Whirlpool MS3080XB User Manual

User’s

Model and serial number label (on frame behind door)

Manual

NOTE: Black model shown. Also available in white.

Door latches

Glass tray

MICROWAVE OVEN

MS3080XB

Control panel

Contents

Page Important Safety Instructions Precautions To Avoid Possible Exposure To Excessive Microwave Energy

Getting Acquainted ..........................................

Microwave oven features Control panel Quick reference

Using Your Microwave Oven

Microwave Audible signals Setting the clock Using OFF/CANCEL Cooking in your microwave oven Cooking at high cook power Cooking at lower cook powers Auto cooking Auto weight defrosting Cooking automatically after defrosting Cooking with more than one cook cycle.. Using child Using WARM Using the Minute Timer Using delayed start

Installation Instructions

Grounding Caring For Your Microwave Oven How Your Microwave Oven Works Operating Safety Precautions

Glass tray

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Thank you for buying a Whirlpool@ appliance. Please complete and mail the Owner Registration Card provided with this product. Then complete the form below. Have this information ready if you need service or call with a question.

Copy model and serial numbers from label (behind the microwave oven door on the frame) and purchase date from sales slip.

Keep this book and the sales slip together in a handy place.

Model Number

Serial Number

Purchase Date

Service Company Phone Number

Fill out and return the Microwave Registration Card included with your microwave oven. If the card is missing, please send the model and serial number of your microwave oven, with your name and address to .

Whirlpool Corporation Microwave Registration Department Administrative Center 2000 N State Route 63 Benton Harbor, Ml 49022-2692

0 1994 Whirlpool Corporation

This information will help us reach you if there is ever a need to pass along information about your microwave oven.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Microwave ovens have been 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.

To reduce the risk of burns, fire, electrical shock, injury to persons, exposure to excessive microwave energy, or damage when using the microwave oven, follow basic precautions, including the following:

Read all instructions before using the microwave oven.

Read and follow the specific “PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE ENERGY” found on page 4.

This appliance must be grounded. Connect only to properly grounded outlet. See “GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS” found on page 26.

Install or locate this appliance only in accordance with the provided Installation Instructions found on page 25.

* Some products such as whole eggs and sealed

containers-for example, closed glass jars-could explode and should not be heated in this oven.

Use this appliance only for its intended use as described in this manual. Do not use corrosive chemicals or vapors in this appliance. This type of oven is specifically designed to heat, cook,

. To reduce the risk of fire in the oven cavity:

- Do not overcook food. Carefully attend appliante if paper, plastic, or other combustible materials are placed inside the oven to facilitate cooking. Paper could char or burn, and some plastics could melt if used when heating foods.

- Do not deep fry in oven.

- Test dinnerware or cookware before using.

See page 32. 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 the oven, as can containers with hidden metal (twist-ties, foil lining, staples, metallic glaze or trim).

- Remove wire twist-ties from paper or plastic

bags before placing bag in oven.

or dry food. It is not designed for industrial or - If materials inside the oven should ignite, keep laboratory use. oven door closed, turn oven off, and disconnect

As with any appliance, close supervision is necessary when used by children.

Do not operate this appliance if it has a damaged cord or plug, if it is not working properly, or if it has been damaged or dropped. Electrical

the power cord, or shut off power at the fuse or circuit breaker panel.

- Do not use the cavity for storage purposes. Do not leave paper products, cooking utensils, or food in the cavity when not in use.

shock, fire or other hazards could result. - Do not operate any heating or cooking appli-

This appliance should be serviced only by qualified service personnel. Call an authorized

ante beneath this appliance.

- Do not mount unit over or near any portion of a

Whirlpool@ service company for examination, heating or cooking appliance. repair or adjustment.

Do not cover or block any opening on the appliance. Fire could result.

Do not store or use this appliance outdoors. Do not use this product near water-for example, near a kitchen sink, in a wet basement, or near a swimming pool, and the like.

* Do not immerse cord or plug in water.

Keep cord away from heated surfaces.

* Do not let cord hang over edge of table or

counter.

See door surface and interior cleaning instruc-

- Do not mount over a sink.

