® Use And Care A Note to You ........2 Microwave Oven Safety ....3 Installation Instructions ....5 Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven ......7 Using Your Microwave Oven ......13 Cooking at high cook power ..13 Cooking at different cook powers ........14 Cooking with more than one cook cycle ......15 Using ADD MINUTE ....16...
A Note to You ® Thank you for buying a CROSLEY appliance. To ensure that you enjoy years of trouble-free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide. It contains valuable information about how to operate and maintain your microwave oven properly and safely.
Microwave Oven Safety Your safety and the safety of others is very important. We have provided many important safety messages in this manual and on your appliance. Always read and obey all safety messages. This is the safety alert symbol. This symbol alerts you to hazards that can kill or hurt you and others.
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MICROWAVE OVEN SAFETY IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • The microwave oven should be serviced • To reduce the risk of fire in the only by qualified service personnel. oven cavity: Call an authorized service company for – Do not overcook food. Carefully attend examination, repair, or adjustment.
Installation Instructions Before you begin operating the oven, carefully read the following instructions. 1. Empty the microwave oven and clean legs are in place to ensure proper airflow. If inside it with a soft, damp cloth. Check vents are blocked, a sensitive thermal safety for damage such as a door that isn’t lined device automatically turns the oven off.
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS For all cord connected appliances: completely understood, or if doubt exists The microwave oven must be grounded. as to whether the microwave oven is In the event of an electrical short circuit, properly grounded. grounding reduces the risk of electric Do not use an extension cord.
Getting to Know Your Microwave Oven This section discusses the concepts behind microwave cooking. It also shows you the basics you need to know to operate your microwave oven. Please read this information before you use your oven. wWARNING Explosion Hazard Do not store flammable materials such as gasoline near the microwave oven.
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN • Do not operate the microwave oven unless Testing your the glass turntable is securely in place and can rotate freely. The turntable can rotate in microwave oven either direction. Make sure the turntable is correct-side up in the oven.
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Microwave oven features Your microwave oven is designed to make 4. Glass Turntable. This turntable turns your cooking experience as enjoyable and food as it cooks for more even cooking. productive as possible. To get you up and It must be in the oven during operation running quickly, the following is a list of the for best cooking results.
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Control panel features Your microwave oven control panel lets you select a desired cooking function quickly and easily. The following is a list of all the Command and Number pads located on the control panel. For more information on these features, see “Using your microwave oven”...
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Audible signals 16. ADD MINUTE. Touch this pad to cook for one minute at 100% cook power or to Audible signals are available to guide you add an extra minute to your cooking when setting and using your oven: cycle at current cook power.
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Setting the clock Using the minute timer When your microwave oven is first plugged in, or after a power failure, the display will Your microwave oven can be used as a show “ : ”. If a time of day is not set, “ : ” will kitchen timer.
Using Your Microwave Oven This section gives you instructions for operating each microwave function. Please read these instructions carefully. Cooking at high 4. End of cooking cook power At end of cooking time: Five tones will sound, and the display 1.
USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Cooking at different cook powers For best results, some recipes call for differ- The following chart gives the percentage of ent cook powers. The lower the cook power, cook power each Number pad stands for, the slower the cooking. Each Number pad and the cook power name usually used.
USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN 1. Put the food in the oven and 4. Start the oven. close the door. TOUCH 2. Set the cooking time. TOUCH (cooking time counts down) At end of cooking time: Five tones will sound, and the display will Example for 7 minutes, 30 seconds: show “End”.
USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN 2. Set the cooking time for the first Changing instructions cycle. You can change the cook power for a cycle only before you start to set the next cycle. TOUCH To change cook power repeat Step 3. If you want to change the cooking time for a cycle touch OFF/CANCEL and start over.
GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN 3. Touch During cooking: Touch ADD MINUTE one or more times. NOTES: Each press will increase time by one minute at the currently selected cook power. • For casserole, soups/sauces, and pizza slice, if you do not enter a quantity within TOUCH YOU SEE 2 seconds, REHEAT will prompt you to...
USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN 2. Touch Number pads to enter the Reheating tips weight. • Cooked food and leftovers can be reheated quickly and efficiently without spoiling their freshness and taste. • Always place the dense food at the outer edges and the more porous food towards the center.
USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Weight conversion chart You are probably used to food weights as being in pounds and ounces that are fractions of a pound (for example, 4 ounces equals ⁄ pound). However, in order to enter food weight in DEFROST, you must specify pounds and tenths of a pound.
USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Using POPCORN Using BAGELS/MUFFINS POPCORN lets you pop a 3.5 oz (99 g), 3.0 oz (85 g), or 1.75 oz (50 g) bag of com- BAGELS/MUFFINS lets you heat one to four mercially packaged microwave popcorn by regular-sized, fresh bagels or muffins, without touching just 2 pads.
USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN NOTES: Using VEGETABLES • If you do not enter a quantity within 2 seconds, VEGETABLES will prompt you VEGETABLES lets you heat one of two to choose a quantity. You have 5 seconds types of vegetables, without needing to set to enter a quantity or to touch heating times or cook powers.
USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN 4. Start the oven. 3. Start the oven. TOUCH TOUCH (cooking time counts Heating time counts down. down — the time on At end of heating time: your model may differ) Five tones will sound, and the display will At end of cooking time: show “End”.
USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Caring for Cooking Your Guide Microwave Microwave cooking tips Oven Amount of food • If you increase or decrease the amount To make sure your microwave oven looks of food you prepare, the time it takes to good and works well for a long time, you cook that food will also change.
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COOKING GUIDE Covering food • Do not let food or a container touch the top or sides of the oven. This will prevent Cover food to: possible arcing. • Reduce splattering Using aluminum foil • Shorten cooking times • Retain food moisture Metal containers should not be used in a microwave oven.
Questions and Answers ANSWERS QUESTIONS No. If you remove or turn over the turntable, Can I operate my microwave oven without you will get poor cooking results. Dishes used the turntable or turn the turntable over to in your oven must fit on the turntable. accommodate a large dish? You can use a rack only if rack is supplied with Can I use a rack in my microwave oven so...
Troubleshooting Most cooking problems often are caused by little things you can find and fix without tools of any kind. Check the lists below and on the next page before calling for assistance or service. If you still need help, see the "Requesting Assistance or Service" section. Microwave does not operate, first check the following: •...
Requesting Assistance or Service Before calling for assistance or service, please check the “Troubleshooting” section. It may save you the cost of a service call. If you still need help, follow the instructions below. 1. If you need assistance* … Call our toll free number.
3/98 CROSLEY SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so this exclusion or limitation may not apply to you. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state.
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