Whirlpool RF396PXV User Manual

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Contents

Page

Important Safety
Instructions. 3
Using Your Range 5

Using the surface units 5

The electronic oven controls 6

Setting the clock 8
Using the Electronic Minute

Timer. 8
Using the oven off button 9
Using the oven 9

Using the electronic automatic

MEALTIMER’ control 11

Theovenvent _.._.....,..... 15

The storage drawer 16
Optional rotisserie 16

Optional door panel pat 16

Caring For Your Range. I 7

Control panel and knobs I 7
Cooktop 17
Using the Self-Cleaning cycle 19
Cleaning tips 24

Using and replacing the

light bulbs

The oven light 26
If You Need Service
Or Assistance 27

Whirlpool Range Warranty. 32

$31989 Whirlpool Corporation

Remove the Consumer Buy Guide
label. It will be easier to remove before

the range is used. To remove any re-

maining glue:

. Rub briskly with thumb to make a ball,

then remove.
or

. Soak area with liquid hand dishwash-

ing detergent before removing glue as
described above.

Do not use rubbing alcohol or flam­mable 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.

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

. Properly connecting and grounding

the range to electrical supply.’

. Making sure the range is not used by

anyone unable to operate it properly.
. Properly maintaining the range.
. 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,

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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.

9 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 rn 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.

9 Do not wear loose or hanging gar-

ments when using the range. They
could ignite if they touch a hot sur­face unit or heating element and
you could be burned.

. 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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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,
igniling of flammable materials,
and spills due to bumping of the
pan.

9 Use care when opening oven door.

Let hot air or steam escape before
removing or replacing food.

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Do not heat unopened containers.
They could explode. The hot con­tents could cause burns and con-

tainer particles could cause injury.
. Keep range vents unobstructed.
* 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.

including

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Important Safety Instructions
Continued

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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 recom­mended 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.

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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 cook on broken cooktop.

If cooktop should break, cleaning
solutions and spill-overs may
penetrate the broken cooktop and
create a risk of electric shock.
Contact a qualified technician

immediately.

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Clean cooktop with care. Some
cleaners can produce noxious
fumes if applied to a hot surface.

If a wet sponge or cloth is used to
wipe spills on a hot cooking area,
be careful to avoid steam burns.

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Do not store things children might

want above the range. Children

could be burned or injured while

climbing on it.

-SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS -

. Do not touch surface units, areas

near surface 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 elements,
heating units 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
API’LIANCE. THE FUMES
CAN CREATE A FIRE
HAZARD OR EXPLOSION.

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 solid dot in the surface unit indica-

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

Signal lights

ing. Someone could be burned or
a fire could start if a surface unit
is accidentally left ON.

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Until you get

after starting it on a higher setting.

Use LO to keep food warm until

ready to serve. Set the heat higher or

lower within the LO band to keep food
at the temperature you want.

used to the set-

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Using Your Range

Continued

Cookware
Use only flat-bottomed utensils on the

cooktop. Pans without flat bottoms and
specialty items wrth rounded or ridged
bottoms (woks or tea kettles) will cause
uneven heating and poor cooking
results.

To check your cookware for flatness,
place a straight-edge across the bottom
of each piece. Move the straight-edge
around. If light shows anywhere
between the pan and the straight-edge,
the pan IS not flat. Do not use it.

Utensil bottoms must be clean and
free from nicks and scratches. Heating
a soiled pan can leave a starn on the
cooktop and cause scratches.

Using a pan with a nicked or
scratched bottom could damage

the cooktop.

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Do not slide pans across the cook­top. Sliding pans on the cooktop sur­face could leave marks. Metal marks
can be removed using a special cook-

top polishing creme if they are not
heated. See page 17 for cleaning and
caring suggestions.

Wiping off the cooktop before and

after each use will help keep the sur­face free from stains and provide the
most even heating.

The electronic oven controls

There are three parts in the oven control
section:

-The digital drsplay.

- The command buttons.

-The Set Knob.
Instructions for each oven control are

covered on the followrng pages. Read
them carefully.

When you frrst plug In the range, the

display will show four flashing 8‘s. If.
after you set the clock (page 8) the drs­play again shows four flashing 8‘s; your
electncrty was off for a while. Reset
the clock.

Operatrng instructions are provided

for the electronic controls. They are

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Digital display/clock

pressed.

When showing the time 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 settings from 1-59 seconds, each
second will show in the display.

9 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 display shows hours and

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 but-

ton to tell the oven what you want rt to

do, you’ll use the Set Knob to set a tem­perature or time. Turnrng the Set Knob

clockwise increases the number on the
display. Turning the Set Knob counter­clockwlse decreases the number on the
display.

Using Your Range
Continued

Setting the clock

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

2. While pushing the Time 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 Trmer does not start or stop
the oven. It works like a kitchen timer. It
can be set in minutes and seconds up
to 99 minutes. 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.

To cancel the Minute Timer:
. Push the Min/Sec Timer button and

turn the Set Knob until “0:OO” shows
in the display.

or

. Quickly push the Min/Sec Timer

button twice.

Using the Oven Off button

The Oven Off button will cancel any
command button except for the Min/
Set Timer button. When the Oven Off
button is pushed, “Off” will show in the
large display. The display will then show
the time of day or, if Minute Timer is
also being used, the time remaining.

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Using the oven

Baking

1. Position the rack(s) properly before
turning on the oven. To change
rack position, lift rack at front and
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.

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2. Push the Bake button. “350°F” wtll
show in the small display to indicate
the preset temperature and the

PRE-, BAKE and ON lights will

come on.

Using Your Range
Continued

3. To cook at a different temperature.

push the Bake button. Turn the Set
Knob until the desired temperature
shows in the small display.

4. The oven

IS

preheated when you
hear three beeps and the PRE- light
goes off.

5. Put food In the oven.
NOTE: Oven racks, walls and door will

be hot.

During baking, the elements will 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 dis­play and all other displays WIII go off.

Broiling

1. Position the rack before turning the
oven on. See “Broil Chart” in the
Cooking Guide or a reliable cook­book for recommended rack
positions.

2. Put the broiler pan and food on
the rack.

3. Close the door to the Broil Stop

posl-

tron (open about 4 inches. 10.2 cm)
The door will stay open by itself.