Farberware FMO07ABTBKA Microwave Oven Instruction Manual

Farberware FMO07ABTBKA Microwave Oven

SPECIFICATIONS

RADIO INTERFERENCE

1. Operation of the microwave oven may cause interference to your radio, TV or similar 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.
9. Do not heat narrow-necked containers, such as syrup bottles.
10. Do not attempt to deep-fry in your microwave oven.
11. Do not attempt home canning in this microwave oven, as it is impossible to be sure all contents of the jar have reached boiling temperature.
12. Do not use this microwave oven for commercial purpose. This microwave oven is made for household use only.
13. To prevent delayed eruptive boiling of hot liquids and beverages or scalding yourself, stir liquid before placing the container in the oven and again halfway through cooking time. Let stand in the oven for a short time and stir again before removing the container.
14. Use carefully when cooking food in the microwave oven to avoid burning due to excessive cooking.
15. When the appliance is operated in the combination mode, children should only use the oven under adult supervision due to the temperatures generated.
16. Failure to maintain the oven in a clean condition could lead to deterioration that could adversely affect the life of the appliance and possibly result in a hazardous situation.

UTENSILS

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
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• A) Control panel
• B) Turntable shaft
• C) Turntable ring assembly
• D) Glass tray
• E) Observation window
• F) Door assembly
• G) Safety interlock system

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.

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.

1. Select a level surface that provide enough open space for the intake and/or outlet vents.
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.

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.
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.

CONTROL PANEL

1. Time Cook
2. Time Defrost
3. Weight Defrost
4. Power (11 power levels available)
5. Clock
6. Kitchen Timer
7. Auto Cook Menu (Popcorn, Potato, Pizza, Frozen Vegetable, Beverage, Dinner Plate)
8. Number Pad (0-9)
9. Express Cook (Number Pad 1-6)
10. START/ADD 30 SEC (Begin cooking time or add time to cooking)
11. 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.
12. Memory function

