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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION w CAUTION To avoid risk of 1. personal injury Be certain to place property damage, observe the following: or 7. the front surface of the door Do not operate the three inches away or more from the countertop edge to avoid accidental tipping of the appliance in water should operation normal usage. 2. 8. For the most accurate programming electronic units, touch the center of each pad securely. Do not touch several pads at one time touch between pads.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION Recognize this symbol as a SAFETY message w WARNING To reduce the risk of burns, electric shock, fire, injury 1. Read all instructions before 2. Read and follow the specific PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE ENERGY found on page 3 of this manual. 3. appliance must be grounded. Connect only properly grounded outlet. See GROUNDING Install or with the 5. Some locate this provided 6. -- appliance only to 16.
Installation D. PLACEMENT OF THE OVEN w WARNING To avoid risk of electrical shock or death, this be placed easily in your kitchen, in your home. Place the oven else family anywhere on a flat surface such as a kitchen countertop or a specially designed microwave oven cart. Do not place oven above a gas or electric range. Free air flow around the oven is Your microwave oven must be earthed. important. w WARNING To avoid risk of electrical shock the or oven can room, or E.
Other Helpful Information GETTING THE BEST RESULTS FROM YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN SPECIAL TECHNIQUES IN MICROWAVE COOKING an eye on things. The instructions in this book have been formulated with great care, but your success in preparing food depends, of course, on how minutes Keep Browning: Foods that much attention you pay to the food as it cooks. Always watch your food while it cooks. Your microwave oven is as with barbecue Factors Covering: microwave affecting cooking times.
Other Helpful Information Elevating: Thick that microwaves or dense foods can are be absorbed by often elevated NOTE: It is so the underside and Piercing: Foods enclosed in a shell, skin, or membrane likely to burst in the oven unless they are pierced prior to cooking. Such foods include both yolks and cooked first. Shape of foods: Microwaves penetrate only about 1 inch (2.5cm) into foods; the interior portion of thick foods is cooked as the heat generated on the outside travels inward.
Cooking Utensils w CAUTION To avoid risk of in the personal injury or property damage, do not use stoneware, aluminum foil, metal utensils, MICROWAVE-SAFE UTENSILS metal use microwave They 4. Plastic arcing, lightning. Most utensils an they warp that resembles alarming phenomenon as doubts about find out if it a there is particular utensil, utensils for microwave Testing in question a be used in your microwave next to a use: simple way to oven. plastic oven as oven.
Feature Diagram Oven Front Plate Window Door Screen Door Seal Your oven following Display will be Glass Turntable Window packed with the materials: ........................ Control Panel Rotating Ring............................ Door Open Safety 1 each Owner's Manual & Cooking Guide.......................... 1 each This microwave Button Door Lock household use oven only. is 1 each designed for It is not recommended for commercial purposes and will void the warranty.
Operating Instructions SETTING CLOCK EASY COOK oven is plugged in for the first time or when power resumes after a power interruption, the words PLEASE SET TIME OF DAY in the display scrolls. Lets you quickly set and start microwave the need to touch START. When your Example: To set 11:11 am or If you touch EASY COOK pad, it will add 30 seconds up to 3 minutes 30 seconds; after 3 minutes pm. Display 30 seconds, every touch will add 1 minute up to 99 min 59 seconds.
Operating Instructions MULTI-STAGE TIME COOK CHILD LOCK Stages are consecutive heating cycles performed without interruption. This oven can perform 4 stages in a row. This For Multi-Stage cooking, safety feature that prevents unwanted oven operation. Once the child lock is set, no cooking can take place. The Child Lock feature is also useful when cleaning the control touch PROGRAM and repeat panel. Child Lock prevents wiping the control panel.
Operating Instructions AUTO COOK Your oven's Tell the menu oven Example: has been preprogrammed to cook food what you want. Then let your microwave To cook popcorn (3.0 oz), simply automatically. oven cook your selections. follow 2. Touch 2 the step below Display *Place popcorn in the the door. 2 and close oven pad. shows 3.0 OZ. The oven begins the cooking you selected without the need to touch START. Be 1.
