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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support ge.com Problem Loc On appears in the oven display or LC in the surface display Control signals after entering cooking time or start time Display goes blank Display flashes Unable to get the display to show "SF" "Probe" appears in the display (on some models) Power outage, clock flashes Steam from the vent "Burning" or "oily" odor emitting from the vent Strong odor Fan noise Possible Causes The controls have been locked. What To Do • See the Range lockout or Control lockout section to unlock. You forgot to enter a bake temperature or cleaning time. • Touch the BAKE pad and desired temperature or the SELF CLEAN STD/LO pad and desired clean time. A fuse in your home may be blown or the circuit breaker tripped. The clock is in the black-out mode. • Replace the fuse or reset the circuit breaker. • See the Special features of your oven control section. Power failure. • Reset the clock. Oven control pads were not touched properly. • The BROIL HI/LO and BAKE pads must be touched at the same time and held for 3 seconds. This is reminding you to enter a probe temperature after plugging in the probe. • Enter a probe temperature. Power outage or surge. • Reset the clock. If the oven was in use, you must reset it by touching the CLEAR/OFF pad, setting the clock and resetting any cooking function. When using the convection • This is normal. feature, it is normal to see steam coming out of the oven vent. As the number of racks or amount of food being cooked increases, the amount of visible steam will increase. This is normal in a new oven • To speed the process, set a self-clean cycle for a and will disappear in time. minimum of 3 hours. See the Using the self-cleaning oven section. An odor from the insulation • This is temporary. around the inside of the oven is normal for the first few times the oven is used. A convection fan may automatically turn on and off. • This is normal. To maximize cooking evenness, the fan is designed to operate in both directions, with a pause in between. • The convection fan will operate during preheat of the bake cycle. The fan will turn off after the oven is heated to the set temperature. This is normal. 43

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Problem
Possible Causes
What To Do
Loc On appears in the
The controls have
•
See the
Range lockout
or
Control lockout
section
oven display or LC
been locked.
to unlock.
in the surface display
Control signals after
You forgot to enter a
•
Touch the
BAKE
pad and desired temperature or
entering cooking time
bake temperature or
the
SELF CLEAN STD/LO
pad and desired clean time.
or start time
cleaning time.
Display goes blank
A fuse in your home may be
•
Replace the fuse or reset the circuit breaker.
blown or the circuit
breaker tripped.
The clock is in the
•
See the
Special features of your oven control
section.
black-out mode.
Display flashes
Power failure.
•
Reset the clock.
Unable to get the
Oven control pads were
•
The
BROIL HI/LO
and
BAKE
pads must be touched at
display to show
“
SF
”
not touched properly.
the same time and held
for 3 seconds
.
“
Probe
”
appears in
This is reminding you to
•
Enter a probe temperature.
the display
enter a probe temperature
(on some models)
after plugging in the probe.
Power outage,
Power outage or surge.
•
Reset the clock. If the oven was in use, you must reset
clock flashes
it by touching the
CLEAR/OFF
pad, setting the clock
and resetting any cooking function.
Steam from the vent
When using the convection
•
This is normal.
feature, it is normal to see
steam coming out of the oven
vent. As the number of racks
or amount of food being
cooked increases, the amount
of visible steam will increase.
“
Burning
”
or
“
oily
”
This is normal in a new oven
•
To speed the process, set a self-clean cycle for a
odor emitting from
and will disappear in time.
minimum of 3 hours. See the
Using the self-cleaning
the vent
oven section.
Strong odor
An odor from the insulation
•
This is temporary.
around the inside of the oven
is normal for the first few times
the oven is used.
Fan noise
A convection fan may
•
This is normal. To maximize cooking evenness,
automatically turn on
the fan is designed to operate in both directions,
and off.
with a pause in between.
•
The convection fan will operate during preheat
of the bake cycle. The fan will turn off after the oven
is heated to the set temperature. This is normal.
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