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Adjust the Oven Thermostat, How To Adjust the Thermostat

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Adjust the oven thermostat-Do it yourself! You may find that your new oven cooks differently than the one it replaced. Use your new oven for a few weeks to become more familiar with it. If you still think your new oven is too hot or too cold, you can adjust the thermostat yourself. Do not use thermometers, such as those found in grocery stores, to check the temperature setting of your oven. These thermometers may vary 20-40 degrees. NOTE: This adjustment will not affect the broiling or the self-cleaning (on some models) temperatures. The adjustment will be retained in memory after a power failure. How to Adjust the Thermostat (on models with pads only) Touch the BAKE and BROIL HI/LO pads at the same time for 3 seconds until the display shows SF. Touch the BAKE pad. A two digit number shows in the display. Touch BAKE once to decrease (-) the oven temperature, or twice to increase (+). The oven temperature can be adjusted up as much as 35°F. or down as much as 35°F. To adjust the temperature on models with number pads, touch the number pads the same way you read them. For example, to change the oven temperature 15°F., touch 1 and 5. To adjust the temperature on models with + and - pads, touch the INCREASE pad to increase the temperature in one degree increments. Touch the DECREASE pad to decrease the temperature in one degree increments. When you have made the adjustment, touch the START pad to go back to the time of day display. Use your oven as you would normally. NOTE: This adjustment will not affect the broiling or self-cleaning temperatures. It will be retained in memory after a power failure. Pull the OVEN CONTROL knob off the shaft, look at the back of the knob and note the current setting before making any adjustment. The knob is factory set with the top screw directly under the pointer. Front of OVEN TEMP knob (knob appearance may vary). Pointer How To Adjust the Thermostat (on models with a control knob only) Pull off the OVEN CONTROL knob. Loosen both screws on back of the knob. Hold both parts of the knob as shown in the illustration of the back of the OVEN CONTROL knob and turn so the lower screw moves in the desired direction. You will hear and feel the notches as you turn the knob. Each notch changes temperature about 10°F. Tighten the screws. Return the OVEN CONTROL knob to the oven. Re-check oven performance before making any additional adjustments. Back of OVEN TEMP knob. 37

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You may find that your new oven cooks differently than the one it replaced. Use your new oven for a few weeks to become
more familiar with it. If you still think your new oven is too hot or too cold, you can adjust the thermostat yourself.
Do not use thermometers, such as those found in grocery stores, to check the temperature setting of your oven.
These thermometers may vary 20–40 degrees.
NOTE:
This adjustment will not affect the broiling or the self-cleaning (on some models) temperatures. The adjustment
will be retained in memory after a power failure.
Adjust the oven thermostat—Do it yourself!
How to Adjust the Thermostat
(on models with pads only)
Touch the
BAKE
and
BROIL HI/LO
pads
at the same time for 3 seconds until the
display shows
SF.
Touch the
BAKE
pad. A two digit number
shows in the display.
Touch
BAKE
once to decrease (–) the oven
temperature, or twice to increase (+).
The oven temperature can be adjusted up
as much as 35°F. or down as much as 35°F.
To adjust the temperature on models with
number pads, touch the number pads the
same way you read them. For example, to
change the oven temperature 15°F., touch
1
and
5.
To adjust the temperature on models with
+
and
–
pads, touch the
INCREASE
pad to
increase the temperature in one degree
increments.
Touch the
DECREASE
pad to decrease the
temperature in one degree increments.
When you have made the adjustment,
touch the
START
pad to go back to the
time of day display. Use your oven as you
would normally.
NOTE:
This adjustment will not affect the broiling or
self-cleaning temperatures. It will be retained in memory
after a power failure.
Pull the OVEN CONTROL knob off the shaft, look at the back of the knob and note the current setting before making any
adjustment. The knob is factory set with the top screw directly under the pointer.
How To Adjust the Thermostat
(on models with a control knob only)
Pull off the
OVEN CONTROL
knob.
Loosen both screws on back of the knob.
Hold both parts of the knob as shown in
the illustration of the back of the
OVEN
CONTROL
knob and turn so the lower screw
moves in the desired direction. You will
hear and feel the notches as you turn the
knob. Each notch changes temperature
about 10°F.
Tighten the screws.
Return the
OVEN CONTROL
knob to
the oven.
Re-check oven performance before making any
additional adjustments.
Back of OVEN TEMP knob.
Pointer
Front of OVEN TEMP knob
(knob appearance may vary).