- Do not store anything directly on top of the appliance when appliance is in operation.

Read and follow “Operating Safety Precautions”

starting on page 29.

1. A short power-supply cord is provided to re-

duce the risks resulting from becoming entangled in or tripping over a longer cord.

Longer cord sets or extension cords are available and may be used if care is exercised in their use.

tions on page 27.

continued on next page

3. If a long cord or extension cord is used temporarily, (a) the marked electrical rating of the cord set or extension cord should be at least as great as the electrical rating of the appliance, (b) the extension cord must be a grounding-type, 3-wire cord that has a 3-blade grounding plug and a 3-slot receptacle that will accept the plug on the appliance, and (c) the longer cord should be arranged so that it will not drape over the countertop or tabletop where it can be pulled on by children or tripped over accidentally.

4. A qualified electrician must install a properly grounded and polarized 3-prong receptacle near the appliance.

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You are responsible for:

. Installing and leveling the oven on a surface

strong enough to support its weight, and where it is protected from the elements.* The microwave oven should be at a temperature above 50°F (10%) for proper operation.

Properly connecting the oven to electrical supply and grounding it.*

Operating the oven with the glass tray in place.

0 Making sure the oven is not used by anyone

unable to operate it properly.

Properly maintaining the oven.

. Using the microwave oven only as described in

this manual.

‘See the Installation Instructions on page 25.

PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE ENERGY.. .

Do not attempt to operate this oven with the door open since open-door operation can result in harmful exposure to microwave energy. It is important not to defeat or tamper with the safety interlocks.

Do not place any object between the oven front face and the door or allow soil or cleaner residue to accumulate on sealing surfaces.

Do not operate the oven if it is damaged. It is particularly important that the oven door close properly and that there is no damage to the:

(1) Door (bent), (2) Hinges and latches (broken or loosened), (3) Door seals and sealing surfaces.

Do not operate the microwave oven if the door window is broken.

The microwave oven should be checked for microwave leakage by qualified service personnel after a repair is made.

The oven should not be adjusted or repaired by anyone except properly qualified service personnel.

Do not operate the microwave oven with the outer cabinet removed.

Getting Acquainted

Microwave oven features

Your microwave oven is designed to make your cooking experience as enjoyable and productive as possible. To help get you up and running quickly, the following is a list of the oven’s basic features:

1. Door Open Button. Push button to open door. Door must be pressed firmly shut for oven to operate.

2. Door Safety Lock System. The oven will not operate unless the door is securely closed.

3. Window with Metal Shield. Shield prevents microwaves from escaping. It is designed as a screen to allow you to view food as it cooks.

4. Glass Tray. This tray must be in oven during operation for best cooking results. See pages 27 and 31 for more details.

5. Control Panel. Touch pads on this panel to perform all functions. See page 6 for more details.

6. Light. Automatically turns on when door is opened or when oven is operating.

7. Model and Serial Number Label.

8. External Oven Air Vents (on side). See page 25 for more details.

Getting Acquainted Continued

Control panel features

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Your microwave oven control panel lets you select the desired cooking function quickly and easily. All you have to do is touch the necessary Command Pad. The following is a list of all the Command and Number Pads located on the control panel. For more information, see pages 1 O-24.

1. Display. This display includes a clock and indicators to tell you time of day, cooking time settings and cooking functions selected. See page 10 for more information.

COOK TIME. Touch this pad when cooking at Cook Power or cooking automatically after defrosting. Touch COOK TIME to set the first, second and third Cook cycles when cooking at more than one Cook Power. Touch this Command Pad when setting the Minute Timer or a delayed start time.

COOK POWER. Touch this pad followed by a Number Pad to set the amount of microwave energy released to cook the food. The higher the number, the higher the power or the faster the cooking. See page 13 for more information. See the “Cooking Guide,” starting on page 35, for specific Cook Powers to use for the foods you are cooking.

WARM HOLD. Touch this pad to keep food warm for up to 60 minutes. See page 21 for more information.

Auto Cooking. Select to cook popcorn, pizza, fresh vegetables, a frozen entree, baked potato or a dinner plate. See page 14 for more information.

