Whirlpool RHM-988P Owner's Manual

TKirlpool

CORoOia- 3,

30-INCHFREE-STANDING

EYE-LEVELMICROWAVERANGE

Hood Knockout

Microwave Oven

Microwave Oven Door
Handle and Latch

COOK’N COUNTER*
Model and Serial

Number Plate

Model

RHM-988P

Lower Oven

orcelain Enamel

Automatic Lower

Oven Front Frame

Lower Drawer

“Tmk.

-In Surface Units

Oven Rack Guides

Refer to the

Cooking Guide for

important safety information

and other general instructions

for the use and care of your range.

MICROWAVE OVEN CONTROLS

Clock and Display

Indicator Lights

Minute Timer

Cook Power

Cook Temp
Serve Time
Start

Defrost

Hold

Cycle 1

Cycle

2

Command Pads

Start
Clock

Defrost

Cook Power

Minute Timer
Cycle 1
Cycle 2
Cancel

Serve Time
Cook Temp

Number Pads

Start Time Knob
Set Time Knob

Temperature Control

Lower Oven Signal Li

2

(O-9)

Knob

ight

Knobs

Iitch
Lights

Safety

Precautions to avoid possible exposure to excessive microwave energy.

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Do not attempt to operate the microwave 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

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

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Do not operate the microwave oven if it is damaged. It is particularly
important that the microwave oven door close properly and that there
is no damage to the: (a) Door (bent). (b) hinges and latches (broken
or loosened). (c) door seals and sealing surfaces.

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

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The microwave oven should be checked for microwave leakage by

qualified personnel after a repair is made.

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

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

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Do not attempt to cook eggs in the shell In the microwave oven.
Steam build-up within the egg will cause it to burst. Damage to the
oven or injury to the user may result.

Contents

SAFETY: Precautions to avoid possible
exposure to excessive microwave energy
CONTENTS

BEFORE YOU USE YOUR EYE-LEVEL MICROWAVE
RANGE
BEFORE YOU USE YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN
FIRST SET THE CLOCK

MICROWAVE OVEN

TO COOK IN THE MICROWAVE OVEN
HOW TO COOK WITH TIME IN YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN

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TosetonecycletocookonHIGH

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To set one cycle to cook on a power
otherthan HIGH

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To program the microwave oven to cook for more than

one cycle at one or more power levels

HOW TO DEFROST IN YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN

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To defrost and automatically cook a food

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To defrost at a lower or higher power level

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HOW TO COOK WITH TEMPERATURE IN YOUR MICROWAVE
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Temperature settings

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To cook by temperature rather than time

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To cook by temperature on HIGH

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To cook by temperature at a power level other than HIGH

SERVETIME

0 To use Serve Time

MINUTE TIMER

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To use the Minute Timer

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TO RECALL WHAT YOU SET
TO CHANGE OR CANCEL INSTRUCTIONS

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To change or cancel cook or defrost instructions

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To change or cancel the Minute Timer.

TO STOP THE OVEN
TO RESTART THE OVEN
ADDITIONAL HINTS ON USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN
CLEANING THE MICROWAVE OVEN
HOW DOES A MICROWAVE OVEN WORK?
SOME DO’S, DON’TS, HINTS

COOKTOP AND LOWER OVEN

HOW TO USE THE COOK’N COUNTER’
HOW TO USE SURFACE UNIT CONTROLS
HOW TO USE LOWER OVEN CONTROLS

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Tobroil

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Resetting the IoL’er ~lven temperature control knob

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To use the MEALTlMER’ clock automatic feature
LOWER OVEN RACK POSITIONS
LOWER OVEN VENT.
LOWER OVEN LIGHT
TOP LIGHT

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To replace top light

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OPTIONAL ROTISSERIE KIT
HOW TO REMOVE LOWER DRAWER

LIFT-UP COOKTOP
HOW TO USE THE LOWER OVEN SELF-CLEANING CYCLE
HOW TO CLEAN AND CARE FOR YOUR RANGE

IF YOU NEED SERVICE OR HELP

1 Before You Call for Service
2 If You Need Service
.i If You Have a Problem

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Before you use your eye-level microwave range

It is your personal responsibility and obligation to contact a
qualified installer for your range. It is also your responsibility to be
sure that it:

Has been properly installed. electrically grounded. and connected to
the supply of electricity by a qualified person.

Has been installed where it is protected from the elements in a well
ventilated room.

Has been installed and leveled properly on a floor strong enough to
support its weight.

Is properly used only for the lob it is intended to do.
Is not used by small children or anyone not able to operate it properly.
Is properly maintained.
Has had all materials removed from inside the oven.

