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Amana MV-194S Owner's Manual

Amana MV-194S Owner's Manual

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E lectr ic M icr owave
K eep instructions for future reference.
B e sure manual stays with microwave.
Covering Model MV - 1 9 4 S
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Owner's Manual Covering Model MV - 1 9 4 S Contents Important S afety Instructions Installation F eatures Operation Using the Metal R ack E lectr ic M icr owave C ooking Maintenance K eep instructions for future reference. R ecommended Utensil B e sure manual stays with microwave.
  • Page 2 Call 1-800-528-2682 for information. Purchase replacement parts and additional accessories by phone. To order accessories for your Amana product, call 1-800-843-0304 inside USA or 319-622-5511 outside USA. If something seems unusual, please check “Troubleshooting”...

  • Page 3: Important S Afety Instructions

    IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION CAUTION - 3 -...
  • Page 4 IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION WARNING Corrosive cleaning agents such as lye-based oven CAUTION - 4 -...
  • Page 5 IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT ( U.S.A. ONLY) This equipment generates and uses ISM frequency • Reorient the receiving antenna of the radio or energy and if not installed and used properly, that is television. in strict accordance with the manufacturer's •...

  • Page 6: Installation

    INSTALLATION A. GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS C. RADIO INTERFERENCE This appliance must be grounded. In the event of an 1. Microwave oven operation may interfere with TV or radio reception. electrical short circuit, grounding reduces the risk of electric shock by providing an escape wire for the 2.
  • Page 7 INSTALLATION YOUR SAFETY FIRST Read this entire manual before you begin. BEFORE YOU START • Proper installation is the installer's responsibility! - Write the model & serial numbers on the owner’s manual. The model number label is located on the oven front.
  • Page 8 INSTALLATION YOUR SAFETY FIRST CAUTION To avoid risk of personal injury, install microwave oven only as instructed. CAUTION To avoid risk of personal injury, place a piece of the carton or other heavy material, such as a blanket, over the countertop or cooktop to protect it. DO NOT use a plastic cover. •...
  • Page 9 INSTALLATION PARTS, TOOLS, MATERIALS THE FOLLOWING PARTS ARE SUPPLIED WITH THE OVEN: NOTE: Depending on your ventilation requirements, you may not use all of these parts. One power cord clamp and Backdraft damper / duct connector One dark-colored mounting screw (for roof-venting or wall-venting installation) (to hold the power cord) Not Actual Size ( 2 pieces must be...
  • Page 10 INSTALLATION PARTS, TOOLS, MATERIALS YOU WILL NEED THE FOLLOWING TOOLS AND MATERIALS FOR THE INSTALLATION: Carton or other heavy material for covering the counter top. Clear tape Stud finder or thin nail. (for taping the templates to the wall) Keyhole saw (for the power cord hole) Saber saw (for cutting vent holes for roof or wall venting) Electric drill...
  • Page 11 INSTALLATION STEP 1: PREPARE THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS WARNING WARNING To avoid risk of personal injury, electrical shock or death, this oven must be grounded. • DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, REMOVE THE POWER SUPPLY CORD GROUNDING PRONG! This appliance MUST be grounded! 1.
  • Page 12 INSTALLATION STEP 2: PREPARE THE VENTING SYSTEM WARNING To avoid risk of personal injury, property damage, or fire this microwave oven must be properly vented. NOTE: The ductwork you need for outside ventilation is not included with your oven. The standard ductwork fittings and length are shown in Figure 9.
  • Page 13 INSTALLATION STEP 2: PREPARE THE VENTING SYSTEM STANDARD FITTINGS NOTE: If the existing duct is round, you must use a rectangular-to-round adapter, with a rectangular 3" extension duct installed between the damper assembly and the adapter to prevent the exhaust damper’s sticking.
  • Page 14 INSTALLATION STEP 3: PREPARE THE VENTING BLOWER CAUTION To avoid risk of property damage, unplug the microwave oven or disconnect power at source by removing fuse or throwing circuit breaker. CAUTION To avoid risk of personal injury, wear protective gloves when handling mounting plate. Your microwave oven is shipped with the blower assembled for roof venting.
  • Page 15 INSTALLATION STEP 3: PREPARE THE VENTING BLOWER blower plate mounting screw blower plate blower unit blower unit back plate back plate blower unit mounting screw blower unit exhaust exhaust ports ports Figure 15 Figure 16 ROOM-VENTED (Recirculating) INSTALLATION: 1. Remove one blower unit mounting screw and two blower plate screws.
  • Page 16 INSTALLATION STEP 4: PREPARE THE WALL AND UPPER CABINET FOR INSTALLATION CAUTION To avoid personal injury or property damage, do not ateempt to install this microwave oven if you cannot find a wall stud. MEASURE AND TACK / TAPE UP THE TEMPLATES 1.
  • Page 17 INSTALLATION STEP 4: PREPARE THE WALL AND UPPER CABINET FOR INSTALLATION WARNING To avoid risk of personal injury, electrical shock or death: • Note where electrical outlets and electrical wires are before you drill into the wall. • Locate and disconnect power to any electrical circuits that could be affected by installing this oven. WARNING To avoid risk of personal injury, electrical shock or death, cover the edge of the power supply cord hole with the power supply cord bushing.
  • Page 18 INSTALLATION STEP 5: INSTALL THE MOUNTING PLATE THE OVEN MUST BE CONNECTED TO AT LEAST ONE WALL STUD. 3/16" Hole on Studs 5/8" Hole on Drywall Only 1. Draw a vertical line on the wall at the center of the 30″...
  • Page 19 INSTALLATION STEP 5: INSTALL THE MOUNTING PLATE TO PREPARE THE REAR WALL CUTOUT OPENING AND EXHAUST ADAPTOR/MOUNTING PLATE FOR WALL-VENTED: 1. Place the mounting plate against the rear wall as described in step 5 item 1. 2. Using a pencil, put dots through slots F and G, and through holes H and I.
  • Page 20 INSTALLATION STEP 6: ATTACH THE OVEN TO THE WALL CAUTION To avoid risk of personal injury or property damage, you will need two people to install this microwave oven. 1. Carefully lift microwave oven and hang it on support tabs (See Figure 26 at the bottom of the mounting plate.) Reaching through upper cabinet, thread power supply cord through the power cord...
  • Page 21 INSTALLATION STEP 6: ATTACH THE OVEN TO THE WALL 6. Roof venting installation: Install ductwork through the vent opening in the upper cabinet. Complete the venting system through the roof according to the method needed. damper See Figure 34. See PREPARE THE VENTING SYSTEM, STEP 2.

