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‘, . Howtoget thebestfromYOtll? Oven Useand Careof Smemaker” .& modelJVM64 Featuresof youroven Howto use the AUTOCOOKfature D12 Howto use the A~O ROASTfature D14 Howto use the AUTODEFROSI’fmture 1)16 Ovenshelfguide p30 Savetimeandmoney. Beforeyoucallfor semke, use the Problemsolver P33 Your Direct Line to General Electric The GE Answer CenteF800.626.2000 GE NE RAL@EIECTRIC Help Us PRECAUTIONS Help You. ~ TO AVOID POSSIBLE Read this book cafiefully Be sure your Microwave H will help you operate and ain- Oven is registered. EXPOSLJRE TO tain your new Microwave Ov n Itis important that we, the manu- j EXCESSIVE properly. facturer, know the location of your Microwave Oven should a need MICROWAVE Keep it handy for answers to our occur for adjustments. questions. ~ ENERGY Your supplier is responsible for If you don’t understand some hing registering you as the owner. or need more help. \ Please check with your supplier to (a) Do Not Attempt to operate this Call, toll free: be sure he has done so: also send oven with the door open since open in your Consumer Product Owner- The GE Answer Center’” ~ door operation can result in harmful ship Registration Card. If you move, exposure to microwave energy. It is 800.626.2000 or if you are not the original pur- important not to defeat or tamper consumer information service chaser please write to us, stating with the safety interlocks. or write: (include your phone model and serial numbers. This number); appliance must be registered. (b) Do Not Place any object between the oven front face and the Consumer Affairs Please be certain that it is. door or allow soil or cleaner residue General Electric Company Write to: to accumulate on sealing surfaces. Appliance Park Louisville, KY 40225 General Electric Company (c) Do Not Operate the oven if it is Range Product Service damaged. It is particularly important I Appliance Park that the oven door close properiy Write down the model a d Louisville, KY 40225 and that there is no damage to the: q serial numbers. (1) door (bent), You’ll find them on a label insi e If you received a damaged the oven on the upper left sid . oven. (2) hinges and iatches (broken O, r immediately contact the dealer (or ioosened), These numbers are also on th’ builder) that sold you the Micro- (3) door seals and seaiing surfaces. Consumer Product Ownershi wave Oven. Registration Card that came ith (d) The Oven Should not be your Microwave Oven. Before Save time and money. adjusted or repaired by anyone sending in this card, please w ite Before you request semice, check except properly quaiifieci service i these numbers here: the Problem Solver on page 33. It personnei. lists minor causes of operating problems that you can correct Model No. ~ yourself. Serial No. , The electric output of this microwave oven is 600 Watts. Use these numbers in any correspondence or service ca Is concerning your Microwave 4 ven. This microwave oven is UL li~ted for installation over electric and gas ranges. Optional Accessory . Avaiiable at extra-cost from y?ur General Electric supplier. JX80 Charcoal Filter Kit ‘ Add for non-vented in$tallati 4 n. 2 Contents IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Before Microwaving . Read all instructions before using this appliance. Sate nstructions . When using electrical appliances ● See door cleaning instruc- lntro~~ction to Your Oven . basic safety precautions should tions on page 28. Set the Clock . be followed, including the ● To reduce the risk of fire in following: Touch Control Panel . 6, the oven cavity: Time Cook . WARNING—TO reduce the risk —Do not overcook food. Care- of burns, electric shock, fire, Manual Defrosting . fully attend appliance if paper, injury to persons or exposure to Temp Cook . 1 plastic, or other combustible excessive microwave energy: materials are placed inside the Hold/Timer . ..1 ● Use this appliance only for its oven to facilitate cooking. Automatic Cooking . 12,1 intended use as described in this —Remove wire twist-ties from Automatic Roasting manual. paper or plastic bags before &Chart . ..l4.l ● Read and follow the specific placing bag in oven. Automatic Defrosting . 1 “PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID —Paper towels and napkins, Automatic Cooking POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO waxpaper. Recycled paper Recipe Guide . 1 EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE products can contain metal Meats . ..l8. 1 ENERGY” found on page 2. flecks which may cause arcing Vegetables . ...20.2 ● This appliance must be or ignite. Paper products con- Desserts . ...22. 2 grounded. Connect only to taining nylon filaments should Automatic Cooking Chart... 24,2 properly grounded outlet. See be avoided, as they may also “GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS ignite. The Exhaust Feature . 