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Microwave Hood
Combination
A Note to You.............................................2
Microwave Oven Safety ...........................3
Installation Instructions............................6
Getting to Know Your
Microwave Oven........................................7
How your microwave oven works ...........7
Radio interference .................................7
Testing your microwave oven...............7
Testing your dinnerware
or cookware............................................8
Operat
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A NOTE TO YOU ® Thank you for buying a WHIRLPOOL appliance. ® The Whirlpool Brand is committed to designing quality products that consistently perform for you to make your life easier. To ensure that you enjoy years of trouble-free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide. It is full of valuable information about how to operate and maintain your appliance properly. Please read it care- fully. Also, complete and mail the Product Registration Card provided with your appliance. The card hel
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MICROWAVE OVEN SAFETY Your safety and the safety of others are very important. We have provided many important safety messages in this manual and on your appliance. Always read and obey all safety messages. This is the safety alert symbol. This symbol alerts you to potential hazards that can kill or hurt you and others. All safety messages will follow the safety alert symbol and either the word “DANGER” or “WARNING.” These words mean: You can be killed or seriously injured if you don't wDANGER
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MICROWAVE OVEN SAFETY IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS • Intended to be used above ranges with maximum • When flaming foods under the hood, turn the fan on. width of 36 inches. • Use care when cleaning the vent-hood filter. • Clean Ventilating Hoods Frequently - Grease Corrosive cleaning agents, such as lye-based oven should not be allowed to accumulate on hood or cleaners, may damage the filter. filter. • Do not cover or block any openings on the • Oversized foods or oversized metal utensils mic
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MICROWAVE OVEN SAFETY ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS Observe all governing codes and ordinances. A 120 Volt, 60 Hz, AC only, 15- or 20-amp fused wWARNING electrical supply is required. (A time-delay fuse is recommended.) It is recommended that a separate circuit serving only this appliance be provided. Electrical Shock Hazard Plug into a grounded 3 prong outlet. Do not remove ground prong. Do not use an adapter. Do not use an extension cord. Failure to follow these instructions can result in death,
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS REMOVING AND REPLACING THE MICROWAVE HOOD COMBINATION 5. Grasp the microwave oven. Rotate the microwave wWARNING oven downward. (Be careful that door does not swing Excessive Weight Hazard open.) Lift off the support Use two or more people to move and install tabs F at the bottom of the microwave oven. mounting plate. Set the Failure to do so can result in back or other microwave oven aside on a injury. protected surface. If you need to remove your Microwave Hood Combi
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN This section discusses the concepts behind microwave cooking. It also shows you the basics you need to know to operate your microwave oven. Please read this information before you use your oven. HOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN WORKS Microwave energy is not hot. It causes food to make The glass turntable of your microwave oven lets its own heat, and it’s this heat that cooks the food. microwaves pass through. Then they bounce off a Microwaves are like TV waves, radio
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN TESTING YOUR DINNERWARE OR COOKWARE Test dinnerware or cookware before using. absorb microwave energy, and may become too hot To test a dish, put it into the oven with 1 cup to handle or may slow cooking times. Cooking in (250 mL) of water beside it. Cook at 100% cook metal containers not designed for microwave use power for one minute. If the dish gets hot and could damage the oven, as could containers with water stays cool, do not use it. Some dishes hidde
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN MICROWAVE OVEN FEATURES 1 SENSOR ONE EZ TOUCH TOUCH FRESH FRESH FR FROZEN OZEN POPCORN POPCORN JET B BAKED AKED VEGET VEGETABLE ABLE VEGET VEGETABLE ABLE P PO OTAT TATO O DEFROST REHEAT COOK FR FROZEN OZEN DINNER DINNER ENTREE ENTREE BEVER BEVERA AG GE E PLA PLATE TE SOUP SOUP POPCORN BEVER BEVERA AG GE E B BAKED AKED P PO OTAT TATO O STEAM JET SIMMER DEFROST VEGET VEGET COOK ABLE ABLE FR FROZEN OZEN COOK WARM ENTREE ENTREE HOLD COOK COOK REHEAT COOK WA
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN CONTROL PANEL FEATURES Your microwave oven control panel lets you select a desired cooking function quickly and easily. The following is a list of all the Command pads located 1 on the control panel. For more information on these features, see “Using your microwave oven” section. EZ TOUCH 1. Display. This display includes a clock and indicators to tell you the time of day, cooking 2 JET 4 time settings, and cooking functions you chose. DEFROST REHEAT C