  • Page 22: Features

    FEATURES MICROWAVE OVEN FEATURES Model and Serial Number Plate Vent Grille Door Handle Metal Rack Window with Cooking Guide Metal Shield Door Safety Lock System Oven Control Grease Filter Panel Glass Turntable Cooktop/Countertop Light OVEN SPECIFICATIONS Power Supply 120 VAC, 60 Hz Input Power 1,550 W Cooking Power...
  • Page 23 FEATURES OVEN CONTROL PANEL " & " & " & - 23 -...
  • Page 24 FEATURES 1. DISPLAY: The display includes a clock and 15. CLOCK: Touch this pad to enter the time of day. indicators to tell you time of day, cooking time See page 25 for more information. settings, and cooking functions selected. 16.

  • Page 25: Operation

    OPERATION LEARN ABOUT YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN This section discusses the concepts behind microwave cooking and introduces you to the basics you need to know to operate your microwave oven. Please read this information before use. CAUTION CAUTION To avoid risk of personal injury or property damage, do not use To avoid risk of personal injury stoneware, aluminum foil, metal utensils,...
  • Page 26 OPERATION FAN HI LOW OFF LIGHT HI LOW OFF Touch LIGHT pad once for bright The FAN moves steam and other light, twice for night light, or three vapors from the cooking surface. times to turn the light off. Touch FAN once for High fan speed, twice for Low fan speed, or three times to turn the fan off.
  • Page 27 OPERATION ADD 30 SEC. CUSTOM RECIPE A time-saving pad, this simplified control lets you CUSTOM RECIPE lets you recall one cooking quickly set and start microwave cooking without the instruction previously placed in memory and begin need to touch START pad. cooking quickly.
  • Page 28 OPERATION COOKING AT HIGH COOK POWER COOKING WITH MORE THAN ONE COOK CYCLE Example: To cook food for 8 minutes 30 seconds. For best results, some recipes call for one Power Level for a certain length of time, and another Power 1.
  • Page 29 OPERATION COOKING GUIDE FOR LOWER POWER LEVELS The 10 power levels in addition to HIGH allow you to examples of foods best cooked at each level, and the choose the best power level for the food you are amount of microwave power you are using. cooking.
  • Page 30 OPERATION POPCORN BEVERAGE POPCORN lets you pop 1.75, 3.0, and 3.5 ounce BEVERAGE lets you heat up to 2 beverages. bags of commercially packaged microwave popcorn. NOTE: Pop only one package at a time. If you are using a • Reheat times based on an 8 ounce cup. microwave popcorn popper, follow manufacturer’s •...
  • Page 31 OPERATION COOKING GUIDE FOR AUTO COOK CATEGORY QUANTITY DIRECTIONS CODE 1 cup Place in a microwavable bowl or casserole. Vegetables and Add water according to the quantity. 2 tbsp water Cover with plastic wrap and vent. Let stand for 5 minutes. 2 cups Vegetables and 2 tbsp water...
  • Page 32 OPERATION AUTO REHEAT AUTO REHEAT provides four preset categories for reheating. Example: To reheat 2 servings of Dinner plate. 1. Touch AUTO REHEAT pad. 3. Enter quantity/servings. Number of Category cups/Items 2. Choose food category. Dinner plate 1 - 2 servings Touch pad Category Soup/sauce...
  • Page 33 OPERATION AUTO DEFROST WEIGHT CONVERSION CHART Your microwave oven is preset with three defrost To enter food weight in AUTO DEFROST, you must sequences. Using AUTO DEFROST is the best way specify pounds and tenths of a pound. If the weight to defrost frozen foods.
  • Page 34 OPERATION AUTO DEFROST CHART Meat setting FOOD SETTING AT BEEP SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS BEEF Meat of irregular shape and large, fatty cuts of meat should have the narrow or fatty areas shielded with foil at the beginning of a defrost sequence. Ground Beef, MEAT Remove thawed portions with...
  • Page 35 OPERATION AUTO DEFROST CHART (CONTINUED) Poultry setting FOOD SETTING AT BEEP SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS CHICKEN Whole (up to POULTRY Turn over (finish defrosting Place chicken breast-side up on a microwavable 6 lbs) breast-side down). Cover roast rack. Finish defrosting by immersing in cold warm areas with aluminum water.

