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I 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.. Cooking at Lower Cook Powers Defrosting.
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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. Read all appliance.
Using your microwave oven Microwave oven controls There are three parts in the -The Digital Display/Clock, Lights -Command Pods -Number Pads Instructions for each control following pages. Read them control section: and Signal are covered 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 B’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. . m 1. Touch CLOCK SET.
The oven will automatically 4. cook at high Cook Power. Touch START. count down Changing the cooking 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. time You can change the cooking time anytime during the cycle: 1. Touch COOK. 2. Touch numbers for new time. 3. Touch START. The COCK cycle will continue cooking for the new time.
3. Touch Number for the cooking want. Pads time you The COOK POWER Signal Light will come on and the Display will 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. Pad tor you .___, -... _...^. ^.. -.. 6. The COOK and COOK POWER Signal Lights will stay on to show that the oven is cooking at a Cook Power other than high. Touch START.
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.
” _. - ” I -.__. -..-- - ..-.. 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.) .-. 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 domn count down - -.~--_.1 When you touch START,the QUICK DEFROST Signal Light will stay on.
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 the cooking cycle or the PROBE TEMl? Cycle. DO THIS... THIS HAPPENS... 1. Put cooked, hot food in oven and close door. The KEEP WARM Signal Light will come on The Display will show the time of day 2. Touch KEEP WARM. .___ -_. . .. . _ _.. The KEEP WARM Signal Light will stay on.
Cooking with the TEMPERATURE PROBE
The PROBE TEMF?and COOK POWER Lights will stay on. 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. For 2 of every10 seconds, the Display will show the Cook Power you selected if you are using a Cook Power other than high. When the probe senses the temperature you selected, the oven shuts off and you will hear 4 beeps.
Changing l the temperature setting When using the Temperature Probe, PROBE TEMP settings can be changed before or during operation: -Touch PROBE TEMP -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 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. _ DO THIS... - _.I _ THIS HAPPENS... 1_...... I... _. -..~__ _..__ The COOK Signal Light will come on and the Display will show four O’s, ., m 1. Touch COOK. _. 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 KEEP WARM can be used by itself or it can be added at any time: -Touch KEEP WARM. - Touch START.
Programming tone Each time you touch a pad you will hear a tone. If you do not hear a tone, it is because the instruction is not correct, or it is because the tones have been removed. EXAMPLE: If you forget to plug in the Temperature Probe and touch PROBE TEMP you will not hear a tone. The instruction is not correct. If you want to remove the tone: Open the door. l Touch CANCEL twice, then START. l The tone will not sound for any touch. l If you want to replace the tone: Open the door.
Bi-level cooking rack (Model MW858OXP only) Use the Bi-Level Cooking Rack when cooking in more than one container. The rack can be turned upside-down to help fit taller containers on the bottom of the oven. See the MICRO MENUS’ Cookbook provided with your oven. ‘Tmk f Second Position: Turn rack upside-down when using a taller container on the bottom of the oven. First Position: Use the rack only when heating more than one container of food. Do not let a container touch the top or sides of the oven.
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 trained service technician and any repair made. 2.
5. Electrical requirements Observe ail 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. 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 is not hot. It causes Mixer food to make its own Ceramic Magnetron Bottom c Oven Microwaves are like TV waves or light waves. You can’t see them, but you can see what they do. Microwaves pass through glass, paper and plastic without heating them so food absorbs the energy. Microwaves bounce off metal pans so food does not absorb the energy.
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 22.
2. If you need assistance%.. 4. If you have a problem?.. Call the Whirlpool COOL-LINE@ service assistance telephone number. Dial free from: Contlnental U.S. . . . . . . . . . (800)253-1301 Michigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (800)632-2243 Alaska 81 Hawaii . . . . . . . . . (800)253-1121 and talk with one of our trained Consultants. The Consultant can instruct you on how to obtain satisfactory operation from your appliance or, if service is necessary, recommend a qualified service company in your area.
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