Call the Consumer Assistance Center with questions or comments. TO THE INSTALLER: PLEASE LEAVE THIS INSTRUCTION BOOK WITH THE UNIT. TO THE CONSUMER: PLEASE READ AND KEEP THIS BOOK FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. ONSERVATOR ® By CROSLEY MODEL CGS365H 8273159 www.crosley.com...
OTE TO ® 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 is full of valuable information about how to operate and maintain your appliance properly. Please read it carefully.
ANGE AFETY 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. All safety messages will be preceded by the safety alert symbol and the word “DANGER”...
RANGE SAFETY IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • WARNING: Disconnect the electrical supply before servicing To reduce the risk of fire, electrical the appliance. shock, injury to persons, or damage when using the range, follow basic precautions, including the • Never Use the Range for Warming or Heating the following: Room.
ARTS AND EATURES Manual oven light switch (p. 26) Electronic Oven vent Oven control (p. 17) (pp. 10-16) Surface burners and grates (pp. 6, 22-24) Control panel (pp. 5, 21) Automatic oven light switch (p. 26) Anti-tip bracket Gasket (p. 3) (p.
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SING ANGE SING THE SURFACE BURNERS Burner heat settings wWARNING Use the following chart as a guide. SETTING RECOMMENDED USE • LIGHT To light the burner. • HIGH To start food cooking. • To bring liquid to a boil. Fire Hazard •...
USING YOUR RANGE SING THE SURFACE BURNERS ( CONT In case of a prolonged power failure • Refer to your canner manual for specific instructions. You can manually light surface burners. Hold a lit match near a burner and turn the control knob to For up-to-date information on canning, contact your the LIGHT position.
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USING YOUR RANGE SING THE OVEN Positioning racks and pans Place the oven racks where you need them before Where to place pans: turning on the oven. WHEN YOU HAVE PLACE • To move a rack, pull it out to the stop position, 1 pan In center of the oven rack.
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USING YOUR RANGE SING ALUMINUM FOIL • • Do not line the oven bottom with any type of Place tent-shaped foil loosely over meat or foil, liners, or cookware. Permanent damage poultry to slow down surface browning for long will occur to the oven bottom finish. term roasting.
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USING YOUR RANGE HE ELECTRONIC TIME - OF - DAY CLOCK TIMER Electronic display Increase (p. 10, 11, Clock pad 14, 19) (pp. 10, 14) CLOCK Decrease Oven TIMER timer pad TIMER (pp. 10, 11, (p. 11, 12) 14, 19) Display/clock •...
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USING YOUR RANGE SING THE ELECTRONIC TIMER The timer does not start or stop the oven. It works like a kitchen timer. It can be set in hours and min- utes up to 12 hours, 59 minutes. The timer will dis- play minutes for settings under 1 hour and hours and minutes for settings over 1 hour.
USING YOUR RANGE SING THE ELECTRONIC TIMER ( CONT When there is 1 minute of time remaining, the YOU SEE display will begin counting down in seconds. (display counts in seconds) YOU SEE When the timer countdown reaches zero, the display will show “End”...
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USING YOUR RANGE AKING ROASTING ( CONT Put your food in the oven. During baking/roasting, the burner will turn on and off to keep the oven temperature at the setting. After baking/roasting, push and turn the oven PUSH AND TURN YOU SEE control knob to OFF.
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USING YOUR RANGE DJUSTING THE OVEN TEMPERATURE CONTROL Although your new oven is properly adjusted to provide accurate temperatures, it may cook faster or slower than your old oven. If you are not satisfied with the baking/roasting results, you can change the offset temperature by following the steps below.
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USING YOUR RANGE ROILING NOTE: Do not preheat when broiling unless your recipe recommends it. Put your food on the broiler pan and place the Place the rack where you need it in the oven. pan in the center of See “Broiling guide the oven rack.
