Control Panel Features - Whirlpool MHE13XK User Manual

C
ONTROL PANEL FEATURES
Your microwave oven control panel lets you select a desired cooking function quickly and easily. The following
is a list of all the Command and Number pads located on the control panel.
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1. Display. The display includes a clock and indicators
to tell you time of day, cooking time settings, and
cooking functions selected.
2. REHEAT. Touch this pad to reheat food from 5
preset categories.
3. DEFROST. Touch this pad followed by Number
pads to thaw frozen food by weight.
4. COOK. Touch this pad to cook common microwave-
prepared foods without needing to program times
and cook powers.
5. POPCORN. Touch this pad 1 to 3 times to pop a
bag of popcorn in any of three sizes.
6. BEVERAGE. Touch this pad 1 to 2 times to reheat a
beverage.
7. BAKED POTATO. Touch this pad 1 to 4 times to
bake potatoes.
8. COOK TIME. Touch this pad followed by Number
pads to set a cooking time.
9. COOK POWER. Touch this pad after the cook time
has been set, followed by a Number pad to set the
amount of microwave energy released to cook the
food. The higher the number, the higher the micro-
wave power or "cooking speed."
REHEAT REHEAT DEFROST DEFROST COOK COOK
BAKED BAKED
POPCORN POPCORN BEVERAGE BEVERAGE
POTATO POTATO
COOK COOK COOK COOK ADD 1 ADD 1
TIME TIME POWER POWER MINUTE MINUTE
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TIMER TIMER TIMER TIMER
CLOCK CLOCK
SET SET OFF OFF
START START OFF OFF
ENTER ENTER CANCEL CANCEL
LIGHT LIGHT FAN FAN
ON/NIGHT/OFF ON/NIGHT/OFF HI/LO/OFF HI/LO/OFF
10. ADD 1 MINUTE. Touch this pad to cook for 1 minute
at 100% cook power, or to add an extra minute to
your cooking cycle.
11. Number Pads. Touch Number pads to enter
cooking times, cook powers, temperatures,
quantities, weights, or food categories.
12. CLOCK. Touch this pad to enter the correct time
of day.
13. TIMER SET. Touch this pad to set the Minute Timer.
14. TIMER OFF. Touch this pad to cancel the Minute
Timer.
15. START/ENTER. Touch this pad to start a function.
If you open the door after the oven begins to cook,
touch START/ENTER again to restart oven.
16. OFF/CANCEL. Touch this pad to erase an
incorrect command, cancel a program during
cooking, or to clear the display.
17. LIGHT. Touch this pad to turn on the cooktop/coun-
tertop light.
18. FAN. Touch this pad to turn the fan on or off.
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