Control Panel Features - Whirlpool MT21OOCY User Manual

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Control panel features
Your microwave oven control panel lets you
select the desired cooking function quickly and
easily. All you have to do is touch the necessary
Command Pad. The following is a list of all the
Command and Number Pads located on the
control panel. For more information, see
pages 1 O-29.
1. Display. This display includes a clock and
indicators to tell you time of day, cooking time
settings and cooking functions selected. See
page 10 for more information.
2. AUTO SET. Touch this pad to select up to ten
preset cooking times at the Cook Powers of
your choice. AUTO SET provides a short-cut
method for setting commonly used cooking
times. See pages 16-l 7 for more information.
3. COOK 1. Touch this pad when cooking at
only one Cook Power or cooking automati-
cally after defrosting. Also use this pad to set
the first Cook cycle when cooking with more
than one Cook Power. This Command Pad is
also the first pad touched when setting the
4.
Minute Timer or a delayed start time. See
pages 13-23 for more information.
COOK 2. Touch this pad to set the second
Cook cycle when cooking with more than
one Cook Power. Also use this pad to
change standing time and to set the Cook
cycle after a delayed start time has been set
with COOK 1. See pages 21-26 and 26-29
for more information.
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QUICK DEFROST. Touch this pad followed
by Number Pads to thaw frozen food before
cooking. See pages 17-l 9 for more
information.
COOK POWER. Touch this pad followed by
a Number Pad to set the amount of micro-
wave energy released to cook the food. The
higher the number, the higher the power or
the faster the cooking. See pages 13 and 14
for more information. See the "Cooking
Guide," starting on page 38, for specific
Cook Powers to use for the foods you are
cooking.
KEEP WARM. Touch this pad to keep food
warm for up to 99 minutes, 99 seconds. See
page 26 for more information.
PAUSE. Touch this pad when you want the
oven to pause between Cook cycles.
Pausing between cycles gives you time to
stir, turn over or rearrange the food, or to add
ingredients. See pages 24-26 for more
information.
CLOCK SET. Touch this pad followed by
Number Pads to set time of day. See page
12 for more information.
Number Pads. Touch a Number Pad after
touching a Command Pad to tell the oven the
time or Cook Power you wish to enter.
"0" Number Pad. Touch this Number Pad
when setting the Minute Timer or Delayed
Start.
START. Touch this pad after setting a
function on the microwave oven to start the
function. If you open the door, touch START
to continue cooking.
CANCEL. Touch this pad once to stop the
oven or to cancel an incorrect command.
Touch this pad twice to cancel the audible
signals. See pages 11 and 12 for more
information.