See Installation Instructions for complete information

Before vou use vour microwave oven

1. There are four separate sections on your control panel:

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At the top center is the display. It will display time of day. cooking

time. power level, and temperature information. The display will

show all 8‘s when the microwave oven is first plugged in.

Display

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Above the display are the indicator lights. The appropriate ones
come on as you are programming the microwave oven and as it IS
operating.

Indicator Lights

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Command Pads

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The command pads tell the microwave oven what you want it to do.

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The number pads are the pads marked O-9. They are used to set the
clock, cooking time, Minute Timer. Serve Time. power level and
temperature setting.

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When setting the microwave oven, you must always touch a com-

mand pad first and the number pads second.

3.

Touch the pads to register your instructions with the microwave

oven.

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Four buzzes will sound to signal the end of the cooking time. The
buzzes stop when the door is opened or the Cancel pad is touched.

A buzzer will sound after Defrost, Hold and Cycle 1 to signal the

change In cycles.

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A buzzer will sound to signal the end of time set on the Minute Timer.

It will sound only once for about 3 seconds.

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If all 8‘s show on the display. it means there was a power interrup­tion. Either a fuse was blown. a circuit breaker was tripped or power
was interrupted to your home. Reset the clock following the direc-

tions below

First set the clock

Before you cook in the microwave oven for the first time, set the
Clock. If the Clock is not set. you can cook in the oven but the display of
the Clock will be blank after cooking. You must set the Clock to use Serve
Time.

Close and latch the oven door before setting the Clock or Minute
Timer.

To set the time of day on the clock:

1. Touch the Clock pad

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A small light ~111 come on at the right end of the display near the
center. The light will stay on for approximately 5 seconds. You must
touch the first number of the time of day within that 5 seconds before
the light turns off.

Command

TOUCH

2. Touch the numbers corresponding to the time of day

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For example. for 1:30. touch 1-3-O in that order: for 12:45. touch

l-2-4-5 in that order. Touch the first number within 5 seconds of

touching the Clock pad. The light at the center rrght of the display will
remain on after touching the first number. The remaining numbers
can then be entered.

Number Pads Display

TOUCH TOUCH TOUCH TOUCH

3. Touch the Start pad

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The small light will go off and the Start indicator light will turn on for

approximately 5 seconds. When the Start indicator light turns off. the

clock will be set.

Command

TOUCH

Indicator Light

HINT: If the small light at the center right of the display goes off before
you set the first number of the time of day. retouch the Clock pad.

To cook in the microwave oven

The Number pads in the center of the control panel, the Command
pads and the Start pad are used to operate the microwave oven when
cooking by time.

You can select any cooking time up to 99 minutes. 99 seconds.

You can select from 10 different cooking powers. When used to
program cooking power. the numbers correspond to the following power
levels-

POWER LEVELS

30”;> of full power

High Power

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(Med High) 7

(3

(Medium) 5

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‘lO”tj of full pm~er
SO” of full p<o\Jm

70 I’) of full poL~eL
idi”,> of full pacer

5(I”;a of full power

(Med Low)
(Low)

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of full power

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Your microwave oven will automatically cook on HIGH unless you
set It to cook on a lower Cook Power setting or in the Defrost cycle.

Your microwave oven can be set for one cooking time and power
level. or it can be programmed to go through a defrost and up to two
cooking cycles automatically.

How to cook with time in your microwave oven

To set one cycle to cook on HIGH

1. Put the food into the microwave oven and shut the door.

2. Touch Cycle 1 pad.

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The Cycle 1 indicator light will turn on and four zeros will show on the

display

Command Pad Indicator Light

TOUCH

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3 Touch in the cooking time.

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For example, tor 1 mrnute. 30 seconds touch 1-3-O The cooking time
yc)t: have set ~111 show on the display

Number Pads

TOUCH TOUCH TOUCH

Display

1. Touch Start pad.

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Tile Start Indicator ilgil! will come on at the same time the microwave
oven turns on It will go off after about 5 seconds. but the Cycle 1 light
fill stay on during the’ entire cooking cycle. The countdown of the
cooking time will shoic on the display

NOTE: The mlcrowave

Oven

will cook at HIGH unless you set a different

Ci-jok Power level or Defrost setting

Command Pad

Indicator Lights

5. 4t the end of the cooking cycle a buzzer will sound four times or
until you open the door or touch the Cancel pad.

6. The time of day will be displayed again at the end of the four buzzer
signal.

T(I set one cycle to cook on a power other than HIGH

1. Put the food into the microwave oven and shut the door.

2. Touch Cycle 1 pad.

a The Cycle 1 Indicator llghr uzill turn on and four zeros frill shoL4 on the

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Command Pad

TOUCH

3. Touch in the cooking time.
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Number Pads

TOUCH TOUCH TOUCH

Indicator Light

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show on the tiisplai

Display

4. Touch the Cook Power pad.

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The Cook Power indicator light will turn on. Two zeros will show on
the left side of the display. (It is not necessary to touch the Cook
Power pad if you want to cook on HIGH.)

