21Safety Instructions Operating Instructions Care and Cleaning Troubleshooting Tips Consumer SupportUsing the self-cleaning oven. www.geappliances.caThe oven door must be closed and all controls must be set correctly for the cycle to work properly.Before a Clean CycleThe oven must be cool in order to set theself-clean cycle.We recommend venting your kitchenwith an open window or using aventilation fan or hood duringthe first self-clean cycle.Remove the broiler pan, broiler grid,probe, all cookware and any aluminumfoil from the oven.The oven shelves and convection roastingrack can be self-cleaned, but they willdarken, lose their luster and becomehard to slide.Do not use abrasives or oven cleaners.Clean the top, sides and outside of theoven door with soap and water.Make sure the oven light bulb coveris in place and the oven light is off.IMPORTANT: The health of some birdsis extremely sensitive to the fumes givenoff during the self-cleaning cycle ofany oven. Move birds to anotherwell-ventilated room.Wipe up heavy soil on the ovenbottom.How to Set the Oven for CleaningPress the SELF CLEAN STD/LOW padonce for a 4-hour clean time ortwice for a 3-hour clean time.A 3-hour self-clean time isrecommended for use whencleaning small, contained spills. Aself-clean time of 4 hours or longeris recommended for a dirtier oven.If a time other than 4 hours or3 hours is needed, use the numberpads and enter the desired cleantime.You can change the clean time to anytime between 3 hours and 5 hours,depending on how dirty your oven is.Press the START pad.The door locks automatically. The displaywill show the clean time remaining. It willnot be possible to open the oven dooruntil the temperature drops below thelock temperature and the LOCKED lightgoes off.When this LOCKED light is off, open thedoor. The word LOCKED will flash and theoven control will signal if you set theclean cycle and forget to close the ovendoor. To stop a clean cycle, press theCLEAR/OFF pad. When the LOCKED lightgoes off indicating the oven has cooledbelow the locking temperature, openthe door.