GE 164 D2092P021 User Manual

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Help us help you...
Before using your oven,
read this book carefully.
It is 
intended to help you operate
and maintain your new microwave
oven properly.
Keep   handy for answers 
to your
questions.
If you don’t understand something
or need more help, 
 (include
your phone number):
Consumer Affairs
GE Appliances
Appliance Park
Louisville, 
Write down the model
and serial numbers.
You’ll find them on a label inside
the oven on the upper left side.
These numbers are also on the
Consumer Product Ownership
Registration card that came with
your microwave oven. Before
sending in this card, please write
these numbers here:
 Number
Serial Number
Use these numbers in any
correspondence or service calls
concerning your microwave oven.
Be sure your microwave
oven is registered.
It is 
important that we know the
location 
of your microwave oven
 a need occur for adjustments.
Your supplier is responsible for
registering you as the owner.
Please check with your supplier
to be sure he has done so; also send
in your Consumer Product Ownership
Registration Card. If you move, or
if you are not the original purchaser,
please write to us, stating model
and serial numbers.
This appliance must be registered.
Please be 
 that it is.
Write to:
GE Appliances
Range Product Service
Appliance Park
Louisville, 
If you received a
 oven . . .
Immediately contact the dealer
(or builder) that sold you the oven.
Save time and money.
Before you request service . . .
check the Problem Solver on
page 31. It lists causes of minor
operating problems that you can
correct yourself.
Optional 
available at extra cost from your
GE supplier.
 Charcoal 
 
 for
non-vented instillation.
 
 
 
 
 with 
your 
 oven:
● 
Steam 
 vapor escaping from
● 
Dull thumping sound while
around 
 door.
oven is operating.
Microwaving 
Make sure all cookware used in
your microwave oven is suitable for
microwaving. Most glass casseroles,
cooking dishes, measuring cups,
custard cups, pottery or china
dinnerware which does not have
 trim or 
 with a 
sheen can be used. Some cookware
is labeled “suitable for 
If you are unsure, use this dish test:
Measure 1 cup water in a glass cup.
Place in oven on or beside dish.
Microwave 1 minute at High (10).
If water becomes hot, dish is
microwave safe. If dish heats, it
should not be used for microwaving.
● 
Paper towels, wax paper, and
plastic wrap can be used to cover
dishes in order to retain moisture
and prevent spattering.
● 
Some microwaved foods require
stirring, rotating, or rearranging.
Check the cooking guide for specific -
instructions.
● 
Steam builds 
UP 
pressure in foods
which are tightly’ 
 by a skin
or membrane. Pierce potatoes, egg
yolks and chicken livers to prevent
bursting.
safe for use in microwave ovens.
● 
Light 
 around door or
● 
Some TV-Radio interference
outer 
might be noticed while using your
● 
g oven light and change
microwave oven, It’s similar to the
in blower sound may occur while
 caused by other small
operating   power levels other
appliances and does not indicate a
 high.
problem with your oven.
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