AUTO DEFROST. Select these pads followed by Number Pads to thaw frozen food before cooking. See pages 15-l 6 for more information.

Number Pads. Touch a Number Pad after touching a Command Pad to tell the oven what time, Cook Power or Defrosting Weight you wish to enter.

“0” Number Pad. Touch this Number Pad when setting the Minute Timer or Delayed Start. See pages 22-24 for more information.

CLOCK. Touch this pad followed by Number

Pads to set time of day. See page 11 for

more information.

10.

START/ENTER. Touch this pad after setting a function on the microwave oven to start the function. If you open the door before the oven begins to cook, retouch START/

ENTER.

11.

OFF/CANCEL. Touch this pad to stop the oven or to cancel the program. See page 11 for more information.

12.

Door Open Button.

Quick reference cooking guide

Your microwave oven gives you a wide range of cooking capabilities. The following chart can be used as a quick reference when cooking. For more in-depth information, see the corresponding sections in this Use and Care Guide.

If you want to . . .

Set the clock Setting the clock to the correct

time of day lets you set start times with the Delayed Start of day. feature. The microwave clock also provides an accurate source of time for your kitchen.

Cook at high power High power cooking is perfect

for quick cooking of small items and separate portions.

Cook at lower powers Cooking at lower powers is

necessary for efficient cooking of most foods. Failure to use the correct Cook Power may

result in overcooking or

undercooking.

You . . .

1. Touch CLOCK.

2. Touch Number Pads for the correct time

3. Touch CLOCK.

1. Put food in the oven and close the door.

2. Touch COOK TIME.

3. Touch Number Pads for the cooking time you want.

4. Touch START/ENTER.

1. Put food in the oven and close the door.

2. Touch COOK TIME.

3. Touch Number Pads for the cooking time you want.

4. Touch COOK POWER.

5. Touch a Number Pad for the Cook Power you want.

6. Touch START/ENTER.

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Operate auto cooking Auto Cooking allows you to choose from six commonly used cooking times by touching

just two pads.

Defrost Auto Weight Defrosting decreases the amount of time needed to thaw frozen food before cooking.

1. Put food in the oven and close the door.

2. Select appropriate Command Pad.

1. Put food in the oven and close the door.

2. Touch MEAT, POULTRY or FISH.

3. Touch Number Pads for the defrosting weight you want in pounds.

4. Touch START/ENTER.

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Getting Acquainted Continued

If you want to . . . Cook with more than one

cycle Cooking with two or three cycles lets you cook at different Cook Powers, one after another. Using this function, you are able to fine-tune your cooking for better results.

You . . .

1. Put food in the oven and close the door.

2. Touch COOK TIME.

3. Touch Number Pads for the cooking time you want in the first cycle.

4. Touch COOK POWER. (To use HIGH power, skip to Step 6.)

5. Touch a Number Pad for the Cook

Power you want in the first cycle.

6. Touch COOK TIME.

Touch Number Pads for the cooking time you want in the second cycle.

8. Touch COOK POWER. (To use HIGH power, skip to Step 10.)

9. Touch a Number Pad for the Cook Power you want in the second cycle.

10 Touch COOK TIME.

11 Touch Number Pads for the cooking

time you want in the third cycle.

12 Touch COOK POWER. (To use HIGH

power, skip to Step 14.)

13. Touch a Number Pad for the Cook Power you want in the third cycle.

14. Touch START/ENTER.

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Operate Child Lock The Child Lock feature lets you inactivate the microwave power.

Keep food warm The Warm Hold feature lets you keep food warm in your microwave oven for up to

1 hour.

1. Touch OFF/CANCEL.

2. Touch and hold “0” until ‘I” appears at the left of the Display and a single tone is heard.

To cancel: Repeat the above steps.

1. Put cooked, hot food in the oven and close the door.

2. Touch WARM HOLD.

3. Touch START/ENTER.

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If you want to . . .

You . . .

Example . . .

Use the Minute Timer The Minute Timer lets you time any cooking activities in your kitchen.

Start cooking automatically at a later time The Delayed Start feature is a

handy way to start cooking a meal whenever you want, even

when you are not there.

