Whirlpool MW87OOXL User Manual

Microwave Oven Model MW87OOXL

Defrost Guide (N

Model and Serial Number Plate

Bi-Level Cooking Rack

Door Latch

Control Pan~ON/OFF Switch

2-Position

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Contents

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Responsibilities ,_ 2

Installation 2 Proper, Safe Use Precautions to Avoid Possible

Exposure to Excessive Microwave Energy 3

Using Your Microwave Oven 4

Setting The Clock 5 Using the Minute Timer 5 Cooking in One Cycle 6

High Cook Power 6

Lower Cook Powers 7

Defrosting 8

Faster or Slower Defrosting 9

Cooking in More Than One

Cycle 9

Cooking Automatically after

Defrosting 11

kur responsfbilities.. .

Fill out and return the “Microwave Registration Card”attached to the oven door.

Installation

Cooking with The Temperature

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Cooking to a Serving Time 16

Serve Time and the Temperature

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Changing or CancellIng

Instructions 17 O?her Operating Instructions 17 Cleaning the Microwave Oven 17 Bi-Level Cooking Rack 18 Replacing the Light Bulb 18

Important Information 19 How Microwave Ovens Work 2 1 Building In Your Microwave Oven 21

If You Need Service or Assistance 22

1. Before Calling for Assistance 22

2. If You Need Assistance 22

3. If You Need Service 23

4. If You Have a Problem 23

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1. Empty the microwave oven and clean Inside It with c soft, damp cloth

4. For your surety, this oven must be grounded. DO NOT REMOVE THE THIRD PRONG FROM THE PLUG. You must have a qualified electrician put in the right outlet if Yours does not have the 3-prong plug-in, or if the outlet

net grounded according to National Electri-

cal Codes and local codes or ordinances The outlet must supply 120 volts, 60 Hz., A.C.

When the over> is on, it will use about 1375 watts. It shoula not share a circuit with another appliance

5. Put about tine cup (250 mLj of cold water

In a glass contolner In the oven Close the door Make sure It locks Follow the directions on page 4 to set the oven to COOK for 1’ z

. Put the oven or a cart, counter, table oi shelf that is strong enough to hold the oven. (The control side of the unit is the heavy side. Handling can be tricky.)

Do not block vents on back of the oven. Blocking vents can cause poor cooking results.

minures. When the time is up, the water should be heated.

Fill out and return the “Microwave Registration Card” attached to the oven door. 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 Admirlistrative Center 2000 U S 33 North Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022

This information will help us reach you if there IS ever a need to pass along information aboul Your mlcrowave oven

Proper, safe use

Your microwave must be...

Installed according to the installation Instructions

Protected from the weather.

Used only for jobs expected of home mrcro-

wove ovens.

DO NOT cook or reheat whole eggs in the microwave oven. Steam buildup can cause an egg to

NEVER start the oven when

it’s empty. lhe oven can be damagea

burst. Damage to the oven or injury to the user may result.

Used only by people who can operate It

properly.

Kept clean and in good repair

DO NOT use the oven until you have read and understand ALL the information

on safe use.

Using your microwave oven

MICROWWE OVEN CONTROLS

There are three ports In the control section:

-The Digital Display Clock,

Command Pods and Signal Lights,

- Number Pods. What each of these does will be covered

on the following pages. Read them carefully.

When you first plug in the oven, the Display

will show 88:88. If, after you set the Clock

(page 5), the Display again shows @II 8’s it means your electricity ‘was off for a while Reset the Clock.

One note: The Command and Number Pads are not buttons. You don’t have to Dush them...iust touch them.

DIGITAL DISPLAY /CLOCK

When you are using the micr6wave oven, this acts OS a display. It counts down time settings and it shows you what number pods you touched.

COMMAND PADS AND SIGNAL LIGHTS

Touch Command Pods to tell the microwave oven what to do and in what order.

A few examples:

-COOK CYCLE 1

START tells the oven to start.

Each Command Pod has its own Signal Light (except START and CANCEL). The Signal Light comes on when you touch the Command Pod.

While the oven is running, o Signal Light [or lights] will be on to show what the oven is doing.

NUMBER PADS

Con&l Panel ON /OFF Switch

cook at less than full power.

SETTING THE CLOCK

When the oven

ever q3es off, the Clock/ Display will olso show all 8’s when the power comes bock on.

vou an cook or use the Minute Timer without setting the clock, but the display will be

r:lank after cooking The oven door must be closed before setting the clock.

first plugged in, the Clock/Display shows 88:88. If the electric power

QO THIS...

1. Touch CLOCK SET.

2. Touch Number Pads tor the correct time of day.

THIS HAPPENS...

The Signal Light on the CLOCK SET pod will come on. Start touching number pods for the desired time within 5 seconds.

