Whirlpool RF390PXV User Manual

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Use & Care Guide

Electronic automatic
MEALTIMER’ oven

Oven vent

Removable
storage drawer

Literature pat
(inside drawer)

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celain-enamel
ector bowl and

omatic oven

Broil element

SELF-CLEANING ELECTRIC RANGE

RF390PXV

Contents

Important Safety
Instructions
Using Your Range

Using the surface unrts
Optional canning kit
The electronic oven controls
Setting the clock
Using the electronic

Mrnute Timer
Using the Oven Off button
Using the oven
Using the electronic automatic

MEALTIMER’ control
Theovenvent .__..,,,...,_
The storage drawer
Optional rotisserie
Optional door panel pat

Caring For Your Range.

Control panel and knobs
Surface units and reflector

bowls
Lift-up cooktop
Using the Self-Cleaning cycle
Cleaning tips
The oven light

If You Need Service
Or Assistance
Whirlpool Range Warranty,

01989 Whirlpool Corporation

Remove the Consumer Buy Guide
label. It will be easier to remove before
the range is used. To remove any re­maining glue:

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Rub briskly with thumb to make a ball,

then remove.
or

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Soak area with liquid hand dishwash­ing detergent before removing glue as
described above.

Do not use rubbing alcohol or flam-

mable or toxic solvents, such as
acetone, gasoline, carbon tetrachloride,
etc. These can damage the finish.

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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.

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Copy model and serial numbers from
plate (behind the oven door on the

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frame) and purchase date from sales

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slip.

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Keep this book, the Cooking Guide
and sales slip together in the Liter­ature Pac.

Model Number

Serial Number

Purchase Date

Service Company Phone Number

You are responsible for:

Installing and leveling the range on a
floor strong enough to hold its weight,
and where it is protected from the
elements.*

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Properly connecting and grounding
the range to electrical supply.*

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Making sure the range is not used by
anyone unable to operate it properly.

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Properly maintaining the range.

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Using the range only for jobs
expected of a home range.

*See the Installation Instructions.

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Important Safety Instructions

To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock,
injury to persons, or damage when using the
range, follow basic precautions, including

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Read all instructions before using

the range.

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Install or locate the range only
in accordance with the provided
Installation Instructions.

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Do not use the range for warming
or heating the room. Persons could
be burned or injured, or a fire could
start.

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Do not leave children alone in area
where the range is in use. They
should never be allowed to sit or
stand on any part of the range.
They could be burned or injured.

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Do not wear loose or hanging gar­ments when using the range. They
could ignite if they touch a hot sur­face unit or heating element and
you could be burned.

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Do not repair or replace any part of
the range unless specifically rec­ommended in this manual. All
other servicing should be referred
to a qualified technician.

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Do not store flammable materials
in or near the range. They could
explode or burn.

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Do not use water on grease fires.
Never pick up a flaming pan.
Smother flaming pan on cooktop
by covering with a well-fitted lid,
cookie sheet or flat tray. Flaming
grease outside pan can be
extinguished with baking soda,
or if available, a multipurpose
dry chemical or foam-type
extinguisher.

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Use only dry potholders. Moist or
damp potholders on hot surfaces
may result in burns from steam. Do
not let potholder touch hot heating
elements. Do not use a towel or
bulky cloth for a potholder. They

could catch on fire.

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Select a pan with a flat bottom that
is about the same size as the sur­face unit. If pan is smaller than the
surface unit, some of the heating
element will be exposed and may
result in the igniting of clothing or
potholders. Correct pan size also
improves electrical efficiency.

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Never leave surface units unat­tended at high heat settings. A
boil-over could result and cause
smoking and greasy spill-overs
that may ignite.

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Make sure the reflector bowls are
in place dunng cooking. Cooking
without reflector bowls may subject
the wiring and components under­neath them to damage.

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Do not line reflector bowls with alu-

minum foil or other liners. Improper
installation of these liners may result
in a r&k of electric shock or fire.

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Check to be sure glass cooking
utensils are safe for use on the
cooktop. Only certain types of
glass, glass ceramic, ceramic,
earthenware or other glazed uten­sils are suitable for cooktops with­out breaking due to the sudden
change in temperature.

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Turn pan handles inward, but not
over other surface units. This will
help reduce the chance of burns,

igniting of flammable materials, and

spills due to bumping of the pan.

