Owner's Manual

19
TROUBLESHOOTING
Questions
and Answers
Operation
Question
Why
is
the
oven
light
not
on
during
cooking?
Why
does
steam come out
of
the
air
exhaust vent?
Will
the microwave
oven be
damaged
if
it
operates empty?
Does
microwave
energy pass through
the
viewing
screen
in
the
door?
Why
does a
tone
sound when a
pad
on
the control
panel
is
touched?
Can
my
microwave
oven be
damaged
if
food is
cooked
for
too
long?
When
the
oven is
plugged
into
wall
outlet
for
the first
time,
it
might
not
work
properly.
What
is
wrong?
Why
do I see
light
reflection
around
the
outer case?
What
are
the
various sounds I hear when
the microwave
oven is
operating?
There
may
be several reasons
why
the
oven
light
is
not
on.
Have
you:
?
Set
a
cooking
time?
?
Touched START?
Steam
is
normally produced during cooking.
The
microwave
oven
has been
designed
to vent this steam.
Yes. Never
operate
the
oven
empty
or
without the
glass
turntable.
No. The
metal screen bounces the
energy
back to the
oven
cavity.
The holes
(or ports)
allow
only light
to
pass through. They
do
not
let microwave
energy pass through.
The
tone tells
you
that the
setting
has been
entered.
Like
any
other
cooking appliance,
it
is
possible
to overcook
food
to the
point
that the
food
creates
smoke and even
possibly
fire
and
damage
to the
inside of
the
oven.
It
is
always
best to
be near
the
oven while
you
are
cooking.
The
microcomputer controlling your
oven
may temporarily
become scrambled
and fail
to function
as
programmed
when
you
plug
in for
the first time
or when
power
resumes
after
a
power
interruption. Unplug
the
oven from
the 120-volt
household
outlet
and
then
plug
it back
in
to reset the
microcomputer.
This
light
is from
the
oven
light
which
is
located between the
oven
cavity
and
the outer
wall of
the
oven.
The
clicking
sound is
caused
by
a
mechanical switch
turning
the
microwave
oven's
magnetron
ON and OFF.
The
heavy
hum and
clunk
is from
the
change
in
power
the
magnetron
draws as
it
is
turned
ON and OFF
by
a
mechanical
switch.The
change
in blower
speed
is from
the
change
in line
voltage
caused
by
the
magnetron being
turned
ON and OFF.
Answer
Food
Question
Answer
What
is
wrong
when baked foods have a
hard,
dry,
brown
spot?
Why
do
eggs
sometimes
pop?
A
hard,
dry,
brown
spot
indicates
overcooking.
Shorten the
cooking
or
reheating
time.
When
baking, frying,
or
poaching eggs,
the
yolk may pop
due
to
steam
build-up
inside
the
yolk
membrane. To
prevent
this,
simply pierce
the
yolk
before
cooking.
CAUTION: Never
microwave
eggs
in
the
shell.