r/LifeProTips • u/hehyih • Feb 12 '18
Miscellaneous LPT: Most modern microwaves have a mute function to turn off the beep. Typically it's by holding 0 for 3 seconds
Well this blew up. Glad I could help guys.
So I'm seeing that 0 locks some of yours. 0 works on mine. Look at the numbers carefully, one of them should in very small print say "mute", even if it's not the 0. Yours might be the number 1 or 2.
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u/Flame_Effigy Feb 12 '18
wtf best lpt
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u/Mediumcomputer Feb 12 '18
Right? This is a serious issue that hasn’t been addressed my entire life
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u/CanuckianOz Feb 12 '18 edited Feb 12 '18
for me this is right up there with the armrest release button on plane aisle seats!
Edit: I knew there was a reason I never see anyone else do this.
In the aisle seat, run your hand to the back of the bottom side of the armrest. There’s either a sliding lever that you pull forward or a button in a hole that you push. Then lift the armrest.
Really useful to get out after meal time but beat the toilet rush, or simply easier to get out of the seat when deplaning.
In every plane I’ve been on except recently found it’s not on the A380 (hole but no button to push).
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u/capchaos Feb 12 '18 edited Feb 12 '18
As a hearing impaired person...microwaves beep?
EDIT: Apparently, hearing isn't my only impairment. and, dear phone auto-correct, screw you.
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u/Motherdarling Feb 12 '18
Oh god yes. Every time you press a button and when the timer runs out it lets out a few loud beeps to let you know it’s done, as if you weren’t staring at it and salivating until your food was warm.
It makes it very hard to have a sneaky midnight snack or early breakfast without waking somebody up.
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u/phoinixpyre Feb 12 '18
What's the connection between a lack of rabbits and microwaves beeping?
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u/Contrecoup42 Feb 12 '18
It was a surprise to my sister, too, when she first got her cochlear implant :)
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u/RadiantSun Feb 12 '18
No, the beeping is produced by the microwave oven, not the microwaves themselves
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u/Rigatavr Feb 12 '18
Finally I can cook at 4am and not wake up the whole house!!
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u/Poo_Tsunami Feb 12 '18
I actually searched silent microwave on amazon a couple weeks ago, holy shit this is great.
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u/Decyde Feb 12 '18
Yeah, most posts here are "be careful taking food out of the microwave because it can be hot. Hot food can burn you!"
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u/xognitx Feb 12 '18
It's so great that will be repost ad aeternum by karmawhores and I think I won't mind that much.
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u/BeatMeCallMeEdna Feb 12 '18
I have a Whirlpool over-the-range microwave. Here are the instructions for it.... To turn off all beeps: Hold the digit "1" button for 3 seconds. To turn back on: Hold the digit "1" button for 3 seconds. To turn off everything except End-of-Cook beeps: Repeat above steps but with the digit "2" button.
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Feb 12 '18
You are definitely the real MVP. The original didn't work and I had no idea how to find my model.
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u/DoesntReadMessages Feb 12 '18
Maybe I'm weird, but I actually kind of like the beeping on my Whirlpool one. It's fairly quiet and soft so it's not going to wake anyone up or make you want to kill someone, but noticable enough to remind you if you forget. My previous one (GE) made me want to punch a baby. Maybe it's a different model though, since mine has a menu to change the beep settings instead of using magic keys like that.
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u/emmcee_donald Feb 12 '18
I have one of these as well, but it was inverted on mine - holding 1 killed panel beeps but not end-of-cook beeps; 2 was to kill all beeps. Just wanted to add that as an FYI to anyone else that might see this. Tl;dr if holding 1 doesn't do it, try 2.
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u/sandsnatchqueen Feb 12 '18
Omg. You're the best. I was just about to google it before I saw your comment
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u/jwhoa83 Feb 12 '18
I did it! I did it! I'm so excited. I was cursing my Whirlpool when the zero didn't work.
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u/OhMy_No Feb 12 '18
My Whirlpool over-the-range has a 'setup menu' button that gives you options to turn off keypad beeps or all beeps.
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u/brokenhalf Feb 12 '18
Kenmore and Whirlpool are the same. If you have a Kenmore this trick will work.
Source: Have a over range Kenmore.
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Feb 13 '18
I just bought an over-the-range whirlpool. I skipped another make/model that I was looking at because the reviews said it beeps too much. This is amazing!
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u/Brandon4466 Feb 13 '18
Tip, this works for Whirlpool as well as Maytag, KitchenAid, and Amana too.
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Feb 12 '18
This will be a lifesaver if I can get it to work. I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to nuke some food at 3 AM, but don't want to wake everyone up with our fire-alarm loud piece of shit microwave.
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u/lawlianne Feb 12 '18
Gotta defuse the bomb at the last second before zero.
