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-. How to get thebesttiom Your ~ Contents Adapter Plugs 25 Heating or Reheating Guide 20 Muminum Foil 4, 19,21 Hold Time 10 Use mdCare of Appliance Registration Important Phone Numbers 27 Comter Saver@ Automatic Fan Feature 5,$ Impo~t Safety Instructions 3–5 Auto Roast 16 Installation 20 modek Auto Roast Guide 17 Light Bulb Replacement 24 RW225BL Auto Simmer 17 Microwaving Tips 6 Care and Cleaning 23-26 Minute Cook Feature 12 RW225W -, Clock 8 Model and Send Numbers 2 Consumer Services 27 Popcorn 13 Control Panel 8,9 Power Levels 2.7.8.11.12. Cooking by Temperature 15 iti16, 2&22 Microwave power output Cooking by Time 12 Precautions 2 of tis oven is 850 watk. Cooking Complete Reminder 10 Probe 4,8, 10, 11, 15-17 @C-705 TeW Mum) Cooking Guide 22 Problem Solver 26 Defrosting by Time 14 Reheat Feature 18 Defrosting Guide 21 Timer 11 Delayed Cooking 11 warranty Back Cover Exhaust Fan 5,7,25,26 Extension Cords 25 Features 10 Glossary of Microwave Terms 19 Grease Filter 25 GE Answer Center” Grounding Instructions 25 800.626.2000 ~LP US ~LP YOU... Before using your oven, Be sure your microwave Save tie and money. read this book careftiy. oven is registered. Before you quwt service... It is intended to help you operate It is important that we know Check the Problem Solver in the and maintain your new microwave the location of your microwave back of this book. It fists causes of oven properly. oven should a nmd occur for minor operating problems that you Keep it handy for answers to your adjustments. can correct yourself. questions. Your supplier is responsible for If you don’t understand something registering you as the owner. All these things are norrnd or need more help, write (include Please check with your supplier with your microwave oven. your phone number): to be sure he has done so; dso ● Steam or vapor escaping from Consumer Affairs send in your Consumer Product around the door. Hotpoint Ownership Registration Card. Apphance Park If you move, or if you are not ● Light reflection around door or Louisville, KY 40225 the ongind purchaser, please outer case. write to us, stating model and “ Dimming oven light and change send numbers. Write down the model and in blower sound may occur while This apphce must be re~tered. operating at power levels other seri~ numbers. P1- be certain that it is. than high. You’ll find them on a label inside Write to: ● Dull thumping sound while oven the oven. Hotpoint is operating. These numbers are dso on the Range Product Service G Some W-Radio intetierence Consumer Product Ownership AppIiace Park might be noticed while using Registration Card that came with Louisville, KY 40225 your microwave oven. It’s your microwave oven. Before similar to the interference sending in this card, please write caused by other smrdl these numbers here: M you received a appliances and does not damaged oven... indicate a problem with Model Number tiediately contact the d~er your oven. (or builder) that sold you the oven. Setiai Number Use these numbers in any correspondence or service calls concerning your microwave oven. 2 5 IF YOU NEED SERVICE... To obtain service, see the HRST, contact the people who ~ALLY, if your problem is still Consumer Services page in serviced your appliance. Explain not resolved, write: the back of this book. why you are not pleased. In most Major Appliance Consumer We’re proud of our service and cases, this will solve the problem. Action Panel want you to be pleased. If for NEXT, if you are still not pleasd, 20 North Wacker Drive some r=son you are not happy write dl the details-including Chicago, ~ 60606 with the service you receive, your phone number—to: here are 3 steps to follow for Manager, Consumer Relations further help. Hotpoint Appliance Park Louisville. KY 40225 ● Make sure d cookware used in your microwave ● Paper toweh, waxed paper and plastic wrap oven is suitable for microwaving. Most glass can be used to cover dishes in order to retain casseroles, cooking dishes, measuring cups, custard moisture and prevent spattering. Be sure to vent cups, pottery or china dinnerware which does not plastic wrap so steam can escape. have metdic trim or gl=e with a metilic sheen ● Some microwaved foods require stirring, rotating can be used. Some cookware is labeled “suitable or rearranging. Check the Cooking Guide. for microwaving.” ● Steam butids up pressure in foods which are ● M you are not tightly covered by a skin or membrane. Pierce sure if a dish is