GE JVM140H User Manual

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, write (include
your phone number):
Consumer Affairs
GE Appliances
Appliance Park
Louisville, 

You’ll find them on a label inside

the oven on the upper 

 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:

Model Number

SerialNumber

Use these numbers in any
correspondence or service calls
concerning your microwave oven.

It is important that we know the
location of your oven should 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
certain that it is.

Write to:

GE Appliances
Range Product Service
Appliance Park
Louisville, 

Immediately contact the dealer
(or builder) that sold you the
microwave oven.

Before you request service . . .
check the Problem Solver on
pages 20 and 21. It lists causes of
minor operating problems that you
can correct yourself.

 these 

 are 

 with 

 microwave oven:

. 

Steam or vapor escaping from

● 

Dull thumping sound while

around the door.

oven is operating.

● 

Light reflection around door or

● 

Some TV-Radio interference

outer case.

might be noticed while using your

● 

Dimming oven light and change

microwave oven. It’s 

 to the

in blower sound may occur while

interference caused by other 

operating at power levels other

appliances and does not indicate a

than high.

 with 

 oven.

● 

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 microwaving?’

If you are unsure, use this dish test:
Measure 1 cup water in a glass cup.
Place in oven on or beside dish.
Microwave 

 minutes at High. 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 your cookbook.

● 

Steam builds up pressure in foods

which are tightly covered by a skin
or membrane. Pierce potatoes, egg
yolks and chicken livers to prevent
bursting.

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