  • Page 36: Using The Metal R Ack

    OPERATION TIME DEFROST USE OF THE METAL RACK This feature allows you to choose the time you want To use rack: to defrost. Place rack securely in the four plastic supports. Example: To defrost for 2 minutes. CAUTION 1. Touch TIME DEFROST Rack MUST NOT touch metal walls or back of pad.

  • Page 37: Cooking

    COOKING GETTING THE BEST COOKING RESULTS • Turn over foods like pork chops, baking potatoes, roasts, or whole cauliflower halfway through the To get the best results from your microwave oven, cooking time to expose all sides equally to read and follow the guidelines below. microwave energy.
  • Page 38 COOKING APPETIZERS / SAUCES / SOUPS MEAT Cooking Appetizers: Tips and Techniques Cooking Meat: General Directions • Prepare the meat for cooking. Recommended - Defrost completely. • Crisp crackers, such as melba toast, shredded - Trim off excess fat to avoid splattering. wheat, and crisp rye crackers are best for - Place the meat, fat side down, on a microwavable microwave use.
  • Page 39 COOKING Meat Cooking Table POWER MEAT COOKING TIME DIRECTIONS LEVEL Form patties with depression in center of each. Beef Hamburgers, Place on microwavable roast rack. Brush with browning agent, if desired. Cover with waxed paper. Fresh or defrosted (4 oz. each) Turn over halfway through cooking.
  • Page 40 COOKING POULTRY Cooking Poultry: General Directions • Prepare the poultry for cooking. • Poultry is done when it is no longer pink and the - Defrost completely. juices run clear. When done, the temperature in the - Arrange poultry pieces with thicker pieces at the thigh meat should be 180-185˚F.
  • Page 41 COOKING PASTA AND RICE There is no stirring needed and leftover pasta tastes Microwave cooking and conventional cooking of pasta, just like fresh cooked when reheated in the microwave rice, and cereal require about the same amount of time, oven. but the microwave is a more convenient method because you can cook and serve in the same dish.

  • Page 42: Maintenance

    Department at your nearest Authorized Service bacon. Clean your oven weekly or more often, if Center or call Amana at 1-800-843-0304(inside U.S.A) needed. 1-319-622-5511(outside U.S.A). Order Charcoal Filter kit # : MVHRK3.
  • Page 43 MAINTENANCE COOKTOP/NIGHT LIGHT REPLACEMENT OVEN LIGHT REPLACEMENT 1. Unplug the oven or turn off power at the main 1. Unplug oven or turn off power at the main power power supply. supply. 2. Remove the vent cover mounting screws.(2 middle screws) 3.

  • Page 44: Recommended Utensil

    RECOMMENDED UTENSIL MICROWAVE UTENSIL GUIDE DO NOT USE OVENPROOF GLASS (treated for high METAL UTENSILS: intensity heat): Metal shields the food from microwave energy and produces utility dishes, loaf dishes, pie plates, uneven cooking. Also avoid metal skewers, thermometers or cake plates, liquid measuring cups, foil trays.

  • Page 45: Trouble Shooting

    TROUBLE SHOOTING BEFORE CALLING FOR SERVICE Check the following list to be sure a service call is really necessary. A quick reference of this manual as well as reviewing additional information on items to check may prevent an unneeded service call. Problem Possible Causes If nothing on the oven operates:...
  • Page 46 TROUBLE SHOOTING WARNING To avoid electrical shock which can cause severe personal injury or death, do not remove outer case at any time, Only an authorized servicer should remove outer case. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Answer Question Can I use a rack in my microwave Only use the rack that is supplied with your microwave oven.

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