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Whirlpool RM996PXV Use & Care Manual

Whirlpool RM996PXV Use & Care Manual

Upper microwave oven eye-level and built-in models
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  • Page 1 I I I 7!!! ir7 I lashen, Clothes Drven. Freezers. Relr~oerator-Freezers Ice Makers. Dishwashers. UPPER MICROWAVE OVEN Eye-Level Model RM996PXV RM988PXV Built-In Model RM288PXV RM286PXV (White) NOTE: Use and care Instructions for the lower oven are provided a separate manual. BuWn Ovens and Sutlace Un~ls.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Microwave Oven the Light Bulb ... Oven Works Safety Precautions or Assistance Oven Warranty 01990 Whirlpool Corporation Registration Card included oven. If the card is missing, please send the model oven, with your name and address to ... Corporation...

  • Page 3: Parts And Features

    Parts and features UPPER MICROWAVE OVEN DEFROST GUIDE (Inside door) AUTO SENSOR GUIDE (Inslde door) Thank you for buying a Whirlpool mail the Owner Registration Card complete the form below. Have this information ice or call with a question. Copy model...

  • Page 4: Before You Use Your Microwave Oven

    Before you use your microwave oven For important information, carefully read the Installation with your microwave oven, this Use & Care Guide, the Range or Lower Oven Use & Care Guide and the Cooking Guide. Store these together Personal Injury Hazard Thls appliance must be connected wlrlng...

  • Page 5: Important Safety Instructions

    Elec- This appliance should only by qualified personnel. Call Whirlpool”” service for examination, ’ Fire outdoors. Follow door surface and in- instructions on continued on next page.

  • Page 6: Using Your Microwave Oven

    12. To reduce the risk of fire in the oven cavity: Do not overcook food. Care- fully attend appliance if paper, plastic, or other corn busti ble materials are placed inside the oven to facilitate cooking. Pa- per can char or burnand some plastics can melt if used when heating foods.
  • Page 7 Di ital Display/Clock In 8 icator lights When you are not using the microwave oven, this is an accurate Digital Clock. When you are using the microwave oven, it displays time settings, temperature settings and Indicator Lights. While the oven is running, an Indicator (or lights] will be on to show what the oven is doing.

  • Page 8: Audiblesignals

    Number Pads Once you’ve touched a Command Pad to tell the oven what you want to do, you’ll touch Number Pads to tell it... - a time, - a Cook Power, - a food temperature, - a food setting. Audible Signals Audible signals are available to guide...

  • Page 9: Setting The Clock

    Setting the Clock When the oven is first plugged in, a tone sounds and the display If the electric power ever goes off, the Display power comes back on. You can cook or use the Minute Timer without setting the Clock, but the Display will be blank after cooking.

  • Page 10: Using The Minute Timer

    Using the Minute Timer The Minute Timer does not start or stop cooking. the oven is operating. It works like a kitchen timer. THIS HAPPENS... DO THIS.., . ..i 1. Touch MINUTE TIMER. Touch START. Changing the Minute Timer -Touch MINUTE TIMER.

  • Page 11: Cooking In Your Microwave Oven

    Opening the oven door does not stop the Minute Timer countdown; it does stop any cooking or defrosting. continue cooking or defrosting. Cooking in Your Microwave Oven Be sure to read the MICRO MENUF Cookbook oven. It contains information about: What microwave energy How food is cooked...
  • Page 12 DO THIS... Put food in the oven and close the door. 3. Touch a Number Pad (1-9) for the cooking category YOU want. ISee guide on iiner door panel separate Auto Sensor Chart.) 4. Touch LESS (1) or MORE (9) if desired. (Skip to Step 5 if you do not wish to shorten...

  • Page 13: Cook Frozen

    COOK FROZEN Use COOK FROZEN to automatically cook frozen food items. There are five cooking categories in COOK FROZEN. DO THIS... THIS HAPPENS... Put frozen food in the oven and close the door. Touch COOK FROZEN. Touch a Number Pad (l-5) for the frozen food cook- ing category...

