GE JES1400T Use And Care & Cooking Manual

Turntable
Microwave Oven
Safe~
instructions ....................3-5
Precautions to Avoid Possible Exposure
to Excessive Microwave Energy ............2
Operating Instructions, Tips
.
12
Aluminum Foil ...................................4, 17, 18
Auto Defrost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.
16,
17
Auto Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.
12
Clock
..................................................................8
Control Panel ...............................................8, 9
Cooking Complete Reminder ......................7
Cooking Guide
.........................:....................2
1
Defrosting by Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Defrosting Guide
..........................................2O
Delayed Cooking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.
10
Express Cook Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Features
............................................................7
Glossary of Microwave Terms ..................18
Heating or Reheating Guide
......................l9
Hold Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.
10
Microwaving Tips ...........................................6
Minute Pad.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.
10
Minute/Second Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Popcorn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.
15
Power Levels ................8-l 1, 13, 16, 19-21
Reheat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
.
14
Reminder Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Time Cook ...............................................1 1, 12
Turntable
.................................................3,
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More questions
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GE Answer Center” 800.626.2000
Care
and
Cleaning
....................22, 23
Control Panel
.................................................22
Oven Lamp Replacement ..........................23
Turntable
........................................................22
Installation
..................................23, 24
Adapter Plugs
...............................................24
Extension Cords ...........................................24
Grounding Instructions .......................23, 24
Consumer Services ...................27
Appliance Registration ..................................2
Important Phone Numbers .......................27
Model and Serial Number Location ...........2
Warranty ........................................Back Cover
GE Appliances
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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 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 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 you as the owner. 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 must be
re~stered.
Please be certain that it is.
Write to:
GE Appliances Range Product Service Appliance Park Louisville, KY 40225
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 while oven
is operating.
Some TV-Radio interference
might be noticed while using your microwave oven. It’s
similfi
to the interference caused by other small appliances and does not indicate a problem with your oven.
PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE
TO EXCESSIVE
MICROWAm
ENERGY
(a) 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.
(b) Do Not Place
any object between the oven front face and the door or allow soil or cleaner residue to accumulate on
seting
surfaces.
(c) 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.
(d) The
Oven Shodd
Not
be adjusted or repaired
by anyone except properly qualified service
personnel.
2
~ORTANT
SA~H
mSTRUCTIONS
Read M
Wmctiom
before
ushg ttis app~mce.
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men using
electrical appliances,
basic safety
precautions should be followed, including the following:
A WA~lNG-Toreducethetiskof
burns, electric shock,
fire,
injury to persons
or exposure to excessive microwave
e~ergy:
Read and follow
the
specific “Precautions to Avoid Possible Exposure to Excessive Microwave Energy” on the previous page.
This
apptiance
must be grounded.
Connect
only to
properly grounded outlet. See Grounding
hstructions
section in the
back
of this book.
Use this
apptiance
only
for
its intended use as
desctibed
in this manual.
Do not use corrosive chemicals 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
apptiance
into
its own electrical
outlet?
to prevent flickering
of
tights,
blowing of fuse or tripping of circuit
breaker.
InsM or
locate this appliance
ody
in accordance with the provided Installation
hstructions.
Be
certain to place the front surface of the door
three inches or
more
back from the countertop edge to avoid accidental tipping of the appliance in normal usage.
Do not
cover or block
any openings en the
apptiance.
* 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 immerse power cord or plug in
water.
* Keep power cord
away from
heated
surfaces.
Do not let power cord hangover
edge of tuble
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.
Do
not
operate
oven
without the turntable
and
turntable support seated and in place,
Do
not allow turntable to be restricted so the
turntable cannot rotate.
*
See
door surface cleaning instructions in tie Care
and Cleaning section(s) of your book.
This
apptiance should
be serviced otiy 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
chfldren.
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
facilitate
cooking.
—Remove wire twist-ties
from paper or plastic
bags before placing bags in
oven.
—Do not use your microwave oven to dry
newspapers,
—Do not
use
recycled paper
producb.
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.
—Do not pop popcorn in your microwave oven
unless in a special microwave popcorn accessory
or unless you use popcorn labeled for use in microwave ovens.
—Do not overcook potatoes, They
codd dehydrate
and catch
fue,
causing damage to your oven.
(continued
natpage)
3
~ORTANT
SAm~
~STRUCTIONS
(continued)
—Do not operate the oven
whtie
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 all 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 or food in the oven when not in use.
—U
materials inside oven should ignite,
keep
oven door closed, turn oven off, and disconnect
power cord, or shut off power at the fuse or circuit breaker panel.
Some
producti
such as whole eggs and sealed
container~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,
Don’t defrost frozen beverages 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,
Use metal only as directed in this book.
TV dinners may be microwaved in foil trays less than 3/4” high; remove top foil cover and return tray
to box. When using metal in the microwave oven,
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 turntable can become
too
hot
to touch.
Be careful touching the turntable 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
tie
Care
and
Cleaning section(s)
for
instructions on how to
clean the inside of the oven.
D ~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~Plastic
cookware
designed
for microwave cooking is very useful, but should be used carefully.
Even microwave-safe plastic
may not be as
tolermt
of overcooking conditions
as are glass or ceramic
rnaterhds
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.
men
cooking pork,
follow
the
directions
exacdy
and always cook the meat to an internal
temperature of at least
170°F.
This assures
that, in
the remote possibility that trichina may be present in the meat, it will be
Uled and meat will
be safe
to eat.
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Do not boil eggs in a microwave
oven.
Pressure
will build up inside egg yolk and
wi~ cause it
to
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.
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Not au
plastic wrap is suitable for use in microwave ovens. Check the package for proper use.
