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Microwave Ovens
A Note to You.............. 2
Microwave Oven
Safety....................... 3-4
Installation
Instructions................. 5
Getting to Know Your
Microwave Oven ......... 7
Standard Microwave
Cooking .................... 18
Sensor Cooking ........ 30
Caring for Your
Microwave Oven ....... 33
Cooking Guide.......... 34
Questions and
Answers .................... 39
Troubleshooting ........ 40
Requesting
Assistance or
Service ...................... 42
Index .........................
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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 Look for these tips! trouble-free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide. It is full of valuable information about how Look for these Time Smart Tips located to operate and maintain your appliance properly and throughout your Use and Care Guide. They safely. Please read it
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MICROWAVE OVEN SAFETY Your safety and the safety of others is 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 hazards that can kill or hurt you and others. All safety messages will be preceded by the safety alert symbol and the word “DANGER” or “WARNING.” These words mean: You will be killed or seriously injured if you don’t wDANGER follow ins
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MICROWAVE OVEN SAFETY IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Do not mount over a sink. – Remove wire twist-ties from paper or plastic • bags before placing bag in oven. Do not store anything directly on top of the • microwave oven surface when the microwave – If materials inside the oven should ignite, keep oven is in operation. oven door closed, turn oven off, and discon- nect the power cord, or shut off power at the To reduce the risk of fire in the oven cavity: • fuse or circuit breaker panel. – Do no
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Before you begin operating the oven, carefully read the following instructions. 1. Empty the microwave oven and clean inside it with a soft, damp cloth. Check for damage such as a door that isn’t lined up correctly, damage around the door, or dents inside the oven or on the exterior. If there is any damage, do not operate the oven until an authorized service technician has checked it and made any needed repairs. 2. Put the oven on a cart, counter, table, or shelf that i
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS Observe all governing codes and ordinances. A 120 Volt, 60 Hz, AC only, 15 amp fused electrical wWARNING supply is required. (A time-delay fuse is recom- mended.) 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, fire
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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. wWARNING Explosion Hazard Do not store flammable materials such as gasoline near the microwave oven. Doing so can result in death, explosion, or fire. HOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN WORKS Microwave ovens are safe. Microwave energy is not hot. It causes food to make its own h
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN HOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN WORKS (CONT.) Microwaves pass through most glass, paper, and plastics without heating them so food absorbs For the best cooking results the energy. Microwaves bounce off metal con- Always cook food for the shortest cooking • tainers so food does time recommended. Check to see how not absorb the energy. the food is cooking. If needed, touch ADD MINUTE while the oven is operating or after the cooking cycle is over (see the “Using ADD MIN
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN TESTING YOUR DINNERWARE OR COOKWARE Test dinnerware or cookware before using. To test a dish for safe use, put it into the oven with a cup of water beside it. Cook at 100% cook power for one minute. If the dish gets hot and water stays cool, do not use it. Some dishes (melamine, some ceramic dinnerware, etc.) absorb microwave energy, becoming too hot to handle and slowing cooking times. Cooking in metal containers not designed for microwave use could damage t
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN OPERATING SAFETY PRECAUTIONS (CONT.) Do not overcook potatoes. Fire could result. At Do not try to melt paraffin wax in the oven. Paraffin the end of the recom- wax will not melt in a mended cooking time, microwave oven because potatoes should be it allows microwaves to slightly firm because pass through it. they will continue cook- ing during standing time. After micro- waving, let potatoes stand for 5 minutes. They will finish cooking while standing. Do not
