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Table of Contents

Important Safety

instructions

Care & Cleaning...

Self-Clean Oven Cleaning Procedures

Maintenance.

Oven Window Oven Light

Troubleshooting

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Range

Use and Care Guide

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Surface Cooking

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Oven Cooking

Baking Cook & Hold Delay Cook & Hold Keep Warm Broiling Sabbath Mode Oven Racks

Warranty & Service.

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liistaflen Please leave this guide with this appliance. Corisiimer: Please read and keep this guide for iutiire

reference. Keep sales receipt and./or canceled cfieck as proof of purcfiase.

Model Number Serial Number Date of Purchase If you fiave questions, call:

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1-800-688-9900 USA

1-800-688-2002 Canada

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hi our continuing effort to improve the quality and performance of our cooking products, it may be necessary to make changes to tfie appliance without revising this guide.

For service information, see page 19.

To ensure proper and safe operation: Appliance

must be properly installed and grounded by a qualified

technician. Do not attempt to adjust, repair, service, or

replace any part of your appliance unless it is specifically recommended in this guide. All other servicing should be referred to a qualified servicer.

Always disconnect power to appliance before servicing.

WARNING

• ALL RANGES CAN TIP AND

CAUSE INJURIES TO PERSONS

• INSTALL ANTI-TIP DEVICE

PACKED WITH RANGE

• FOLLOW ALL INSTALLATION

INSTRUCTIONS

WARNING: To reduce risk of tipping of the appliance from

abnormal usage or by excessive loading of the oven door, the appliance must be secured by a properly installed anti-tip device.

I I Important Safety

Instructions

Warning and Important Safety Instructions appearing in

this guide are not meant to cover all possible conditions and situations that may occur. Common sense, caution, and care must be exercised when installing, maintaining, or operating the appliance.

Always contact the manufacturer about problems or

conditions you do not understand.

Recognize Safety Symbols, Words, Labels

WARNING

WARNING - Hazards or unsafe practices whicli

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CAUTION

CAUTION - Hazards or unsafe practices whicli

To check if device is properly installed, look underneath

range with a flashlight to make sure one of the rear leveling legs is properly engaged in the bracket slot. The anti-tip device secures the rear leveling leg to the floor

when properly engaged. You should check this anytime

the range has been moved.

To Prevent Fire or Smoke Damage

Be sure all packing materials are removed from the

appliance before operating it.

Keep area around appliance clear and free from

combustible materials. Flammable materials should not

be stored in an oven. Many plastics are vulnerable to heat. Keep plastics away

from parts of the appliance that may become warm or

hot.

To prevent grease fires, do not let cooking grease or other flammable materials accumulate in or near the appliance.

Read and follow all instructions before using this appliance to prevent the potential risk of fire, electric

shock, personal injury or damage to the appliance as a result of improper usage of the appliance. Use appliance only for its intended purpose as described in this guide.

In Case of Fire

Use dry chemical or foam-type extinguisher or baking soda to smother fire or flame. Never use water on a grease fire.

1. Turn off appliance to avoid spreading the flame.

2. NEVER pick up or move a flaming pan.

3. Smother fire or flame by closing the oven door.

Child Safety

CAUTION

NEVER store ¡terns of interest to cliildren in cabinets

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NEVER leave children alone or unsupervised near the appliance when it is in use or is still hot. Children sfioofd never be allowed to sit or stand on any part of the appliance as they could be injured or burned.

Children must be taught that the appliance and utensils in it can be hot. Let hot utensils cool in a safe place, out of reach of small children. Children should be taught that an appliance is not a toy. Children stioofd not be allowed to play with controls or other parts of the appliance.

About Your Appliance

CAUTION

NEVER use an appliance as a step to reach cabinets above. Misuse of appliance door, such as stepping, leaning or sitting on tlie door, may result in possible tipping of tfie appliance, breakage of door, and serious

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To prevent potential hazard to the user and damage to the appliance, do not use appliance as a space heater to heat or warm a room. Also, do not use the oven as a storage area for food or cooking utensils.

Cooking Safety

Never heat an unopened food container in the oven.

Pressure build-up may cause container to burst resulting

in serious personal injury or damage to the appliance.