Command Pad

TOUCH

Indicator Light

Display

5. Touch the desired cooking power.

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The number you have chosen, which indicates percent of full power.
will show on the far left of the display. Example: If you touch number

5. the display will show 50.

Number Pad

TOUCH

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Display

6. Touch Start pad.

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The Start indicator light will come on at the same time the microwave

oven turns on. It will go off after about 5 seconds but the Cycle 1 and
Cook Power indicator lights will stay on during the entire cooking
cycle.

Command Pad

Indicator Lights

7. For 2 seconds of every 10 seconds of the cooking time countdown,
the number indicating the power at which the oven is operating will
show on the far left of the display.

Display

8. At the end of the cooking cycle. a buzzer will sound four times or until
you open the door or touch the Cancel pad.

9. The time of day will be displayed again at the end of the four buzzer
signal.

To program the microwave oven to cook for more than one cycle at
one or more power levels

1. Put the food into the microwave oven and shut the door.

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2. Touch Cycle 1 pad.

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The Cycle 1 indicator light will come on and four zeros will show on
the display

Command Pad

Indicator Light

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TOUCH

3. Touch in the cooking time for Cycle 1.

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‘I‘htT cooking time you have set will show on the display

Number Pads Display

TOUCH TOUCH TOUCH

4. Touch the Cook Power pad.

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The Cook Power indicator light WIII come on. Two zeros will show on
the left side of the display.

Command Pad

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TOUCH

5. Touch the desired cooking power.

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The power number you have chosen will show on the far left of the

display

Indicator Light

Display

Number Pad

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TOUCH

6. Touch Cycle 2.

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The Cycle 2 lndlcator light will come on and four zeros will show on

the display (The Cook Power indicator light WIII go off but the Cycle

1 Indicator light will stay on.)

Command Pad

TOUCH

7. Touch in the cooking time for Cycle 2.

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The cooking time you have set WI!I show on the display.

Number Pads

TOUCH TOUCH TOUCH

Display

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Indicator Lights

Display

8. Touch the Cook Power pad.

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The Cook Power indicator light will come on. Two zeros will show on
the left side of the display.

Command Pad

TOUCH

Indicator Light

Display

9. Touch the desired cooking power.

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The power number you have chosen for Cycle 2 will show on the far
left of the display.

Display

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10. Touch Start Pad
Command Pad

TOUCH

Indicator Lights

11. The microwave oven will operate for the selected time and power
level for Cycle 1 first. The Cook Power and Cycle 1 indicator lights
will be on. The countdown of the Cycle 1 cooking time will show on
the display. The power number will show on the far left of the display
for 2 seconds of every 10 seconds of cooking time countdown.

Display

12. At the end of the Cycle 1 cook time a buzzer will sound. the micro­wave oven WIII automatically change to Cycle 2 power level. and the
display will show and countdown Cycle 2 cook time

The power number for Cycle 2 will show on the far left of the display
for 2 seconds of every 10 seconds of the cookrng time countdown.

Indicator Lights

13. At the end of the cooking cycles a buzzer will sound four times or
until you open the door or touch the Cancel pad. The ttme of day will
be displayed again at the end of the four buzzer signal.

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HINT: You can program the cooking cycles in any order. However. when
the microwave oven is started. it will automatically 30 through the cycles
in order-l-2 (or Defrost-Hold-l-2).

As a reminder to check the food between Cycle 1 and Cycle 2. a

buzzer will sound between cycles.

How to defrost in your microwave oven

Put the food into the microwave oven and shut the door.

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2. Touch the Defrost pad.

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The Defrost indicator light will come on. (When using the Defrost pad,
it is not necessary to first touch a Cycle 1 or 2 pad.

Command Pad

TOUCH

Indicator Light

3. Touch in the defrosting time.

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The time you have set will show on the display. (Refer to your MICRO

MENUS Cookbook for defrosting times.)

Number Pads Display

TOUCH TOUCH TOUCH

4. Touch the Start pad.

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The Start indicator light will come on at the same time the microwave

oven turns on. It will 30 off after about 5 seconds, but the Defrost
indicator light will stay on during the entire defrosting time. The

countdown of the defrosting time will show on the display.

Indicator Lights

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At the end of the defrosting time a buzzer will sound four times or
until you open the door or touch the Cancel pad.

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The time of day will be displayed again at the end of the four buzzer
signal.

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HINT: The Defrost setting is for 30 % of power. If you want to defrost
foods faster (may cause cooking on outside of food before the inside IS
defrosted) or slower. you may want to defrost at a lower or higher power
setting. (See page 15 for instructions.)

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