Spontaneous boiling-Under
certain special circumstances, liquids may start to boil during or shortly after removal from the microwave oven, To prevent
burns from splashing liquid, stir
the liquid briefly before removing the container from the microwave oven.
$$Roflable” c~ting
pouches and tightly
clmed
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 beat least partially uncovered because they form a tight seal.
men
cooking with containers tightly covered with plastic wrap, remove covering carefully and direct steam away from hands and face.
Hot foods and steam can cause
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burns. Be careful when opening any containers of hot food, including popcorn bags, cooking
pouches and boxes. To prevent possible injury, direct steam away from hands and face.
SAVE
THESE
~STRUCTIONS
5
MICROWAV~G TWS
Make sure all cookware used in your microwave
Paper towels, waxed paper and plastic wrap
oven is suitable for microwaving.
Most glass
can be used to cover dishes in order to retain
casseroles, cooking dishes, measuring cups, custard
moisture and prevent spattering. Be sure to vent
cups, pottery or china dinnerware which does not
plastic wrap so steam can escape.
have metallic trim or glaze with a metallic sheen
Some microwaved foods require stirring,
can be used. Some cookware is labeled “suitable
rotating or rearranging.
Check the Cooking Guide.
for
microwaving.”
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
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Steam builds up pressure in foods which are
tightly covered by a skin or membrane. Pierce potatoes, egg yolks and chicken livers to prevent bursting.
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If you use a meat thermometer while cooking, make sure it is safe for use in microwave ovens.
water—set the m~asufing 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 and only the water in the cup heats, then the dish is microwave-safe.
IF YOU NEED SERVICE...
To obtain service, see the
FIRST, contact the people who
FINALLY, if your problem is still
Consumer Services page in the
serviced your appliance. Explain
not resolved, write:
back of this book.
why you are not pleased. In most
Major Appliance Consumer
We’re proud of our service and
cases, this will solve the problem.
Action Panel
want you to be pleased. If for some
NEXT, if you are still not pleased,
20 North
Wacker
Drive
reason you are not happy with the
write all the details—including
Chicago, IL 60606
service you receive, here are three
your phone number—to:
steps to follow for further help.
Manager, Consumer Relations GE Appliances Appliance Park Louisville, KY 40225
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FEATURES OF YOUR
OmN
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.
.
1. Door Latches.
1.4 Cubic Feet Oven Interior
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2. Door Screen. Metal screen permits viewing of
foods and keeps microwaves confined inside oven.
3. Touch Control Panel and Display. See Your
Touch Control Panel section for instructions.
4. Door Latch Release. Press latch release to
open door.
5.
Removable
~rntable
Support.
Turntable support must be in place when using the turntable. The support may be removed for cleaning.
6. Automatic Cooking Guide. Quick reference codes
for many frequently prepared foods.
7. Removable
firntible.
Turntable must be in place when using the oven. Cooking performance will be unsatisfactory without the turntable in place. The turntable may be removed for cleaning.
NOTE:
Rating plate, oven vent(s) and oven light are located on the inside walls of the microwave oven. The
waveguide cover, located on the inside
of the microwave oven, protects the microwave energy distributing system. Do not remove this cover, you will damage the oven.
Cooking Complete Reminder
(For all cooking features)
To remind you that you have food in the oven, the oven will beep once a minute
until
you either open the oven door or touch the CLEAWOFF pad.
7
YOUR TOUCH CONTROL PANEL
The Touch Control Panel allows you to set the oven controls with the touch of a finger. It’s designed to
be easy to use and understand.
1. DISPLAY.
Displays time of day, time or temperature during cooking functions, power level being used, cooking mode and instructions.
2. TIME COOK 1
&
2. Microwave for a selected
amount of time using automatic power level 10.
3. POWER LEVEL. Touch this pad after you enter the cooking time if you want to change from automatic power level 10 (High).
4. POPCORN. Touch this pad, then START to cook prepackaged microwave popcorn weighing 3.0 to
3.7 ounces.
5. EXPRESS COOK. Touch the number 1 through 5
pads for 1 to 5 minutes of cooking at power level
10. For example, touch 2 then START for
2 minutes at power level 10.
6. MIN. Use with number pads to enter whole minutes. For example, for 4 minutes touch 4 and MIN.
7. AUTO START. Allows you to program your oven to begin cooking at a later time of day—up to a 12-hour delay. The Auto Start feature can also be used like an alarm clock.
8. TIME DEFROST. Gentle thawing at automatic power level 3 (Low).
9. CLOCK. Touch this pad to enter time of day or check time of day while microwaving. To set clock, first touch CLOCK pad and then enter time of day. For example, if time is
1 :30,
touch number pads
1, 3, and O and “1
:30”
will appear in display. Then touch START or CLOCK pad. To reset or change time, simply repeat above process.
10. ADD 30 SECONDS. Press this pad to add
30 seconds to the cook time as it’s counting down.
11. MIN/SEC TIMER. This feature uses no
microwave energy. It functions as either a kitchen timer, as a holding period after defrost or as a delay timer before time or temperature cooking.
12. REHEAT. Use Reheat for quick reheating of
a variety of foods using different times and power levels.
13. AUTO
DEF.
Touch this pad and food weight, then START. The oven automatically sets power levels and defrosting time.
14. NUMBER PADS. Touch these pads to enter cooking, defrosting time, time of day, power level, Auto Codes or food weights for Auto Defrost.
15.
CLEAWOFF. When touched, it shuts off the
oven and erases all settings (except time of day).
16. START. After all selections are made, touch this pad to start the oven.
When You Plug in the Oven
The display panel lights up. After 15 seconds, all lights disappear and “RESET” appears. Touch
CLEAWOFF pad and oven is ready for use
and the clock can be set. If power is disrupted at any time, the above sequence recurs and you must
reset clock after touching
CLEAWOFF.
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