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN MICROWAVE OVEN FEATURES ENTER POWER SENSOR AUTO COOK DEF TEMP CONV START WEIGHT Q,TY TIME COMBI REHEAT SENSOR POPCORN REHEAT COOK (3 SIZES) AUTO WARM ADD COOK HOLD MINUTE PERSONAL MORE LESS CHOICE AUTO DEFROST • MEAT • POULTRY • FISH COOK COOK CLOCK TIME POWER SET 12 3 4 5 6 789 START OFF 0 ENTER CANCEL Your microwave oven is designed to make your 5. Removable Turntable Support (under turntable). cooking experience enjoyable and productive. To 6. Control
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN CONTROL PANEL FEATURES Your microwave oven control panel lets you choose the cooking function you want quickly and easily. All you have to do is touch the necessary Command pad. The following is a list of all the COOK OZ HEATER T/TABLE OFF Command and Number pads located on the control panel. For more information, see pages 14-32. 1. Display. This display includes a clock and SENSOR scrolling words to tell you what to do when POPCORN REHEAT COOK you touch a p
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN CONTROL PANEL FEATURES (CONT.) 11. AUTO DEFROST. Touch this pad to thaw Interrupting cooking frozen food by weight. See page 24 for more You can stop the oven during a cycle by opening information. the door. The oven stops heating and the fan 12. COOK TIME. Touch this pad followed by stops, but the light stays on. To restart cooking, Number pads to set a cooking time. See close the door and pages 16, 18, and 20 for more information. TOUCH 13. COOK POWER. Touch
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN USING PERSONAL CHOICE PERSONAL CHOICE lets you turn on or off tones, the clock, or the demonstration mode; change scroll speed; or switch weight measurement back and forth between pounds and kilograms. 1. Touch PERSONAL CHOICE. TOUCH YOU SEE your display scrolls PERSONAL through the options CHOICE 2. Touch a Number pad. TOUCH TO SET THEN TOUCH NUMBER PAD 1 sound on/off 1 for on, 2 for off 2 clock on/off 1 for on, 2 for off 3 scroll speed 1 for slow, 2 for norm
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN SETTING THE CLOCK When you first plug in your microwave oven, the display tells you to “PLEASE SET TIME OF DAY.” Then the display shows “:”. If the electric power ever goes off, the display will repeat this message when the power comes back on. NOTE: You can cook without setting the clock, but the display will not show the correct time of day after cooking. 1. Choose the setting. TOUCH YOU SEE display scrolls the words “(AM CLOCK or PM) ENTER TIME OF DAY” SET
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN USING THE MINUTE TIMER You can use your microwave oven as a kitchen timer. Use the Minute Timer for timing up to 99 minutes, 99 seconds. NOTE: If you want to use other Command pads while the Minute Timer is counting down, touch OFF/CANCEL to cancel the Minute Timer. 1. Touch COOK TIME. TOUCH YOU SEE display scrolls the words COOK “ENTER COOKING TIME” TIME 2. Enter the time to be counted down. TOUCH YOU SEE Example for 3 minutes: 3 0 display scrolls the words “
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN USING THE MINUTE TIMER (CONT.) 4. Start the countdown. TOUCH YOU SEE START ENTER COOK (display counts down set time) YOU SEE 5. At the end of the set time: (3 tones sound) The display will show the time of day when you TOUCH YOU SEE touch OFF/CANCEL. OFF CANCEL (time of day) 17
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STANDARD MICROWAVE COOKING This section gives you instructions for standard microwave cooking. Please read these instructions carefully. COOKING AT HIGH COOK POWER 1. Put the food in the oven and close the door. 2. Set the cooking time. TOUCH YOU SEE display scrolls the words COOK “ENTER COOKING TIME” TIME Example for 1 minute, 30 seconds: TOUCH YOU SEE 1 display scrolls the words 3 “TOUCH START OR POWER” 0 3. Start the oven. TOUCH YOU SEE START ENTER COOK 4. At the end of the cooking time: YOU
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STANDARD MICROWAVE COOKING COOKING AT DIFFERENT COOK POWERS For best results, some recipes call for different cook The following chart gives the percentage of cook powers. The lower the cook power, the slower the power each Number pad stands for, and the cook cooking. Each Number pad also stands for a differ- power name usually used. It also tells you when to ent percentage of cook power. Many microwave use each cook power. Follow recipe or food package cookbook recipes tell you by number, perce
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STANDARD MICROWAVE COOKING COOKING AT DIFFERENT COOK POWERS (CONT.) 1. Put your food in the oven and close the door. 2. Set the cooking time. TOUCH YOU SEE display scrolls the words COOK “ENTER COOKING TIME” TIME Example for 7 minutes, 30 seconds: TOUCH YOU SEE 7 3 display scrolls the words “TOUCH START OR POWER” 0 3. Set the cook power. TOUCH YOU SEE display scrolls the words COOK “ENTER POWER LEVEL 1 TO 10” POWER Example for 50% cook power: TOUCH YOU SEE 5 4. Start the oven. TOUCH YOU SEE STAR
