MICROWAVE OVEN Model MW8500XP
Contents 12 13 13 13 14 14 16 17 18 18 18 18 19 20 20 20 21 21 Minute Timer Changing or Adding Instructions Cancelling instructions Programming Tone Other Operating Hints Operating Safety Precautions Installation Instructions Grounding Instructions Building in Your Microwave Oven Caring for Your Microwave Oven Cleaning the Microwave Oven Replacing the Light Bulb How Your Microwave Oven Works If You Need Service or Assistance 1. Before Calling for Assistance 2. If You Need Assistance 3.
Fill out and return the “Microwave Registration Card” attached to the oven door. If the card is missing, please send the model number of your mlcrowave oven, with your name and address to Whirlpool Corporation Microwave Registration Department Administrative Center 2000 US 33 North Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 This information will help us reach you If there is ever a need to pass along Information about your microwave oven.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Microwave ovens have been used successfully in homes for a number of years. They are thoroughly tested for safe and efficient operation. However, as with any appliance, there are special installation and safety precautions which must be followed to ensure safe and satisfactory operation and prevent damage to the unit. WARNING - To reduce the risk of burns, electric shock, fire, injury to persons or exposure to excessive microwave energy: 1.
Using your microwave oven Microwave oven controls There are three parts in the control section. -The Digital Display/Clock, and Signal Lights - Command Pads -Number Pads Instructions for each control are covered on the following pages. Read them carefully. When you first plug in the oven, the Display will show 88:88. If, after you set the Clock (page 6). the Display again shows all 8’s, it means your electricity was off for a while. Reset the Clock.
Setting the clock When the oven is first plugged in, the Display shows 88:88. If the electric power ever goes off, the Display will also show all 8’s when the power comes back on. You can cook without setting the clock, but the display will be blank after cooking. The oven door must be closed before setting the clock. DO THIS... THIS HAPPENS... The CLOCK SETSignal Light will come on. The Display will show a “01’ Start touching number pads for the desired time within 5 seconds. 1. Touch CLOCK SET.
The oven will automatically cook at high Cook Power. The COOK Signal Light will stay on to show that the oven is cooking. 4. Touch START. count down Changing the cooking The Display counts down the time to show how much cooking time is left in the Cook cycle. When the cooking time ends You will hear 4 beeps. [You can stop the beeping by opening the oven door or touching CANCEL.) When the beeping stops, the Display will show the time of day.
The Display will show the numbers you touched in the order you touched them. This example shows 7 mrnutes. 30 seconds. Touch Number for the cooking want. Pads time you The COOK POWER Signal Light will come on and the Display WIII show two 0’s. 4. Touch COOK POWER. The display will show what you touched. This example shows 50% of full power. 5. Touch a Number the Cook Power want.
Defrosting Use Quick Defrost to thaw frozen food before cooking. For suggested defrost times, see the guide on the inside of the oven door or the chart in your MICRO MENUS’ Cookbook. DO THIS... _ . THIS HAPPENS... 1. Put frozen food in the oven and close the door. The QUICK DEFROST Signal Light will come on and the l%splaywill show four 0’s. 2. Touch QUICK DEFROST. The Display will show the numbers you touched in the order you touched them. This example shows 2 minutes, 30 seconds. 3.
Changing or adding defrost time You can change the defrosting time while the QUICK DEFROST Cycle IS operating: I. Touch QUICK DEFROST. 2. Touch numbers for the new time 3. Touch START. Any new time setting made while QUICK DEFROST is operating will continue the defrosting only at 20% of full Cook Power. The best time to change the setting is near the end of the QUICK DEFROST Cycle 1. Open the door. 2 Check the food wrth long-tined fork; if center area is hard frozen, set additional time.
The COOK POWER Signal Light will come on and the Display will show two 0’s. 6. Touch COOK POWER. (Options: Skip to 8 if you want to cook at high power.) ..--..I ___-,_._ ^. The Display will show what You touched. This example shows 60% of full power. 7. Touch a Number Pad for the Cook Power you want. ,. 8. Touch START. count down count down When You touch START,the QUICK DEFROST Signal Light will stay on. All other Signal Lights will go off.
Minute Timer The microwave oven control can be used as a kitchen Power for timing up to 99 minutes, 99 seconds. DO THIS... timer. Use COOK at “0” Cook THIS HAPPENS... -~.~.-_.-. .~__. . . q ^. The COOK Signal Light will come on and the Display will show four O’s 1. Touch COOK. - CBDD 2. Touch number pads for minutes and seconds. ‘. *. -- The Display will show the numbers You touched in the order you touched them. This example shows 1 minute, 45 seconds.
Changing or adding instructions YOUr microwave oven is designed to let you change your mind while you are touching in instructions, and to let you change instructions after you have started the oven, l Cooking time can be changed at any time during the cooking cycle: - Touch COOK. -Touch numbers for the new time. - Touch START. -The cycle will cook at the original Cook Power for the new time. l Cook Power can be changed at any time during the cooking cycle: -Touch COOK POWER.
Other operating hints These are a number of things you can do with your microwave oven. Some will be reminders Others will be mentioned for the first time. 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 for 5 seconds. Then the Display will return to show what the oven is doing. 2. To stop the oven while it is runnlng: l Open the door. The oven will stop.
\..*$9 .A ,’‘?r’il WARNING - Use care when heating liquids or adding ingredients to heated liquids Liquids heated in certain shaped containers may become overheated. The liquid may splash out with a loud noise during or after heating or when addlng ingredients (instant coffee, etc.]. This can harm the oven and the hot liquid could burn you. Do not use such containers to heat liquids again. DO NOT OVERCOOK POTATOES. Fire could result At the end of the recommended cooking time they should be slightly firm.
Installation instructions BEFORE YOU BEGIN, READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS Installing COMPLETELY AND CAREFULLY. your microwave oven 1. Empty the microwave oven and clean inside it with a soft, damp cloth. Check for damage such as misaligned door, damage around the door or dents inside the oven or on the exterior. If there is any damage, do not operate the unit until it has been checked by an authorized Whirlpool service technician and any repairs made. 2.
5. Electrical requirements Observe all governing codes and ordinances. A 120 Volt, 60 Hz, AC only, 15 amp fused electrical supply is required. (Time-delay fuse is recommended.) It is recommended that a separate circuit serving only this appliance be provided. 6.GROUNDING WARNING. INSTRUCTIONS Improper use of the grounding plug can result in a risk of ’ electrical shock. An extension cord should not be used with this appliance.
Building in your microwave oven Your microwave oven is not limited to carts, counters easy with kits available from your dealer. 1. Build the microwave oven into a cabinet or wall by itself or over built-in single ovens in the Whirlpool RDE, REE,RGE. RB and SB model series or Imperial 7200 single gas ovens 2. Attach the microwave or with cabinets over It. oven to a wall by itself 3.
How your microwave oven works Microwave ovens are safe. Microwave energy heat, and it’s this heat that cooks the food. Mode Oven is not hot. It causes Mixer food to make Ceramic Magnetron Cavity its own Metal Bottom Floor Microwaves are like TV waves or light waves. You can’t see them, but you can see what they do A magnetron in the microwave oven produces microwaves. The microwaves move into the oven where they are scattered or stirred by a mode mixer [like a fan).
If you need service or assistance, we suggest you follow these four steps: 1. 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: l Is the oven correctly plugged into a live circuit with the proper voltage? (See page 17.
3. If you need service?.. 4. If you have a problem?.. Whirlpool has a nationwide network of franchised - technicians are trained to fulfill the FRANCHISED SERVICE 1 product warranty and provide afterwarranty service, anywhere in the United States.
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