Oven Works....... Operating Safety Precautions......If You Need Service or Assistance ...... Microwave Oven Warranty ......01988 Whirlpool Corporation Fill out and return the “Microwave Reglstratlon Card” Included wlih your mlcrowave oven. If the card is missing, please...
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MODEL AND SERIAL NUMBER PLATE - (behlnd oven door) OKING RACK AUTO SET GI (not shown) / Thank you for buying a Whirlpool appliance. Please complete and mail the Owner Registration Card provided with this product. Then complete the form below. Have this information...
Before you use your microwave oven Read and catefully follow the c61NSTALlATION INSTRUCTIONS” packed with your microwave oven. Read this “Use & Care Guide” and your “Cooking Guide” carefully for important use and safety information. Store these with Lower Oven literature for future use.
This appliance should be 3. This appliance must be serviced only by qualified installed properly service personnel. Call grounded in accordance with Whirlpool authorized TECH- the separately provided “ln- CARE@ Service Company stallation Instructions.” repair examination, adjustment. 4. Some products...
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twist-ties from paper or plastic 12. To reduce the risk of fire in the oven cavity: bags before placing bag in oven. Cooking in metal con- overcook food. Y” ,,“I tainers can damage the oven. Carefully attt ?nd appliance So can containers with hidden paper, plasti IC, or other com- metal (twist-ties, foil lining, sta- bustible mat<...
Using your microwave oven Microwave oven controls There are three parts to the microwave oven control section. -The Digital Display/Clock and Indicator Lights -Command Pads - Number Pads Instructions for each are covered on the following pages. Read them carefully. When you first connect power to the oven, a tone will sound and the Display will show 88:88.
Number pads Once you’ve touched a Command Pod to tell the oven what you wont to do, you’ll touch Number Pods to tell it... - a time, - a Cook Power, - a food temperature, - a food setting. Audible signals Audible signals ore available to guide...
I I’ Setting the clock When the oven is first plugged in, Q tone sounds and the display shows 88:88. If the electric power ever goes off, the display will again show all 8’s when the power comes bock on. You con cook or use the Minute Timer without setting the clock, but the display will be blank after cooking.
Using the minute timer The Minute Timer does not start or stop cooking. It con be used alone or while the oven is operating. It works like a kitchen timer. DO THIS... THIS HAPPENS... The Minute Timer Indicator Light will come on and the Display will show a “0”.
Opening the oven door does not stop the Minute Timer countdown; however, does stop any cooking or defrosting. Close the door and touch START to continue cooking or defrosting. Cooking in your microwave oven MICRO MENUS@ Cookbook Be sure to read the pocked with the microwave oven.
Touch START. The display counts down count the time to show how much time is left in the first cycle. sound. (You can stop the beeping by opening door or by touching CAN- CEL.] “End” will remain on the Display and a reminder tone will sound every 30 seconds...
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THIS HAPPENS... DO THIS... Put food in the oven and close the door. The COOK Indicator Light will come on and the Display will show four 0’s. Touch COOK. The Display will show the numbers you touched the order you touched them.
sound. (You can stop the BEEPBEEPBEEPBEEP beeping by opening door or by touching CAN- CEL.) “End” will remain on the Display and a reminder tone will sound every 30 seconds until the door is opened or CANCEL is touched. The Display will then show the time of day.
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THIS HAPPENS... DO THIS... Put food in the oven and close the door. The AUTO SET Indicator Light will come on and the Display will show 2 min- utes, 30 seconds (or the Touch TIME (NOTE: time you have set as your it you want to favorite cycle].
For 2 of every 10 seconds, the Display will show the Cook Power you selected, if you are using a Cook Power other than high. When the Auto Set TIME ends, “End” will show on the Display and 4 beeps will sound.
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THIS HAPPENS... DO THIS... Put food in the oven, plug in the temperature probe and close ihe door. The AUTO SET Indicator Light will come on and the Display will show 165°F [or the temperature you have Touch TEMP (NOTE: If you programmed as your fa- NOTE: HIGH...
show on the Display and 4 beeps will sound. (You can stop the beeping by open- ing the door or by touching CANCEL.) “End” will remain on the Display and a reminder tone will sound every 30 seconds until the door is opened or CANCEL is touched.
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The AUTO SET Indicator Light will come on and the Dis- play will show 2 minutes, 30 seconds [or the time you Touch TIME. have set as your favorite (NOTE: If you want cycle). to use the preset cooking time and Cook Power in the first cycle, skip to step 6.)
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The COOK POWER Indicator Light will come on and the Display will show “P-HII’ This shows the oven is pre- programmed to cook at full power (HIGH). The Display will show what you touched. This example shows you touched Number Pad 6 for 60% of full power.
