Microwave Oven PLBMV188HC, GLBM188HS, GLBM188HB WELCOME & CONGRATULATION .......................... 2 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ................ 2-6 PART NAMES ............................................................ 7 BEFORE OPERATING .............................................. 9 MANUAL OPERATION ....................................... 10-11 SENSOR MODES ............................................... 11-14 AUTO MODES ....................................................
WELCOME & CONGRATULATIONS Questions? 1-800-944-9044 (United States) 1-800-668-4606 (Canada) Congratulations on your purchase of a new microwave oven! At Electrolux Home Products, we are very proud of our product and are completely committed to providing you with the best service possible. Your satisfaction is our number one priority. We know you’ll enjoy your new microwave oven and Thank You for choosing our product. We hope you consider us for future purchases.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS This symbol will help alert you to situations that may cause serious bodily harm, death or property damage. This symbol will help alert you to situations that may cause bodily injury or property damage. READ ALL INFORMATION BEFORE USING To reduce the risk of fire, burns, electric shock, injury to persons, or exposure to excessive microwave energy when using your appliance, follow basic precautions, including the following sections.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS UNPACKING AND EXAMINING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN Open the bottom of the carton, bend the carton flaps back and tilt the microwave oven over to rest on plastic foam pad. Lift carton off microwave oven and remove all packing materials, Installation Instructions, Wall Template, Top Template, Charcoal Filter, Turntable and Turntable Support. SAVE THE CARTON AS IT MAY MAKE INSTALLATION EASIER. • Remove the feature sticker from the outside of the door, if there is one.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN ABOUT MICROWAVE COOKING This Use and Care Manual is valuable: read it carefully and always save it for reference. • Arrange food carefully. Place thickest areas towards outside of dish. • Watch cooking time. Cook for the shortest amount of time indicated and add more as needed. Food severely overcooked can smoke or ignite. A good microwave cookbook is a valuable asset. Check it for microwave cooking principles, techniques, hints and recipes.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS cooked to safe temperatures. Electrolux is not responsible for any damage to the microwave oven when accessories are used. ABOUT UTENSILS AND COVERINGS It is not necessary to buy all new cookware. Many pieces already in your kitchen can be used successfully in your new microwave oven. Make sure the utensil does not touch the interior walls during cooking.
PART NAMES BOTTOM VIEW (Front of microwave oven) (Rear of microwave oven) 1 Microwave oven door with see-through window 10 Vent Hi/Lo/Off pad Press the Vent Hi/Lo/Off pad once for high speed, twice for low speed and three times to turn off the fun. 2 Door hinges 3 Waveguide cover: DO NOT REMOVE. 11 Control panel 4 Turntable motor shaft 12 Time display: Digital display, 99 minutes, 99 seconds 5 Microwave oven light It will light when microwave oven is operating or door is open.
CONTROL PANEL Words in the lower portion of the display will light to indicate what function is in progress. 24 12 24 18 19 13 13-14 15-17 20 13 14 13-14 21 24 24 22-24 10 14 24 9 23 Number next to the control panel illustration indicates pages on which there are feature descriptions and usage information. E OR 1.8̲A168̲EN.indd 8 8 08.6.
BEFORE OPERATING • Before operating your new oven make sure you read and understand this Use and Care Guide completely. • Before the Over the Range Microwave Oven can be used, follow these procedures: This is a 12 hour clock. If you attempt to enter an incorrect clock time, ERROR will appear in the display. Press the STOP Clear pad and re-set the clock. • If the electrical power supply to your microwave oven should be interrupted, the display will intermittently show after the power is reinstated.
MANUAL OPERATION • Time Cooking Your Over the Range Microwave Oven can be programmed for 99 minutes 99 seconds (99.99). Always enter the seconds after the minutes, even if they are both zeros. • Step 1. Enter defrosting time. Suppose you want to cook for 5 minutes at 100%. Step 2. Press the Power Level pad eight times to enter a power level of 30%. Press 5 1. Enter cooking time. Suppose you want to defrost for 5 minutes at 30%.
