GE JE49A, JE48A Use and Care Manual

Useand tire

&boting

Guide

Sub-Compact

Safe~

Precautions to Avoid Possible Exposure

Operating Instructions,

Aluminum Foil ..........................................4, 14

Clock Control Panel

Cooking by Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Cooking Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Cooking Tray .............................................7, 16

Defrosting by Time . . . . . . . 10, 11

Defrosting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Features

Glossary of Microwave Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Heating or Reheating Guide

Microwaving Tips ...........................................6

Minute/Second Timer ..................................9

Power

Program Cooking ............................................8

instructions ...................3–5

to Excessive Microwave Energy .............2

~ps

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Levels..........................6,

9-11, 13-15

Problem

More questions

GE Answer Centera 800.626.2000

Care

Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cooking Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[nstal[ation

Adapter Plugs

Extension Cords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Grounding Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 18

Consumer Services

Appliance

Important Phone Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Model and Serial Number Location ...........2

Warran~

Microwave Oven

and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Registration..................................2

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SOIVer...............................l8

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GE Appliances

Microwave power

of this oven k 575 watts.

(IEC-705 fist Procedu~)

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YOU . . .

Before using 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. KY 40225

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

your microwave oven. Before sending in this card, please write these numbers here:

Model Number

SeHal

Number

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

Cmd

that

came

with

Be sure your microwave oven is registered.

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

Your supplier is responsible for

registering

Please check with your supplier to be sure he has done so; also send in your Consumer Product Ownership Registration Card. If you move, or if you are not the original purchaser. please write to us. stating model and serial numbers.

This appliance Please be certain that it is.

Write to:

GE Appliances

R~ge

Appliance Park Louisville. KY 40225

you

as the owner.

mut

product Service

re~stered.

If you received a

damaged oven...

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

Save time and money. Before you request service...

Check the Problem Solver in the back of this book. It lists causes of minor operating problems that you can correct yourself.

All these things are normal with your microwave oven.

●

Steam or vapor escaping from

around the door.

●

Light reflection around door or

outer case.

●

Dimming oven light and change

in blower sound may occur while operating at power levels other than high.

●

Dull

thumping sound

is operating.

●

Some TV-Radio interference

might

be noticed

your microwave oven. It’s similar to the interference caused by other small appliances and does not indicate a problem with

your oven.

while

oven

while using

PRECAmONS

(a) Do Not Attempt

EXCESSm MCROWAVE

to operate this oven with

AVOm POSSBLE

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.

(b)

Not Place any

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

EXPOSURE

E~RGY

particularly

importmt

properly and that there is no damage to the: (1) door (bent) (2) hinges

(3)

door seals and sealing surfaces.

and

(d) The Oven Should Not

by anyone except properly qualified service personnel,

oven if it is damaged. It is

that the oven door close

latches

@roken

or loosened)

be adjustd or repaired

Men

using electrical appliances, basic safety

should

precautions

be followed, including the

following:

WARNING-Toreducetietiskof

burns, electric shock,

f~e,

injury to persons

or exposure to excessive microwave energy:

●

Read and follow the

specific “Precautions to Avoid Possible Exposure to Excessive Microwave Energy”on the previous page.

●

This appliance must be grounded.

Connect only to properly grounded outlet. See Grounding

kstructions

●

Use this

described in this manual.

chemicrds

section in

apphance

the

back of this book.

only for its intended use as

Do not use corrosive

or vapors in this appliance. 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

its own electrical

outle~

appfiance

to prevent

into

Mckering

of lights, blowing of fuse or tripping of circuit breaker.

●

Do not mount the microwave oven over or near

any portion of a heating or cooking appliance.

●

Do not store anything directly on top of the

microwave oven surface when the microwave oven is in operation.

●

Do not immerse power cord or plug in water.

●

Keep power cord away from heated surfaces.

not

let

power cord hangover edge of tible

or counter.

●

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.

