GE 164D2966P087 - Manual (Page 9)

USING YOUR OVEN
1 Using Your Oven
1. the controls. Be sure you understand NOTE:
set them properly. Read over the directions
the Oven Controls so you understand how to
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You may notice a “burning” or “oily” smell the
first times you turn your oven on. This is
use them.
normal in a new oven and will disappear in a short
2. Check the inside the oven. Look the shelves. time. To speed the process, set a self-clean cycle for
Take a practice run removing and replacing them a minimum 3 hours. See the Operating the
properly, to give sure, sturdy support. Cleaning Oven section.
Read over the information and tips that follow.
4. Keep this guide handy so you refer to it,
especially during the first weeks of using your
new oven.
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A may automatically turn on and off to cool
internal parts. This is normal and the fan may
continue to run even after the oven is turned off.
Oven Shelves
The shelves are designed with stop-locks so that
when placed correctly on the shelf supports, they
will stop before coming completely out from the
oven, and will
tilt when removing food from or
placing food on them.
When placing cookware on a shelf, pull the shelf out
to the “stop” position. Place the cookware on the
then the back into the oven. This
reaching into the hot oven.
To remove the shelves from the oven, pull them
toward you, tilt the front end upward and pull the
shelf out.
To replace, the shelf on the shelf support with
,
the stop-locks (curved extension of the shelf) facing
up and toward the rear of the oven. Tilt up the front
and push the shelf toward the back of the oven until it
past the bump on the support. Then
the front the shelf and push it the way back.
NOTE: The shelves for the convection oven
2 inches shorter than the regular oven shelves.
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