Samsung ME21M706BAG/AC, Installation Instructions Manual

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Step-by-step installation guide

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Step-by-step installation guide

C.  DETERmINING WALL PLATE LOCATION UNDER YOUR CABINET

C

L

Plate position – beneath flat bottom cabinet.

CL

Plate position – beneath recessed bottom 

cabinet with front overhang

Draw a line on the
back wall equal to the 
depth of the front
overhang.

30" to Cooktop

Plate position – beneath recessed bottom cabinet with 

front overhang.

Your cabinets may have decorative trim that interferes 

with the microwave installation. Remove the decorative 

trim to install the microwave properly and to make it 

level.

THE mICROWAVE mUST BE LEVEL.

Use a level to make sure the cabinet bottom is level.

Draw a vertical line on the wall at the center of the 30˝ 

wide space. Draw a second, horizontal line on the wall 

below the cabinet to mark how far the inside of the 

front overhang descends below the cabinet. Tape the 

Rear Wall Template onto the wall so that the top of the 

template touches the bottom of the horizontal line and 

the centerline on the template lines up with the vertical 

line.

1. PLACEmENT OF THE mOUNTING PLATE

A.  REmOVING THE 

mICROWAVE OVEN FROm 

THE CARTON/REmOVING 

THE mOUNTING PLATE

1

.  Remove the installation instructions, Exhaust 

adaptor, filters, glass tray, and the small 

hardware bag. Do not remove the Styrofoam 

protecting the front of the oven.

2

.  Fold back all 4 carton flaps fully against carton 

sides. Then carefully roll the oven and carton 

over onto the top side. The oven should be 

resting in the Styrofoam.

Styrofoam

Carton

Carton

Styrofoam

3

.  Pull the carton up and off the oven.

4

.  Remove and properly discard plastic bags.

Screws

Screws

Mounting Plate

Screws

Mounting Plate

Screws

5

.  Remove the 2 screws from the mounting plate. 

This plate will be used as the rear wall template 

and for mounting.

NOTE

: You will have to reuse two screws in original 

loction of outcase after removing mounting plate.

B.  FINDING THE WALL STUDS

Wall Studs

Center

Center

Wall Studs

1

.  Find the studs using one of the following 

methods:

A.

  Stud finder–a magnetic device which locates 

nails.

OR

B.

  Use a hammer to tap lightly across the 

mounting surface to find a solid sound. This 

will indicate a stud location.

2

.  After locating the stud(s), find the stud’s center 

by probing the wall with a small nail to find the 

edges of the stud. Then, place a mark halfway 

between the edges. The center of any adjacent 

studs should be 16˝ or 24˝ from this mark.

3

.  Draw a line down the center of the studs.

THE mICROWAVE mUST BE CONNECTED TO 

AT LEAST ONE WALL STUD.

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