--- title: "Frigidaire-built Kenmore range signal Demo mode" description: "Frigidaire-built Kenmore range signal Demo mode — demo mode is an indicator rather than an error." url: "https://kenmoremiami.support/error-codes/frigidaire-range-demo-mode/" date_modified: "2026-09-01" Appliance type: "Ranges, Wall ovens" --- # Frigidaire-built Kenmore range signal Demo mode ### Whose code this actually is Kenmore did not write Demo mode, because Kenmore has never built an appliance. This one is Frigidaire’s, and it appears on the range that Frigidaire built and Sears sold under the Kenmore badge. Ranges under this badge came from Frigidaire, GE and Roper, and one of those three publishes no code documentation at all — so even knowing a range is not enough. The prefix is. ### What the appliance is telling you The oven is running in demonstration mode: the panel lights and responds and the oven does not heat. It is meant for showroom floors. This one is an indicator rather than an error. It is published in the same table as genuine problems, and treating it as one is how a working appliance gets a service call. ### Which Kenmore models can raise it The Kenmore range whose model number begins 790 — the three digits before the period on the rating plate. Those digits are Frigidaire’s, which is why Frigidaire’s table is the one that applies to Demo mode and no other manufacturer’s does. ### The other ways it may be written The same condition is published under more than one label, because it has been carried across generations of the appliance and because a segment display draws some characters oddly: **DEMO MODE**. They are the same finding and they lead to the same place. ### Worth trying yourself, in this order - Follow the manual's exit procedure for demonstration mode. - Worth ruling out before anything else on an oven that lights up perfectly and never gets hot — especially one bought as a floor model. ### Where this usually goes The job this most often becomes is [oven element replacement](/services/oven-element-replacement/), and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. A Kenmore range in a South Florida kitchen is usually freestanding rather than built in, which keeps the access short and means most of these end in one visit. Photograph the display before you cut the power: a reset clears Demo mode, and on a Kenmore the characters plus three digits off the plate are most of the diagnosis. ### Where this meaning came from Frigidaire’s own documentation: *Ranges — Error Code Guide, Frigidaire owner support*. Kenmore publishes none of its own, which is why every entry on this site names the manufacturer’s document instead. What the machine is telling you Whose code this actually is Kenmore did not write Demo mode, because Kenmore has never built an appliance. This one is Frigidaire’s, and it appears on the range that Frigidaire built and Sears sold under the Kenmore badge. Ranges under this badge came from Frigidaire, GE and Roper, and one of those three publishes no code documentation at all — so even knowing a range is not enough. The prefix is. What the appliance is telling you The oven is running in demonstration mode: the panel lights and responds and the oven does not heat. It is meant for showroom floors. This one is an indicator rather than an error. It is published in the same table as genuine problems, and treating it as one is how a working appliance gets a service call. Which Kenmore models can raise it The Kenmore range whose model number begins 790 — the three digits before the period on the rating plate. Those digits are Frigidaire’s, which is why Frigidaire’s table is the one that applies to Demo mode and no other manufacturer’s does. The other ways it may be written The same condition is published under more than one label, because it has been carried across generations of the appliance and because a segment display draws some characters oddly: DEMO MODE. They are the same finding and they lead to the same place. Worth trying yourself, in this order Follow the manual's exit procedure for demonstration mode. Worth ruling out before anything else on an oven that lights up perfectly and never gets hot — especially one bought as a floor model. Where this usually goes The job this most often becomes is oven element replacement, and that page carries a starting figure and the reasons that move it. A Kenmore range in a South Florida kitchen is usually freestanding rather than built in, which keeps the access short and means most of these end in one visit. Photograph the display before you cut the power: a reset clears Demo mode, and on a Kenmore the characters plus three digits off the plate are most of the diagnosis. Where this meaning came from Frigidaire’s own documentation: Ranges — Error Code Guide, Frigidaire owner support. Kenmore publishes none of its own, which is why every entry on this site names the manufacturer’s document instead. --- **[Read full article: Frigidaire-built Kenmore range signal Demo mode](https://kenmoremiami.support/error-codes/frigidaire-range-demo-mode/)**