●

See

door surface cleaning instructions in the Care

and Cle~ing

●

This

quaMled

section(s) of your book.

apptiance shodd

be serviced

service personnel.

ody

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

●

As with any

necessary when used by

apptiance,

close supervision

chtidren.

●

Do not mount this

or locate this the provided Instigation

●

Be certain to

appfiance

apptiance

over a

ody in accordance with

hstructions.

place

the front surface of

Install

the

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

appHance

●

not cover or block any openings on the

in normal usage.

‘applianc&

Q 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.

●

This microwave oven is not approved or tested

for marine use.

Do not operate any heating or cooking

apphance

beneath this microwave oven.

●

To reduce the risk of fire in the oven cavity:

—Do not overcook

food.

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

factiitate

cooking.

—Remove wire twist-ties and

metal

handles

from paper or plastic containers before placing them in the oven.

—Do not use your microwave oven to dry

newspapers.

—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 filaments should be avoided, as they may also ignite.

(conrimed

neti

page)

WORTAm Smm

(continued)

~STRUCTIONS

—Do not pop popcorn in your microwave oven

unless in a special microwave popcorn accessory or

udess

you use popcorn labeled for use in

microwave ovens.

—Do not

ovemook

potatoes.

~ey

could dehydrate

and catch fire, causing damage to your oven.

—Do not operate the oven while empty to avoid

damage to the oven and the danger of fire.

If by accident the oven should run empty a minute or two, no harm is done. However, try to avoid operating the oven

empty

at dl times—it saves

energy and prolongs the life of the oven.

—Do not use the oven for storage purposes.

Do not leave paper products, cooking utensils

the

or food in

—Mmaterids

oven when not in use.

inside oven

shotid

ignite,

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

●

Some products such as whole eggs and sealed

containers-for example, closed jars-will

explode and should not be heated in this microwave oven. Such use of the microwave oven could result in injury.

●

Avoid heating baby food in glass jars, even

without their lids; especially meat and egg mixtures.

●

Sometimes, the oven tray

to touch.

Be careful touching

ean

become too hot

the

tray during and

after cooking.

●

Foods cooked in liquids

(such as pasta) may tend to boil over more rapidly than foods containing less moisture. Should this occur,

refer to the Care

and

Cleaning section(s) for

instructions on how to clean the inside of

the oven.

●

~ermometer-Do

not use a thermometer in food you are microwaving unless the thermometer is designed or recommended for use in the microwave oven.

●

Plastic

cookwar~lastic

cookware designed for microwave cooking is very useful, but should be used

cmefully.

Even 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.

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.

●

Don’t

defrost frozen beverages

necked bottles

(especiaHy

carbonated beverages).

in narrow

Even if the container is opened, pressure can build up.

~is

can cause

the

container to

burst

possibly

resulting in injury.

●

Use foil only as directed in this book.

dinners may be microwaved in foil trays less than

3/4”

high; remove the top foil cover

tray to the box.

oven,

keep it at least 1 inch away from the sides

men

using foil in the microwave

and

return the

of the oven.

. Cookware may become hot

because of heat transferred from the heated food. Pot holders may be

n~ded

to handle the

cookware.

●

Men

cooking pork,

exactly and always cook temperature of at least

follow the directions

tie

meat to an internal

170°F. ~is

assures that, in the remote possibility that trichina maybe present in the meat, it will be killed and meat will be safe to eat.

Do not

will build up inside egg yolk

boil

eggs in a microwave oven,

will cause it to

Pressure

burst, possibly resulting in injury.

●

Foods with unbroken outer

“skin”

such as potatoes,

sausages, tomatoes, apples, chicken livers and other giblets, and egg yolks (see previous caution) should be pierced to

allow

steam to escape during

cooking.

●

Not dl

plastic wrap is suitable

microwave ovens.

proper use.