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN CONTROL PANEL FEATURES (CONT.) To turn signals back on: Audible signals Your microwave oven comes with audible TOUCH signals that can guide you when setting and using your oven: 2 • A programming tone will sound each time you touch a pad. and hold for 5 seconds • One long tone signals the end of a Kitchen NOTE: Two tones will sound when audible signals Timer countdown. are turned on or off. This will only work when the oven is in standby mode. • Four tones si
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN CONTROL PANEL FEATURES (CONT.) Heating more than one plate of food Two tones will sound and will appear on the When heating plates of food with a cook time that display. When the control panel is locked, 3 tones will sound and LOCK will appear when you touch you set, you can heat two 10 in. (25.4 cm) any pad except for VENT FAN 4 SPEEDS and (LIGHT) ON/NIGHT/OFF, and START/ENTER. plates side by side or one plate larger than To unlock the control panel: the tur
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN USING THE COOKING RACK NOTES: The Cooking Rack gives you extra space when cooking in more than one container at the same • Use oven mitts to remove items from microwave time. oven. If you need a replacement rack (Part No. 4393826), • Do not store the metal rack in the oven. Arcing you can order one from your designated service and damage to the oven could result if someone company, or by calling the Customer Interaction accidentally starts the oven. center a
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN USING THE COOKTOP/COUNTERTOP LIGHT The pad on the bottom right of the control panel 2. Turn off light when desired. controls the cooktop/countertop light. TOUCH 1. Turn on light. TOUCH (1 or 2 times, depending on light setting) (once for regular light, twice for night light) SETTING THE CLOCK When your microwave oven is first plugged in, or 2. Enter the time of day. after a power failure, the display will flash “:”. If a time of day is not set, “:” will flash
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN USING THE MINUTE TIMER NOTE: If you do not do this step within 5 You can use your microwave oven as a kitchen timer. Use the Minute Timer for timing up to seconds of doing Step 2, “START?” will appear. You then have 1 minute to touch TIMER SET or 99 minutes. START/ENTER before the display returns to the NOTE: The oven can operate while the Minute time of day. Timer is in use. To see the Minute timer while the At the end of the countdown: oven is cooking, to
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN TM USING JET START FEATURE TM The JET START feature lets you cook food for 30 • You can use the JET START feature only for the cook time function. seconds at 100% cook power or add an extra 30 seconds to your cooking time cycle. You can also use it to extend cooking time cycles in multiples of 1. Make sure the food is in the oven. 30 seconds, up to 99 minutes. 2. Touch the JET START feature pad. NOTES: • To extend cooking time cycles in multiples of TOUCH YOU
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN This section gives you instructions for operating each function. Please read these instructions carefully. COOKING AT HIGH COOK POWER 1. Put your food in the oven and close 4. Start the oven. the door. TOUCH YOU SEE 2. Touch COOK TIME. COOK TIME START PWR TOUCH YOU SEE ENTER COOK ENTER COOK TIME PWR TIME At the end of the cooking time: YOU SEE COOK TIME 3. Enter the cooking time. TOUCH YOU SEE ENTER COOK TIME PWR 1 (four tones will sound) 3 Changing instructions You can
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN COOKING AT DIFFERENT COOK POWERS (CONT.) COOK POWER NAME WHEN TO USE IT 6 = 60% of full power Cooking sensitive foods such as cheese and egg • dishes, pudding, and custards Cooking non-stirrable casseroles, such as • lasagna 5 = 50% of full power Medium Cooking ham, whole poultry, and pot roasts • Melting chocolate • 4 = 40% of full power Simmering stews • Heating bread, rolls and pastries • 3 = 30% of full power Medium-Low, Defrosting foods, such as bread, fish, meat
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN COOKING AT DIFFERENT COOK POWERS (CONT.) 5. Start the oven. Changing instructions TOUCH YOU SEE You can change the cooking time or cook power any time during cooking by repeating Steps 2, 3 COOK TIME START PWR and/or 4 and 5. ENTER At the end of the cooking time: YOU SEE COOK TIME (four tones will sound) COOKING IN STAGES For best results, some recipes call for one cook 3. Enter the cooking time for the first power for a certain length of time, and another stage. cook
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USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN COOKING IN STAGES (CONT.) At the end of the cooking time: Example for 50% cook power: YOU SEE TOUCH YOU SEE COOK TIME ENTER COOK PWR 5 OR COOK POWER (four tones will sound) (repeat until desired cook power appears) Changing instructions You can change cooking times or cook powers for 5. Repeat Steps 2, 3, and 4 to set the a stage any time after that stage starts by cooking time and cook power for repeating Steps 2, 3 and/or 4 and 5. each additional stage. 6. Start the
