MicroFarberware FM12SSGwave Oven Instructions Manual

Farberware FM12SSG Microwave Oven

SPECIFICATIONS

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS

• This appliance must be grounded. In the event of an electrical short circuit, grounding reduces the risk of electric shock by providing an escape wire for the electric current. This appliance is equipped with a cord having a grounding wire with a grounding plug. The plug must be plugged into an outlet that is properly installed and grounded.

WARNING – Electric Shock Hazard

Improper use of the grounding can result in electric shock. Do not plug into an outlet until appliance is properly installed and grounded.

1. A short power-supply cord is provided to reduce the risks resulting from becoming entangled in or tripping over a longer cord.
2. Longer cord sets or extension cords are available and may be used if care is exercised in their use.
3. If a long cord or extension cord is used:
   • 1) The marked electrical rating of the cord set or extension cord should be at least as great as the electrical rating of the appliance.
   • 2) The extension cord must be a grounding-type 3-wire cord.
   • 3) The longer cord should be arranged so that it will not drape over the counter top or tabletop where it can be pulled on by children or tripped over unintentionally

RADIO INTERFERENCE

1. Operation of the microwave oven may cause interference to your radio, TV orsimilar equipment.
2. When there is interference, it may be reduced or eliminated by taking the following measures:
   • 1) Clean door and sealing surface of the oven
   • 2) Reorient the receiving antenna of radio or television.
   • 3) Relocate the microwave oven with respect to the receiver.
   • 4) Move the microwave oven away from the receiver.
   • 5) Plug the microwave oven into a different outlet so that microwave oven and receiver are on different branch circuits.

SAFETY

1. The oven must be on a leveled surface.
2. The turntable and turntable roller rest must be in the oven during cooking. Place the cookware gently on the turntable and handle it carefully to avoid possible breakage.
3. Incorrect use of browning dish may cause the turntable to break.
4. Use only the specified bag size when using Direct Access Popcorn.
5. The oven has several built-in safety switches to ensure that the power remains off when the door is open. Do not tamper with these switches.
6. Do not operate the microwave oven empty. Operating the oven with no food or food that is extremely low in moisture can cause fire, charring or sparking.
7. Do not cook bacon directly on the turntable. Excessive local heating of the turntable may cause the turntable to break.
8. Do not heat baby bottles or baby food in the microwave oven. Uneven heating may occur and could cause physical injury

UTENSILS

• CAUTION – Personal Injury Hazard
• Tightly-closed utensils could explode. Closed containers should be opened and plastic pouches
  should be pierced before cooking. See the instructions on “Materials you can use in microwave oven or to be avoided in microwave oven.”

There may be certain non-metallic utensils that are not safe to use for microwaving. If in doubt, you can test the utensil in question following the procedure below.
Utensil Test:

1. Fill a microwave-safe container with 1 cup of cold water (250ml) along with the utensil in question.
2. Cook on maximum power for 1 minute.
3. Carefully feel the utensil. If the empty utensil is warm, do not use it for microwave cooking.
4. Do not exceed 1 minute cooking time

MATERIALS YOU CAN USE IN MICROWAVE OVEN

MATERIALS TO BE AVOIDED IN MICROWAVE OVEN

SETTING UP YOUR OVEN

Names of Oven Parts and Accessories

Remove the oven and all materials from the carton and oven cavity. Your oven comes with the following accessories:

• Glass tray 1
• Turntable ring assembly 1
• Instruction Manual 1

Turntable Installation

• a. Never place the glass tray upside down. The glass tray should never be restricted.
• b. Both glass tray and turntable ring assembly must always be used during cooking.
• c. All food and containers of food are always placed on the glass tray for cooking.
• d. If glass tray or turntable ring assembly cracks or breaks, contact your nearest authorized service center

Counter-top Installation

Remove all packing material and accessories. Examine the oven for any damage such as dents or broken door. Do not install if oven is damaged.

