t done. What happened?

Since house power varies due to time or location most recipes give you a time range to prevent overcooking. Set the oven for minimum time, test the food for doneness, and cook your food a little longer, if necessary.

What happens if I accidentally operate the microwave oven without food in it?

Accidental use for short periods of time does not damage the magnetron but it is not recommended.

Can I interrupt the cooking

function to check the food? A. Yes.

close the door. The timer must be reset for cooking to resume unless time is remaining on timer.

To resume cooking, simply

Step 3:

sounds, oven light and fan shut off.

When time is up, the oven

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