MANUAL OPERATION Manual Defrost If the food that you wish to defrost is not listed on the Defrost chart or is above or below the limits in the Amount column on the Defrost chart (see page 21), you need to defrost manually. Always stop the oven periodically to remove or separate the portions that are defrosted. If food is not defrosted at the end of the estimated defrosting time, program the oven in 1 minute increments on power level 30% until totally defrosted.
SENSOR MODES SENSOR MODES has 5 functions, such as Sensor Cook, Popcorn, Veggies, Baked Potato and Sensor Reheat. Sensor Cook There are 5 foods (frozen entrees, ground meat, rice, flsh/seafood, and chicken breast) under the SENSOR COOK that uses the sensor. NOTES: 1. SENSOR MODES can be programmed with More or Less Time Adjustment. Press the Power Level pad once or twice before cooking is started. See page 23. 2. Each food has a cooking hint.
SENSOR MODES Popcorn/Veggies/Baked Potato/Sensor Reheat • Suppose you want to cook popcorn. Step Step Press Press the Popcorn pad once. Press the Popcorn pad twice. • • Suppose you want to cook veggetables. Popcorn Press the Veggies pad once. Popcorn x2 Press the Veggies pad twice. Suppose you want to reheat soup. Press Veggies Veggies x2 Step Press Press the Sensor Reheat pad for soup.
SENSOR MODES Veggies chart FOOD PROCEDURE AMOUNT 1. Fresh Vegetables, soft Broccoli Brussels sprouts Cabbage Cauliflower (flowerets) Cauliflower (whole) Spinach Zucchini Baked apples 0.25 - 2.0 lb, 0.2 - 0.9 kg 0.25 - 2.0 lb, 0.2 - 0.9 kg 0.25 - 2.0 lb, 0.2 - 0.9 kg 0.25 - 2.0 lb, 0.2 - 0.9 kg 0.25 - 2.0 lb, 0.2 - 0.9 kg 1 medium 0.25 - 1.0 lb, 0.2 - 0.45 kg 0.25 - 2.0 lb, 0.2 - 0.9 kg 2 - 4 medium Wash and place in casserole. Add no water if vegetables have just been washed.
AUTO MODES AUTO MODES has 5 functions, such as Auto Cook, Keep Warm, Melt Soften, Snacks Menu and Auto Defrost. 2. Repeat pressing same number pad at Step 1 to increase quantity. Ex: 1 serving. NOTES: 1. AUTO MODES except Keep Warm can be programmed with More or Less Time Adjustment. Press the Power Level pad once or twice before cooking is started. See page 23. 2. Each food has a cooking hint except for Melt Soften.
AUTO MODES 5. YELLOW RICE AND CHICKEN 8. CREAMY SEAFOOD PASTA Place in a 3 quart casserole: 1 package (5 - 8 ounces) yellow rice mix with flavor packet 2 cups chicken broth Stir well and cover. Press the Auto Cook pad, number 5 and press the START Enter pad. At pause, stir well and add: 1 cup frozen peas 1 red pepper, diced 11 /4 pounds boneless chicken cutlets, sliced into thin strips Re-cover. Press the START Enter pad. At end, garnish with parsley.
AUTO MODES NOTES: 1. Auto reheat can be programmed with More or less time adjustment. See page 23. 2. Fresh rolls/muffins, frozen rolls/muffins, pasta and beverage are same procedure. Follow the left side procedure. • Suppose you want to reheat 2 fresh muffins with auto reheat. Step Press 1. Press the Auto Cook pad twice and number 1 for fresh muffin. 2. Repeat pressing same number pad at Step 1 to increase quantity. Ex : 2 muffins. 3. Press the START Enter pad.
AUTO MODES Keep Warm Keep Warm allows you to keep food warm for 30 minutes at the maximum. With manual cooking • Direct use • Suppose you want to keep a cup of soup warm for 30 minutes. Step 1. Press the Keep Warm pad. 2. Enter the desired time. Ex : 30 minutes. 3. Press the START Enter pad. Step Press 1. Enter cooking time. Keep Warm 3 0 Suppose you want to cook a cup of soup for 2 minutes at 70% and keep the soup warm for 15 minutes. 2. Press the Power Level pad 4 times for 70% power. 0 3.