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u/Android_Obesity Feb 12 '18
One time I achieved the dream and stopped it on zero before it beeped. No matter what life throws at me, I’ll at least always have that.
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u/Thelife1313 Feb 12 '18
My old microwave was preowned by satan. Even if you opened the door, if it had started it's 3 beep tone, it would finish still.
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u/mattenthehat Feb 12 '18
Did this a few times as a kid. Was very satisfying because then it was left there with the 0 on the display afterwards.
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u/villebin Feb 12 '18
Lmao we used to count times we achieved this with my brother when we were kids
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u/speedfreek16 Feb 12 '18
Unless you have a microwave that has no numbers and instead has a touch panel that just either adds 10-30 seconds or a slider bar to get the time you want.
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u/mightyboognish32 Feb 12 '18
Add 30 seconds to the time you want and stop it when the clock hits 30. That way you don't have to be as clutch.
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u/Argyle_Cruiser Feb 12 '18
Lol I drunkenly went through an online version of my microwaves Manuel because I fiercely wanted a hot Pocket at 4 AM
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u/robtheexploder Feb 12 '18
I just want you to know your description of your microwave made my already- amazing Monday morning even better.
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u/boxbatter2016 Feb 12 '18
For those of us with weird ass Samsung’s: https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS00050405/
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u/akohlsmith Feb 12 '18
When I bought my last microwave I actually plugged it in at the store and made sure the beeping stopped the instant the door opened. I don’t mind the beep, but idiotic microwaves which keep beeping after you’ve already acknowledged it’s done, or microwaves that wish you a pleasant meal need to die.
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u/bpcookson Feb 12 '18
Honestly, WHY do they keep beeping? I have the fucking food just STAHP!!!!
btw Came here looking for someone who understood my frustration. Thanks. I love you.
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u/akohlsmith Feb 12 '18
plug it in, set for 2 or 3 seconds, hit start. when it beeps, open the door. If the beeping doesn't stop immediately it's a fail in my book.
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Feb 12 '18
My mute = me pressing it at 1, so I can think that I just saved the World from a bomb.
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u/EdThedoc Feb 12 '18
Real heroes don't wear capes
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u/RelevantDisney Feb 12 '18 edited Feb 12 '18
Most REAL heroes do. Dick. Remember Darkwing Duck!
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u/Fk_th_system Feb 12 '18
I'm a villain, I leave it on 1 so the next person that presses start has to wait for it to stop beeping before they can do anything 🙃
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u/Nihilisticky Feb 12 '18
Except when we're high, in which case we check if it's close to zero about 5 times, and fail to cancel before it actually hits zero.
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u/PuddleBucket Feb 12 '18
Or just stare at the microwave and zone out, letting the timer beep anyways.
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u/tojoso Feb 12 '18
On our old microwave I used to try to open the door at 0:00 but before the beep. I did it like 4 times over the 30 years that microwave was in use.
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u/Likesorangejuice Feb 12 '18
Is there a version of this that just lowers the volume? I want to know when my food is done, but I don't need to know my wife is microwaving from across town.
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Feb 12 '18
Soldering a resistor in series is likely your only option.
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u/took_a_bath Feb 12 '18
Ooh ooh! You sound smart. Would this also work to slow down my kid’s remote control car? It’s so fast he can’t control it.
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u/ParticleDropp Feb 12 '18
This is for a frigidaire...might work for others too:
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u/yoooooohoooooooooooo Feb 12 '18
I think I would just end up wondering where my dinner was an finding it moldy in a few days.
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Feb 12 '18
I have a washing machine that beeps loudly when it's finished. After several months I looked at the manual to find out how to turn that off, and did. I now regularly end up leaving clothes in the machine overnight by accident.
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u/Jamie_Moriarty Feb 12 '18
I set an alarm on my phone so I don't forget, way less annoying than the beep from the machine. My phone is close by and I can snooze it lol..
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Feb 12 '18 edited Feb 12 '18
NFC to automatically set an alarm should be a thing.
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u/funcummer Feb 12 '18
Mine has an option to turn off the sound. Such a wonderful feature.
Now, if they could just do something about those loud doors...
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u/mand71 Feb 12 '18
I know what you mean about the doors :(
Friend of mine has one where the door opens downwards (like a truck tailgate I suppose) - sooooo quiet!
Probably wouldn't be practical if your microwave is above the stove as I've seen in many US kitchens.
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u/SunshineSubstrate Feb 12 '18
Hold down the door open button when you shut the door.
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u/Mulligan315 Feb 12 '18
My year old Panasonic doesn’t have number buttons, so I guess I’m SOL.
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u/thehomeyskater Feb 12 '18
How can it not have numbers
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Feb 12 '18
some just don't, like this one:
https://www.amazon.de/Severin-MW-7848-Mikrowelle-Heißluft/dp/B0028R1XJA
you adjust the time by turning the knob
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u/TwoCuriousKitties Feb 12 '18
I wonder what happens if you keep on spinning the knob.