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USING YOUR RANGE ROILING ( CONT Broiling guidelines • • Use only the broiler pan and grid provided. They Pull out oven rack to stop position before turning or removing food. are designed to drain extra juices from the cooking surface. This drainage helps prevent •...
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USING YOUR RANGE HE OVEN VENT Hot air and moisture escape from the oven through a vent that is near the middle of the backguard. The vent lets air circulate properly. Be careful not to block the vent, or you will get poor baking/roasting results.
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SING THE LEANING YCLE wWARNING Burn Hazard Do not touch the oven during the Self-Cleaning cycle. Keep children away from oven during Self-Cleaning cycle. Do not use commercial oven cleaners in your oven. Failure to follow these instructions can result in burns, or illness from inhaling dangerous fumes.
USING THE SELF-CLEANING CYCLE ETTING THE CONTROLS YOU SEE PUSH AND TURN Set the oven control knob to CLEAN. OVEN ON light goes The door will lock itself within 6 seconds. If the WARM BROIL on. DOOR LOCKED/ door has a problem locking, it will try to lock CLEANING light itself for 1 minute.
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USING THE SELF-CLEANING CYCLE ETTING THE CONTROLS ( CONT To stop the self-cleaning cycle at any time: YOU SEE TURN DOOR Turn the oven control knob to OFF. LOCKED/CLEAN- WARM BROIL ING light stays on. COOL appears in CLEAN display until oven goes below locking temperature.
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ARING FOR ANGE LEANING CHART Before cleaning, always make sure all controls are off and the range is cool. Refer to instructions on all cleaning products before using them to clean your range. PART CLEANING METHOD SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS • • Soap and water Control Knobs DO NOT use steel wool or...
CARING FOR YOUR RANGE LEANING CHART ( CONT PART CLEANING METHOD SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS Surface burners • See the “Sealed surface burner” section in the “Caring for your range” section. • Oven door glass • Soap and water Wash, rinse and dry with soft •...
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CARING FOR YOUR RANGE EALED SURFACE BURNERS AND COOKTOP Cleaning the surface burners Porcelain • You should routinely remove and clean the burner cap burner cap. Always clean the burner cap after a spill-over. Keeping the burner cap clean prevents poor ignition and an uneven flame.
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CARING FOR YOUR RANGE EALED SURFACE BURNERS AND COOKTOP ( CONT To clean the burners: After cleaning the gas tube opening and ports, Pull the burner cap straight up from the burner base. replace the burner cap. To replace the Clean the burner cap with warm, soapy water burner cap, make and a sponge.
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CARING FOR YOUR RANGE EMOVING THE OVEN DOOR ( CONT To remove: Open the oven door. Insert door removal pins, Grasp the door on the sides with your fingers included with your on the front of the door range, into both hinge and your thumbs on hangers.
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CARING FOR YOUR RANGE EMOVING THE OVEN DOOR ( CONT Door stop Range Hold oven door so that the top edge of each clip hinge hanger is horizontal. Insert hinge hangers into the front frame hinge slots. Hinge hanger Tilt top of door toward range. Slide hinge hangers Door removal down onto front frame support pins.
ROUBLESHOOTING 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 “Requesting Assistance or Service” on page 29. ANGE DOES NOT WORK PROBLEM CAUSE...
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TROUBLESHOOTING HEN SELF CLEANING YOUR OVEN PROBLEM CAUSE • The Self-Cleaning cycle You did not press START/ENTER. will not work • The door is not closed all the way. OOKING RESULTS PROBLEM SOLUTION • Cookware not level Level the range. (See the Installation Instructions.) •...
CROSLEY appliance. OR FURTHER ASSISTANCE If you need further assistance, you can write to Please include a daytime phone number in your Crosley with any questions or concerns at: correspondence. Crosley Distribution Center 675 N. Main St. Winston-Salem, NC 27102-2111...
This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state. Outside the 50 United States this warranty does not apply. Contact your local Crosley dealer to determine if another warranty applies.