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Do not soak removable heating
elements in water. The element will

be damaged and shock or fire
could result.

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Use care when opening oven door.

Let hot air or steam escape before

removing or replacing food.

Important Safety Instructions
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Do not heat unopened containers.
They could explode. The hot con­tents could cause burns and con­tainer particles could cause Injury.

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Keep range vents unobstructed.

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Always position oven racks in
desired location while oven is cool.

If rack must be moved while oven

is hot, do not let potholder contact

hot heating element in oven.

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Do not clean door seal. It is essen­tial for a good seal. Care should be
taken not to rub, damage, or move
the seal. Clean only parts recom-

mended in this Use and Care
Guide.

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Do not use oven cleaners. No
commercial oven cleaner or oven

liner protective coating of any kind
should be used in or around any

part of the oven.

. Before self-cleaning the oven,

remove broiler pan, broiler grid,
oven racks and other utensils.

Do not use your oven to clean

miscellaneous parts.

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Do not store things children might
want above the range. Children
could be burned or injured while
climbing on it.

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Do not touch surface units, areas
near units, heating elements or
interior surfaces of oven. Surface
units and heating elements may be
hot even though they are dark in
color, Areas near surface units and
interior surfaces of an oven be­come hot enough to cause burns.
During and after use, do not touch,
or let clothing or other flammable
materials contact surface units,
areas near units, heating elements
or interior surfaces of oven until
they have had sufficient time to
cool. Other surfaces of the range
may become hot enough to cause
burns; such as, the oven vent
opening, the surface near the vent
opening, the cooktop, the oven
door and window.

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FOR YOUR SAFETY

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DO NOT STORE OR USE
GASOLINE OR OTHER
FLAMMABLE VAPORS AND
LIQUIDS IN THE VICINITY OF
THIS OR ANY OTHER
APPLIANCE. THE FUMES
CAN CREATE A FIRE
HAZARD OR EXPLOSION.

-SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS -

Using Your Range

Using the surface units

Control knobs must be pushed
in before turning them to a setting.
They can be set anywhere between
HI and OFF.

Surface unit indicators
The solrd dot in the surface unit rndrca-

tor shows which surface unit IS turned
on by that knob.

Signal lights

One of the Surface Unit Srgnal Lrghts
on the control panel will glow when a
surface unit is on.

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Be sure all control knobs are
turned to OFF and all signal lights
are OFF when you are not cook­ing. Someone could be burned or
a fire could start if a surface unit
is accidentally left ON.

tings, use the following as a guide.

For best results, start cooking at the
high settings; then turn the control knob
down to continue cooking.

bring liquids to a boil.
fry chicken or pancakes.

icing; to cook large amounts of

vegetables.

after starting it on a higher setting.

ready to serve. Set the heat higher or

lower within the LO band to keep food

at the temperature you want.

Burn or Fire Hazard

Until you get used to the set-

Use HI to start foods cooking; to
Use MED-HI to hold a rapid boil; to
Use MED for gravy, puddings and

Use MED-LO to keep food cooking

Use LO to keep food warm until

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Using Your Range

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Cookware

Use only flat-bottomed utensils for best
cooking results and to prevent damage
to the cooktop. Specralty Items with

rounded or ndged bottoms (woks,

ridged bottom canners or tea kettles)

are not recommended.

Burn Hazard

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If the pan is too small for the
surface unit, you could be
burned by the heat from the
exposed section of the surface
unit. Use correctly sized cook­ing utensils to prevent injury.

. If a surface unit stays red for a

long time, the bottom of the pan
is not flat enough or is too small
for the surface unit. Prolonged
usage of incorrect utensils for
long periods of time can result
in damage to the surface unit,
cooktop, wiring and surround­ing areas. To prevent damage,
use correct utensils, start cook­ing on HI and turn control down
to continue cooking.

The electronic oven controls

There are three parts in the oven control
section:

-The digital display.

-The command buttons.

-The Set Knob.
Instructions for each oven control are

covered on the following pages. Read
them carefully.

When you first plug in the range,

the display will show four flashing

If, after you set the clock (page 8) the
display again shows four flashing 8’s;
your electricity was off for a while.
Reset the clock.

8’s.

