Whirlpool RJM 7800 User Manual

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Use

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Guide

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Model RJM 7800

Oven Cavity Control Panel

Door Hand,e 3 \ L W-Level Oven Rack

Model & Serial Number Plate

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Before you do onythrng else

please read thus gurde all the

way through Then, keep rt

handy for future use

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Table of Contents

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Service Phone No

Page

7-0

B-11

12-13

13 13

Using the Temperature Probe at

3 3 A 4 5 6 6

Different Cook Power Levels

Cooking Toward a Serve Time

Serve Time and the Temperature Probe

Bi-Level Oven Rack

Other Handy Operating Hlnts

To Recall What You Have Set To Change or Cancel To Change or Cancel the Minute Timer

To Stop Cooking

To RestarttheOven

Reminders

Do’s

Don’ts Cleanlng Your Mtcrowave Oven Replaclng the Oven light Bulb Before Calling for Service If You Need Service

Before You Use Your Microwave Oven Installation Instructions

Safety Precautions How a Microwave Oven Works Using the On/Off Switch Your Microwave Oven Control Panel Setting the Clock to the Right Time Using the Minute Timer

Cooking with lime

Cooklng In One Cycle (Full Power) Cooklng In One Cycle (Selected

Cook Power)

Cooklng In More Than One Cycle at

Dtfferent Cook Power Levels

Defrosting in Your Microwave Oven

Defrosting and Cooking Foster or Slower Defrosting

Cooking with the Temperature Probe

If You Have a Problem

Before You Use Your Mlcrowave Oven

Whirlpool Microwave Ovens are built to

last. It is up to you to make sure your mlcro-

wave oven Is properly installed, used and

maintained. You have to be sure that your

Whirlpool Microwave Oven is...

installed according to Installation instructions.

Installed where it is protected from the weather.

Installed on a counter, or shelf strong enough for Its welght.

connected to an electrlcal clrcult according to the lnstallatlon Insfructlans.

grounded accardlng to the lnstallatlon

Instructions.

used only for the job expected of a home mlcrowave oven.

not used by children or others who might

not understand how to use It properly.

kept clean and In good repair.

serviced or repalred only by quallfied

service technlclans.

Instructions

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Installation Instructions

First:

Take everythlng out of the oven Wipe out the Inside with c

damp cloth

Second:

enough streng?h to ho,d I? For ventilctlon leave two Inches between the 5cxk of the over8 3rd the wall needed for 01’ flow 04 ever1 cooking

TQIS over ccn be bulil Into c wall or ccblnet Kits RCK-703 end RCK 701 ore o~ialicble from your dealer for recessed lnstcllotlon It can also be Installed. with those Hordwlck 7230 single gas ovens IrIslructlons The RCK 710. RCK711, and RCK 713 kits can be used for surface mounting on c wall The MICRO SHELF’Hood, Model RJH 3330, for rountlng the rrlcrowcve oven above a range or cooktop

Third:

three-prong grounding plug DO NOT CUT THE ROUND GROUNDING

PRONG FROM THE PLUG If the wall receptacle doesn’t have the right plug-In or ElectrIcal Code and local codes or ordinances, you must have a

quaIlfled electrician put in the right outlet

Fourth:

oven

household appliance shouid share the circuit.

Fifth:

and put It In the oven Turn the oven on full power for 1 to 111 minutes (see page 7) When the time

Sixth:

fan may run slower then usual ufitil the oven warms temperature

?ut the ‘7?Icrowove oven on c counter, table or shelf which has

Do not block the vents on top.

above Whirlpool RDE. REE and RGE series single ovens, or

For your safety. this oven must be grounded It’s cord has the

the plug-tn Isn’t grounded according to the Notional

The outlet must supply 120 volts, 60 Hz, A.C The microwave

will

use about 1450 watts when It

FIII a glass container with about one cup (250 ml) of cold water

If the microwave oven has been stored in a cool room, the

iollow the manufacturer’s installation

operating, so no other mator

up, the water should be heated

They are

cvcllcble

to room

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Safety Precautions to Avoid Possible Exposure to Excessive Microwave Enerav

Do not attempt to operate :?I& oven with

the door open since open-door opera-

tlOn

can result in harmful exposure to microwave energy. It is important not to defeat or tamper with the safety interlocks.