Use dry, sturdy potholders. Damp potholders may cause

burns from steam. Dish towels or other substitutes should

never be used as potholders because they can trail across

hot elements and ignite or get caught on appliance parts. Wear proper apparel. Loose fitting or long hanging

sleeved apparel should not be worn while cooking. Clothing may ignite and cause burns if garment comes in contact with heating elements.

Always place oven racks in the desired positions while oven is cool. Slide oven rack out to add or remove food,

using dry, sturdy potholders. Always avoid reaching into the oven to add or remove food. If a rack must be moved while hot, use a dry potholder. Do not let potholder contact hot element in oven.

Use racks only in the oven in which they were shipped/

purchased.

Use care when opening the oven door. Let hot air or steam escape before removing or replacing food.

PREPARED FOOD WARNING: Follow food

manufacturer’s instructions. If a plastic frozen food container and/or its cover distorts, warps, or is otherwise damaged during cooking, immediately discard the food and its container. The food could be contaminated.

Do not allow aluminum foil or meat probe to contact

heating element. Always turn off all controls when cooking is completed.

Do not obstruct the flow of air by blocking the oven vent.

DO NOT TOUCH HEATING ELEMENTS OR INTERIOR

SURFACES OF OVEN. Heating elements may be hot even though they are dark in color. Interior surfaces of any oven become hot enough to cause burns. During and after use, do not touch, or let clothing or other flammable materials contact heating elements or interior surfaces of oven until they have had sufficient time to cool. Other surfaces of the appliance may become hot enough to cause burns - among these surfaces are: oven vent opening and surface near this opening, oven door, window of oven door.

Do not touch a hot oven light bulb with a damp cloth as the bulb could break. Should the bulb break, disconnect power to the appliance before removing bulb to avoid electrical shock.

NEVER use aluminum foil to cover an oven rack or oven

bottom. Misuse could result in risk of electric shock, fire, or damage to the appliance. Use foil only as directed in this guide.

Utensil Safety

Follow the manufacturer’s directions when using oven cooking bags.

This appliance has been tested for safe performance using conventional cookware. Do not use any devices or accessories that are not specifically recommended in this guide. Do not use add-on oven convection systems. The use of devices or accessories that are not expressly recommended in this guide can create serious safety hazards, result in performance problems, and reduce the life of the components of the appliance.

If pan is smaller than element, a portion of the element

will be exposed to direct contact and could ignite clothing or potholder.

Only certain types of glass, glass/ceramic, ceramic,

earthenware, or other glazed utensils are suitable for cooktop or oven service without breaking due to the sudden change in temperature. Follow utensil

manufacturer’s instructions when using glass.

Turn pan handle toward center of cooktop, not out into the room or over another surface element. This reduces the risk of burns, ignition of flammable materials, or spillage if pan is accidently bumped or reached by small children.

Cooktop

NEVER leave surface units unattended, especially when using high heat. An unattended boiiover could cause smoking and a greasy spillover can cause a fire.

This appliance is equipped with different sized surface elements. Select pans with fiat bottoms large enough to cover element. Fitting pan size to element will improve cooking efficiency.

GLASS-CERAMIC SURFACE: NEVER cook on broken

cooktop, if cooktop should break, cleaning solutions and spillovers may penetrate the broken cooktop and create a risk of electric shock. Contact a qualified technician immediately.

Deep Fat Fryers

Use extreme caution when moving the grease pan or disposing of hot grease. Allow grease to cool before attempting to move pan.

Ventilating Hoods

Clean range hood and filters frequently to prevent grease or other flammable materials from accumulating on hood or filter and to avoid grease fires.

When flaming foods under the hood, turn the fan on.

Cleaning Safety

Clean cooktop with caution. Turn off all controls and wait for appliance parts to cool before touching or cleaning. Clean with caution. Use care to avoid steam burns if a wet sponge or cloth is used to wipe spills on a hot surface. Some cleaners can produce noxious fumes if applied to a hot surface.

Self-Clean Oven

CAUTION

Before seif-cleaning the oven, remove the oven racks, broiler pan, food and any otlier utensils. Wipe spillovers to prevent excessive smoke and flare-ups.