1. Touch COOK TIME.

Touch Number Pads for the minutes and seconds you want.

3. Touch COOK POWER.

4. Touch the “0” Number Pad.

5. Touch START/ENTER.

1. Put food in the oven and close the door.

Touch COOK TIME.

3. Touch Number Pads for the length of delay you want in minutes and seconds.

4. Touch COOK POWER.

5. Touch the “0” Number Pad.

6. Touch COOK TIME.

7. Touch in the cooking time and Cook Power (if needed) for the Cook cycle.

8. Touch START/ENTER.

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Using Your Microwave Oven

Microwave oven controls

There are three parts in the control section:

- Display/Clock and Indicators

-Command Pads

-Number Pads Instructions for each control are covered on the

following pages. Read them carefully.

When you first plug in the oven, a tone will sound and the Display will show “12:OOoo”. The clock will begin to run. The Display shows the time in hours, minutes and seconds. Set the clock to the correct time of day (page 11). If your electricity goes off for a while and comes back on, the clock will return to “12:OO” and begin to

run. Reset the clock. Display/clock and indicators

When you are not using the microwave oven, this is an accurate clock.

When you are using the microwave oven, it displays time settings, cook power settings, defrost weight settings and indicators.

Command pads . Touch Command Pads to tell the microwave

oven what to do and in what order. A few examples:

- CLOCK tells the oven you are going to set the clock.

- START/ENTER tells the oven to start. (See

page 11 for information on the tone you hear

when touching any pad.)

Each Command Pad (except START/ENTER,

OFF/CANCEL, and CLOCK) causes an

Indicator to light when you touch the Command Pad. While the oven is running, an Indicator (or Indicators) will be on to show what the oven is doing.

If you touch two instructions into the same cycle, the second set of instructions will cancel the first.

Number pads

Once you’ve touched a Command Pad to tell the oven what you want it to do, you’ll touch Number

Pads to tell it . . .

-a Time,

- a Cook Power,

-a Defrosting Weight.

Display messages

Messages will appear on the display to guide you with your cooking. If you attempt to enter unacceptable instructions, “Err” will appear on the Display. Touch OFF/CANCEL and re-enter the instructions.

Audible signals

Audible signals are available to guide you when setting and using your oven. A programming tone will sound each time you touch a pad. Two tones will sound between cycles. Three tones signal the end of a Cook or Defrost cycle. If you do not hear a tone, it is because of incorrectly entered instructions.

Setting the clock

When the oven is first plugged in, a tone sounds and the Display shows “12:OOoo”. If the electric power ever goes off, the Display will again show “12:OOoo” when the power comes back on.

You can cook without setting the clock, but the Display will show “12:OOoo” (plus the hours, minutes and seconds that have elapsed since the

oven was plugged in).

1. To set the clock, touch CLOCK. The Display will show “12:OOoo” (if time of day has not been set before) or the time previously set. The colon will disappear.

2. Touch Number Pads for the correct time of day. The Display will show what numbers you touched in the order you touched them. This example shows 3:25.

3. Touch CLOCK. The colon will appear without blinking and the seconds (in small display on the right) count up. The Clock is set.

If you have touched in an incorrect time, such as 12:65, “Err” will show on the Display. Touch CLOCK and start over.

NOTE: To reset the clock, touch CLOCK. The current time will show on the Display and the colon will disappear. Continue to set the clock as shown above.

Using OFF/CANCEL

Touch OFF/CANCEL to:

. Erase instructions if you make a mistake during

programming.

Cancel the Minute Timer.

Stop the oven temporarily during cooking.

NOTE: The oven may also be stopped during a cycle by opening the door. Close the door and touch START/ENTER to restart.

Using Your Microwave Oven

Contmued

Cooking in your microwave oven

Although a new rating method’ rates these ovens

at 800 watts, you may use a reliable cookbook

with recipes developed for microwave ovens

previously rated at 750 watts.

To get the best cooking results:

9 ALWAYS cook food for the minimum recom-

mended cooking time. If necessary, add time in one or two minute periods, then check for doneness to avoid overcooking the food.

Stir, turn over or rearrange the food being cooked about halfway through the cooking time for most even doneness with all recipes.

