Black+Decker EM031MB11 1.1 cu.ft. 1000W Digital Microwave Oven

INSRUCTION MANUAl MICROWAVE OVENS

PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE ENERGY

(a) Do not attempt to operate this oven with the door open since operation can result in harmful exposure to microwave energy. It is important not to defeat or tamper with the safety interlocks.

(b) Do not place any object between the oven front face and the door or allows soil or cleaner residue to accumulate on sealing surfaces.

(c) Do not operate the oven if it is damaged. It is particular important that the oven door close properly and that there is no damage to the:

(1) DOOR (bent)
(2) HINGES AND LATCHES (broken or loosened)
(3) DOOR SEALS AND SEALING SURFACE

(d) The oven should not be adjusted or repaired by anyone except properly qualified service personnel.

Specifications

Definitions: Safety Alert Symbols and Words

This instruction manual uses the following safety alert symbols and words to alert you to hazardous situations and your risk of personal injury or property damage.

DANGER: Indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will result in death or serious injury.

WARNING: Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury.

CAUTION: Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in minor or moderate injury. (Used without word) Indicates a safety related message.

NOTICE: Indicates a practice not related to personal injury which, if not avoided, may result in property damage.

WARNING: Read all safety warnings and all instructions. Failure to follow the warnings and instructions may result in electric shock, fire and/or serious injury.

WARNING: Never modify the product or any part of it. Damage or personal injury could result.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of injury, read the instruction manual.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

WARNING: To reduce the risk of burns, electric shock, fire,injury to persons or exposure to excessive microwave oven energy when using your appliance, follow basic safety precautions, including the following:

1. Read all instructions before using the appliance.
2. Read and follow the specific: "PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE ENERGY" found on page 2.
3. As with most cooking appliances, close supervision is necessary to reduce the risk of a fire in the oven cavity.
4. To reduce the risk of fire in the oven cavity:
   • i). Do not over cook food. Carefully attend the appliance when paper, plastic, or other combustible materials are placed inside the oven to facilitate cooking.
   • ii).Remove wire twist-ties and metal handles from paper or plastic containers/bags before placing them in the oven.
   • iii). If materials inside the oven ignite, keep the oven door closed. Turn the oven off, and unplug the appliance. Disconnect the power cord, shut off power at the fuse or circuit breaker panel.
   • iv). Do not use the oven cavity for storage purposes. Do not leave paper products, cooking utensils, or food in the cavity when not in use.
5. This oven must be grounded. Connect only to properly grounded outlet. See" GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS" found on page 4.
6. Install or locate this oven only in accordance with the installation instructions provided in this manual.
7. Some products, such as whole eggs, sealed containers, or closed glass jars may explode and should not be heated in the oven.
8. Use this appliance only for its intended uses as described in this manual. Do not use corrosive chemicals or vapors in this appliance. This oven is specifically designed to heat cook or dry food. It is not designed for industrial or laboratory use.
9. This appliance is not intended for use by children, however, it may be used by children with close adult supervision.
10. Do not operate this oven if it has a damaged cord or plug, if it is not working properly or if it has been damaged or dropped.
11. This appliance should be serviced only by qualified service technicians. Contact the nearest authorized service facility for examination, repair or adjustment.
12. Do not cover or block any openings on the oven.
13. Do not store or use this appliance outdoors.
14. Do not use this oven near water, for example, near a kitchen sink, in a wet basement, near a swimming pool, or similar locations.
15. Do not immerse cord or plug in water.
16. Keep cord away from heated surfaces.
17. Do not let cord hang over edge of table or counter.
18. When cleaning interior or exterior surfaces, use only mild, nonabrasive, soaps or detergents applied with a sponge or soft cloth.
19. Liquids, such as water, coffee, or tea may overheated beyond the boiling point without appearing to be boiling. Visible bubbling or boiling when the container is removed from the microwave oven is not always present. This could result in very hot liquids suddenly boiling over when the container is disturbed or a spoon, or other utensil, is inserted into the liquid.
    • i) Do not overheat the liquid.
    • ii) Stir the liquid both before and halfway through heating it.
    • iii) Do not use straight-sided containers with narrow necks.
    • iv) After heating, allow the container to stand in the microwave oven for a short time before removing the container.
    • v) Use extreme care when inserting a spoon or other utensil into the container.

WARNING: IMPROPER CONNECTION OF THE EQUIPMENT-GROUNDING CONDUCTOR CAN RESULT IN A RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. CHECK WITH A QUALIFIED ELECTRICIAN OR SERVICE PERSON IF YOU ARE IN DOUBT AS TO WHETHER THE OUTLET IS PROPERLY GROUNDED. DO NOT MODIFY THE PLUG PROVIDED WITH THE APPLIANCE-IF IT WILL NOT FIT THE OUTLET, HAVE A PROPER OUTLET INSTALLED BY A QUALIFIED ELECTRICIAN.

