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Microwave actual serial # FMC B11 5GM. We had this microwave set on push a one and cooks for one min. push a two and so on.. in a rental house with people who aren't electronic savy. I pushed a 'wrong' button and now two icons have appeared. one with a cup with little waves coming from it, and the other some kind of box. The microwave doesnt cook, when you push anything, these two icons appear, a random time comes up and counts down with the light on and turntable but no cooking. The timer counts down and then stops. We have tried everything including unplugging for two day and same happens. What is going on? Is it in some kind of lock down mode, child lock mode, please help. The microwave is less than two years old. how do we clear all this and get back to makining it cook. Thank you

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