1. Select a level surface that provide enough open space for the intake and/or outlet vents. A minimum clearance of 3.0 inches (7.5cm) is required between the oven and any adjacent walls. One side must be open.
   • (1) Leave a minimum clearance of 12 inches (30cm) above the oven.
   • 2) Do not remove the legs from the bottom of the oven.
   • Cabinet: Remove any protective film found on the microwave oven cabinet surface. Do not remove the light brown Mica cover that is attached to the oven cavity to protect the magnetron
   • (3) Blocking the intake and/or outlet openings can damage the oven.
   • (4) Place the oven as far away from radios and TV as possible. Operation of microwave oven may cause interference to your radio or TV reception.
2. Plug your oven into a standard household outlet. Be sure the voltage and the frequency is the same as the voltage and the frequency on the rating label

CONTROL PANEL

• (1) Time Cook
• (2) Weight/Time Defrost
• (3) Clock/Kitchen Timer
• (4) Power (10 power levels available)
• (5) Grill/Combo
• (6) Auto Cook Menu (Popcorn,Potato, Frozen Pizza, Frozen Vegetable,Beverage, Meat,D inner Plate)
• (7) Number Pad (0-9)
• (8) Express Cook (Number Pad 1-6)
• (9) START/ 30 S EC .(Begin cooking time or add time to cooking)
• (10) Stop/CANCEL (Before cooking starts, press to clear all previous settings; during cooking, press once to stop oven; press twice to stop oven and clear all settings.
• (11) Memory function

OPERATION

1. POWER LEVEL
   • 10 power levels are available
     

     Level	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
     Power	100%	90%	80%	70%	60%	50%	40%	30%	20%	10%
     Display	PL10	PL9	PL8	PL7	PL6	PL5	PL4	PL3	PL2	PL1

2. CLOCK SETTING
   • (1) Press “Clock/Kitchen Timer“ once, “00:00” will display.
   • (2) Press the number keys and enter the current time. For example, time is 10:12 now, please press “1,0,1,2” in turn.
   • (3) Press “Clock/Kitchen Timer“ to finish clock setting. “:” will flash and the clock will be lighted.
   • (4) If the numbers input are not within the range of 1:00–12:59, the setting will be invalid until valid numbers are input.
   • Note:
   • In the process of clock setting, if the “STOP/CANCEL“ button is pressed or if there is no operation within 1 minute, the oven will go back to the former setting automatically.
   • If the clock need to be reset, please repeat step 1 to step 3.
3. MICROWAVE COOK
   • (1) Press “TIMECOOK ” once, the screen will display “00:00”.
   • (2) Press number keys to input the cooking time; the maximum cooking time is 99 minutes and 99 seconds.
   • (3) Press “POWER“ once, screen will display “PL10”. The default power is 100% power. Now you can press number keys to adjust the power level.
   • (4) Press “START/ 30SEC.“ to start cooking.
   • Example: To cook the food with 50% microwave power for 15 minutes.
     • a. Press once.”00:00” displays.
     • b. Press “1”,”5”,”0”,”0” in order.
     • c. Press “POWER”once,then press “5” to select 50% microwave power.
     • d. Press to start cooking.
   • Note:
   • In the process of setting, if the “STOP/CANCEL“ button is pressed or if there is no operation within 1 minute, the oven will go back to the former setting automatically.
   • You can skip the step of “c” and cook at 100% microwave power.
4. KITCHEN TIMER
   • (1) Press “Clock/Kitchen Timer“ twice,the screen will display 00:00.
   • (2) Press the number keys and enter the timer time. (The maximum cooking time is 99 minutes and 99 seconds.)
   • (3) Press “START/ + 30sec.“ to confirm setting. (4) When the timer time arrives, the buzzer will ring 5 times, screen display the current time.
   • NOTE:
   • The kitchen time is different from 12-hour system, Kitchen Timer is a timer.
   • Kitchen Timer and cooking (including microwave, defrosting, Auto menu) are independent,
   • all the cooking functions cannot be set during running Kitchen Timer, Kitchen Timer cannot be set during running other cooking functions.
5. GRILLING COOKING
   • (1) Press “Grill/Combo.“once, “G-1” will display.
   • (2) Press number keys to input the cooking time; the maximum cooking time is 99 minutes and 99 seconds.
   • (3) Press “START/+30SEC.“ to start cooking.
6. COMBINATION COOKING
   • (1) Press “Grill/Combo.“twice or three times, “C-1” or “C-2” will display.
   • (2) Press number keys to input the cooking time; the maximum cooking time is 99 minutes and 99 seconds.
   • (3) Press “START/+30SEC.“ to start cooking.
   • Note:If you need to use the metal rack, you need to place the metal rack on resi stant glass turntable.
     