2’ found on page 32. —Do not use your microwave Care of Your Oven . ...28.2! ● For best operation, plug this oven to dry newspapers. Spacemaker@ Microwave Oven appliance into it own electrical —Do not pop popcorn in your Shelf Guide . ..3O.3 outlet, to prevent flickering of microwave oven unless in a spe- Grou~-’:ng instructions . 3; lights, blowing of fuse or trip- cial microwave popcorn acces- The F. ~Jem Solver . ..3; ping of circuit breaker. sory or unless you use popcorn Consumer Services . 3! ● Install or locate this appliance labeled for use in microwave WarrantY . ..Back Cove only ‘inaccordance with the pro- ovens. vided installation instructions. —Do not operate the oven while ● Do not cover or block any empty to avoid damage to the openings on the appliance. oven and the danger of fire. If by Microwaving Tips ● Do not use outdoors. accident the oven should run ● empty a minute or two, no harm Make sure all utensils used in ● Do not immerse power cord is done. However, try to avoid your microwave oven arelab$led or plug in water. %uitableformicrowaving”. Check operating the oven empty at all your Cookbook for specific test ● Keep power cord away from times—it saves energy and pro- to determine ’’microwave-safe” heated surfaces. longs life of the oven. utensils. ● Do not let power cord hang —If materials inside the oven a paper towels, waxpaper, and over edge of table or counter. should ignite,keep oven door plastic wrap can beused tocover ● Do not operate this appliance closed, turn oven off, and dis- dishes in order to retain moisture if it has a damaged power cord connect the power cord, or shut and prevent spattering. or plug, if it is not working prop- off power at the fuse or circuit ● Some microwaved foods require erly, or if it has been damaged breaker panel. stirring, rotating, or rearranging. or dropped. ● Some products such as Check your Cookbook forspecific ● This appliance should be ser- whole eggs and sealed con- instructions. viced only by qualified service tainers—for example, closed glass jars-may explode and ● Some foods such as unshelled personnel. Contact nearest eggs and hotdogs must be pierced authorized service facility for should not be heated in this toallow steamto escape during examination, repair or oven. cooki adjustment. ● As with any appliance, close supervision is necessary when used by children. (continued next page) 3 — IMPORTANT ‘SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS (continued) ● Avoid heating baby food in wave plastics ‘only “and use THE HOOD: glass jars, even without their them” in strict compliance with lids; especially meat and egg the utensil manufacturers ● Have it installed and properly mixtures. recommendations. 2) Do not grounded by a qualified installer. ● Don’t defrost frozen Nver- subject empty utensils to micro- See the special installation book. ages in narrow necked bottles; waving. 3) Do not permit children let packed with the microwave especially carbonated ones. to use plastic utensils without oven. Even if the container is opened, complete supemision. ● The vent fan in your Space- pressure can build up. This can ● When cooking pork follow maker@ oven will operate cause the container to burst, our directions exactly and automatically under certain resulting in injury. always cook the meat to at least conditions (see Automatic Fan ● Use metal only as dire@ed in 170°. This assures that, in the Feature, page 7). While the fan is Cookbook Metal strips a$ used remote possibility that trichina operating caution is required to prevent the starting and spread- on meat roasts are helpful when may be present in the meat, it used as shown in Cookbook. will be killed and meat will be ing of accidental cooking fir= safe to eat. while the vent fan is in use. For TV dinners may be cooked in this reason: metal tfays but when usinp shelf ● Boiling eggs (in and out of they must be replaced in their shell) is not recommended for —Never leave surface unib box. However, when using metal microwave cooking. Pressure unattended at high heat settings. in microwave oven, keep metal can buiid up inside egg yolk and Boilover causes smoking and (other than metal shelf) at least may cause it to burst, resulting greasy spillovers that may ignite l-inch away from sides of oven. in injury. and spread if vent fan is oper- ating. To minimize automatic fan ● Foods with unbroken outer ● Cooking utensils may operation, use adequate sized “skin” such as potatoes, hot become hot because of heat utensils and use high heat set- dogs or sausages, tomatoes, transferred from the heated tings only when necessary. food. This is especially true if apples, chicken livers and other —In the event of a grease fire, plastic wrap has been covering giblets, and eggs (see above) smother flaming pan on surface the top and handles of the should be pierced to allow unit by covering pan completely utensil. Potholders may be steam to escape during cooking. with well-fitting lid, cookie sheet needed to handle the uten~il. ● “Boilable” cooking pouches or flat tray.