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The Display counts down count the cooking time to show how much time is left in the second cycle. For 2 of every 10 seconds, the Display will show the Cook Power you selected, if you are using a Cook Power other than high.
Defrosting Use QUICK DEFROST to thaw frozen food before cook ?g. For suggested defrost times, see the guide behind the oven door or in your ‘VllCRO MENUS% cookbook. THIS HAPPENS... DO THIS... Puf frozen food in the oven and close the door.
About the WJICK DEFROST” Cycle The microwave oven automatically divides the time set for the QUICK DEFROST Cycle into three equal parts: 80% of full Cook Power First part 50% of full Cook Power Second par-l. Third pan......20%offullCookPower This automatic step-down in Cook Power helps defrost food quickly completely.
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I. m Tt 3 COOK Indicator Light u II come on and the D splay will show four Ok. Touch COOK. Tt 2 Display will show the n, mbers you touched ttr e order you touched them. This example shows 5.
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The COOK Indicator Light will be on during the cook- ing cycle. The COOK POWER Indicator Light will if you are using also be on a Cook Power other than high. The Display counts down the time to show how much time is left in the second cycle.
Cooking with the TEMPERATURE PROBE The Temperature Probe helps take guesswork out of cooking roasts and larger casseroles. The probe is designed to turn off the oven when it senses the temperature you chose. See your MICRO MENU9 Cookbook for helpful infor- mation in cooking...
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The Display will show what you touched. This example shows you touched Number Pad 6 for 60% of 7. Touch the Number full power. Pad for the Cook Power you want. The PROBE TEMP and COOK POWER Indicator Lights will stay on.
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Hints for using the temperature probe ! (continued) DON’T... let probe or probe cable touch any part of the ( ven interior. let probe touch foil (if used). Foil can be kept c rvay from probe with wooden toothpicks. Remove foil if arcing occur: use paper,...
If you are cooking individual serv- Casseroles cooked using the Tem- perature Probe should be made ings such as mugs of soup, check from precooked foods. Do not use the probe setting in several of the items- all the mugs may not heat raw meats, raw vegetables at the same rate.
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The COOK POWER Indicator Light will come on and the Display will show “P-HI:’ This shows the oven is pre- programmed to cook at full power (HIGH). power.) The Display will show what you touched. This example shows you touched Number Pad 7 for 70% of full power.
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if you are using a Cook Power other than high. When the cooking time ends, “End” will show on the Display and 4 beeps will sound. (You can stop the beeping by opening door or by touching CAN- CEL.) “End” will remain on the Display and a reminder tone will sound every 30...
Using KEEP WARM Hot, cooked foods can be safely kept warm in your microwave oven for up to 99 minutes, 99 seconds (about 1 hour, 40 minutes). KEEP WARM can be used by itself, or it can automatically follow a cooking cycle or PROBE TEMP cycle.
Other operating hints 1. lo double check settings while the oven is runnlng: Touch the Command Pad for the setting you want to check. The instruction programmed for that pad will show on the display for 5 seconds. Then the display returns to showing what the oven is doing.
Caring for your microwave oven Cleaning the microwave oven Be sure to keep the Wipe often with warm For stubborn soil, boil areas clean where a cup of water in the sudsy water and a the door and oven oven for 2 or 3 minutes soff cloth or sponge.
How your microwave oven works Microwave ovens are safe. Microwave energy is not hot. It causes food to make its own heat, and it’s this heat that cooks the food. Ceramic Bottom Mode Mixer Magnetron Oven Cavity Metal Floor A magnetron in the Microwaves are like TV...
Operating safety precautions NEVER NEVER COOK OR lean on the Liquids heated in certain REHEAT A WHOLE containers [especially door or allow a child EGG. to swing on it when Steam build-up cylindrical-shaped con- tainers] may become the door is open. whole eggs may cause Injury could result.
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CAUTION: DO NOT use the oven until you have read and understand precautions to prevent damage to the oven. DO NOT OVERCOOK DO NOT use the oven fire should start in POTATOES. Fire could for storage. Do not the oven cavity: result.
Your as&stance%. electrician or service technician can tell you if the outlet voltage Call Whirlpool COOL-LINE@ serv- is low. ice assistance telephone number. Is the Cook Power at the recom- Dial free from anywhere In the U.S.:...
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,Trpji!d Call our CCCL-LINE service assistance telephone number (see Step 2) and talk with one of our Consultants, or if you prefer, write to: Whirlpool has a nationwide network Mr. Donald Skinner of franchised TECH-CARE@ service Director of Customer Relations Companies.
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God or use of products not approved by Whirlpool. Any labor costs during the limited warranty. WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUEN- TIAL DAMAGES. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental...
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