304NCH FREE-SANDING EYE-LEVEL MCROWAVE RANGE Model RM955PXt Mlcrowave Detrost / Ov FhlORWX?flnt cooktop tight Switch Guide Model and Serial Number Plate Automatic Lower Oven Light Switch Oven Rack Guide Bake Eiement Removable Storage Drawer Removable . I . ., - Copy Your Model If you information 1. Complete behind the 2. Purchase and Serial Numbers Here need service, or call with a question, have ready: Model and Serial Numbers (from the plate microwave oven door on the oven frame].
Your responsfbilities.. . Proper installation and safe use of your microwave range are your personal responsibilities. Read this”Use and Care Guide”and the “Cooking Guide”carefully for important use and safety information. Installation You must be sure your range is... l installed and leveled on a floor that will hold the weight; l installed in a well-ventilated area protected from the weather; l properly connected to the correct electric supply and grounding. [See “Installation Instructions.
Using your microwave upper oven ‘Probe Signal Light Meal Sensor Probe Control Digital Timer Cook Power Control Start Button To Stop the Oven: I, Push in and turn the timer knob counterclockwise to 0O:OO. OR 2. Open the oven door. To Restart the Oven: 1. Close the oven door. 2. Set timer (if needed). 3. Push the START Button.
Be sure you understand the basics of microwave oven cooking before you start Start with recipes from your MICRO MENUS, Cookbook Follow the directions carefully. NEVER START THE OVEN WHEN IT’S EMPTY. The oven can be damaged For testrng. use at least a cup of water Be sure you have read and understand the dlrectlons. 1. Put food in the oven 4. Set cooking times up to 10 minutes by pushing in the timer knob and turning clockwise. The oven light will go on.
THE MEAL SENSOR” TEMPERATURE PROBE The MEAL SENSOR 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 want. See your MICRO MENUS Cookbook for helpful information in cooking different types of foods For liquids, balance the probe on a wooden spoon or spatula so the tip of the probe is in the center of the liquid.
MEAL SENSOR* TEMPERATURE PROBE GUIDE Food Cook Power Settlng Meal Sensor Setting Tips Beverages HIGH 165 Fto 170 F Balance HIGH 170 Casseroles MEDIUM HIGH 170 Fto 175 F Chowders MEDIUM HIGH 180 F MEDIUM 140 F Canned Food Dips Meat Loaf (beef) Poultry Sandwiches on wooden spoon. Use MEDIUM Cook Power for very thick foods such as baked beans. Use MEDIUM Cook Power for very thick mixtures. Stir once or twice. Balance probe once or twice. on wooden spoon.
CLEANINGTHEMICROWNEUVEN Be sure to clean the areas For stubborn soil, boil a cup Wipe often with warm sudsy where the door and oven of water in the oven for 2 or 3 water and a soft cloth or frame touch when closed. minutes. Steam will soften sponge. The control panel Rinse well. the soil. may becleaned with a soft soapy cloth or spray glass cleaner. Do not use abrasive cleaners or steel wool pads.
Rough or harsh cleaners DO NOT store things in the can scratch or dull the oven finish. DO NOT USE THEM. Overcooking some foods can cause them to scorch or flame...especially foods like potatoes, corn, snacks, etc. See the MICRO MENUS” Cookbook. -Tmk Make popcorn only in poppers designed for use in microwave ovens Follow popper directions. Results are the popper manufacturer’s responsibility. Liquids heated in certain containers may overheat. The liquid may then splash out with a loud noise.
HOW MICR- OVENS WORK Microwave ovens are safe. Microwave energy is not hot. It causes make its own heat. and its this heat that cooks the food. Mode Mixer food to Bottom Magqetron I Oven’Cavity Metal Microwaves are like TV waves or light waves. you can’t see them, but you can see what they do. A magnetron produces microwaves. The microwaves move into the oven where they are scattered around by a stirrer (like a fan). Microwaves bounce off metal oven walls and are absorbed by food.
Using your cooktop and lower oven COOKTOP AND LOWER OVEN CONTROLS Stop lime Digital Knob Automatic MEALTIMER’ Clock Start Time Knob Minute Timer Adjustable Control Lower Lower Oven Temperature Oven Signal Surface Unit Signal Surface Unit Control Lower Oven Manual Cooktop Light Lights Selector Lower Oven Light Switch Light Switch -Tmk SURFACE UNIT CONTROLS One of the signal lights will glow to remind you which surface unit is on.
SETTING THE CLOCK Push in and turn the Minute Timer Knob to set the Clock. 1. Push in Minute Timer Knob and turn clockwise until clock digits show the right time of day. USING THE MINUTE let the Minute Timer Knob pop out. Turn counterclockwise until the Minute Timer dial shows OFF. The clock setting will change it you push in when turning. TIMER DO NOT PUSH IN THE KNOB when setting 1. 2.