. If a glass cover is not available, use wax paper,

paper towels or microwave-approved plastic wrap. Turn back a corner to vent steam during cooking.

ALWAYS cook food with glass tray in place.

*The IEC-705 Test Procedure Wattage Rating. The IEC-705 Tesl

Procedure IS an Internationally reccgnaed method of rating microwave wattage output and does noi represent an actual change to output power or cooklng performance

Cooking at high cook power

Follow these steps to cook at HIGH power:

Put food in the oven and close the door.

Touch COOK TIME. The Display will show

STAGE 1, 0, HI and % POWER, and the TIME Indicator will start to flash.

Touch Number Pads for the cooking time you want. The Display will show the numbers you touched in the order you touched them. The example shows 1 minute, 30 seconds.

Touch START/ENTER. The oven will automatically cook at HIGH Cook Power. The STAGE

1, HI and % POWER Indicators will show and

the TIME Indicator will disappear.

When the cooking time ends, “End” will show on the Display and two short and one long tone will sound. (You can stop the tones by opening the door or by touching OFF/ CANCEL.) “End” will remain on the Display until the door is opened or OFF/CANCEL is touched. The Display will then show the time of day.

Cooking at lower cook powers

For best results, some recipes call for lower Cook Powers. The lower the Cook Power, the slower the cooking. Each Number Pad also stands for a different percentage of Cook Power. Many recipes in the Cooking Guide tell you, by number, which Cook Power to use. Recipes in other books and magazines may tell you by name (HI, MED, LO, etc.) or percentage (lo%, 50%, 60%, etc.).

The following chart gives the percentage of Cook Power each Number Pad stands for, and Cook Power name usually used:

Automatic 100% of full power HIGH 9=90% of full power 6=80% of full power 7=70% of full power MED-HIGH 6=60% of full power 5=50% of full power MED 4=40% of full power 3~30% of full power MED-LOW 2=20% of full power 1 ~10% of full power LOW O=TIMER (fan and light will be off)

Put food in the oven and close the door.

Touch COOK TIME. The Display will show the STAGE 1, 0, HI and % POWER Indicators, and the TIME Indicator will start to flash.

Touch Number Pads for the cooking time you

want. The Display will show the numbers you touched in the order you touched them. This example shows 7 minutes, 30 seconds.

Touch COOK POWER. The Display will show the STAGE 1 and HI Indicators and the %

POWER Indicator will start to flash. This shows the oven is preprogrammed to cook at full (HIGH) power.

Touch a Number Pad for the Cook Power you want. The Display will show what you touched. This example shows you touched Number Pad 5 for 50% of full power.

Touch START/ENTER. The STAGE 1 and % POWER Indicators will stay on to show that the oven is cooking in the first cycle at a Cook Power other than HIGH.

The Display counts down the time to show

how much cooking time is left in the cycle.

Using Your Microwave Oven Contmued

Auto cooking

Auto cooking provides six preset times. This provides a short-cut method for setting commonly used cooking times. This function allows you to cook popcorn, a baked potato, a dinner plate, a frozen entree, fresh vegetables, or reheat pizza by selecting the proper key. This example shows the Pizza Reheat cycle.

1. Put food in the oven and close the door.

2. Touch PIZZA REHEAT. “Auto” appears on the Display.

3. The oven will begin the Auto Cooking cycle you selected and the Display will show the total cooking time.

When the Pizza Reheat cycle ends, “End” will show on the Display and two short and one

long tone will sound. (You can stop the tones by opening the door or by touching OFF/ CANCEL.) “End” will remain on the Display

until the door is opened or OFF/CANCEL is touched. The Display will then show the time of day.

Auto weight defrosting

Use Auto Weight Defrost to thaw frozen food

before cooking. This example shows the use of the MEAT Command Pad. For suggested defrost weight, see the “Auto weight defrost sequence

list” on the next page.

1. Put frozen food in the oven and close the

door.

2. Touch MEAT. The DEF 1 and 0.0 Indicators will come on and the Ibs Indicator will start to flash.

3. Touch Number Pads to enter the weight of the food you want to defrost. The Display will show the numbers you touched in the order you touched them. This example shows

Ibs.

