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Help us help you...
Before using your oven,
read this book carefully.
It is intended to help you operate
and maintain your new microwave
oven properly.
Keep it handy for answers to your
questions.
If you don't understand something
or need more help, write (include
your phone number):
Consumer Affairs
Hotpoint
Appliance Park
Louisville, KY40225
Write down the model
and serial numbers.
You'll find them on a label inside
the oven.
These numbers are also on the
Consumer Product Ownership
Registration Card that came with
your microwave oven. Before
sending in this card, please write
these numbers here:
Model Number
Serial Number
Use these numbers in any
correspondence
or service calls
concerning your microwave oven.
Be sure your microwave
oven is registered.
It is important that we know the
location of your microwave oven
should a need occur for adjustments.
Your supplier is responsible for
registering you as the owner.
Please check with your supplier to
be sure he has done so; also send in
your Consumer Product Ownership
Registration Card. If you move, or
if you are not the original purchaser,
please write to us, stating model
and serial numbers.
This appliance must be registered.
Please be certain that it is.
Write to:
Hotpoint
Range Product Service
Appliance Park
Louisville, KY40225
If you received a
damaged oven...
Immediately contact the dealer (or
builder) that sold you the oven.
Save time and money.
Before you request service...
check the Problem Solver on page 21.
It lists causes of minor operating
problems that you can correct yourself.
All these things are normal
with your microwave oven.
Steam or vapor escaping from
around the door.
Light reflection around door or
outer case.
Dimming oven light and change
in blower sound may occur while
operating at power levels other
than high.
Dull thumping sound while oven
is operating.
Some TV-Radio interference
might be noticed while using your
microwave oven. It's similar to the
interference caused by other small
appliances and does not indicate a
problem with your oven.
If you need service . . .
To obtain service, see the
Consumer Services page in the
back of this book.
We're proud of our service and
want you to be pleased. If for some
reason you are not happy with the
service you receive, here are three
steps to follow for further help.
FIRST, contact the people who
serviced your appliance. Explain
why you are not pleased. In most
cases, this will solve the problem.
NEXT, if you are still not pleased,
write all the details-including
your phone number—to:
Manager, Consumer Relations
Hotpoint
Appliance Park
Louisville, Kentucky 40225
FINALLY, if your problem is still
not resolved, write:
Major Appliance
Consumer Action Panel
20 North Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60606
PRECAUTIONS
TO
AVOID
POSSIBLE
EXPOSURE
To
EXCESSIVE
MICROWA~
(a) Do No+ Attempt to operate
this aven with the door open since
open-door operaticm can result in
harmful exposure to microwave
energy. It is important not to
defeat or tamper with the safety
interlocks.
(b) Do Not Place any object
between the oven fgont face and
the door or allow soil or cleaner
residue to accumulate cm sealing
surfaces.
[c) Do Not Operate the cwen
if it is damaged. It is particularly
important that the oven door ciose
properly and that there is nu
damage to the:
(1} door (bent)
(2) hinges and latches (broken or
loosened)
(3) door seals and sealing surfaces.
(d) The Oven ShmiId Not be
adjusted or repaired by anyone
except properly qualified serviee
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