Do not clean door gasket. The door gasket is essential for

a good seal. Care should be taken not to rub, damage, or

move the gasket.

Do not use oven cleaners or oven liners of any kind in or

around any part of the self-clean oven.

Important Safety Notice and Warning

The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65) requires the Governor of California to publish a list of substances known to the State of California to cause cancer or reproductive harm, and requires businesses to warn customers of potential exposures to such substances.

Users of this appliance are hereby warned that when the oven is engaged in the self-clean cycle, there may be some low-level exposure to some of the listed substances,

including carbon monoxide. Exposure to these substances can be minimized by properly venting the oven to the outdoors by opening the windows and/or door in the room where the appliance is located during the self-clean cycle.

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING PET BIRDS: Never

keep pet birds in the kitchen or in rooms where the fumes from the kitchen could reach. Birds have a very sensitive

respiratory system. Fumes released during an oven self-cleaning cycle may be harmful or fatal to birds. Fumes

released due to overheated cooking oil, fat, margarine and overheated non-stick cookware may be equally harmful.

Clean only parts listed in this guide.

Save These Instructions for Future Reference

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Self-Clean Owen

To set Self-Clean:

Important: Oven temperature must be below 400° F to

CAUTION

• It is normal for parts or the range to become riot ciLiring a self-clean cycle.

• To prevent damage to oven door, do not attempt to open the door yv'hen LOCK is displayed.

* Avoid touching cooktop, door, Vv'indovv or oven vent area

during a dean cycle.

* Do not use cornmercia! oven cleaners on tlie oven finish

or around any part of the oven. Tl'iey '/vill damage the finisri or rtarts.

The self-clean cycle uses above-normal cooking temperatures to automatically clean the oven interior.

The oven should be cleaned regularly by wiping up spillovers to prevent excessive smoke and flare-ups. Do not allow a

heavy build-up of soil to accumulate in the oven. During the cleaning process, the kitchen should be well

ventilated to get rid of normal odors associated with cleaning.

Before Self-Cleaning

1. Turn off the oven light before cleaning. The light may burn out during the clean cycle.

2. Remove all pans and oven racks from the oven. The oven racks will discolor and may not slide easily after a self clean cycle if they are not removed.

3. Clean oven frame, door frame, area outside of gasket, and around the opening in the door gasket with a nonabrasive cleaner such as Bon Ami* or detergent and water. The self-cleaning process does not clean these areas. They should be cleaned to prevent soil from baking on during the clean cycle. (The gasket is the seal around the oven door and window.)

4. To prevent damage, do not clean or rub the gasket around

the oven door. The gasket is designed to seal in heat during the clean cycle.

5. Wipe up excess grease or spillovers from the oven bottom. This prevents excessive smoking, flare-ups or flaming during the clean cycle.

6. Wipe up sugary and acidic spillovers such as sweet potatoes, tomato, or milk-based sauces. Porcelain enamel is acid-resistant, not acid-proof. The porcelain finish may discolor if acidic spills are not wiped up before a self-clean cycle.

' Brand names for cleaning products are registered trademarks ofthe respective manufacturers.

program a clean cycle.

1. Close the oven door.

2. Press the Clean pad. Clean

• CLEAN flashes in the display.

3. Press the More+ or Less- pad.

• CL-M [Medium Soil, 3 hours) is displayed. If the door is not closed, beeps will sound and “door” will

display. If the door is not closed within 45 seconds, the self-cleaning operation will be canceled and the display will return to the time of day.

4. Press the More+ or Less- pad to scroll through ; More+^

the self-cleaning settings. CL-H [Heavy Soil, 4 hours) CL-M [Medium soil, 3 hours) CL-L [Light Soil, 2 hours) Choosing the soil level of the oven automatically programs

the self-cleaning time.

5. After four seconds, the oven will start cleaning.

• The cleaning time will start counting down in the display.

• LCCK will appear in the display.

• CLEAN will appear in the display.

To Delay a Self-Clean Cycle:

1. Press the Delay pad.

• DELAY flashes.

• 00:00 will appear in the display.

