Before Operating; Manual Operation - Dacor DCM24 Use & Care Manual

BEFORE OPERATING

* Before operating your new microwave oven make
sure you read and understand this Use & Care
manual completely.
* Before the oven can be used, follow these
procedures:
1) Plug in the oven. Close the door. The display will
say WELCOME PRESS CLEAR AND PRESS
CLOCK.
2) Touch the STOP/CLEAR pad.
will appear.
3) Touch CLOCK pad.
4) Heat the oven without food. (See page 12,
SPECIAL NOTE)
TO SET THE CLOCK
* Suppose you want to enter the correct time of day
12:30 (A.M. or P.M.):
Procedure
1.
CLOCK CLOCK
2.
3.
CLOCK
This is a 12 hour clock. If you attempt to enter an
incorrect clock time, ERROR
display. Touch the STOP/CLEAR pad and re-enter
the time.
* If the electrical power supply to your microwave
oven should be interrupted, the display will
intermittently show WELCOME PRESS CLEAR
AND PRESS CLOCK after the power is reinstated.
If this occurs during cooking, the program will be
erased. The time of day will also be erased. Simply
touch STOP/CLEAR pad and reset the clock for the
correct time of day.
STOP/CLEAR
Touch the STOP/CLEAR pad to:
1. Erase if you make a mistake during programming.
2. Cancel kitchen timer.
3. Stop the oven temporarily during cooking.
4. Return the time of day to the display.
5. Cancel a program during cooking, touch twice.
Time Cooking
Your oven can be programmed for 99 minutes 99
seconds (99.99). Always enter the seconds after the
minutes, even if they are both zeros.
* Suppose you want to cook for 5 minutes at 100%:
There are eleven preset power levels.
Using lower power levels increases the cooking time
which is recommended for foods such as cheese, milk
and long slow cooking of meats. Consult cookbook or
recipes for specific recommendations.
Touch CLOCK
pad.
Enter the correct
time of day by
touching the
numbers in
sequence.
Touch CLOCK
pad again.
will appear in the
* Suppose you want to defrost for 5 minutes at 30%:
You can program up to 4 automatic cooking
sequences. Follow directions on page 23. Note that
POWER LEVEL must be entered first when
programming multiple sequences.
11

MANUAL OPERATION

MICROWAVE COOKING
Procedure
1.
2. START
INSTANT ON
Approximate
Touch POWER
Percentage
LEVEL Pad
of Power
Once,
then Touch
POWER
LEVEL
100%
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Procedure
1.
2.
POWER
LEVEL
3.
START
INSTANT ON
Enter cooking
time.
Touch START
pad.
Common
Words
for
Power Levels
High
90%
80%
70% Medium High
60%
50% Medium
40%
30% Med. Low/Defrost
20%
10% Low
0%
Enter defrosting
time.
Enter power
level.
Touch START pad.