Panasonic NN-T990SA Operating Instructions Manual page 4

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Your microwave oven
is
a cooking device and you should use
as
much
care as you use
with
a
stove or
any
other cooking
device.
When
using
this electric
appliance, basic safety precautions should
be
followed, including the
following:
(c) ft
materials inside the
oven should
ignite,
keep oven
door
closed,
turn oven
off,
and
disconnect the power
WA
R N
I
N
G
—
To reduce
the
risk
of
bums,
electric
shock,
fire, injury
to
persons
or
exposure
to
excessive
microwave
energy:
1
.
Read
ail
instructions
before using the appliance.
2.
Read
and
follow
the
specific
"PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID
POSSIBLE
EXPOSURE TO
EXCESSIVE
MICROWAVE
ENERGY,"
found
on
back
of the front cover.
3.
This appliance
must be
grounded.
Connect
only
to
property
grounded
outlet.
See
"GROUNDING
INSTRUCTIONS"
found on page
3.
4. Install or locate this
appliance only
in
accordance
with
the
installation
instructions
found on
page
3.
5.
Do
not cover or
Week any
openings on
this
appliance.
6.
Do
not store
or use
this
appliance
outdoors.
Do
not
use
this
product
near water—
for
example, near
a
kitchen
sink, in
a
wet basement,
or
near
a swimming
pool,
and
the
like.
7.
Use
this
appliance only
for
its
intended use as
described
in
this
manual.
DO NOT
use
corrosive chemicals, vapours, or non-food
products
in this
appliance.
This type
of
oven
is
specifically
designed
to
heat or cook.
It
is
not designed
for
industrial
or
laboratory use.
The use
of corrosive chemicals
in
heating or
cleaning
will
damage
the appliance
and
may
result
in
radiation
leaks.
8.
When
cleaning
surfaces
of
door
and oven
that
come
together
on
closing the door,
use
only mild,
non-abrasive
soaps
or
detergents applied with
a sponge
or
soft cloth.
9.
Do
not allow children to
use
this appliance,
unless closely
supervised by
an
adult
10.
Do
not
operate
this
appliance
if it
has
a damaged
cord or
plug,
if
it
is
not
working
property, or
if it
has been damaged
or dropped.
11.
Do
not
immerse cord or plug
in
water.
12.
Keep
cord
away
from heated
surfaces.
13.
Do
not
let
cord
hang
over
edge
of
a
table
or counter.
14.
This appliance
should
be
serviced only by
qualified
service
personnel.
Contact the nearest authorized service
ntre for
examination, repair
or
adjustment
15.
Some
products
such as whole
eggs,
narrow neck
bottles
and
sealed containers
—
for
example, closed glass
jars
—
may
explode and should not
be heated
in
this
oven.
16.
To
reduce
the
risk
of
fire in
the
oven
cavity:
(a)
Do
not
overcook
food. Carefully
attend appliance
if
paper,
plastic,
or other
combustible materials are placed
inside
the
oven
to facilitate
cooking.
(b)
Remove
wire twist-ties
from paper
or
plastic
bags before
placing
bag
in
oven.
cord, or shut
off
power
at
the
fuse or
circuit
breaker
panel
(d)
Do
not use the
cavity for
storage purposes.
Do
not leave
paper
products,
cooking
utensils,
or
food
in
the
cavity
when
not
in
use.
General
Use
1.
DO NOT
tamper
with or
make
any
adjustments or repairs to
door, control
panel
housing, safety interlock
switches
or
any
other part
of
the oven.
DO NOT
remove
outer
panel from
oven.
Repairs must
be done
only
by a
qualified
service person.
DO NOT
operate the oven empty.
The
microwave
energy
will
reflect
continuously throughout the
oven
causing overheating,
if
food or water
is
not present
to
absorb energy. This could
damage
the
oven and
result
in
a
risk of
fire.
3.
DO NOT
dry clothes,
newspapers
or other materials
in
oven,
or
use newspapers
or
paper bags
for
cooking. Fire could
result
4.
DO NOT
use recycled
paper products unless the paper
product
is
labelled
as
safe
for
microwave oven
use.
Recycled paper
products
may
contain
impurities
which
may
cause
sparks,
and
result in fires
when
used.
5.
DO NOT
hit
or strike
control
panel.
Damage
to controls
may
occur.
Fire
could result
6.
POT HOLDERS
should always be used
when
removing
items from
the
oven. Heat
is
transferred
from
the
HOT
food
to
the cooking container
and from the cooking
container
to
the Glass
Tray.
The
Glass Tray
can be
very
HOT
after
removing cooking container from oven.
7.
DO NOT
store
flammable
materials
next
to,
on top
of,
or
in
the
oven.
These
could
be
fire
hazards.
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
For proper
use
of
your
oven
read remaining safety
cautions and operating
instructions.
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