OPERATION

1. POWER LEVEL
   11 power levels are available.
2. CLOCK SETTING
   • (1) Press “Clock“ , “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“ 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.
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/ADD 30sec“ to start cooking.
     Example: To cook the food with 50% microwave power for 15 minutes.
   • a. Press “TIME COOK” 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 “START/ADD 30sec“ to start cooking.
4. KITCHEN TIMER
   • (1) Press “Kitchen Timer “ once, 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/ADD 30sec“ to confirm setting
   • (4) When the timer time arrives, the buzzer will ring 3 times, screen display the correct time.
     Example: When oven is cooking with 50% microwave power for 15 minutes, screen display countdown cooking time, you want to set timer 10 minutes.
   • a. Press “Kitchen Timer“ once, the screen will display 00:00
   • b. Press the number keys and enter the timer time. If no entering timer in 10 seconds, timer set is canceled and oven return to countdown cooking time.
   • c. Press “START/ADD 30sec“, timer is operated. If no press “START/ADD 30sec“ in 10 seconds , timer set is canceled and oven return to countdown cooking time.
5. EXPRESS COOKING
   • (1) In waiting state, instant cooking at 100% power level with 30 seconds’ cooking time can  be started by  pressing “START/ADD 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 ““ S T A R T / A D D 3 0 s e c “ to increase the cooking time; the maximum cooking time is 99 minutes and 99 seconds.
6. CANCEL QUICKLY
   • (1) During setting or running procedure, only pressing “STOP/CANCEL“ can stop current states and turn  back to the waiting states.
7. WEIGHT DEFROST FUNCTION
   • (1) Press “Weight Defrost“ once, screen will display “dEF1”;
   • (2) Press numerical buttons to input weight to be defrosted. Input the weight ranged between 4~100Oz.Z If the weight input is not within 4~100, the input will be invalid.
   • (3) Press “START/ADD 30sec“ to start defrosting and the cooking time remained will be displayed.
8.  TIME DEFROST FUNCTION
   • (1) Press “Time Defrost“ , screen will once display “dEF2”.
   • (2) Press number pads to input de fro sting time. Th e effective time r ange is 00:0 1~99:99.
   • (3) The default microwave power is power level 3 and it cannot be changed.
   • (4) Press “START/ADD 30sec“ to start defrosting. The remained cooking time will be displayed.
9. POPCORN
   • (1) Press “POPCORN“ repeatedly until the number you wish appears in the display, “1.75”,”3.0”,”3.5” Oz will display in order. For example, press “POPCORN” once, “1.75” appears.
   • (2) Press “START/ADD 30sec“ to cook, buzzer sounds once. When cooking finish, buzzer sounds five times and screen will display the correct time.
10. BEVERAGE
    • (1) Press “BEVERAGE“ repeatedly until the number you wish appears in the display, “1”,”2” cup will display in order. One cup is about 8 Oz. For example, press “BEVERAGE” once, “1” appears.
    • (2) Press “START/ADD 30sec“ to cook, buzzer sounds once. When cooking finish, buzzer sounds five times and screen
11. PIZZA REHEAT
    • (1) Press “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 “PIZZA“ once, “4.0” appears.
    • (2) Press “START/ADD 30sec“ to cook, buzzer sounds once. When cooking finish, buzzer sounds five times and screen
12. POTATO
    • (1) Press “POTATO“ repeatedly until the number you wish appears in the display, “1”,”2”,”3” will display in order. For example, press “POTATO” once, “1” appears.
    • (2) Press “START/ADD 30sec“ to cook, buzzer sounds once. When cooking finish, buzzer sounds five times and screen will display the correct time.
13.  FROZEN VEGETABLE
    • (1) Press “ FROZEN VEGETABLE “ repeatedly until the number you wish appears in the display, “4.0”,”8.0”,”16.0” OZ will display in order. For example, press “FROZEN VEGETABLE” once, “4.0” appears.
    • (2) Press “START/ADD 30sec“ to cook, buzzer sounds once. When cooking finish, buzzer sounds five times and screen will display the correct time.
14. DINNER PLATE
    • (1) Press “ DINNER PLATE“ repeatedly until the number you wish appears in the display, “9.0”,”12.0”,”18.0” Oz will display in order. For example, press “ DINNER PLATE “once, “9.0” appears.
    • (2) Press “START/ADD 30sec“ to cook, buzzer sounds once. When cooking finish, buzzer sounds five times and screen will display the correct time.
15. 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/ADD 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 “Favorite” once to save the procedure and turn back to the waiting states. If press “START/ADD 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 “Favorite” to save the setting. Buzzer sounds once then turn back to waiting states. If you press “START/ADD 30sec” again, the procedure will be saved as the memory 2 and operated.
    • 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 “Favorite” twice, screen displays “2”, then press “ START/ADD 30sec “ to start cooking.
16. 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. 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/ADD 30sec“ to start cooking.
17. INQUIRING FUNCTION
    In the microwave cooking state, press “POWER“ to inquire microwave power level, and the current microwave power will be displayed. After three seconds, the oven will turn back to the previous state. In multi-stage state, the inquiring way can be done by the same way as above.
18. 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 current time or “0:00”.
    • Unlock: In locked state, press “STOP/CANCEL“ for 3 seconds, there will be a long “beep” denoting that lock is released.
19. COOKING END REMINDING FUNCTION
    When the cooking is over, the buzzer will sound 5 “beep” to alert user the cooking is finished.
    
20. OTHER SPECIFICATIONS
    
    • (1) In standby state, if the set clock digital tube displays current time, the icon “:“ would flash; otherwise, it shows “0:00“.
    • (2) In setting function state, the screen displays corresponding setting.
    • (3) In working or pause state, the screen displays surplus cooking time.
    • (4) When the cooking is finish, the screen will display the correct time. Opening the door or pressing “STOP/CANCEL“ can make the oven enter waiting state.
      

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.

ONE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY

This warranty applies to products purchased and used in the U.S and Canada This is the only express warranty for this product and is in lieu of any other warranty or condition. This product is warranted to be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the date of original purchase.

This warranty is valid for the original retail purchaser or gift recipient from the date of initial retail purchase and is not transferable. Keep your original sales receipt as proof of purchase is required to make a warranty claim.

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