Operating Instructions CONTROL SET-UP CONTROL SET-UP provides five modes which make using your microwave oven ON/OFF, CLOCK ON/OFF, SCROLL SPEED, LBS/KG, and DEMO MODE. Example : To turn off Sound of quite handy. You can select SOUND beeper. 1. Touch CONTROL SET-UP CONTROL Five modes show in the SET-UP pad. display repeatedly. You can set them according to your intention. 2. Touch 1 1 Display pad. scrolls the words SOUND ON TOUCH 1 OFF TOUCH 2. 3. Touch 2 2 Display pad.
Operating Instructions MORE/LESS RAPID DEFROST By using the MORE or LESS pad, all of the AUTO COOK, COOK, EASY COOK and RAPID DEFROST programs can be adjusted to cook food for a longer or shorter time. Pressing MORE will add 10 seconds to the cooking time each time you press it. Pressing LESS will subtract 10 seconds of cooking time each time you press The feature TIME for 1.0 provides you with the quick defrosting pound frozen ground beef. method Touch RAPID DEFROST. RAPID DEFROST 1.
Instructions Operating NOTE: AUTO DEFROST When you touch the START pad, the display changes to defrost time count down. The oven will beep during the Three defrost sequences are preset in the oven. The defrost feature provides you with the best defrosting DEFROST method for frozen foods. The auto defrost sequence list will show you which defrost sequence is recommended for the food you are defrosting.
Operating Instructions CAUTION To avoid risk of property damage do not use aluminum foil in microwave MEAT POULTRY 1. The roast should be prepared and seasoned 1. No (if desired) for any other conventional method. Meat should be thoroughly defrosted before cooking. be as 4. 5. 6. on a microwave roasting rack or ovenproof plate and place on the turntable. Cook according to the cooking chart (below), using the longer time for large meats and the shorter time for smaller meats.
Operating Instructions FISH 1. Arrange fish in 2. Cover with pierced 3. Place the dish 4. Cook 6. After on according 5. Let STAND large a as shallow non-metallic dish microwave plastic film or or casserole. casserole lid. the turntable. to the instructions in the directed in the standing time, check to cooking see cooking chart chart before that the fish is (below). Butter can be added to the fish if desired. serving. thoroughly cooked.
Heating To heat or in the microwave, it is important to follow several guidelines. Measure the amount of Arrange the food in a circular pattern for best results. Room will food heat faster than food. Canned foods should be taken out of the can and placed in a temperature refrigerated microwavable container. The food will be heated more evenly if covered with a microwavable lid or plastic wrap, vented. Remove cover carefully to prevent steam burns.
Fresh Vegetable Chart Amount Vegetable Cook time at HIGH Standing Instructions Artichokes 2 medium (8oz. each) 4 medium 5~8 10~12 Asparagus, Fresh, Spears 1Ib. 3~7 Add 1/2 cup water. Cover. 2-3 minutes Beans, Green & 1 lb. 7~10 Add 1/2 cup water in 1- 1/2 qt. casserole. Stir halfway through cooking. 2-3 minutes 1 Ib. 12~16 Add Wax Beets, Fresh Trim. Add 2 tsp water and 2 Time tsp juice. 2-3 minutes Cover. 1/2 cup water in 1- 1/2 qt. covered casserole.
Cleaning w CAUTION To avoid risk of property breaker. damage, unplug the microwave disconnect power at oven or source by removing fuse or throwing circuit Before If cleaning the oven, unplug the power supply cord of the oven. impossible, open the oven door to prevent an accidental oven start. Part Description INSIDE OF THE OVEN Use It is damp a cloth to important tight assure a to wipe keep the out crumbs and cavity front clean to seal.
Troubleshooting w WARNING To avoid risk of Only severe personal injury, authorized servicer should an electrical shock remove or death, do not outer case of at any time. remove outer case. BEFORE CALLING FOR SERVICE Check the following list to be sure a additional information reviewing on service call is really necessary. A quick reference of this manual items to check may prevent an unneeded service call.
Amana Full ONE Year Amana will Appliances proves defective Limited as to Warranty Warranty repair or replace, including workmanship or materials. related labor and travel, any part (f.o.b. Amana Iowa) which Warranty one year from the date of original retail purchase, Amana will provide a free part, as listed below, to replace any part that fails due to a defect in materials or workmanship. The owner will be responsible for paying all other costs including labor, mileage, and transportation.