Optional canning kit

The large diameter of most water-bath
or pressure canners combined wrth

high heat settings for long periods of
trme can shorten the lrfe of regular
surface units and cause damage to the
cooktop.

If you plan to use the cooktop for can­ning, we recommend the installation of
a Canning Kit. Order the kit (Part No.

242905) from your Whirlpool Dealer or
Tech-Care’ Service Company.

NOTE: See the Cooking Guide for

additional canning information.

Digital display/clock

When you are not using the oven. this is
an accurate digital clock. When using
the oven or Minute Timer, the display will
show the time, temperature settings
and what command buttons have been
pressed.

When showing the trme of day, the

display will show the hour and minutes.

When using the Minute Timer, the
display shows minutes and seconds in
the following sequence:

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For settrngs from l-59 seconds, each
second will show in the display.

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For settings from l-10 minutes. the
display will Increase in 10 second
increments.

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For settings from lo-99 minutes. the
display will Increase In 1 minute
increments.

When using the Bake Hours and/or
Stop Time, the drsplay shows hours and
minutes.

The small display

will

show “Err” if

two commands that can not be used

together are entered, such as Bake

and Broil

Command buttons

The command buttons tell the oven
what to do and in what order. A few

examples:

- Time Of Day tells the oven you are

going to set the clock.

-Oven Off tells the oven to turn off

Each command button (except Oven
Off and Self-Clean) has its own light.
The light comes on when you touch the
command buttons.

Set Knob

Once you’ve pushed a command but­ton to tell the oven what you want it to
do, you’ll use the Set Knob to set a tem­perature or time. Turning the Set Knob
clockwise increases the number on the
display. Turning the Set Knob counter­clockwise decreases the number on the
display.

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Setting the clock

1. Push the Time Of Day button. The
TIME light will show in the display.

2. Whrle pushrng the Trme Of Day
button, turn the Set Knob until the
correct time shows In the display.

3. Release the Time Of Day button.

Using the electronic Minute Timer

The Minute Timer does not start or stop
the oven. It works like a kitchen timer. It

can be set in minutes and seconds up
to 99 mrnutes. You will hear 4 beeps
when the set time IS up.

1. Push the Min/Sec Timer button.
The TIMER light will come on and
the display will show “0:OO.”

2. Turn the Set Knob until the desired
time shows in the display. The
Minute Timer will begin counting
down 2 seconds after the time is set.

When time is up, “End” will show

In the large display and you will hear

four beeps.

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To cancel the Minute Timer:

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Push the Min/Sec Timer button and

turn the Set Knob until “0:OO” shows

In the display.
or

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Qurckly push the Min/Sec Timer

button twice.

Using the Oven Off button

The Oven Off button will cancel any
command button except for the Mm/
Set Timer button. When the Oven Off

button IS pushed, “Off” will show in the
large display. The display WIII then show

the trme of day or, If Minute Timer is

also being used, the time remaining.

Using the oven

Baking

1. Posrtion the rack(s) properly before
turnrng on the oven. To change
rack position,
pull out.

The rack(s) should be placed so
the top of the food will be centered in
the oven. Always leave at least 1% to
2 Inches (4-5 cm) between the sides
of the pan and the oven walls and
other pans. For more Information,
see the Cooking Guide.

2. Push the Bake button. “350-F”
show in the small display to indicate
the preset temperature and the
PRE-. BAKE and ON lights
come on.

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rack at front and

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To cook at a deferent temperature.
push the Bake button Turn the Set
Knob untrl the desired temperature
shows In the small drsplay

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L(. The oven IS preheated when you

hear three beeps and the PRE- lrght
goes off,

5. Put food In the oven.

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During baking. the elements WI/I turn
on and off to keep the oven temperature
at the setting

The top element helps heat dur-

ing baking, but does not turn red.

6. When baking IS done. push the Oven
Off button Off will show In the dls­play and all other drsplays WIII go off

NOTE: The oven automatrcally turns off
after

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hours. 59 minutes

Broiling

1. PosItion the rack before turnrng the
oven on. See ‘Broil Chart’ In the
Cookrng Guide or a reliable cook­book for recommended rack
positrons

2. Put the broiler pan and food on
the rack

3. Close the door to the Brorl Stop posi­tron (open about 4 Inches. 10.2 cm)
The door WIII stay open

by

Itself