4. Touch START/ENTER. The DEF 1 and %

POWER Indicators will stay on to show that

the oven is in the Auto Weight Defrost cycle.

This Display counts down the time to show

how much defrosting time is left.

When the defrost time ends, “End” will show

on the Display and two short tones and one

long tone will sound. (You can stop the tones by opening the door or by touching OFF/ CANCEL.) “End” will remain on the Display until the door is opened or OFF/CANCEL is touched. The Display will then show the time of day.

NOTES:

The Auto Weight Defrost feature gives you automatic setting and control of defrosting, but just like conventional defrosting you must check the foods during the defrosting time.

For best results, remove fish, shellfish, meat and poultry from its original paper or plastic closed package (wrapper). Otherwise, the wrap will hold steam and juice close to the foods which can cause the outer surface of the foods to cook.

When it is difficult to remove the wrap from the foods, defrost the wrapped food for stage 1 of the defrost time. At the tone, remove the wrap.

Place foods in a shallow glass baking dish or microwave roasting rack to catch drippings.

Food should still be somewhat icy in the center when removed from the oven.

Using Your Microwave Oven Contmued

Auto weight defrost sequence list

Hints for better defrosting Your microwave oven controls four different

output powers automatically during the defrost cycle. After the second segment is completed, five tones will sound but the oven will continue to defrost. At the sound of the tones, open the oven door and turn the food over, close the oven door and touch START/ENTER. The oven will automatically continue to count down the amount of time left on the timer.

SEQUENCE

Meat

FOOD

BEEF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ground beef, Round steak, Cubes

MM/MAX

FOOD WEIGHT

for stew, Tenderloin steak, Pot roast, Rib roast, Rump roast, Chuck roast, Hamburger patty

LAMB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chops (1 -inch thick), Rolled roast

PORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chops (%-inch thick), Hot dogs,

O.lt4.5 Ibs

Spareribs, Country-style ribs, Rolled roast, Sausage

VEAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cutlets (1 lb, %-inch thick)

CHICKEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whole (under 4 Ibs), Cut-up Breasts

(boneless)

CORNISH HENS Whole

TURKEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breast (under 6 Ibs)

FISH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .._.... Fillets, Steaks, Whole

SHELLFISH . .._ Crabmeat, Lobster tails, Shrimp,

O.ll4.5 Ibs

0.1/4.5 Ibs

Scallops

NOTE: To defrost items not listed in Auto Weight Defrosting, use 30% Cook Power. See a reliable cookbook for defrosting information.

Cooking automatically after defrosting

The controls can be set so the microwave oven goes automatically from defrosting to the Cook cycle you have touched in. This example shows the use of the Meat Defrost cycle.

Put food in the oven and close the door.

1. Touch MEAT. The DEF 1 and 0.0 Indicators

will come on and the Ibs Indicator will start to flash.

Touch Number Pads for the defrosting weight

you want. The Display will show the numbers you touched in the order you touched them. This example shows 2 Ibs.

Touch COOK TIME. The Display will show the

STAGE 1, 0, HI and % POWER Indicators, and the TIME Indicator will start to flash.

Touch Number Pads for the cooking time you

want. The Display will show the numbers you touched in the order you touched them. This example shows 4 minutes, 30 seconds.

Select a Cook Power. To cook at HIGH power,

skip to Step 8. To select another Cook Power, touch COOK POWER. The Display will show the STAGE 1 Indicator, and the % POWER

Indicator will start to flash. This shows the oven is preprogrammed to cook at full (HIGH) power.

Touch a Number Pad for the Cook Power you

want. The Display will show what you touched. This example shows you touched Number Pad 6 for 60% of full power.

Touch START/ENTER. The DEF 1, % POWER

and “1 9:0070” Indicators will stay on. All other

Indicators will go off. The Display counts down the time to show how much time is left in the Auto Weight Defrost cycle.

When the defrost time ends, you will hear

2 tones and the Cook cycle will start.

The STAGE 1 Indicator will be on during the Cook cycle. The desired POWER Indicator will also be on if you are using a Cook Power other than HIGH.

