Whirlpool P2503 User Manual

You cannot operate your oven with the door open due to the safety interlocks built into the door mechanism. These safety interlocks automatically switch off any cooking activity when the door is opened; which in the case of a microwave oven could result in harmful exposure to microwave energy.

It is important not to tamper with the safety interlocks.

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

Do not operate your oven if it is damaged. It is particularly important that the oven door closes 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.

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

Warning

Precautions to avoid possible exposure to excessive microwave energy.

Precautions

When heating liquids, e.g. soups, sauces and beverages in your microwave oven, overheating the liquid beyond boiling point can occur without evidence of bubbling. This could result in a sudden boil over of the hot liquid. To prevent this possibility the following steps should be taken:

1 Avoid using straight sided containers with narrow necks. 2 Do not overheat. 3 Stir the liquid before placing the container in the oven and again halfway

through the heating time.

4 After heating, allow to stand in the oven for a short time, stir or shake

them again carefully and check the temperature of them before consumption to avoid burns (especially, contents of feeding bottles and baby food jars). Be careful when handling the container.

Warning

Always allow food to stand after being cooked by

microwaves and check the temperature of them

before consumption. Especially contents of feeding

bottles and baby food jars.

Please ensure cooking times are correctly set as

over cooking may result in the FOOD catching fire

and subsequent damage to your oven.

How the Microwave Oven Works

Microwaves are a form of energy similar to radio and television waves and ordinary daylight. Normally, microwaves spread outwards as they travel through the atmosphere and disappear without effect. Microwave ovens, however, have a magnetron which is designed to make use of the energy in microwaves. Electricity, supplied to the magnetron tube, is used to created microwave energy.

These microwaves enter the cooking area through openings inside the oven. A turntable or tray is located at the bottom of the oven. Microwaves cannot pass through metal walls of the oven, but they can penetrate such materials as glass, porcelain and paper, the materials out of which microwave-safe cooking dishes are constructed.

Microwaves do not heat cookware, though cooking vessels will eventually get hot from the heat generated by the food.

A very safe appliance

Contents

Your microwave oven is one of the safest of all home

appliances. When the door is opened, the oven

automatically stops producing microwaves. Microwave

energy is converted completely to heat when it enters

food, leaving no “left over” energy to harm you when

you eat your food.

Precautions 2 Contents 3 Unpacking & Installing 4 ~ 5 Parts of Your Oven 6 Setting the Clock 7 Child Lock 8 Micro Power Cooking 9 Micro Power Level 10 Jet Start 11 Auto Cook 12 ~ 13 Auto Defrost 14 ~ 15 Kitchen Timer 16 Safety precautions 17 Microwave - safe Utensils 18 Food characteristics & Microwave cooking 19 ~ 20 Questions & Answers 21 Plug Wiring Information/Technical Specifications 22

Place the oven in the level location of your choice with more than 85cm height but make sure there is at least 30cm of

space on the top and 10cm at the rear for proper ventilation. The front of the oven should be at least 8cm from the edge of the surface to prevent tipping. An exhaust outlet is located on top or side of the oven. Blocking the outlet can damage the oven.

Unpacking &

Installing

Unpack your oven and place it on a flat level surface.

By following the basic steps on these two pages you will be able to quickly check that your oven is operating correctly. Please pay particular attention to the guidance on where to install your oven. When unpacking your oven make sure you remove all accessories and packing. Check to make sure that your oven has not been damaged during delivery.

THIS OVEN SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL CATERING PURPOSES

GLASS TRAY

ROTATING RING

The DISPLAY will count down from 3 minutes.

When it reaches 0 it will sound four BEEPS. Open the oven door and test the temperature of the water. If your oven is operating the water should be warm. Be careful when removing the container it may

be hot.

YOUR OVEN IS NOW INSTALLED

Fill a microwave safe container with

300 ml (1/2 pint) of water. Place on the GLASS TRAY and close the oven door. If you have any doubts about what type of container to use please refer to page 18.

Press the START

button six times to set 3 minutes of cooking time. You will hear a BEEP each time you press the button. Your oven will start before you have finished the sixth press; don’t worry this is normal.

Open your oven door by pulling the DOOR HANDLE. Place the ROLLER REST inside the oven and place the GLASS TRAY on top.

Plug your oven into a standard household socket.

Make sure your oven is the only appliance

connected to the socket. If your oven does not operate

properly, unplug it from the electrical socket and then plug it back in.

Parts of

Your Oven

1. DIGITAL DISPLAY: This display includes a 24 hour clock or displays the cooking time.

2. AUTO DEFROST: Used to select the auto weight defrost.

3. AUTO COOK: Used to cook the food listed by one touch.

4. JET START: The JET START feature allows you to set 30 seconds intervals of HIGH power cooking with a touch of the START key.

5. MICRO: Used to select the desired power level for microwave cooking.

6. STOP/CANCEL: Used to stop oven and clear all entries except time of day.

7. CLOCK BUTTON: Use this button to select the 24 hour clock and set the time of day or the time resolution of the cooking clock.

8. TIME: To set cooking times.

9. START: One tap allows oven to begin

functioning.

10. KITCHEN TIMER: The KITCHEN TIMER is

simply counting down in seconds.

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CONTROL PANEL OVEN OVERVIEW

Window Door Screen

Safety Interlock System

Control Panel

Turntable

Rotating Ring

Door Seal

Oven Front Plate

Setting the

Clock

You can set either 12 hour clock or 24 hour clock. In the following example I will show you how to set the time for 14:35 when using the 24 clock. Make sure that you have removed all packaging from your oven.