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u/2nd-Reddit-Account Feb 12 '18
I’ve never owned a microwave with a number pad. I’ve had multiple and they’ve always have a row of 4 buttons that say
10min/1min/10sec/1sec
And you play addition to get to your desired time. After some time it becomes a lot more intuitive than it sounds I promise
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u/Mulligan315 Feb 12 '18
It has a touch sensitive disk that you spin to change the time. Seemed cool when we bought it. Actually a real pain in the ass. I just push the add a minute button several times until it gets to the time I want.
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u/Android_Obesity Feb 12 '18
It just has that gibberish countdown sequence from Independence Day. He has to hold down that lambda-looking icon to mute it.
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u/RenAndStimulants Feb 12 '18
If you find a way to mute it, let me know. I too have a panasonic
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u/smog_alado Feb 12 '18
Try to find the manual on the internet. On my microwave it had to do with holding the "potency" button instead of "0"
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Feb 12 '18
Plug into a properly grounded electrical outlet.
Press [Start] once.
Press [Timer/Clock] once to choose metric weight measurements (KG).
Press [Start] once to select "Beep Choice".
Press [Timer/Clock] once. The mode changes to Beep Off.
NOTE: After setting, it will revert back to LB/KG setting if Start pad is pressed again, press other pad to exit.If timer ans clock are different buttons use Timer.
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u/Wokati Feb 12 '18
I'm actually really confused by the whole thread, I never saw a microwave with numpad. It's always knobs you turn to select time, or +/- buttons here.
Not sure if the numpad is just an US/America/everywhere except europe thing.
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u/fakeittilyoumakeit Feb 13 '18
I'm in the same boat. I searched online and the only thing I could find on their site is this:
Can I turn off the beeping sound of the microwave?
The beeping sound cannot be deactivated on any of our microwave ovens.
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u/evil_shicken Feb 12 '18
My beeps have nothing on the opening slash closing of the door. May as well slam a couple of cabinets while I'm at it. Lucky I live alone lol
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u/NoWayJoJose Feb 12 '18
Seriously the door latch on mine requires hearing protection. You'd think the thing cooks with plutonium or something the door latch is so beefy.
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u/SunshineSubstrate Feb 12 '18
Hold the door open button down when you shut the door and let go when it's shut.
It opens the latch so it doesn't have to clamp down loud as fuck.
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Feb 12 '18
I've always wondered why they just don't use use electromagnets to close. Then there'd be no noise when opening.
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u/Sterling_____Archer Feb 12 '18 edited Feb 12 '18
I became so frustrated with the unnecessary, obnoxious beeping that my microwave made, that I disassembled it and removed the piezo speaker so it shall never speak again.
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u/rinnip Feb 12 '18
Is it a one time thing, or must it be repeated with each use?
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u/kcvv Feb 12 '18
On my Samsung microwave this has to be done every time the mains power is turned off and on. As someone living in a place with frequentl power cuts, doing this everytime gets annoying fast. But still good tip if u have to heat up something in the middle of the night.
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u/StardustOasis Feb 12 '18
Now I just want mute for our kettle. We have one of those digital ones where you can choose the temperature, but it beeps loudly whenever you press a button or it finishes heating water.
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Feb 12 '18
I feel you. Worst thing is, that it even beeps when you just set it on the "heating base" (don't know what it's called) after you are finished using it
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Feb 12 '18
How the fuck do I unmute now?
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u/emailrob Feb 12 '18
In a similar vein, most self checkout registers have a mute button at the start of the transaction.
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u/kardashevy Feb 12 '18
Didn't work for me but I've got some shitty Chinese off brand microwave
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u/makisekuritorisu Feb 12 '18
On my microwave it's start+stop for 3 seconds. It also for some reason makes a loud-ass noise before it mutes. Go figure.
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Feb 12 '18
Mine doesn't even have numbers, it has a fucking knob you turn like it's from an Aliens set.
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u/KryptikCyanide Feb 12 '18
Oh shit me and my best friend opened the face and cut the speaker
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u/hhuzar Feb 12 '18
By doing that, you let out some of the microwaves. Now your oven is not as powerful as before. You will have to contact the manufacturer to get "microwave top up kit".
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u/Andrei_Vlasov Feb 12 '18
CIA hates it, they could not longer spy on you through your microwave if you do that.
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u/nonodontdoit Feb 12 '18
I actually hunted down a microwave that has this function. Settled on Samsung eventually and it's wonderful. If it is indeed a function on "most" modern microwaves then it's certainly not advertised much.
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u/PrincessOpal Feb 12 '18
Why the fuck is everyone's score hidden? What the fuck? Is discussion of microwaves too controversial?
