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ge.com Safety Information Troubleshooting Tips Owner’s Adapter Plugs . .9 Before You Call Manual Arcing . .4 For Service . .33, 34 Extension Cords . .10 Things That Are JES1334 Foods . .4, 5 Normal With Your Grounding Microwave Oven . .34 Instructions . .8 Microwave-Safe Consumer Support Cookware . .6, 7 Consumer Precautions to Avoid Support . .Back Cover Possible Exposure to Warranty . .35 Excessive Microwave Energy . .2 Safety Precautions . .2, 3 Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning . .31, 32 Changing the Power Level . .16 Convenience Features . .23–26 Features of Your Microwave Oven . .12–15 Microwave Terms . .30 Other Features . .27–29 Time Features . .17–22 Write the model and serial numbers here: Model # ____________ Serial # ____________ Microwave Oven Find these numbers on a label inside the oven. DE68-02730A 49-40501 01-06 JR IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! For your safety, the information in this manual must be followed to minimize the risk of fire or explosion, electric Safety Information shock, or to prevent property damage, personal injury, or loss of life. PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE ENERGY I Do Not Attempt to operate I Do Not Operate the oven if it this oven with the door open is damaged. It is particularly since open-door operation important that the oven door can result in harmful close properly and that there exposure to microwave is no damage to the: Operating Instructions energy. It is important not door (bent), to defeat or tamper with the 1 safety interlocks. hinges and latches 2 (broken or loosened), I Do Not Place any object between the oven front door seals and sealing face and the door or allow 3 surfaces. soil or cleaner residue to I The Oven Should Not be accumulate on sealing adjusted or repaired by surfaces. anyone except properly qualified service personnel. Troubleshooting Tips Troubleshooting SAFETY PRECAUTIONS When using electrical appliances basic safety precautions should be followed, including the following: I Read and follow the specific I Install or locate this appliance precautions in the Precautions only in accordance with the to Avoid Possible Exposure to provided Installation Excessive Microwave Energy Instructions. section above. I Be certain to place the front I This appliance must be surface of the door three grounded. Connect only inches or more back from to a properly grounded the countertop edge to avoid Consumer Support outlet. See the Grounding accidental tipping of the Instructions section on page 8. appliance in normal usage. 2 Safety Information ge.com Use this appliance only for its intended purpose as described in this Owner’s Manual. I This microwave oven is not approved I Do not let power cord hang over edge or tested for marine use. of table or counter. I Do not mount this appliance over I To reduce the risk of fire in the oven a sink. cavity: I Do not mount the microwave oven —Do not overcook food. Carefully over or near any portion of a heating attend appliance when paper, plastic Operating Instructions or cooking appliance. or other combustible materials are I Do not store anything directly on top placed inside the oven while cooking. of the microwave oven surface when —Remove wire twist-ties and metal the microwave oven is in operation. handles from paper or plastic I Do not operate this appliance if it has containers before placing them in a damaged power cord or plug, if it is the oven. not working properly, or if it has been —Do not use the oven for storage damaged or dropped. If the power purposes. Do not leave paper cord is damaged, it must be replaced products, cooking utensils or food by General Electric Service or an in the oven when not in use. authorized service agent using a —If materials inside the oven ignite, power cord available from General keep the oven door closed, turn the Tips Troubleshooting Electric. oven off and disconnect the power I Do not cover or block any openings cord, or shut off power at the fuse or on the appliance. circuit breaker panel. If the door is I Use this appliance only for its opened, the fire may spread. intended use as described in this I See door surface cleaning instructions manual. Do not use corrosive in the Care and cleaning of the chemicals or vapors in this appliance. microwave oven section of this manual. This microwave oven is specifically I This appliance must only be serviced designed to heat, dry or cook food, by qualified service personnel. Contact and is not intended for laboratory or nearest authorized service facility for industrial use. examination, repair or adjustment. I Do not store this appliance outdoors. I As with any appliance, close Consumer Support Do not use this product near water— supervision is necessary when for example, in a wet basement, near used by children. a swimming pool, near a sink or in similar locations. I Keep power cord away from heated surfaces. I Do not immerse power cord or plug in water. 