The Display counts down the time to show how much time is left in the second cycle.

When the Cook cycle ends, “End” will show on the Display and two short and one long tone will sound. (You can stop the tones by opening the door or by touching OFF/ CANCEL.) “End” will remain on the Display until the door is opened or OFF/CANCEL is touched. The Display will then show the time of day.

Using Your Microwave Oven

Contmued

Cooking with

more than one

cook cycle

For best results, some recipes call for one Cook

Power for a certain length of time, and another Cook Power for another length of time. Your oven can be set to change from one to another automatically.

Put food in the oven and close the door.

Touch COOK TIME. The STAGE 1 Indicator will come on and the Display will show “0”“’ and “% POWER”. The TIME Indicator will start to flash.

Touch Number Pads for the cooking time you want in the first cycle. The Display will show the numbers you touched in the order you touched them. This example shows 3 minutes, 25 seconds.

Select a Cook Power. To cook at HIGH power, skip to Step 6. To select another Cook Power, touch COOK POWER. The

Display will show the STAGE 1 and HI

Indicators and the % POWER Indicator will start to flash. This shows the oven is preprogrammed to cook at full (HIGH) power.

Touch a Number Pad for the Cook Power you want in the first cycle. The Display will show what you touched. This example shows you touched Number Pad 6 for 60% of full power.

Touch COOK TIME. The STAGE 2 Indicator will come on and the Display will show “OH’” and “% POWER”. The TIME Indicator will start to flash.

Touch Number Pads for the cooking time you want in the second cycle. The Display will show the numbers you touched in the order you touched them. This example shows 4 minutes, 30 seconds.

Select a Cook Power. To cook at HIGH power, skip to Step 10. To select another Cook Power, touch COOK POWER. The

Display will show the STAGE 2 and HI

Indicators and the % POWER Indicator will start to flash. This shows the oven is preprogrammed to cook at full (HIGH) power.

Touch a Number Pad for the Cook Power you want in the second cycle. The Display will show what you touched. This example shows you touched Number Pad 4 for 40% of full power.

10.

Touch COOK TIME. The STAGE 3 Indicator will come on and the Display will show “OH1” and ‘o/o POWER”. The TIME Indicator will start to flash.

11. Touch Number Pads for the cooking time you want in the third cycle. The Display will show the numbers you touched in the order you touched them. This example shows 5 minutes.

12. Select a Cook Power. To cook at HIGH power, skip to Step 14. To select another Cook Power, touch COOK POWER. The

Display will show the STAGE 3 and HI

Indicators and the % POWER Indicator will start to flash. This shows the oven is preprogrammed to cook at full (HIGH) power.

13. Touch a Number Pad for the Cook Power you want in the third cycle. The Display will show what you touched. This example shows you touched Number Pad 5 for 50% of full power.

14. Touch START/ENTER. The STAGE 1 and %

POWER Indicators will stay on to show that

the oven is cooking in the first cycle.

The Display counts down the time to show

how much cooking time is left in the first

cycle.

You will hear 2 tones at the end of the first cycle. You can either open the door to check, stir or turn over the food, etc., or you can let

the oven star-l the next cycle. If you do open the door, touch START/ENTER after closing the door to restart the oven.

The STAGE 2 Indicator will be on during the second cycle. The Display counts down the

time to show how much cooking time is left in the second cycle. You will hear 2 tones at the

end of the second cycle.

The STAGE 3 Indicator will be on during the third cycle. The Display counts down the time to show how much cooking time is left in the third cycle.

When the third Cook cycle ends, “End” will show on the Display and two short tones and one long tone will sound. (You can stop the tones by opening the door or by touching OFF/CANCEL.) “End” will remain on the Display until the door is opened or OFF/ CANCEL is touched. The Display will then show the time of day.

Hints for cooking with more than one cycle

You can program the cooking cycles in any order.

However, when the microwave oven is started, it will automatically go through the cycles in the order of the examples described in this book. For example, if you program COOK, WARM HOLD and AUTO WEIGHT DEFROST, the microwave oven will automatically follow this sequence: AUTO WEIGHT DEFROST + (STANDING TIME) + COOK + WARM HOLD.

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