Put the rack(s) where YOU 6-3 want them before turning on the oven. Rack(s) should be placed so food can be centered in the oven. Always leave at least 11’~to 2 inches (4-5 Cm] between the sides of the pan and the oven walls and pans. For more information, see the “Cooking Guide.” Lift rack at front and pull out. Set the Oven Selector BAKE. Let the oven preheat until the Signal Light goes off. Set the Oven Temperature Control to the baking temperature you want.
USING THE AUTOMATIC MEALTIMER:. CLOCK The Automatic MEALTIMER Clock is designed to turn the lower at times you set...even when you are not around. To start and stop baking 1. Put the lower oven rack(s) where you want them and place the food in the oven. 4. Push in and turn the Stop lime Knob clockwise to the time you want the oven to shut off 7. After baking is done, both knobs to OFF. To stop baking automatically: turn 2. 5. 8. Make sure the clock is set to the right time of day.
BROILING 1. Place the rack where want if for broiling. you 2. Put the broiler pan and food on the rack. 3. Setthe Oven Selector BROIL. 4. Set the Oven Temperature Control on BROIL (or on a lower temperature for slower broiling). 5. During broiling, the oven door must be partly open. A built-in stop will hold it there. 6. When broiling is done, turn both knobs to OFF. on For slower broiling, set the Oven Temperature Control on a temperature instead of BROIL.
THE COOKTOP LIGHT To turn on the fluorescent light under the upper oven, push the button underthe control panel marked TOP LITE. Hold it in for a second before letting it go. Push it again to shut off the light To replace the light tube: 1. Turn off the electric power at main power supply. 2. Remove the 3 screws and front metal trim that supports the light cover. The glass is heavy. Hold it securely. 3. Wlth both hands, lower the front of the cover a little and pull it straight toward you. 4.
THE LOWER OVEN LIGHT The lower oven light will come on when you open the oven door or when You push the Oven Light switch at the bottom of the control panel. Close the oven door or push the switch again to shut it off. To replace 1. the light bulb: Turn off the electric power at the main power SUPPlY. 2. Remove the light bulb from its socket. 3. Replace the bulb with a 40-watt appliance bulb available whereever light bulbs are sold. 4. Turn electric power back on at main power SUPPlY.
Cleaning and caring for your range CONTROL PANEL AND KNOBS 1. First make sure lower oven and surface unit control knobs are set on OFF. Ail knobs pull straight off. Surface unit knobs have a collar and spring. 2. Use warm soapy water and a soft cloth to wipe the panel. Rinse and wipe dry. Collar \- FLU \ / f N !J 3. Wash knobs and surface unit collars warm soapy water. Rinse well and dry. in 4. Put small end of sprlng closest to control panel. Push knobs straight back on.
REPLACING Receptacle I. Be sure surface 2. Line up opening in the reflector the surface unit receptacle. unit controls are OFF. bowl 3. with 4. While pushing the surface unit terminal into the receptacle, lift a little on the edge of the unit nearest the receptacle. 5. When the terminal is pushed into the receptacle as far as it will go, the surface unit will fit into the reflector bowl. Hold the surface unit as level as possible with the terminal just started into the receptacle.
THE OVEN DOOR REMOVING THE LOWER OVEN DOOR Open the door to the first stop Hold the door at both sides and lift It at the same angle is in. REPLACING THE LOWER OVEN DOOR it THE MICROWAVE OVEN DOOR CANNOT BE REMOVED. Fit the bottom corners of the door over the ends of the hinges Push the door down evenly. The door will close only when it IS on the hinges correctly. STORAGE DRAWER The storage drawer is for storing pots and pans. Never store anything that can burn or melt in the drawer.
THE CONTINUOUS-CLEANING LOWER OVEN Standard oven walls are coated with smooth porcelain-enamel. Your continuous-cleaning oven walls are coated with a special, rougher porcelain-enamel. A fat spatter beads up on the smooth surface, but spreads out on the rougher surface. The bead of fat chars and turns black. The spread-out fat gradually burns away at medium to high baking temperatures (350 -475 F,176 -231 C] so the oven can return to a presentably clean condition.
HAND CLEANING \ “j$: : .’ _. DO NOT USE OVEN CLEANING PRODUCTS. Some can be trapped in the porcelainenamel surface and give off harmful fumes. RACKS - Use a soapy WINDOW - Keep clean steel-wool pad for best with hot sudsy water. results. Rinse well. Do not use steel wool or abrasive cleansers. Use a WALLS AND DOOR - Wash with hot soapy plastic scouring pad for water. Use a soapy steel-wool pad or stubborn spots. Rinse plastic scouring pad for stubborn spots. well. Rinse well.
If you need service or assistance, we suggest you follow these four steps: 1 l Before calling for assistance.. . Performance problems often result from little things you can find and fix yourself without tools of any kind. If nothlng operates: l Is the range correctly plugged into a live circuit with the proper voltage? (See Installatlon Instructlons.
2 l 4 Ifyou need assistance”‘. . . Call the Whirlpool COOL-LINE ’ service assistance telephone number. Dial free from: Continental 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 in how to obtain satisfactory operation from Your appliance or, if service is necessary, recommend a qualified service company rn your area.