DANGER - Electric Shock Hazard: Touching some of the internal components can cause serious personal injury or death. Do not disassemble this appliance.

WARNING: Improper use of the grounding can result in electric shock. Do not plug into an outlet until
appliance is properly installed and grounded. This appliance must be grounded. In the event of an electrical short circuit, grounding reduces the risk of electric shock by providing an escape wire for the electric current. This appliance is equipped with a cord having grounding wire with a grounding plug. The plug must be plugged into an outlet that is properly installed and grounded.

Consult a qualified electrician or serviceman if the grounding instructions are not completely understood or if doubt exists as to whether the appliance is properly grounded.
If it is necessary to use an extension cord, use only a 3-wire extension cord that has a 3-pronged grounding plug, and a 3-slotreceptacle that will accept the plug on the appliance. The marked rating of the extension cord shall be equal to or greater than the electrical rating of the appliance.

1. A short power-supply cord is provided to reduce the risks resulting from becoming entangled in or tripping over a longer cord.
2. Longer cord sets or extension cords are available and may be used if care is exercised in thei use.
3. If a long cord set or extension cord is used:

1) The marked electrical rating of the cord set or extension cord should be at least
as great as the electrical rating of the appliance.
2) The extension cord must be a grounding-type 3-wire cord
3) The longer cord should be arranged so that it will not drape over the countertop or tabletop
where it can be pulled on by children or tripped over unintentionally.

Radio Interference

1. Operation of the microwave oven may cause interference to your radio, TV or similar equipment.
2. When there is interference, it may be reduced or eliminated by taking the following measures:

1) Clean door and sealing surface of the oven
2) Reorient the receiving antenna of radio or television.
3) Relocate the microwave oven with respect to the receiver.
4) Move the microwave oven away from the receiver.
5) Plug the microwave oven into a different outlet so that microwave oven and receiver are on different branch circuits.

See the instructions on "Materials you can use in microwave oven or to be avoided in microwave oven on page 6."

There may be certain non-metallic containers that are not safe to use for microwaving. If in doubt, you can test the container in question following the procedure below.

container Test:

1. Fill a microwave-safe container with 1 cup of cold water (250ml) along with the container in question.
2. Cook on maximum power for 1 minute.
3. Carefully feel the container. If the empty container is warm, do not use it for microwave cooking.
4. Do not exceed 1 minute cooking time.

SETTING UP YOUR OVEN

Names of Oven Parts and Accessories

Remove the oven and all materials from the carton and oven cavity.

A) Control panel

B) Turntable shaft

C) Turntable ring assembly

D) Glass tray

E) Observation window

F) Door assembly

G) Safety interlock system

Turntable Installation

a. Never place the glass tray upside down. The glass tray should never be restricted.

b. Both glass tray and turntable ring assembly must always be used during cooking. c. All food and containers of food are always placed on the glass tray for cooking.

d. If glass tray or turntable ring assembly cracks or breaks, contact your nearest authorized service center.

Countertop Installation

Remove all packing material and accessories. Examine the oven for any damage such as dents or broken door. Do not install if oven is damaged.

Cabinet: Remove any protective film found on the microwave oven cabinet surface.

Do not remove the light brown Mica cover that is attached to the oven cavity to protect the magnetron.

Installation

1. Select a level surface that provide enough open space for the intake and/or outlet vents.

A minimum clearance of 3.0 inches (7.5cm) is required between the oven and any adjacent walls. One side must be open.

1. Leave a minimum clearance of 12 inches (30cm) above the oven.
2. Do not remove the legs from the bottom of the oven.
3. Blocking the intake and/or outlet openings can damage the oven.
4. Place the oven as far away from radios and TV as possible.

Operation of microwave oven may cause interference to your radio or TV reception.

2. Plug your oven into a standard household outlet. Be sure the voltage and the frequency is the same as the voltage and the frequency on the rating label.

OPERATION

Control Panel and Features

1. Time Cook
2. Time Defrost
3. Power
4. Clock
5. Auto menu: Popcorn, Potato, Pizza, Frozen vegetable, Beverage, Dinner plate
6. Number Buttons:0-9
7. Weight Defrost
8. Kitchen Timer function
9. Stop/Cancel: clears all previous setting pressed before cooking starts. Duringcooking: press once to stop oven; twice to stop and clear all entries.
10. Memory function
11. Start/+30Sec.

1. Power Level

11 power levels are available.

2. Clock Setting

1. (Press " CLOCK ", "00:00" will display.
   
2. (Press the number keys and enter the current time. For example, time is 10:12 now, please press "1, 0, 1, 2" in turn.
   