potatoes, egg yolks and chicken livers to prevent microwave-safe, bursting. use this test: Place in the oven both the tish you are H you use a meat thermometer while cooking, make testing and a glass sure it is safe for use in microwave ovens. measuring cup filled with 1 CUP of water—set the measuring cup either in or next to the dish. Microwave 1 minute at high. If the dish heats, it should not be used for microwaving. If the dish remains cool and only the water in the cup heats, then the dish is microwave-safe. 6 Variable power levels add flexibility to your Rest periods (when the microwave energy cycles o~ microwave cooking. The power levels on your give time for the food to “equalize” or transfer heat microwave oven can be compared to the surface to tie inside of the food. An example of this is shown units on a range. HIGH (Power Level 10) or full with Power Level 3—the defrost cycle. If ticrowave power is the fastest way to cook and gives you energy did not cycle off, the outside of the food would 100% power. Each power level gives you microwave cook before the inside was defrosted. energy a certain percent of the time. Power Level 7 is Here are some examples of uses for various power microwave energy 7090 of the time. Power Level 3 is levels: energy 3090 of the time. A high setting (10) will cook faster but may need PO~R LE~L BEST USES additionti attention such as frequent stirring, rotating High 10 Fish, bacon, vegetables, or turning over. Most of your cooking will be done boiling liquids. on HGH (Power Level 10). A lower setting will cook more evenly ad with less attention given to stirring Medium 7 Gentie cooking of meat and or rotating the food. Some foods may have better poultry; baking casseroles flavor, texture or appearance if one of the lower and reheating. settings is used. You may wish to use a lower power Medium 5 Slow cooking and tenderizing level when cooking foods that have a tendency to such as stews and less tender boil over, such as scalloped potatoes. cuts of meat. Low 3 Defrosting without cooking; simmering; delicate sauces. warm 1 Keeping food warm without overcooking; softening butter. AUTO~TIC FAN ~Am This microwave oven has m automatic fan feature to The fan will automatically turn off when the intemd protect it from too much heat rising from the cooktop parts are cool. It may stay on for 30 minutes or more or range beneath it. It automaticrdly turns on at a low after the range and microwave controls have been speed if it senses too much heat. turned off. If you have turned the fan on you may find that you cannot turn it off. This is because the automatic fan has come onto protect the intemd parts of the microwave. 7 YOUR TOUCH CO~ROL P~L The Touch Control Panel Wows you to set the oven controls with the touch of a finger. It’s designed to be easy to use and understand. 1. DISPLAY. Displays time of day, time or 10. TEMP COOK. Use the temperature probe to temperature during cooking functions, power cook by using a preset temperature. Once food level being used, cooking mode and instructions. reaches preset temperature, oven switches to 2. T~ DEFROST. Genfle thawing at automatic HOLD setting and maintains that temperature Power bvel 3 (Low). until you touch the CLEAWOFF pad, 3. T~ COOK. Microwave for a selected mount 11. AUTO ROAST. Insert probe. Touch this pad, of time using automatic Power Level 10 (High). the desired number pad for the code, then START. The oven slow-cooks meat witi the automatic 4. POPCORN. Touch this pad to cook prepackaged preset program. microwave popcorn weighing 3.0 to 3.5 ounces. No need to touch START, tie oven will start 12. REHEAT. Use Reheat feature for quick immediately. reheating of a variety of foods using different times and power levels. 5. MINUTE COOK. Touch the number pads 1 through 5 for 1 to 5 minutes of cooking. No n=d 13. CLOCK. Touch this pad to enter time of day or to touch START, the oven will start immediately. check time of day while microwaving. To set clock, f~st touch CLOCK pad and then enter time 6. NMER PADS. Touch these pads to enter of day. For example, if time is 1:30, touch number cooking time, defrosting time, time of day, pads 1,3 and O and “1:30” will appear in display. temperature, power level or food weights for Then touch START or CLOCK pad. To reset or Auto Defrost. change time, simply repeat above process. 7. START. After dl selections are made, touch this 14. CLOCK DISPLAY ON/OFF. Touch the O pad to start the oven. number pad to turn the clock display on or off.