3 IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! Safety Information ARCING If you see arcing, press the CLEAR/OFF pad and correct the problem. Arcing is the microwave term I Metal, such as twist-ties, for sparks in the oven. Arcing poultry pins, or gold-rimmed is caused by: dishes, in the microwave. I Metal or foil touching the I Recycled paper towels side of the oven. containing small metal pieces being used in the microwave. I Foil not molded to food (upturned edges act like antennas). Operating Instructions FOODS I Do not pop popcorn in your I Operating the microwave microwave oven unless in a with no food inside for more special microwave popcorn than a minute or two may accessory or unless you use cause damage to the oven popcorn labeled for use in and could start a fire. It microwave ovens. increases the heat around the magnetron and can I Some products such as shorten the life of the oven. whole eggs and sealed Troubleshooting Tips Troubleshooting containers—for example, I Foods with unbroken outer closed jars—are able to “skin” such as potatoes, hot explode and should not be dogs, sausages, tomatoes, heated in this microwave apples, chicken livers and oven. Such use of the other giblets, and egg yolks microwave oven could should be pierced to allow result in injury. steam to escape during cooking. I Do not boil eggs in a microwave oven. Pressure will build up inside egg yolk and will cause it to burst, Consumer Support possibly resulting in injury. 4 Safety Information ge.com I SUPERHEATED WATER I Avoid heating baby food in Liquids, such as water, glass jars, even with the lid coffee or tea are able to be off. Make sure all infant food overheated beyond the boiling is thoroughly cooked. Stir point without appearing to be food to distribute the heat boiling. Visible bubbling or evenly. Be careful to prevent boiling when the container is scalding when warming removed from the microwave formula. The container may feel cooler than the formula oven is not always present. Operating Instructions THIS COULD RESULT IN VERY really is. Always test the HOT LIQUIDS SUDDENLY formula before feeding BOILING OVER WHEN THE the baby. CONTAINER IS DISTURBED OR I Don’t defrost frozen A SPOON OR OTHER UTENSIL beverages in narrow-necked IS INSERTED INTO THE LIQUID. bottles (especially carbonated beverages). Even if the To reduce the risk of injury container is opened, pressure to persons: can build up. This can cause — Do not overheat the liquid. the container to burst, possibly resulting in injury. — Stir the liquid both before and halfway through I Hot foods and steam can heating it. cause burns. Be careful when Tips Troubleshooting opening any containers of — Do not use straight-sided hot food, including popcorn containers with narrow bags, cooking pouches and necks. boxes. To prevent possible — After heating, allow the injury, direct steam away container to stand in the from hands and face. microwave oven for a short I Do not overcook potatoes. time before removing the They could dehydrate and container. catch fire, causing damage — Use extreme care when to your oven. inserting a spoon or other I Cook meat and poultry utensil into the container. thoroughly—meat to at Consumer Support least an INTERNAL temperature of 160°F and poultry to at least an INTERNAL temperature of 180°F. Cooking to these temperatures usually protects against foodborne illness. 5 IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION. READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING. WARNING! Safety Information MICROWAVE-SAFE COOKWARE Make sure all cookware used in I Do not use recycled paper your microwave oven is suitable products. Recycled paper for microwaving. Most glass towels, napkins and waxed casseroles, cooking dishes, paper can contain metal measuring cups, custard cups, flecks which may cause arcing pottery or china dinnerware or ignite. Paper products which does not have metallic containing nylon or nylon trim or glaze with a metallic filaments should be avoided, sheen can be used. Some as they may also ignite. cookware is labeled “suitable I Some styrofoam trays (like for microwaving.” those that meat is packaged I Operating Instructions If you are not sure if a dish is on) have a thin strip of metal microwave-safe, use this test: embedded in the bottom. Place in the oven both the When microwaved, the metal dish you are testing and a can burn the floor of the glass measuring cup filled oven or ignite a paper towel. with 1 cup of water—set the I Do not use the microwave to measuring cup either in or dry newspapers.