Frigidaire FFCT1278LS Complete Owner's Guide (English) - Page 12

Manual Operation Heating with multiple cooking stages Adding cook time (+30sec) For best results, some microwave recipes call for different power levels or different lengths of time for cooking. Your microwave may be set to change from one stage to another automatically (2 stages maximum). Pressing the START/+30sec pad once starts 30 seconds of cooking at a 100% power level. Pressing the START/+30sec pad during cooking adds 30 seconds (for each press) to the cook time.. Example: to cook food at 80%power for 3 minutes and then 50% power for 6 minutes 30 seconds: Example: to add 1 minute of cook time at the power level of 100%: 1. Press Power Level pad. 2. Use the number pads to enter power level for the 1st stage - 80% power. POWER LEVEL 1. Press START/+30sec pad 2 times. NOTE: The "+30sec" function is not available when using the "weight defrost" or any of the "convenience operation" features. 3. Press START/+30 sec pad. 4. Use the number pads to enter heating time for the 1st stage (cook time may be set up to 99 minutes and 99 seconds). 5. Press Power Level for the 2nd stage. 6. Use the number pads to enter power level for the 2nd stage. (50% power) 7. Press START/+30 sec pad. 8. Use the number pads to enter heating time for the 2nd stage (cook time may be set up to 99 minutes and 99 seconds). POWER LEVEL Setting Defrost by Weight Example: to defrost 0.5 lbs. of food using the automatic defrost cycle (cook time determined automatically) 1. Press Defrost pad. 2. Press 2. 3. Use the number pads to enter weight of food to defrost in pounds. You may enter weight from 0.5 to 6.5 pounds. 4. Press START/+30sec pad. The oven beeps during the defrosting cycle to signal that the food needs to be turned or rearranged. When finished, you will hear a series of beeps. NOTE: The weight amount must be a valid entry for this feature to start. A valid weight entry is 0.5 to 6.5 pounds A decimal point is assumed before the last digit enter. For example, enter 5 for 0.5 pounds and enter 50 for 5.0 pounds. 9. Press START/+30 sec pad. When finished, you will hear a series of beeps. NOTE: 1. The "Convenience operation" can't be set as one of multiple cooking. 2. If the 1st stage is the set defrost feature, the 2nd stage can't be set to Defrost again. If one of the stages is weight defrost, that will be the 1st stage when cooking starts. Setting Defrost by Time Example: to defrost food with the automatic defrost cycle for 5 minutes: 1. Press Defrost pad. 2. Press 1. 3. Use the number pads to enter desired defrost time (defrost time may be set up to 99 minutes and 99 seconds). 4. Press START/+30sec pad. The oven beeps during the defrosting cycle to signal that the food needs to be turned or rearranged. When finished, you will hear a series of beeps. 12