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Contents Page Parts and Features Before You Install Your Microwave Oven Before You Use Your Microwave Oven Precautions to Avoid Possible Exposure to Excessive Microwave Energy Important Safety Instructions Using Your Microwave Oven Microwave Oven Controls Setting the Clock.. Cooking at High Cook Power..
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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 ore three parts in the -The Digital Display/Clock, Lights -Command Pads -Number Pads Instructions for each control following pages. Read them control section. and Signal are covered carefully. on the 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 disolay will be blank after cooking. Th e oven door m lust be cloied be .- DO THIS... .---.~.1X-L-. .. . The CLOCK SETSignal Light will come on. The Display will show a “0:’ Start touching number pads for the desired time within 5 seconds. . m Touch CLOCK SET. ._ “I-_ .___“.._ ..
~. -. The oven will automatically ~..- cook .._ _-. .-.. .-. ---_.I.- .--.-- at high Cook ~.----I-------~-----. Power. 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. Changing the cooking time You can change the cooking time anytime during the cycle: I. Touch COOK. 2. Touch numbers for new time. 3. Touch START.
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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 ‘Tmk 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 Display will 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: 1. 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 with long-tined fork; if center area is hard frozen, set additional time.
II __ ..,I _,__,“___ ,-._-- -..--._,_ _-. ..I.. j- ‘... -- The COOK POWER Signal Light will come on and the Display will show two 0’s. 6.louch COOK POWER. (Options: Skip to 8 if you want to cook at high power.) .._” 1. ._, , _.~._,___-,~l”---l_l-.-“-,“--- 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.
Cooking with the TEMPERATURE PROBE The Temperature Probe helps take guesswork out of cooking roasts and larger casseroles. The probe is designed to turn the oven off when it senses the temperature you choose. See your MICRO MENUS* Cookbook for helpful information in cooking different types of food. Temperature settings are printed on the Number Pads ‘Tmk. DO THIS... Probe I - 1. Insert at least Y3of the temperature probe into the food. DO THIS... 2.
8. Touch START. The left number on the display shows what temperature (number) you selected. The number on the right shows you how the temperature is rising in the food. When the probe senses the temperature you selected, the oven shuts off and 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 Hints for using the temperature probe DO... DON’T...
Changing l the temperature setting When using the Temperature Probe, PROBE TEMPsettings can be changed before or during operation: -Touch PROBE TEMF! -Touch number for new temperature. -Touch START.The oven will continue cooking to the new temperature. If the new temperature is lower than the temperature of the food, the oven will shut off Temperature probe cooking tips For casseroles, the tip of the probe should be in the center of the food. Stir foods when recommended. Replace the probe.
Minute Timer The microwave oven control can be used as a kitchen timer. Use COOK at “0” Cook Power for timing up to 99 minutes, 99 seconds. THIS HAPPENS... DO THIS... The COOK Signal Light will come on and the Display will show four 0’s. 1. Touch COOK. The Display will show the numbers you touched in the order you touched them. This example shows 1 minute, 45 seconds. 2. Touch number pads for minutes and seconds. __._ THE COOK POWER Signal Light will come on and the Display will show two 0’s. 3.
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 hove 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, or PROBE TEMP: -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 running: l Open the door. The oven will stop.
WARNINGUse 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.
Installation instructions BEFORE YOU BEGIN, READ THE FOLLOWING Installing INSTRUCTIONS 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. Such use may result in a fire, electrical shock or other personal injury.
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. Put the microwave oven on the MICRO SHELF@ Hood over a cooktop.
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 Magnetrun Cavity its own Metal Bottom Floor Microwaves are like TV waves or light waves. You cant 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 20.
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