  • Page 14: Slow Cook/Simmer

    5. Touch START. COOK/SIMMER SLOW Use SLOW COOK/SIMMER as you would a slow cookerto tenderize less expensive cuts of meat. If you find that food needs a longer cooking time than the setting allows, you may extend extend cooking time, touch SLOW COOK/SIMMER 9) Pad and START.
  • Page 15 Touch SLOW COOK/SIMMER. . Ea 3. Touch MORE (9) if you wish to extend the cooking time. m a - Touch START. The AUTO SENSOR Indica- tor Light will come on and the Display will show “SL-CI’ The Display will not change.

  • Page 16: Cooking At High Cook Power

    NOTE: If food is removed KEEP WARM, touch to cancel remainder AUTO SENSOR operating All Auto Sensor cooking The COOK POWER Indicator cycles. No Cook or Temperature QUICK DEFROST and KEEP WARM may be selected COOK FROZEN only. KEEP WARM is automatic SIMMER cycle.

  • Page 17: Cooking At Lower Cook Powers

    Touch START. caullt QWI-I Changing the Cooking Time Cooking time can be changed any time before or after touching I. Touch COOK 1. 2. Touch Number Pads for the new time. 3. Touch START. Cook 1 cycle will continue cooking for the new time Cooking at Lower Cook Powers For best results, some recipes...
  • Page 18 The following chart gives the percentage stands for, and Cook Power name usually used: automatic 100% of full power 9 = 90% of full power 8 = 80% of full power 7 = 70% of full power 6 = 60% of full power 5 = 50% of full power MED DO THIS...

  • Page 19: Cooking In More Than One Cook Cycle

    Changing the Cook Power The Cook Power can be changed Touch COOK POWER. Touch a Number Touch START. The cycle OR... Touch COOK POWER twice to HIGH. Touch START. Cooking in More Than One Cook Cycle For best results, some recipes time, and another to change DO THIS...
  • Page 20 I. q 6. Touch COOK 2. 7. Touch Number Pads for the cook- ing time you want in the second cycle. . . Ma . . . Touch COOK POWER. (If you want the HIGH Cook Power, skip to Step 10.) The Display will show the numbers...
  • Page 21 10. Touch START. The Display will show what you touched. This example shows you touched Number Pad 4 for 40% of full power. When you touch START, the COOK 1 Indicator Light will stay on while the oven is cooking in the first cycle.

  • Page 22: Defrosting

    BEEP @BEEP eEEp Hints for Cooking With More Than One Cycle. You can program the cooking cycles microwave oven is started, it will automatically the order of the examples described program COOK 1, KEEP WARM and QUICK DEFROST, the microwave will automatically follow this sequence: TIME) + COOK I+ KEEP WARM.
  • Page 23 I I’ ml ‘. Touch QUICK DEFROST. Touch START. Standing Time After Defrosting For best results, allow the food to stand for a while after defrosting. equalize the temperature When COOK 1 follows QUICK DEFROST, the oven automatically standing time equal ing Automatically The QUICK DEFROST Indi- cator Light will come on...

  • Page 24: Cooking Automatically After Defrosting

    About the Quick Defrost Cycle The microwave oven automatically divides cycle into three equal parts: First part Second part, Third part. This automatic step-down in Cook Power helps defrost food quickly completely. Changing or Adding Defrost Time You can change the defrosting time any time before or after touching * Touch QUICK DEFROST.
  • Page 25 Touch COOK 1. 5. Touch Number Pads for the cook- ing time you want. .I . Touch COOK POWER. (Option: Skip to Step 8 if you want to cook at HIGH power.) 7. Touch a Number Pad for the Cook Power you want.

  • Page 26: Cooking With The Temperature Probe

    Cooking with the Temperature Probe The Temperature casseroles. The probe temperature you choose. See your MICRO MENU!9 Cookbook information in cooking When the defrost time ends, the microwave automatically food stand for the same amount defrosting. FROST Indicator on and the Display down the standing During the countdown oven will be dark, and...
  • Page 27 DO THIS... 2. Place food in the Insert at least Y3 of oven and plug the the Temperature probe into the Probe into the food. socket on the oven (See page 29.) wall. THIS HAPPENS... DO THIS... 5. Touch Number Pads for the desired final tem-...
  • Page 28 Touch START. “Err” will be displayed after START is touch’ ed if an incorrect NOTE: temperature has been set (less than 90°F or morb b than 200°F). Some foods are started using a timed NOTE: by using the temperature (PROBE TEMP) cycle. follow COOK 1 or COOK 2 to avoid through...
  • Page 29 Hints for Using the Temperature DO... stir foods during cooking when recommended. stir soups, casseroles and drinks before serving. cover roasts with foil and let stand a few minutes after cooking. foil if you decide to cook it longer. remove the probe from the oven when not cooking DON’T...

