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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OPERATION Q.What is wrong when the oven light will not glow during cooking or when the oven door is open? A. There may be several reasons why the oven light will not glow. Perhaps: • TIME has not been set. • The light bulb has burned out. • START has not been touched. Q.Why does steam come out of the grill work? A. Steam is normally produced during cooking. The microwave oven has been designed to vent this steam out the grill work. Q. Will the microwave oven be damaged if it operates empty? A. Yes. Never operate the oven empty or without the glass tray. Q. Does microwave energy pass through the viewing screen in the door? A. No. The metal screen bounces back the energy back into the oven cavity. The holes (or ports) are made to allow light to pass through. They do not let microwave energy pass through. Q. Why does the "beep tone" sound when a "pad" on the control panel is touched? A. The "beep tone" sounds to assure that the setting is being properly entered. Q.Why does the display show "0:00'? A. This indicates that there has been a temporary loss of electrical power to the oven, and the TIME OF DAY must be reset. Prolonged loss of power can also result in loss of programmable recipes. Be sure they are properly recorded, so that they can be reentered. Q.Can my microwave oven be damaged if food is cooked for too long a period of time? A. Like any other cooking appliance, !t is possible to overcook food to the point of destruction which may result in the food creating smoke and even possible fire damage to the inside of the oven. It is always best to attend the oven while it is in the cooking process. See "Important Safety Instructions" on page 3. Q.Why does the exhaust fan start when the FAN key is not touched? A. High temperature air from the heating surface below can cause an overheating condition of the Oven, and may damage it. The exhaust fan will start automatically to cool off the oven and prevent damage to it. Q. When the oven is plugged into a wall outlet for the first time, it might not work properly. What is wrong? A. Only when the oven is plugged in for the first time or when power resumes after a power in terruption, the microcomputer used in the oven control assembly may temporarily become scrambled and fail to function as programmed. Unplug the oven from the 120.volt household outlet and then plug it back in. The microcomputer will be reset for proper function thereafter. Q. Why do I see light reflection around the outer case? A. This light is from the oven light which is located outside the oven cavity. 36

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QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS
OPERATION
Q.What
is wrong
when
the
oven
light will not glow during
cooking
or when
the oven
door
is open?
A.
There
may
be
several
reasons
why
the
oven
light will
not glow.
Perhaps:
•
TIME
has
not
been
set.
•
The
light bulb
has
burned
out.
•
START
has
not
been
touched.
Q.Why
does
steam
come
out
of the
grill work?
A.
Steam
is normally
produced
during
cooking.
The
microwave
oven
has been
designed
to vent
this steam
out
the
grill
work.
Q. Will the
microwave
oven
be damaged
if it operates
empty?
A.
Yes.
Never
operate
the
oven
empty
or
without
the
glass
tray.
Q. Does
microwave
energy
pass
through
the
viewing
screen
in the
door?
A.
No. The metal
screen
bounces
back
the
energy
back
into the
oven cavity.
The holes
(or
ports)
are made
to
allow
light to
pass
through.
They
do
not
let microwave
energy
pass
through.
Q. Why does
the
"beep
tone"
sound
when
a "pad"
on the
control
panel
is touched?
A.
The
"beep
tone"
sounds
to assure
that
the
setting
is being
properly
entered.
Q.Why
does
the
display
show
"0:00'?
A. This
indicates
that
there
has been
a temporary
loss
of electrical
power
to the
oven,
and
the
TIME OF
DAY
must
be reset.
Prolonged
loss of
power
can
also result in loss
of programmable
recipes.
Be
sure
they
are properly
recorded,
so
that
they
can
be
reentered.
Q.Can
my microwave
oven
be damaged
if food is cooked
for too
long
a period
of time?
A.
Like
any other
cooking
appliance,
!t
is possible
to
overcook
food
to the point
of
destruction
which
may
result in the food
creating
smoke
and
even
possible
fire damage
to
the inside
of the oven.
It is always
best
to attend
the
oven
while
it is in the
cooking
process.
See
"Important
Safety
Instructions"
on
page
3.
Q.Why
does
the
exhaust
fan start
when
the
FAN
key
is not touched?
A.
High
temperature
air from
the heating
surface
below
can
cause
an
overheating
condition
of
the
Oven,
and
may
damage
it. The
exhaust
fan will
start
automatically
to cool
off
the
oven
and prevent
damage
to it.
Q. When
the
oven is plugged
into a wall outlet
for the first time, it might
not work properly.
What is wrong?
A.
Only when
the
oven
is plugged
in for the first time
or
when
power
resumes
after
a
power
interruption,
the
microcomputer
used
in the
oven
control
assembly
may
temporarily
become
scrambled
and
fail
to
function
as programmed.
Unplug
the oven
from
the
120.volt
household
outlet
and
then plug it
back
in. The microcomputer
will be
reset
for proper
function
thereafter.
Q. Why do
I see light reflection
around
the
outer
case?
A. This
light is from
the
oven
light
which
is
located
outside
the oven
cavity.
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