Q ~~Boilable” c~~ng

plastic bags should be slit, pierced or vented as directed by package. If they burst during or immediately after cooking, possibly resulting in injury. Also, plastic storage

containers should beat least partially uncovered because they form a tight seal,

with containers remove covering carefully and direct steam away from hands

Check the package for

●

Spontaneous

ceti

special

liquids may start to boil during or shortly after removal from the microwave oven. To prevent bums from splashing liquid, stir the liquid briefly before removing the container from the microwave oven.

pouches and

tightiy

covered with plastic wrap,

and face.

for

use in

boiting-Under

circumstances,

ti~tly closed

are

not, plastic could

men

cooking

●

Hot foods and steam can cause

burns. Be careful when opening any containers of hot food, including popcorn bags, cooking pouches

possible injury, direct from hands

Optional

Available at extra

4-A019 Han@ng Mt

under a cabinet.

SAVE

Accessov

T~SE

cost from your GE supplier.

allows this oven to be mounted

and

boxes. To prevent

and

face.

mSTRUCTIONS

steam

away

To obtain service, see the Consumer Services page in the

back of this book. We’re proud of our service and

want you to be pleased. If for some reason you are not happy with the service you receive, here are three steps to follow for further help.

FIRST, contact the people who serviced your appliance. Explain why you are not pleased. In most cases, this will solve the problem.

NEXT, if you are still not pleased, write all the details-including your phone number—to:

Manager, Consumer Relations GE Appliances Appliance Park Louisville, KY 40225

FINALLY, if your problem is still not resolved, write:

Major Appliance Consumer

Action Panel 20 North Chicago, IL 60606

Wacker

Drive

~CROWAVmG TmS

●

Make sure all cookware used in your microwave

oven is suitable for microwaving.

casseroles, cooking dishes, measuring cups, custard cups, pottery or china dinnerware which does not have metallic trim or can be used. Some cookware is labeled “suitable for microwaving.”

● If you are not

sure if a dish is microwave-safe, use this test:

in the oven both the dish you are testing and a glass measuring cup filled with one water—set the measuring cup either 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 then the dish is microwave-safe.

Place

and

glaze

with a metallic sheen

cup

only the water in the cup heats,

Most glass

●

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

●

Some microwaved foods require stirring,

rotiting or rearranging.

●

Steam

builds

up pressure in foods which are

tightly covered by a skin or membrane.

potatoes, bursting.

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

egg

yolks and chicken livers to prevent

escaue.

Check the Cooking Guide.

Pierce

VAmBLE

Variable power levels add flexibility to your microwave cooking. The power levels on your microwave oven can be

units on a range. HIGH (Power power is the fastest way to cook and gives you

100Yo

power. Each power level gives you microwave

energy

a certain percent of the time. Power Level 7 is microwave energy energy 3070 of the time.

A high setting (10) will cook faster but may need additional attention such as frequent stirring, rotating or turning over. Most of your cooking will be done on HIGH (Power Level 10). A lower setting will cook more evenly and with less attention given to stirring or rotating the food. Some foods may have better flavor, texture or appearance if one of the lower settings is used. You may wish to use a lower power level when cooking foods that have a tendency to boil over, such as scalloped potatoes.

compwed to the surface

Level

7090

of the time. Power Level 3 is

POWER LEVELS

10) or full

(1-10)

Rest periods (when the microwave energy cycles give time for the food to “equalize” or transfer heat to the inside of the food. An example of this is shown with Power Level 3—the defrost cycle. If microwave energy did not cycle off, the outside of the food would cook before the inside was defrosted.

Here are some examples of uses for various power levels:

POWER LEVEL

High

Medium 7

Medium 5

Low 3

warm I

BEST USES

Fish, bacon, vegetables, boiling liquids.

Gentle cooking of meat and poultry; and reheating.

Slow cooking and tenderizing such as stews and less tender cuts of meat.

Defrosting without cooking;

simmerin~;

Keeping food warm without overcooking; softening butter.

baking

casseroles

delicate sauces.

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