GE JS900 - Profile 30'' Slide-In Electric Range Owner's Manual
GE JS900 - Profile 30'' Slide-In Electric Range Owner's Manual

GE JS900 - Profile 30'' Slide-In Electric Range Owner's Manual

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Safety Instructions
. . . 2–5
Operating Instructions
Clock and Timer . . . . . . .13
Control Lockout . . . . . . .13
Cookware . . . . . . . . . . . .8, 9
Oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10–20
Sabbath Feature . . . . . . . .20
Self-Cleaning . . . . . . .16, 17
Special Features . . . . .18, 19
Surface Units . . . . . . . . 6, 7
Thermostat . . . . . . . . . . .15
Timed Baking and
Roasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Care and Cleaning
Broiler Pan and Grid . . . 23
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . 22
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Glass Cooktop . . . . . . 25, 26
Knobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Light Bulb . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Packaging Tape . . . . . . . .21
Racks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Stainless Steel Surfaces . .21
Storage Drawer
Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Vent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Write the model and serial
numbers here:
# ______________
Model
# ______________
Serial
You can find them on a label
behind the open oven door
on the lower left corner of the
range frame.
ge.com
Troubleshooting Tips
Before You Call
For Service . . . . . . . . 27–30
Accessories
. . . . . . . . . . . 32
Consumer Support
Consumer
Support . . . . . . Back Cover
Product
Registration . . . . . . . . 33, 34
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Owner's Manual
JS900
JD900
49-80319 07-05 JR

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Summary of Contents for GE JS900 - Profile 30'' Slide-In Electric Range

  • Page 1 ge.com Safety Instructions Troubleshooting Tips . . . 2–5 Owner’s Manual Before You Call Operating Instructions For Service ..27–30 JS900 Clock and Timer ..13 JD900 Accessories Control Lockout .
  • Page 2: Important Safety Information

    IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! For your safety, the information in this manual must be followed to minimize the risk of fire, electric shock, or to prevent property damage, personal injury, or loss of life. WARNING ANTI-TIP DEVICE All ranges can tip and injury could result.
  • Page 3 ge.com WARNING! SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Do not operate the oven or cooktop controls if the glass is broken. Food splatter or cleaning solution may penetrate a broken control panel or cooktop and create a risk of electrical shock. Contact a qualified technician immediately should your glass control panel or cooktop become broken. Do not store flammable materials in an Do not let cooking grease or other oven or near the cooktop.
  • Page 4: Radiant Surface Units

    IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. RADIANT SURFACE UNITS Use proper pan size—select cookware having flat bottoms large enough to cover the surface unit heating element. The use of undersized cookware will expose a portion of the surface unit to direct contact and may result in ignition of clothing.
  • Page 5 ge.com WARNING! OVEN Stand away from the range when opening the oven door. Hot air or steam which escapes can cause burns to hands, face and/or eyes. Do not heat unopened food containers. Do not use the oven to dry newspapers. Pressure could build up and the container If overheated, they can catch on fire.
  • Page 6: Using The Surface Units

    Using the surface units. Throughout this manual, features and appearance may vary from your model. How to Set Push the knob in and turn in either stay on even after the unit is turned off. direction to the setting you want. glow until the unit is cooled to approximately 150°F.
  • Page 7 ge.com The following information will help you choose cookware which will give good performance on glass cooktops. About the radiant surface units… SURFACE The radiant cooktop features heating COOKING units beneath a smooth glass surface. DRAGGING NOTE: A slight odor is normal when a new cooktop is used for the first time.
  • Page 8: Selecting Types Of Cookware

    Selecting types of cookware. The following information will help you choose cookware which will give good performance on glass cooktops. Stainless Steel: Glass-Ceramic: recommended usable, but not recommended Poor performance. May scratch the surface. Aluminum: heavyweight recommended Stoneware: Good conductivity. Aluminum residues sometimes appear as scratches on the usable, but not recommended Check pans for flat bottoms by...
  • Page 9 ge.com Observe the Following Points in Canning Pots that extend beyond 1″ of the Remember that canning is a surface unit’s circle are not process that generates large amounts of steam. To avoid burns recommended for most surface from steam or heat, be careful cooking.
  • Page 10: Using The Oven Controls