     Function	Display	Microwave Power	Grill Power
     Combi.1	C-1	55%	45%
     Combi.2	C-2	36%	64%

7. EXPRESS COOKING
   • (1) In waiting state, instant cooking at 100% power level with 30 seconds’ cooking time can be started by pressing “START/+30SEC.“. Each press on the same button will increase cooking time by 30 seconds. The maximum cooking time is 99 minutes and 99 seconds.
   • (2) If not ready cooking, press number pads 1-6 to quickly cook from 1-6 minutes at 100% power. Press “ START/ + 30sec. ” to increase the cooking time; the maximum cooking time is 99 minutes and 99 seconds.
   • Note:
   • During microwave cooking, time defrost , time can be added by pressing “START/ + 30sec.” button
8. CANCEL QUICKLY
   • (1) During setting or running procedure, only pressing “STOP/CANCEL“ can stop current states and turn back to the waiting states.
9. WEIGHT DEFROST FUNCTION
   • (1) Press “Weight/Time Defrost“ once, screen will display “dEF1”;
   • (2) Press numerical buttons to input weight to be defrosted. Input the weight ranged between 4~100 Oz. If the weight input is not within 4~100 Oz, the input will be invalid.
   • (3) Press “START/+30SEC.“ to start defrosting and the cooking time remained will be displayed.
10. FROZEN PIZZA
    • (1) Press “FROZEN PIZZA“ repeatedly until the number you wish appears in the display, “4.0”,”8.0”,”14.0”Oz will display in order. For example, press “FROZEN PIZZA“once, “4.0” appears.
    • (2) Press “START/+30SEC.“ to cook, buzzer sounds once. When cooking finish, buzzer sounds five times and then turns back to waiting state.
11. MEMORY FUNCTION
    • (1) Press “0/MEMORY” to choose memory 1-3 procedure. The screen will display 1,2,3.
    • (2) If the procedure has been set, press “START/+30SEC.“ to use it. If not, continue to set the procedure. Only one or two stages can be set.
    • (3) If the procedure has not been set, after finishing the setting, press“START/+30SEC.“once to save the procedure and turn back to the waiting states. If press“START/+30SEC.“ it will start cooking at once and save the procedure too.
    • Example: To set the following procedure as the second memory, that is memory 2. To cook the food with 80% microwave power for 3minutes and 20 seconds. The steps are as follow:
      • a. In waiting states, press “0/MEMORY” twice, stop pressing until the screen displays “2”.
      • b. Press “ TIME COOK “ once,then press “3”,”2”,”0” in order.
      • c. Press “POWER“ once, ”PL10” display, then press “8” and “PL8” displays.
      • d. Press “START/+30SEC.“once to save the setting. Buzzer sounds once then the screen will display “2”. If you press “START/+30SEC.“ again, the procedure will be operated as the memory 2.
      • e. If the electricity is not cut off, the procedure will be saved all the time. If it is, the procedure need to reset.
      • f.  When you want to run the saved procedure, in waiting states, press“0/MEMORY” twice, screen displays “2”, then press “START/+30SEC.“ to start cooking.
    • Note:
    • Auto menu can not be set in memory function
12. MULTI-STAGE COOKING
    • At most 2 stages can be set for cooking. In multi-stage cooking, if one stage is defrosting, then defrosting shall be placed at the first stage automatically.
    • Note:
    • Auto menu cannot work in the multi-stage cooking.
    • Example: If you want to cook with 80% microwave power for 5 minutes + 60% microwave power for 10 minutes. The cooking steps are as following:
      • a. Press“ TIME COOK “ once,then press “5”,”0”,”0” to set the cooking time;
      • b. Press “POWER“ once,then press “8” to select 80% microwave power.
      • c. Press“ TIME COOK “ once,then press “1”,”0”,”0”,”0” to set the cooking time;
      • d. Press “POWER“ once,then press “6” to select 60% microwave power.
      • e. Press “START/+30SEC.“to start cooking.
13. LOCK FUNCTION FOR CHILDREN
    • Lock: In waiting state, press “STOP/CANCEL“ for 3 seconds, there will be a long “beep” denoting the entering into the children-lock state, and the lock indicator will light. The screen will display the
    • Unlock: In locked state, press “STOP/CANCEL “ for 3 seconds, there will be a long “beep” denoting that lock is released.
14. COOKING END REMINDING FUNCTION
    • When the cooking is over, the buzzer will sound 5 “beep” to alert user the cooking is finished.

MAINTENANCE

Troubleshooting

• Check your problem by using the chart below and try the solutions for each problem. If the microwave oven still does not work properly, contact the nearest authorized service center

Farberware FM12SSG Microwave Oven-FAQs