Press the More+ or Less- pad to set the amount of time you want to delay the cycle. Delay time can be set from ten minutes [00:10) to 11 hours, 59 minutes [11:59).

While DELAY is flashing, press the

Clean pad.

• CLEAN will flash.

Press the More+ or Less- pad.

• CL-M [Medium Soil, 3 hours) is displayed.

Press the More+ or Less- pad to scroll through the self-cleaning settings.

CL-H [Heavy Soil, 4 hours) CL-M [Medium soil, 3 hours) CL-L [Light Soil, 2 hours) Choosing the soil level of the oven automatically programs

the self-cleaning time.

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6. After four seconds, CLEAN, DELAY and LOCK will appear in the display to show that the oven is set for a delayed clean operation. The delay time is displayed.

Fine lines may appear in the porcelain because it went

through heating and cooling. This is normal and will not

affect performance.

A white discoloration may appear after cleaning if acidic or sugary foods were not wiped up before the self-clean cycle. This discoloration is normal and will not affect

performance.

If the oven has already been set for a clean cycle and you wish to set a delay:

1. Press the Delay pad.

• DELAY flashes.

• 00:00 will appear in the display.

2. Press the More+ or Less- pad to set the amount of time you want to delay the cycle.

After four seconds, CLEAN, DELAY and LOCK will appear in the display to show that the oven is set for a delayed clean operation. The delay time is displayed.

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When the Self-Clean cycle starts:

• DELAY will turn off.

• The clean time will appear in the display.

To cancel the Self-Clean cycle:

Press the CANCEL pad.

• All words disappear from the display.

• All functions are canceled.

• The time of day appears in the display.

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Less-

Notes:

• If the oven door is left open, “door” will flash in the display and a signal will beep until the door is closed and the Clean pad is pressed again.

• If more than five seconds elapse between pressing the

Clean pad and the More+ or Less- pad, the program

will automatically return to the previous display.

• The oven door will be damaged if the oven door is forced to open when LOCK is still displayed.

Cleaning Procedures

A CAUTION

• Be sure appliance is off and all parts are cool before handling or cleaning. This is to avoid damage and possible burns.

• To prevent staining or discoloration, ciean appliance after each use.

• If a part is removed, be sure it is correctly replaced.

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During the Self-Clean Cycle

When LOCK shows in the display, the door cannot be opened. To prevent damage to the door, do not force the door open when LOCK is displayed.

Smoke and Smells

You may see some smoke and smell an odor the first few times the oven is cleaned. This is normal and will lessen in time.

Smoke may also occur if the oven is heavily soiled or if a pan was left in the oven.

Sounds

As the oven heats, you may hear sounds of metal parts expanding and contracting. This is normal and will not damage the oven.

After Self-Cleaning

About one hour after the end of the self-clean cycle, LOCK will turn off. The door can then be opened.

Some soil may leave a light gray, powdery ash. Remove it

with a damp cloth. If soil remains after wiping, that means the clean cycle was not long enough. The soil will be removed during the next clean cycle.

If oven racks were left in the oven and do not slide smoothly after a clean cycle, wipe racks and rack supports

with a small amount of vegetable oil to make them easier to move.

Backguard and Cooktop - Porcelain Enamel

Porcelain enamel is glass fused on metal and may crack or chip with misuse. It is acid-resistant, not acid-proof. All spillovers, especially acidic or sugary spillovers, should be wiped up immediately with a dry cloth.

• When cool, wash with soapy water, rinse and dry.

• Never wipe off a warm or hot surface with a damp cloth.

This may cause cracking or chipping.

• Never use oven cleaners, abrasive or caustic cleaning

agents on exterior finish of range.

Clock and Control Pad Area

• To activate control lock for cleaning, see Locking the

Controls page 13.

• Wipe with a damp cloth and dry. Do not use abrasive

cleaning agents as they may scratch the surface.

• Glass cleaners may be used if sprayed on a cloth first.

DO NOT spray directly on control pad and display area.

Control Knobs

• Remove knobs in the OEE position by pulling forward.

• Wash, rinse and dry. Do not use abrasive cleaning agents

as they may scratch the finish.

• Turn on each element to be sure the knobs have been

correctly replaced.

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