Changing Oven Temperature Display (F° Or C°); Setting Silent Or Audible Control Mode; Oven Lockout - Kenmore 790.9700 Series User Manual

Setting Oven Controls
Changing oven temperature display
The oven control is preset to display °F (Fahrenheit) when
shipped from the factory. The control can be changed to
display either Fahrenheit or Celsius.
Example; to change the temperature to display °C
(Celsius) or °F (Fahrenheit):
1. Press and hold Broil key pad for 6 seconds.
2. Press Flex Clean key pad to toggle between Fahrenheit
or Celsius temperature display modes (Figs. 1 & 2).
3. Press to accept choice.
Important note:
The oven temperature display cannot be modified if Bake
or Flex Clean is active.
Fig. 1

Setting silent or audible control mode

Silent mode allows the oven control to operate without
audible tones. The control may be programmed for silent
operation and later returned to operating with all the
normal audible tones.
Example; to set for silent or audible mode:
1. Press and hold Delay Start key pad for 6 seconds.
2. Press Flex Clean key pad to toggle between beep ON
(Fig. 3) or beep OFF (Fig. 4).
3. Press to accept choice.
Fig. 3
Setting Oven Lockout
The control may be programmed to lock the
oven door and lock the oven control key pads.
To activate the oven lockout feature:
1. Be sure oven door is completely closed.
2. Press and hold
Fig. 5) will appear in the display. The motor driven door
latch mechanism will begin locking the oven door
automatically. Do not open the oven door. Allow about
15 seconds for the oven door to completely lock. Once
the oven door is locked, the Loc will appear in the
display (See Fig. 6).
To cancel the oven lockout feature:
Fig. 2
1. Press and hold
door latch mechanism will begin unlocking the oven
door automatically. Do not open the oven door. Allow
about 15 seconds for the oven door to completely
unlock.
2. When the Loc and DOOR LOCKED messages no longer
display, the oven door may be opened and the oven
control key pads will be available for use.
Important notes:
• To avoid possible damage to the oven door latching
mechanism, do not attempt to open or close the oven
door whenever the DOOR LOCKED message is flashing.
• If a control key pad is pressed when OVEN LOCKOUT is
active, the control may triple beep indicating the key
pad action is not available when the OVEN LOCKOUT
Fig. 4
feature is active.
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for 3 seconds. DOOR LOCKED (See
Fig. 5
for 3 seconds. The motor driven
Fig. 6