GE JES1500T Use and Care Manual

Turntable Microwave Oven

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Safe*

Precautions to Avoid Possible Exposure

Operating Instructions, Tips

Add 30 Seconds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Aluminum Foil ...................................4, 17, 18

Auto Defrost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Auto Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Clock

Control Panel ...............................................8, 9

Cooking Complete Reminder ......................7

Cooking Guide ..............................................2 1

Defrosting by Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Defrosting Guide

Delayed Cooking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Express Cook Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Features

Glossary of Microwave Terms ..................18

Heating or Reheating Guide

Hold Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

Minute Pad.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Minute/Second Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Popcorn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Power Levels ................8-l 1, 13, 16, 19-21

Reheat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Reminder Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Time Cook ...............................................1 1,

Turntable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

instructions ....................3-5

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

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Control Panel

Oven Lamp Replacement ..........................23

Turntable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Installation

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Adapter Plugs

Extension Cords ...........................................24

Grounding instructions .......................23, 24

Consumer Services ...................27

Appliance Registration ..................................2

Important Phone Numbers .......................27

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

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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 Please be certain that it is.

Write to:

GE Appliances Range Product Service Appliance Park Louisville, KY 40225

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be registered.

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

PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE

TO EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE ENERGY

Not

(a)

the door open

Attempt

to operate this oven with

since

open-door operation result in harmful exposure to microwave energy. It is important not to defeat or tamper with the safety interlocks.

Do Not

(b)

front

Place

any object between the oven

face

and the door or allow soil or cleaner

residue to accumulate on sealing surfaces.

can

Not

(c)

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 Should Not

be adjusted or repaired

by anyone except properly qualified service

personnel.

When precautions should be followed, including

using

electrical appliances, basic safety

the

following:

W~~lNG-Toreducetheriskof

burns, electric shock,

f~e,

injury to persons

or exposure to excessive microwave energy:

●

Read

and foilow

the

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

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This appliance must be grounded.

Connect only to properly grounded outlet. See Grounding Instructions section in

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Use this

apptiance o~ly

described in this manual.

the

back of this book.

for its

intended use

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

industri~

●

For

its own electrical

of Eghts,

use.

best operation, plug this

outiet,

apptiance into

to prevent

fickering

blowing of fuse or tripping of circuit

breaker.

●

Insta~

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

apptiance

Do not

in normal usage.

cov~r

or block any openings on

the

appliance.

●

Do not store

use this product

this

appliance outdoors.

near

water—for example, in a wet

not

basement, near a swimming pool or near a sink.

●

This microwave oven is not approved or tested

for marine use.

●

Do not imme~

Keep

power

power cord or

cord away from

heated

plug in

surfaces,

water.

●

Do not let power cord hang over edge of table

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

seated

turntable support

●

Do not allow turntable to be restricted so the

and in place.

turntible

and

turntable cannot rotate.

●

See

door surface cleaning instructions in the Care

and Cleaning section(s) of your book.

●

This appliance should be serviced

qualified service personnel.

Contact nearest

ordy

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

—Do not overcook food.

fire

in the oven cavity:

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 products.

paper towels, napkins and waxed paper can contain metal flecks which may cause arcing or ignite. Paper products containing nylon or

nylon filaments may

dso ignite.

shodd

be avoided, as they

Recycled

—Do not pop popcorn in your microwave oven

unless in a special microwave popcorn accessory or

urdess

you use popcorn labeled for use in

microwave ovens,

—Do not overcook potatoes. They

and catch fire, causing damage to your oven.

could dehydrate

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WORT~T

SAmW ~STRUCTIONS

(continued)

—Do not operate

damage to the oven and the

by accident the oven should run empty a minute

two, no harm is done. However, try to avoid operating the energy and

—Do

not

use the oven for storage purposes.

not

leave

paper products, cooking utensils or

food in the oven when not in use.

—H

materials inside

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

Some

products

the

oven while empty to

oven empty

pralongs the

oven should

such

as whole eggs

avoid

danger

at all times—it saves

life of the oven.

of fire,

ignite,

fuse

keep

and se~ed

container+for example, closed jars-will

explode and should

microwave oven. Such use of the microwave

oven

could

●

Avoid beating baby food in glass jars, even

result

not

be heated in this

in injury,

without their lids; especially meat and egg mixtures.

●

DonAt

defrost frozen beverages

necked bottles (especially carbonated beverages).