3. Press " CLOCK " to finish clock setting. ":" will flash and the clock will be lighted.
4. If the numbers input are not within the range of 1:00--12:59, the setting will be invalid until valid numbers are input.

Note: In the process of clock setting, if the " STOP/CANCEL " button is pressed or if there is no operation within 1 minute, the oven will go back to the former setting automatically. If the clock need to be reset, please repeat step 1 to step 3.

3. Kitchen Timer

1. Press "TIMER ", LED will display 00:00, the first hour figure flash.
   
2. Press the number keys and enter the timer time. (The maximum cooking time is minutes and 99 seconds.)
3. Press " START/+30SEC. " to confirm setting.
4. When the timer time arrives, the buzzer will ring 5 times

If the clock is set (12-hour system), LED will display the current time.

Note: The kitchen time is differ from 12-hour system. Kitchen Timer is a timer. During kitchen timer, any program cannot be set.

4. Microwave cook

1. Press "TIME COOK" once, LED will display "00:00".
   
2. Press number keys to input the cooking time; the maximum cooking time is 99 minutes and 99 seconds
3. Press " POWER " once, LED will display "PL10". The default power is 100% power.
   Now you can press number keys to adjust the power level.
4. Press " START/+30SEC." to start cooking.
   Example: to cook the food with 50% microwave power for 15 minutes.

a. Press "TIME COOK" once."00:00" displays.
b.Press "1", "5", "0", "0" in order.

c.Press "POWER"once, then press "5" to select 50% microwave power.
d.Press "START/+30SEC." to start cooking

Note:

1) In the process of cooking, if the " STOP/CANCEL " button is pressed, or if there is no operation within 1 minute, the oven will go back to the former setting automatically
2) If "PL0" selected, the oven will work with fan for no power.
3) During microwave setting, "POWER" can be pressed to change the power you need. After pressing "POWER", the current power lights, now you can press number button to change the power. The oven will work with the selected power for the rest time.

5. Speedy Cooking

1. In waiting state, instant cooking at 100% power level can be started by select a cooking time from 1 to 6 minutes by pressing number pads1 to 6. Press " START/+30SEC." to increase the cooking time. The maximum cooking time is 99 minutes and 99 seconds.
2. In waiting state, instant cooking at 100% power level with 30 seconds' cooking time can be started by pressing " START/+30SEC ". Each press on the same button will increase cooking time by 30 seconds. The maximum cooking time is 99 minutes and 99 seconds.

Note: during microwave cooking and time defrost,time can be added by pressing "START/30SEC." button.

6. Weight Defrost Function

1. Press " WEIGHT DEFROST ", LED will display "dEF1".
   
2. Press numerical buttons to input weight to be defrosted. Input the weight ranged between 4~100 Oz.
   
3. If the weight input is not within 4~100 Oz, the input will be invalid.
4. Press " START/+30SEC. " to start defrosting and the cooking time remained will be displayed.

7. Time Defrost Function

1. Press " TIME DEFROST ", LED will display "dEF2".
   
2. Press number pads to input defrosting time. The effective time range is 00:01~99:99.
3. The default microwave power is power level 3. If you want to change the power level, press " POWER " once, and the LED will display "PL 3", then press the number pad of the power level you wanted.
4. Press " START/+30SEC. " to start defrosting. The remained cooking time will be displayed.

8. POPCORN

1. Press " POPCORN " repeatedly until the number you wish appears in the display, "1.75","3.0","3.5" Oz will display in order.
   
   For example, press "POPCORN" once, "1.75" appears
2. Press " START/+30 SEC. " to cook, buzzer sounds once. When cooking finishes, buzzer sounds five times and then turn back to waiting state.

9. POTATO

1. Press " POTATO " repeatedly until the number you wish appears in the display, "1","2","3" will display in order.
   
   "1" SET : 1 potato (approximate 8.0 Oz)
   "2" SETS: 2 potatoes (approximate 16.0 Oz)
   "3" SETS: 3 potatoes (approximate 24.0 Oz)
   For example, press "POTATO" once, "1" appears.
2. Press " START/+30 SEC. " to cook, buzzer sounds once. When cooking finishes, buzzer sounds five times and then turn back to waiting state.

10. FROZEN VEGETABLE

1. Press " FROZEN VEGETABLE " repeatedly until the number you wish appears in the display, "4.0","8.0","16.0" oz will display in order.
   For example, press "FROZEN VEGETABLE" once, "4.0" appears
   
2. Press " START/+30 SEC. " to cook, buzzer sounds once. When cooking finishes, buzzer sounds five times and then turn back to waiting state.

11. BEVERA E

1. Press " BEVERAGE " repeatedly until the number you wish appears in the display, "1","2","3" cup will display in order. One cup is about ml. For example, press "BEVERAGE" once, "1" appears.
   