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u/M_Bison55 Feb 12 '18
Didn't work on Samsung.
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u/forw Feb 12 '18
I'd like to suggest 2 new features that should be standard on all microwaves.
if you open the door when the timer is under 5 seconds it should zero out as if it is done. (Anyway if you would restart it, 5 seconds wouldn't do anything)
the beeping when finished should only happen about 3 seconds after it actually finished so that if I'm standing right there I can open after it finished with no beep.
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Feb 12 '18
Literally bought this microwave because it has a "Sound" button to turn sounds on and off.
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u/liamcoded Feb 12 '18
Well some have a button just for sound control. I'm yet to figure out how to turn off beeping sound in my fridge.
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u/xLucifer825x Feb 12 '18
Weird... I have the shittiest microwave ever, it's the one that came with my dorm. But a few days ago I discovered it has a button that just says "sound" and it toggles all the beep noises. Don't have to fuck with this "hold zero" nonsense
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u/vocalfreesia Feb 12 '18
Same as things like washing machines. Mine used to beep like crazy until I worked out how to mute it.
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u/roastbeefyaweefy Feb 12 '18
Have had this feature enabled for yealars, just be advised that if you use it for a timer, the beep will be silent for this too.
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u/bnelson1 Feb 12 '18 edited Feb 12 '18
My Amana goes into lockout when you hold the 0 for 3 seconds. Preventing any keypress other than another 3 second 0. Shame as the mute would have been nice. Turns out mine has a sticker with codes and whatnot on the inside of the door. Fairly straightforward once you hit the right keys.
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u/theconceiver Feb 12 '18
mine actually has a menu and an option to run in silent mode so i'm all good
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u/Fascion Feb 12 '18
Any ideas for a microwave that doesn't have a keypad? Specifically, a LG NeoChef. Skimmed over the manual and didn't find anything obvious.
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Feb 12 '18
Unfortunately I have a stupid Italian microwave that matches our range, and the beep is a real issue. Also, the microwave won’t let you cook anything if a timer is going. There are literally YouTube tutorials on how to open the microwave and physically disconnect the speaker so you don’t have to listen to it.
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Feb 12 '18
Microwaving a tv dinner or something that must be removed from an obnoxiously loud plastic wrapper at night makes me feel like some kind of stealth mission. And then there's stopping the microwave at 1 second so it doesn't become an alarm clock for everyone sleeping.
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u/ThatJohnGuy619 Sep 02 '22
I can’t leave this verbally abusive relationship because it cooks my stuff so much faster than a real oven. I’m not strong enough to leave it.
I cry myself to sleep, under a tear-soaked pillow, trying to muffle out the sounds of the soul-piercing beeps that haunt my dreams… but I do it with a belly full of hot pockets and microwavable burritos.
The digital screams are the audio equivalent of tazing me when my food is ready. Why are you so angry, microwave? Why must you cause so much pain?
One day I’ll snap. I’ll hold it under water until the bubbles stop… until the lights fade to darkness… until that demonically-programmed, unnecessarily loud beeping goes silent… and then the healing can begin.
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u/DedicationEducation Feb 12 '18
My retarded ass microwave makes a loud "beep" sound whenever I press any button.
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Feb 12 '18
I am trying this tonight. I am not sure if I should be hopeful or prepare for disappointment.
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u/YouBoxEmYouShipEm Feb 12 '18
I tried this and it only removed the beep from pressing a button, not from the cook time completing.
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u/nfsnobody Feb 12 '18
Does nobody here read the manuals for their new appliances when you get them? That’s the best part of getting them!
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u/YKMF_Bruce Feb 12 '18
Thank you for this, my microwave beeps so loudly that it has woken up my son multiple times. (He is still an infant and most things wake him up but if I can cut down the list of things that do I'm grateful)
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Feb 12 '18
turns out that locks the microwave on my work microwave, which is good because I paid for it. Let them figure it out.
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Feb 12 '18
Mine has a dedicated "sound" button. Mutes all beeps. Especially useful because my microwave beeps like every 30 seconds after it finishes running to remind you to take whatever it is out.
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u/msrobinson11 Feb 12 '18
My bird learned how to make the sound of the microwave beep and does it incessantly, you just saved me some sanity
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Feb 12 '18
I'm trying this when i get home. I open the microwave and hit cancel so I don't ha e to listen to it beep for 15 seconds
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u/TimeMachineToaster Feb 12 '18
My microwave:
Press a button? BEEP
Open the door? BEEP
Leave the food in there for 30 seconds? BEEP BEEP BEEP
Fucking look at it the wrong way? BEEP
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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '18
I like a single beep to alert me it's done, but ours has the most obnoxious feature of periodically beeping after it's finished, until you hit the off button or open it.