When your oven is plugged in for the first time or when power resumes after a power cut, a ‘0’ will be shown in the display; you will have to reset the clock.

If the clock (or display) shows any strange looking symbols, unplug your oven from the electrical socket and plug it back in and reset the clock.

During clock setting the colon will flash, After setting, the colon will stop flashing.

Make sure that you have correctly installed your oven as described earlier in this book.

Press STOP/CANCEL.

Press CLOCK once.

(If you want to use a 12 hour clock, Press CLOCK once more. If you want to change different option after setting clock, you have to unplug and plug it back in.)

Press 10 MIN fifteen times. Press 1 MIN three times. Press 10 SEC five times.

If the key (10 MIN / 1 MIN / 10 SEC) is pressed and held, the time will increase rapidly.

Press CLOCK to set the time.

The clock starts counting.

Child

Lock

Press and hold STOP/CANCEL until “L” appears on the display and one BEEP is heard. The CHILD LOCK is now set.

The time will disappear on the display if you have set the clock.

“L” will remain displayed to let you know that CHILD LOCK is set.

To cancel CHILD LOCK press and hold STOP/CANCEL until “L” disappears. You will hear one BEEP when it’s released.

Your oven has a safety feature that prevents accidental running of the oven. Once the child lock is set, you will be unable to use any functions and no cooking can take place. However your child can still open the oven door!

Press STOP/CANCEL.

Micro Power

Cooking

Make sure that you have correctly installed your oven as described earlier in this book.

Press STOP/CANCEL.

Press MICRO POWER twice to select 80% power. “P-80” appears on the display.

Press 1 MIN five times. Press 10 SEC three times.

Press START.

Your oven has five microwave Power settings. High power is automatically selected but repeated presses of the MICRO button will select different power levels.

In the following example I will show you how to cook some food on 80% power for 5 minutes and 30 seconds.

POWER HIGH

MAX MEDIUM

HIGH

MEDIUM DEFROST

MEDIUM LOW LOW

Press

MICRO

100%

80%

60%

40%

20%

time

times

Micro Power

Level

Your microwave oven is equipped with 5 power levels to give you maximum flexibility and control over cooking. The table below shows the examples of food and their recommended cooking power levels for use with this microwave oven.

POWER LEVEL

HIGH 100% * Boil Water

* Brown minced beef * Cook poultry pieces, fish, vegetables * Cook tender cuts of meat

MEDIUM HIGH 80% * All reheating

* Roast meat and poultry * Cook mushrooms and shellfish * Cook foods containing cheese and eggs

MEDIUM 60% * Bake cakes and scones

* Prepare eggs * Cook custard * Prepare rice, soup

DEFROST/ 40% * All thawing MEDIUM LOW * Melt butter and chocolate

* Cook less tender cuts of meat

LOW 20% * Soften butter & cheese

* Soften ice cream * Raise yeast dough

OUTPUT USE

Jet

Start

Press STOP/CANCEL.

Press JET START four times to select 2 minutes on HIGH power. Your oven will start before you have finished the fourth press.

During JET START cooking, you can extend the cooking time up to 10 minutes by repeatedly pressing the JET START key.

The JET START feature allows you to set 30 seconds intervals of HIGH power cooking with a touch of the JET START key.

In the following example I will show you how to set 2 minutes of cooking on high power.

Auto

Cook

Press STOP/CANCEL.

Press AUTO COOK button of the required food type. In this example press FOOD TYPE once.

Press START.

AUTO COOK allows you to cook most of your favorite food easily by selecting the food type.

In the following example I will show you how to cook rice.

Category Food Food Weight Utensil Methods

AUTO COOKING GUIDE

Food Type

Micro Cook

Rice

Porridge

Instant Noodles

Steamed Eggs

Steamed Fish

Braised Chicken

350g Rice, 550ml water

100g Rice,1200ml water

1 package 400ml water

3 eggs,90ml water 3 peeled shrimp, crab meat, chicken stock, salt, wine.

500g whole fish, wine, ginger, salt, green onion, soup stock

500g half chicken, 600ml water, 50g jujube, 15g Chinese wolfberry, 5 longan, 3-5g ginseng, 15g yellow wine, rock sugar, green onion, soup stock

deep and large bowl/lid

Bowl/lid or wrap

Plate/wrap

deep and large bowl/lid

Wash rice and pour water into a deep & large microwavable bowl(about 3

).Cook with cover.After

cooking,stir lightly and stand with cover for for 5 minutes.

Wash rice and pour water into a deep & large microwavable bowl(about 3

).Cook with cover.After

cooking,stir lightly and stand with cover for for 5 minutes.

According to cooking method printed on package. Use water at room temperature.

Combine the ingredients into a microwable bowl. Beat lightly,Then cook with cover.

Wash the fish,remove its scales and make several slashes on it.Sprinkle lightly with soup stock,salt and wine.Scatter ginger and green onion slices on top . Then cook with cover.

Rinse and soak all the herbs into 600

water for at least 2 hours.Cut the chicken half into 4 to 6 pieces. Put the chicken pieces and seasonings into the soaking herbs.Then cook with cover.

Auto

Defrost

Your oven has three microwave defrost settings:- MEAT, CHICKEN and FISH; each defrost category has different power settings. Repeated presses of the AUTO DEFROST buttons will select different settings.

The temperature and density of food varies, I would recommend that the food is checked before cooking commences. Pay particular attention to large joints of meat and chicken, some foods should not be completely thawed before cooking. For example fish cooks so quickly that it is sometimes better to begin cooking while still slightly frozen. In the following example I will show you how to defrost 1.4Kg of frozen poultry.