2. Press " START/+30 SEC. " to cook, buzzer sounds once. When cooking finishes, buzzer sounds five times and then turn back to waiting state.

12. DINNER PLATE

1. Press " DINNER PLATE " repeatedly until the number you wish appears in the display, "9.0","12.0","18.0" oz will display in order.
   For example, press "DINNER PLATE" once, "9.0" appears.
   
2. Press " START/+30 SEC. " to cook, buzzer sounds once. When cooking finishes, buzzer sounds five times and then turn back to waiting state.

13. PIZZA

1. Press " PIZZA " repeatedly until the number you wish appears in the display, "4.0","8.0","14.0" oz will display in order.
   For example, press "PIZZA" once, "4.0" appears.
   
2. Press " START/+30 SEC. " to cook, buzzer sounds once. When cooking finishes, buzzer sounds five times and then turn back to waiting state.

14. MEMORY FUNCTION

1. (Press "0/MEMORY" to choose memory 1-3 procedure. The LED will display 1,2,3.
2. (If the procedure has been set, press " START/ +30 SEC." to use it. If not, continue to set the procedure. Only one or two stages can be set.
3. (After finishing the setting, press "START/ +30 SEC." once to save the procedure.
   If press " START/ +30 SEC." again, it will start cooking.
   Example: to set the following procedure as the second memory, that is memory 2. to cook the food with 80% microwave power for 3 minutes and 20 seconds

The steps are as follow:

a. In waiting state, press "0/MEMORY" twice,stop pressing until the screen displays "2"
b.Press "TIME COOK" once,then press "3","2","0" in order.
c. Press "POWER" once,"PL10" display,then press "8" and "PL8" displays
d. Press "START/ +30 SEC." to save the setting. Buzzer sounds once and the LED will display "2". If you press "START/+30SEC." again, the procedure will be saved as the memory 2 and operated
e. If the electricity is not cut off, the procedure will be saved all the time. If it is, the procedure need to reset.
f.If you want to run the saved procedure, in waiting state, press "0/MEMORY" twice, screen displays "2", then press "START/+30SEC." to run.

15. MULTI STAGE BOOKING

At most 2 stages can be set for cooking. In multi-stage cooking, if one stage is defrosting, then defrosting shall be placed at the first stage automatically.

Note: Auto cooking cannot work in the multi-stage cooking.

Example: if you want to cook with 80% microwave power for 5 minutes + 60% microwave power for 10 minutes. The cooking steps are as following:

1. Press "TIME COOK" once, then press "5","0","0" to set the cooking time;
2. Press "POWER" once,then press "8" to select 80% microwave power.
3. Press "TIME COOK" once, then press "1","0","0","0" to set the cooking time;
4. Press "POWER" once, then press "6" to select 60% microwave power.
5. Press "START/ +30 SEC." to start cooking.

16. INQUIRING FUNCTION

1. In cooking state, press " CLOCK ", the LED will display clock for three seconds.
2. In the microwave cooking state, press " POWER " to inquire microwave power level, and the current microwave power will be displayed. After three seconds, the oven will turn back to the previous state. In multi-stage state, the inquiring way can be done by the same way as above.

17. LOCK FUNCTION FOR CHILDREN

Lock: In waiting state, press " STOP/CANCEL " for 3 seconds, there will be a long "beep" denoting the entering into the children-lock state; meanwhile, LED will display

Lock quitting: In locked state, press " STOP/CANCEL " for 3 seconds, there will be a long "beep" denoting that lock is released.

18. COOKING END REMINDING FUNCTION

When the cooking is over, the buzzer will sound 5 "beep" to alert user the cooking is finished.

19. OTHER SPECIFICATIONS

1. In standby state , if the set clock digital tube displays current time, the icon " : " would flash; otherwise, it shows " 0:00 ".
2. In setting function state, LED displays corresponding setting.
3. In working or pause state, LED displays surplus cooking time.

Maintenance

Troubleshooting

Check your problem by referencing the chart below and trying the solutions for each problem.

If the microwave oven still does not work properly, contact the nearest authorized service center.

ONE YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY

This product carries a warranty stating that it will be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of one year from the date of purchase. This warranty is valid for the original retail purchaser from the date of initial retail purchase and is not transferable. Keep your original sales receipt.

IMPORTANT:

1. This warranty does not cover damages resulting from accident, misuse or abuse, lack of reasonable care, the affixing of any attachments not provided with the product, loss of parts, or subjecting the appliance to any but the specified voltage. ( Read directions carefully. )
2. This warranty is void if this product is ever used for other than private household purposes.
3. This warranty is void if this product is ever used outside of United States.

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