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LEVELS

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How ti

1. Press

2.

3. Press

4. Select desired power level

5. Press START.

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

micmwave

on a range. High fastest way to cook and gives you 100% power. power level gives you microwave energy a certain percent of energy 70% of the time. Power

30% of A high setting (10) will

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or turning over. Most of your cooking will be done on High (Power more evenly and or rotating the food. Some foods may have better flavor, settings is used. You may wish to use a lower power level when cooking foods that have a tendency to boil over, such as

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poultry; baking casseroles

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Use Reheat for quick reheating of

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4.

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for a selected amount

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10

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the oven will start

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to touch

rnimwave.

7.

PO~R LE~.

Touch this pad before entering

another power level number if you want to change

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from automatic Power Level 10

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or Power

8. CLOCK DISPLAY

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pad to Display cooking feature

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3 (Low) for defrosting.

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the clock display on or off. The Clock

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is in use.

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for cooking

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uses no microwave energy. It functions as either a kitchen timer, as a holding period after defrost or as a delay timer before time cooking.

10.

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check time of day clock, of day. For example, if time is pads 1,3 and O

Touch this

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time of

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touch number

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11. SNACKS.

Touch this d. a code number and

weight or quantity of

~peat above process.

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warm a

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snack foods.

12.

COOK

Touch this pad, a code number and weight of food for quick cooking of a variety of foods using different times and power levels.

13. AUTO DEFROST. Touch

weigh~

then START. The oven automatically

sets power levels and

14.

=

DEFROST.

Power Level 3

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15. DELAY START.

oven to

begin cooking at a preset time of

detisting

Gentie

~lows YOU

thiS Pd

thawhg at automatic

time.

to

and food

~~

YOW

day—

up to a 12-hour delay.

16. START. After

sti

pad to

the oven.

dl seldons

are made, touch this

17. mm. Use this with number pads to enter

whole minutes. For example, for 4 minutes touch 4 and

~.

18.

CLEAW~. men touc~,

it shuts off the

oven and erases d] setings (except time of day).

19. ADD

30 Sm.

Press this pad for 30 seconds of cook time, to add 30 seconds to the cook time as it’s counting down or for an

‘fnstant

on”

for 30 s-rids.

~.

SURFACE

Sti-

21.

~NT

LIG~.

Touch ON to turn on the

light. FAN. Press ~, LO or OFF for the

different fan speeds.

or

of

men

The display panel displays “88888”, “18 functions. After 15 s-rids, dl lights

You Plug h

tie Wen

C~

POWR”

disap~

OFF pad, set the Clock and ovenin the upper potion. Touch the

is ready for use.

wfil

This

happen any time there is a power outage.

8

and dl of the oven

and “RESET” appears

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OF

YOm OWN

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1-

1. Door-tie. Pull to open door.

s~ly

3.

W]ndow tith

cooking to be viewed

mtined

A

Tou& Control

&tied

Towh

To remind you that you have food in the oven, the oven will display

until you either open

CWOFF

latihed for oven to

Ma

SMdd. S~

wtie kmping

in oven.

Pmd

and

information on -h

Control Panel

s~on.

“fid”

tie

oven door or touch the

pad.

o~te.

D@ti ~hy.

f~ture,s=

and beep

I

hr

must be

allows

microwaves

Your

on=

a minute

For

!

I

=

Ill

W

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5. Hood

7.

9.

NO~: tig l~ti

This

that this unit has been

coti~ce

Controh.

Vent Fan. Press ~, ~ or OFF.

Surf- L~L

Cooktip H@L

&en moor.

on the inside walls of the

is to

Press ON or OFF.

plate, oven vent(s) and oven

ce~

C.F.M.

at 0.10

&sted

in

300

300 Her.

with AMCA

Bulletin No. 210.

mimwave

WG

Vert.

fight

are

oven.

sows

7.2

Vert.

6.8 Her.

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