    Using the oven controls. Throughout this manual, features and appearance may vary from your model. Features and appearance may vary. Oven Control, Clock and Timer Features and Settings BAKE Pad CLEAR/OFF Pad Press this pad to cancel ALL oven Press this pad to select the bake function. operations except the clock and timer.
  • Page 11: Using The Oven

    Using the oven. ge.com To avoid possible burns, place the racks in the desired position before you turn the oven on. Before you begin… The racks have stops, so that when placed CAUTION: When you are using the correctly on the supports (A through G), rack in the lowest position (A), you will need to they will stop before coming completely use caution when pulling the rack out.
  • Page 12: Broiling Guide

    Using the oven. How to Set the Oven for Broiling Leave the door open to the broil stop position. Press the BROIL HI/LO pad once The door stays open by itself, yet the proper for HI Broil. temperature is maintained in the oven. To change to LO Broil, press the NOTE: Food can be broiled with the door BROIL HI/LO pad again.
  • Page 13 Using the clock, timer and control lockout. ge.com To Set the Clock The clock must be set to the correct time Press the CLOCK pad. of day for the automatic oven timing Press the number pads. functions to work properly. The time of Make sure the clock is set to the day cannot be changed during a timed Press the START pad.
  • Page 14: Roasting

    Using the timed baking and roasting features. NOTE: Foods that spoil easily–such as milk, eggs, fish, stuffings, poultry and pork–should not be allowed to sit for more than 1 hour before or after cooking. Room temperature promotes the growth of harmful bacteria. Be sure that the oven light is off because heat from the bulb will speed harmful bacteria growth.
  • Page 15 Adjust the oven thermostat—Do it yourself! ge.com 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.
  • Page 16: Using The Self-Cleaning Oven

    Using the self-cleaning oven. Before a Clean Cycle We recommend venting your kitchen Do not clean the gasket. The fiberglass with an open window or using a material of the oven door gasket cannot ventilation fan or hood during the first withstand abrasion.
  • Page 17 ge.com The oven door must be closed and all controls must be set correctly for the cycle to work properly. How to Delay the Start of Cleaning Press the SELF CLEAN LO/STD pad Using the number pads, enter the time of day you want the clean cycle once for a 4-hour clean time or twice for a 3-hour clean time.
  • Page 18: Special Features Of Your Oven Control

    Special features of your oven control. Your new touch pad control has additional features that you may choose to use. The following are the features and how you may activate them. The special feature modes can only be activated while the display is showing the time of day. They remain in the control’s memory until the steps are repeated.
  • Page 19 ge.com 12-Hour, 24-Hour or Clock Blackout Your control is set to use a 12-hour clock. Press the CLOCK pad again to change to the 24 hour military time clock. The If you would prefer to have a 24-hour display will show 24 hr. If this is the choice military time clock or black out the clock you want, press the START pad.
  • Page 20: Using The Sabbath Feature

    Using the Sabbath Feature. (Designed for use on the Jewish Sabbath and Holidays.) The Sabbath feature can be used for baking/roasting only. It cannot be used for broiling, self-cleaning or Delay Start cooking. NOTE: The oven light comes on automatically when the door is opened and goes off when the door is closed. The bulb may be removed. See the Oven Light Replacement section.
  • Page 21: Knobs

    Care and cleaning of the range. ge.com Be sure all controls are off and all surfaces are cool before cleaning any part of the range. If your range is removed for cleaning, servicing or any reason, be sure the anti-tip device is reengaged properly when the range is replaced.
  • Page 22: Control Panel