Even

the

container is opened, pressure

up.

~is can

resuhing

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Use

meti

cause the container to

in injury.

only as directed in this book.

in narrow

can

bmst,

possibly

build

dinners may be microwaved in foil trays less than

top

3/4” high; remove to box. keep of

metal at

oven,

men

using

least 1

foil cover and return tray

meti

in the microwave oven,

incb

away from sides

*Foods

to boil over more rapidly than foods containing less moisture. and Cleaning section(s) for instructions on how clean the inside of the oven.

* ~ermometer-Do

food

is designed or recommended for use

microwave

●

Plastic

cooked

tiquids

Should

(such as pasta) may tend

this occur,

refer

the Care

not use a thermometer in

you are microwaving unless the thermometer

the

oven.

cookwar*Plastic

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

may not be as tolerant of overcooking conditions as are glass or ceramic materials and may

or char if subjected to short periods of overcooking. the food and cookware could ignite. For these reasons: 1) Use microwave-safe plastics only and use them in strict compliance with manufacturer’s recommendations. 2) subject empty cookware to microwaving. 3) Do

not

permit children to use plastic cookware

without complete supervision.

Q men

cooking pork, follow the directions

exacfly

and always cook the meat to an

temperature

the remote possibility that trichina may be present

the meat, it will be

to eat.

●

not boil eggs in a microwave oven.

wiIl

buildup inside egg yolk and will cause it to

burst, possibly resulting in injury.

Even microwave-safe plastic

soften

longer exposures to overcooking,

the

cookware Do not

intemd

of at least

170°F. ~s

Wled

assures that, in

and meat

win

be safe

Pressure

●

Cookware may

because of heat

from the heated food. Pot holders may be needed to handle the cookware.

●

Sometimes, the turntable can become too hot

toucb.

and after cooking.

Be careful touching the turntable during

become bot

transferred

*Foods

“skin”

sausages, tomatoes, apples, chicken livers and other giblets, and caution) should be pierced to allow steam to escape cooking.

tith

unbroken outer

such as potatoes,

egg yolb [see

during

Not W plastic wrap is

microwave ovens. Cheek

proper use.

●

Spontaneous

certain

liquids

or shortly

the

stitable for use

the

package

for

boihg-Under

special circumstances,

may

start to boil during

afier

removal from

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

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c~~ng

pouches and

tightly cl~~

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.

tightiy

with containers

covered with plastic wrap,

remove covering carefully and

men

cooking

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steam away

from hands and face.

●

Hot foods and steam can cause

burns.

any containers of hot food, including popcorn bags, cooking pouches and boxes. To prevent possible injury, direct steam away from hands and face.

Be careful when opening

SAVE THESE

~STRUCTIONS

MICROWAV~G TmS

● Make sure all cookware used in your microwave

oven is suitable for microwaving.

Most glass

casseroles, cooking dishes, measuring 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.”

in the oven both the dish you are

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testing and a glass

measuring cup

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filled with one cup 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 and only the water in the cup heats, then the dish is microwave-safe.

IF YOU NEED SERVICE...

● 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.

● Some microwaved foods require stirring,

rotating or rearranging.

● Steam builds up pressure in foods which are

Check the Cooking Guide.

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

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

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

Wacker

Drive

Chicago, IL 60606

FEATURES OF YOUR

OWN

1.5 Cubic Feet

Oven Interior

1. Door Latches.

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.

Removable

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

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

~rntible

Support.

Turntable support

CLEAWO~

6. Automatic Cooking Guide. Quick reference codes

for many frequently-prepared foods.

7. Removable Wrntable. 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:

are located on the inside walls of the microwave oven. The of the microwave oven, protects the microwave energy distributing system. Do not remove this cover, you will damage the oven.

pad.

Rating plate, oven vent(s) and oven light

waveguide cover, located on the inside

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.

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

8. TIME DEFROST. Gentle thawing at automatic

power level 3 (Low).

Displays time of day, time or

clock.

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

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.

oven and erases all settings (except time of day).

16.

START.

pad to start the oven.

DEF.

Touch this pad and food weight,

When touched, it shuts off the

After all selections are made, touch this

When You Plug in the Oven

The display panel lights up. After 15 seconds, all lights disappear and “RESET” appears. Touch 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

CLEAWOFF.

pad and oven is ready for use

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