The Display will show what numbers you touched in the order you touched them. This example shows 3:25.

The Clock is set when the CLOCK SET Signal

Lrght goes off

3. Touch START,

USING THE MINUTE TIMER

The Minute Timer does not start or stop cooking; it works like o kitchen timer. Set in

mrnutes or seconds and you will hear a beep when the set time is up. The oven door

must be closed before setting the Minute Timer.

DO THIS...

THIS HAPPENS...

Touch MINUTE TIMER.

Touch Number Pads for minutes and seconds.

Touch START.

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The MINUTE TIMER Signal Light will come on and the Display will show CI “0.” Within 5 seconds start touching number pods for the desired time.

The Display will show what numbers you touched in the order you touched them. This example shows 1 minute, 45 seconds.

The MINUTE TIMER Signal Light will stay on to show that the Minute Timer is running.

The Display counts down the seconds to

show how much time is left on the Minute Timer.

When the set time is up. you will hear o beep and the Display will show the time of day.

The Mini.lte Timer can be used when the oven is cooking.

Opening the microwave oven door does not stop the Minute Timer. If you open oven door and reset the Minute Timer touch START twice to start the

Minute Elmer and to restart the oven.

To change or cancel the Minute Timer:

I. Touch MINUTE TIMER.

2. Touch number 0 to cancel,

2. Touch desired new number pads to change. Then:

3. Touch START.

THE CONTROL PANEL ON/OFF SWITCH

Just inside trle microwave oven door, on the control pane! frame, IS a switch. The switch IS designed to L een “busy little fingers” from using the oven.

When the suitch is OFF. the Clock and Minute Timer wili work, but the DEFROST and COOK CYCLkS cannot be used. The switch must be ON :,I cook In the microwave oven.

COOKING IN ONE CYCLE

Follow th?se steps to cook at one power level,

HIGH COOK POWER

DO THIS...

Put food in the oven and close the door.

Touch COOK CYCLE 1.

3. Touch Number the cooking time you want.

Pads for

THIS HAPPENS...

The oven will automatically cook at high Cook Power.

The COOK CYCLE 1 Signal Light will come on and the Display will show 4 0’s.

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

The COOK CYCLE 1 Signal Light will stay on

tc 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. When the cooking time ends you will hear

4 beeps [You can stop the beeping by opening the oven door ortouching CANCEL) When the beeping stops, the Display will show the time of day.

LOWER COOK POWERS

ior best results, some recipes call for iower Cook Powers. Lowering the Cook Power slows the cooking. The lower the Cook Power. the slower the cooking. Each Number Pad on your microwave oven stands for a different percentage of Cook Power. Many recipes in your MICRO MENUS use. Recipes in other books and magazines may tell you by name (HI, MED. LO. etc.] or by percentage (1 O%, 50%, 808, etc.).

The following chart gives you the percentage of Cook Power each Number Pad stands for, and the Cook Power name us~ually used

automatic 2 00% of frill power

7 6 5 50% of full power 4 40% ot tul! poLver 3 2 20% of fuii power 1 10% of flail power

Cookbook tell you, by number, which Cook Power to

HIGH

90%

of flJll power

80% ot full power 70% of full power 60% of full power

30% of !uil power MED-LO

MED.HI MED

LOW

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DO THIS...

Put food in the oven and close the door.

Touch COOK CYCLE 1.

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

Touch COOK POWER.

THIS HAPPENS...

The COOK CYCLE 1 Signal Light will come on and the Display will show 4 0‘s.

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

The COOK POWER Signal Light will come on and the Display will show 2 0‘s.

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

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The Display WIII show what you touched Thus example shows 60% of full power

The COOK CYCLE 1 and COOK POWER Sig-

nal Lights will stay on to show that the oven is cooking in the first cycle at a Cook

Power other than hrgh. The Drsplay counts down the time to show

how much cooking time is left in the first cycle

For 2 of every IO seconds, the Display WIII

show the Cook Power you selected. When the cooking trme ends. you will hear

4 beeps. (You can stop the beeping by opening the door or by touching CANCEL.)

When the beeping stops. the Display WIII

show the time of day

Use DEFROST CYCLE to thaw froren food before cookrng. for suggested defrost trmes.

check the guide on the Inside of the oven door or rn your MICRO MENUS

DO THIS...

Put frozen food in the oven and close the door.

Touch DEFROST CYCLE.

Touch Number Pads for

the defrosting time you want.

THIS HAPPENS...

The DEFROST CYCLE Signal Light will come on and the Drsplay will show 4 0’s.

The DEFROST CYCLE Signal Lights will stay

on to show that the oven is in the Defrost Cycle

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Touch START.

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The Display counts down the time to show how much defrosting time is left.

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