    Care and cleaning of the range. Painted Surfaces Painted surfaces include the door, top of Do not use commercial oven cleaners, the control panel and the drawer front. cleaning powders, steel wool or harsh Clean these with soap and water or a abrasives on any painted surface.
  • Page 23: Broiler Pan And Grid

    ge.com Oven Racks Clean the oven racks with an abrasive To make the racks slide more easily, apply cleanser or steel wool. After cleaning, a small amount of or cooking oil to a rinse the racks with clean water and dry paper towel and wipe the edges of the with a clean cloth.
  • Page 24: Light Bulb

    Care and cleaning of the range. Oven Light Replacement CAUTION: To replace the cover: Before replacing your oven light bulb, disconnect the electrical Line up tabs of lens in front of tabs on housing and rotate clockwise to power to the range at the main fuse or engage.
  • Page 25: Cleaning The Glass Cooktop

    Cleaning the glass cooktop. ge.com Control Lockout (on some models) Begin by locking the cooktop; see the Control Lockout section. Normal Daily Use Cleaning ONLY use CERAMA BRYTE ® Ceramic Shake the cleaning cream well. Cooktop Cleaner on the glass cooktop. Apply a few drops of CERAMA Other creams may not be as effective.
  • Page 26 Cleaning the glass cooktop. Metal Marks and Scratches Be careful not to slide pots and If pots with a thin overlay of pans across your cooktop. It will aluminum or copper are allowed leave metal markings on the to boil dry, the overlay may leave cooktop surface.
  • Page 27: Before You Call For Service

    Before you call for service… ge.com Troubleshooting Tips Save time and money! Review the charts on the following pages first and you may not need to call for service. Problem Possible Causes What To Do Surface units will not • Use pans which are flat and match the diameter Improper cookware maintain a rolling boil being used.
  • Page 28 Before you call for service… Troubleshooting Tips Problem Possible Causes What To Do Clock and timer do Plug on range is not completely • Make sure electrical plug is plugged into a live, properly not work inserted in the electrical outlet. grounded outlet.
  • Page 29 ge.com Problem Possible Causes What To Do Oven will not self-clean • Allow the oven to cool and reset the controls. The oven temperature is too high to set a self-clean operation. Oven controls improperly set. • See the Using the self-cleaning oven section. “Crackling”...
  • Page 30 Before you call for service… Troubleshooting Tips Problem Possible Causes What To Do Display goes blank • Replace the fuse or reset the circuit breaker. A fuse in your home may be blown or the circuit breaker tripped. • See the Special features of your oven control section. The clock is in the black-out mode.
  • Page 31 Notes.
  • Page 32 Accessories. Looking For Something More? You can find these accessories and many more at ge.com, or call 800.626.2002 (during normal business hours). Have your model number ready. Oven Racks Broiler Pan Oven Elements Light Bulbs Knobs Cleaner Cleaning Pads Scraper Tired of discolored racks? Wishing you had extra-heavy-duty oven racks? NOW AVAILABLE for your range: GE’s innovative, self-cleanable porcelain-coated oven racks!
  • Page 33 Place your confidence in GE and call us in the U.S. toll-free at for more information. *All brands covered, up to 20 years old, in the continental U.S. ✁ Cut here Please place in envelope and mail to: General Electric Company Warranty Registration Department P.O. Box 32150 Louisville, KY 40232-2150...
  • Page 34: Serial Number

    FAILURE TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS CARD DOES NOT DIMINISH YOUR GE Consumer & Industrial WARRANTY RIGHTS. Appliances General Electric Company For more information about GEA’s privacy and data usage policy, go to ge.com and click on Louisville, KY 40225 ge.com...
  • Page 35 To know what your legal rights are, consult your local or state consumer affairs office or your state’s Attorney General. Warrantor: General Electric Company. Louisville, KY 40225...
  • Page 36: Consumer Support

    Consumer Support. GE Appliances Website ge.com Have a question or need assistance with your appliance? Try the GE Appliances Website 24 hours a day, any day of the year! For greater convenience and faster service, you can now download Owner’s Manuals, order parts, catalogs, or even schedule service on-line.

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