AUTO MODES Melt Soften NOTES: 1. To melt, soften other food or foods except the quantity listed in the melt, soften, use manual operation. 2. Butter, chocolate, ice cream and cream cheese are same procedure. Follow the procedure on the left side. Melt Soften automatically compute the correct heating time and microwave power level for melting and softening foods shown in the chart. There are 4 foods (butter, chocolate, ice cream and cream cheese) under the melt, soften.
AUTO MODES Snacks Menu Snacks are for cooking/heating foods that take a short amount of time! There are 7 foods (frozen mw pizza, hand held snacks (3-4 oz / 0.085-0.113 kg), hand held snacks (5-6 oz / 0.142-0.17 kg), chicken nuggets, hot dogs, frozen kind's meal and pizza) under the Snacks Menu. • • Step Suppose you want to reheat a slice of pizza with snacks. Step Press 1. Press the Snacks Menu pad and number 7 for pizza. Snacks Menu 2. Repeat pressing same number pad at Step 1 to increase quantity.
AUTO MODES Auto Defrost There are 6 foods (ground meat, stakes/chops/fish, chicken pieces, roast, casserole and soup) under the auto defrost. NOTES: 1. To defrost other food or foods above or below the weights allowed on the Defrost chart, use time and 30% power. See Manual defrost on page 11. 2. If you attempt to enter more or less than the amount as indicated in the chart below, an error message will appear in the display. 3. Check foods when your oven stops.
CONVENIENT FEATURES User Pref Step User Pref provides 5 features that make using your oven easy because specific instructions are provided in the interactive display. 5. Enter cooking time. Ex : 20 minutes 1. Child Lock The Child Lock prevents unwanted oven operation such as by small children. The oven can be set so that the control panel is deactivated or locked. To set, press the User Pref pad, the number 1 and then press the START Enter pad. Should a pad be pressed, LOCKED will appear in the display.
CONVENIENT FEATURES 4. Language Selection 4. Press the Power Level pad 6 times for 50% power for 2nd stage. The oven comes set for English and U.S. Customary Unitpounds. Your oven can be selected 3 Languages, English, Spanish or French, and 2 units, pounds or kilograms for each language. To change, press the User Pref pad and number 4. Continue to press the number 4 until your choice is selected from the table below. Then, press the START Enter pad. Press the user pref pad and number 4 5.
CONVENIENT FEATURES Help Quick Start Each setting has a cooking hint. If you wish to check, press the User Pref pad whenever HELP is lighted in the Interactive Display for these and other manual operation hints. Quick start is very useful function to start or add to cook from 1 minute to 6 minutes by pressing number from 1 to 6 at 100% power without pressing the START Enter pad. Press number from 1 to 6 within 3minutes after cooking, closing the door, pressing the STOP Clear pad.
CLEANING AND CARE Disconnect the power cord before cleaning or leave the door open to deactivate the oven during cleaning. EXTERIOR ODOR REMOVAL The outside surface is precoated steel and plastic. Clean the outside with mild soap and water; rinse and dry with a soft cloth. Do not use any type of household or abrasive cleaner. Occasionally, a cooking odor may remain in the microwave oven.
CLEANING AND CARE Disconnect the power cord before cleaning or leave the door open to deactivate the oven during cleaning. CHARCOAL FILTERS MICROWAVE OVEN LIGHT Charcoal Filters, which are attached with Hood Louver, are used for nonvented, recirculated installation. The filter should be changed every 6 to 12 months depending on use. Remove the louver per instructions 1-3 above, if used. 1.
SERVICE CALL CHECK Please check the following before calling for service: Place one cup of water in a glass measuring cup in the oven and close the door securely. Operate the oven for one minute at HIGH 100%. A Does the oven light come on? YES ____ NO ____ B Does the cooling fan work? YES ____ NO ____ YES ____ NO ____ (Put your hand over the left side of louver.) C Is the water in the oven warm? NOTES: 1.
MAJOR APPLIANCE WARRANTY INFORMATION Your appliance is covered by a one year limited warranty. For one year from your original date of purchase, Electrolux will pay all costs for repairing or replacing any parts of this appliance that prove to be defective in materials or workmanship when such appliance is installed, used and maintained in accordance with the provided instructions. Exclusions This warranty does not cover the following: 1.