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Oven

o It is normal fol parts of the range to become hot during a

self-clean cycle.

- To prevent damage to oven door. do not attelr pt to open

the door when "LOCK" is displayed.

• Avoid touching cooktop, door. window or oven vent area

during a clean cycle.

• Do no_ use commercial oven cleaners on the oven finish

or around any part of the oven. The:, will damage the

finish or parts.

The self-clean cycle uses above-normal cooking temperatures

to automatically clean the oven interior.

It is normal for flare-ups, smoking, or flaming to occur during

cleaning if the oven is heavily soiled.

It is better to clean the

oven regularly rather than to wait until there is a heavy build-

up of soil in the oven.

During the cleaning process, the kitchen should be well

ventilated to get rid of normal odors associated with cleaning.

Before

Seff-C eaning

1. Turn off the oven light before cleaning.

The light may burn

out during the clean cycle.

2.

Remove broiler pan, all pans, and oven racks from the

oven. The oven racks will discolor and may not slide easily

after a self-clean cycle if they are not removed.

3.

Clean oven frame, door frame, area outside of gasket, and

around the opening in the door gasket with a nonabrasive

cleaner such as Bon Ami* or detergent and water.

The

self-cleaning process does not clean these areas. They

should be cleaned to prevent soil from baking on during

the clean cycle.

(The gasket is the

seal around the oven door and

_

_

window}.

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4. To prevent damage, do not clean or

rub the gasket around the oven

door. The gasket is designed to

seal in heat during the clean cycle.

5. Wipe up excess grease or spillovers from the oven bottom.

This prevents excessive smoking, flare-ups or flaming

during the clean cycle.

6. Wipe up sugary and acidic spillovers such as sweet

potatoes, tomato, or milk-based

sauces. Porcelain enamel

is acid-resistant, not acid-proof.

The porcelain finish may

discolor if acidic spills are not wiped up before a self-clean

cycle.

To

set

Self-Clean:

Note: Oven temperature must be below 400° Fto program

a clean cycle.

1. Close the oven door.

2.

Press the Clean pad.

,

CLEAN flashes in the display

.

.........................

3.

Pressthe More+ or Less- pad.

,

CL-M (Medium Soil, 3 hours} is displayed

.

............................

If the door is not closed, beeps will sound and

Less-

"door" will display. If the door is not closed

within 45 seconds, the self-cleaning operation will be

canceled and the display will return to the time of day.

4.

Pressthe More+ or Less- pad to scroll through the self-

cleaning settings.

CL-H (Heavy Soil, 4 hours}

CL-M (Medium soil, 3 hours}

CL-L (Light Soil, 2 hours}

Choosing the soil level of the oven automatically programs

the self-cleaning time.

5. After four seconds, the oven will start cleaning.

,

The cleaning time will start counting down in the display.

,

LOCK will appear in the display.

,

CLEAN will appear in the display.

TO Delay

a Self-Clean

Cycle:

1.

Press the Delay pad.

,

DELAY flashes.

,

00:00 will appear in the display.

2.

Pressthe More+ or Less- pad to set the

amount of time you want to delay the cycle.

Delay time can be set from ten minutes (00:10}

.............................

to 11 hours, 59 minutes (11:59}

.........................

3.

While delay is flashing, press the

Less-

Clean pad

.

............................

,

CLEAN will flash.

4.

Pressthe More+ or Less- pad.

,

CL-M (Medium Soil, 3 hours] is displayed.

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