  • Page 30: Using Pause

    Using PAUSE Your microwave oven can be set to pause halfwc J through after the automatic part of AUTO SENSOR, betwec between COOK 1 or COOK 2 and PROBE TEMF to c ~ low you to stir or food or to add ingredients and to plug in the prot e.
  • Page 31 Turn over or rearrange food being defrosted. Close door. NOTE: Oven will remain off until you touch START. Touch START. Adding PAUSE to the Cycle in Operation Pause can be added to any cycle in operation cycle programmed to follow. It can also be added SENSOR after START has been touched.

  • Page 32: Using Start Time

    1. Put food in the oven and close the door. 2. Touch COOK/REHEAT or COOK FROZEN. 3. Touch a Number Pad for the cooking 4. Touch PAUSE. 5. Touch START. When the first part of the AUTO SENSOR cycle and the oven will shut off. 6.
  • Page 33 8. Touch Number Pads for fhe time of day you want cooklng to start. Touch START. The Display will show what you touched. This example shows you touched Number Pad 7 for 70% of full power. The COOK 1 Indicator Light will stay on.
  • Page 34 BEEPBEE~$EE~$EE~ NOTE: If fhe oven light and fan come on when you touch START,fhe Start Tlme feature has not been set correctly. cooking sequence and START TIME, then touch Additional Information Additional cycles can be set when using START TIME to start cooking later time.

  • Page 35: Usingkeepwarm

    Using KEEP WARM Hot, cooked foods can be safely kept warm in your microwave 99 minutes, 99 seconds (about 1 hour, 40 minutes). KEEP WARM can be used by itself, or it can automatically follow a Cook cycle DO THIS... THIS HAPPENS...

  • Page 36: Other Operating Hints

    Other Operating Hints There are a number of things you can do with your microwave will be reminders. Others will be mentioned 1. To double check settings while the oven is running: Touch the Command Pad for the setting you want to check. The instruction programmed for that pad will show on the Display Display...

  • Page 37: Caring For Your Microwave Oven

    7. Turn the power back on at the main power supply. across its and replace the 25-watt bulb (Part No. bulb from your Whirlpool dealer. Be sure to keep the areas clean where the door and oven frame touch when closed.

  • Page 38: How Your Microwave Oven Works

    How your microwave oven works Microwave ovens are safe. Microwave make its own heat, and it’s this heat that cooks the food Mode Mixer Oven Cavity Microwaves are like TV A magnetron waves or light waves. microwave You can’t see them, but duces microwaves.

  • Page 39: Operating Safety Precautions

    Operating safety precautions NEVER COOK OR Liquids heated REHEAT A WHOLE containers EGG. Steam build-up cylindrical-shaped whole eggs may cause tainers] may become them to burst and burn overheated. you, and possibly may splash out with a damage the oven. Slice loud noise during after heating hard boiled...
  • Page 40 DO NOT DO NOT OVERCOOK use the oven POTATOES. for storage. Do not leave paper products, result. At the end of the books or cooking uten- recommended sils in the oven when time they should be not in use. Fire may slightly firm.

  • Page 41: If You Need Service Or Assistance

    If you need service or assistance, we suggest you follow these steps: Before calling for assistance... Performance problems often result from little things you can find and fix yourself without tools of any kind. If nothing operates: Is the power supply cord plugged into a live circuit with the proper voltage?
  • Page 42 I I’ If you need assistance?.. Call Whirlpool ice assistance Dial free from anywhere I-800-253-1301 and talk with one of our trained sultants. The consultant you in how to obtain operation from your appliance, service is necessary, qualified service area.
  • Page 43 Notes...

  • Page 44: Microwave Oven Warranty

    This may apply. For details, please or military exchange. section of this book. help can be found by calling number, l-800-253-1301, from Mark of Whirlpool Corporation Printed in U.S.A.

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