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Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer Support GEAppliances.com Problem "F- and a number or letter" flash in the display Display goes blank Display flashes Unable to get the display to show "SF" "PROBE" appears in the display Power outage, clock flashes Steam from the vent "Burning" or "oily" odor emitting from the vent Strong odor Fan noise Possible Causes What To Do You have a function error code. • Press the Clear/Off pad. Allow the oven to cool for one hour. Put the oven back into operation. If the function code repeats. • Disconnect all power to the oven for at least 30 seconds and then reconnect power. If the function error code repeats, call for service. 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 pressed properly. • The Bake and Broil Hi/Lo pads (on double oven models, use the upper oven controls) must be pressed 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 pressing 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 around the inside of the oven is normal for the first few times the oven is used. • This is temporary. A cooling fan or a convection fan (depending on the function you are using) may automatically turn on. • This is normal. The cooling fan will turn on to cool internal parts. It may run for up to 1-1/2 hours after the oven is turned off. The convection fan will cycle on and off until the function is over or the door is opened. 27

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Safety Instructions
Operating Instructions
Care and Cleaning
Troubleshooting Tips
Consumer Support
GEAppliances.com
Problem
Possible Causes
What To Do
“F— and a number
You have a function
•
Press the
Clear/Off
pad. Allow the oven to cool for
or letter” flash
error code.
one hour. Put the oven back into operation.
in the display
If the function code repeats.
•
Disconnect all power to the oven for at least 30
seconds and then reconnect power. If the function
error code repeats, call for service.
Display goes blank
A fuse in your home may
•
Replace the fuse or reset the circuit breaker.
be 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
Bake
and
Broil Hi/Lo
pads (on double oven
display to show “SF”
not pressed properly.
models, use the upper oven controls) must be
pressed at the same time and held for 3 seconds.
“PROBE” appears
This is reminding you to
•
Enter a probe temperature.
in the display
enter a probe temperature
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 pressing 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 cooling fan or a convection
•
This is normal. The cooling fan will turn on
fan (depending on the
to cool internal parts. It may run for up to 1-1/2
function you are using)
hours after the oven is turned off. The convection
may automatically turn on.
fan will cycle on and off until the function is over
or the door is opened.