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

Do not operate the oven aged. It is particularly implant that the oven door close 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.

il it

is dam-

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

The oven should be checked for mlcrowave leakage by quailfled personnel after a repalr is made.

Do not operate the oven If the door gias is broken.

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

Do not attempt to cook eggs In the shell in the mlcrowave oven. Steam build-up wlthln the egg wlil cause it to burst Damage to the oven or InJury to the user

WAVEGUIDE

MICROWAVE BASICS

MODE MIXER

sy;;L:‘n METAL

MICROWAVES BOUNCE UP FROM

THE BOTTOM

BOTTOM

How a Microwave Oven Works

Microwaves are like radio waves or radar waves. They will glass, plastic. paper and most other types of containers that are not metal MIcrowaves absorbs microwaves. heat IS created because water molecules in the food are disturbed and bounce around colllding with each other Heat is created by this bouncing and colliding like when you warm your hands by rubbing them together.

When all safety systems are secure (door shut completely and the START

pad touched). electric current is allowed to reach the The magnetron tube uses electricity to create microwaves. They pass through a metal tunnel called the the

oven cavity.

Just at the point where the mlcrowaves are about to go into the oven cavity. WhIrlpool Microwave Ovens use a metal fan) to scatter them. If all the microwaves went in the same direction.

they’d all bounce in the same direction, like water from a hose. Some parts

of the food wouldn’t be touched. The spread mIcrowaves all around.

The walls, top and bottom of the oven cavity are metal. Microwaves will bounce. around inside the oven until they are absorbed by food.

The food container rests on a sealed-in shelf above the metal bottom of the oven cavity Because the food is above the metal bottom, microwaves can get under it. through the shelf, to bounce up from the bottom Into the food

The screen in the door allow you to see inside.

There are three safety interlock switches designed to make sure that microwave oven will not operate unless the door is closed and microwaves are sealed tnside.

bounce

off metal and are absotied by food. When food

wavegulde,

past the

mode mixer

designed to keep microwaves in the oven, yet

works like a sprinkler to

Do not tamper with any of these Interlock switches.

pass through

magnetron tube.

wavetuner,

(a slow-moving

Into

MUST BE ON FOR COOKING

THE SWITCH

Usin the On/ 8 ff Switch

On the frame just Inside the door is an on off switch When fhe switch is OFF, the microwave oven cannot be started accidentally The switch is designed to help keep “little inquisitive fingers” from using the oven unless you want them to When it is OFF, the clock will work, and you can use the Minute Timer. but you cannot set the oven to cook or defrost

Your ,Microwave Oven Control Panel

Indicators

Display

lndlcotors

Commond

(except 0)

Number Pads

(including 0)

CookingCycle Command Pads

Pads

There are five sections on your control panel DISPLAY. INDICATORS, COMMAND PADS. NUMBER PADS AND COOKING CYCLE COMMAND PADS.

INDICATORS glow tolshow which Command Pad you

touched When you start the oven, Indicators that tell you what the mlcrowave oven IS doing at the moment stay on

The DISPLAY tells you the time of day. lights up with the

numbers you touch, and keeps track of the cooking time remaining when You cook by time. The display will show all 8’s when you first plug in the microwave oven.

The COMMAND PADS tell the microwave oven what you want it to do. You can touch all the number pads You want to, but nothing will happen until You touch a COMMAND PAD.

The COOKING CYCLE COMMAND PADS tell the microwave oven what kind of cooking you want to do, and in what order. When setting the microwave oven for cooking, You must

MAND PAD first.

always

touch a COOKING CYCLE COM-

You only have to touch...not push...a pad to get your lnstructlons Into the mlcrowave oven. Buzzers will sound to slgnal the end ot the cookIng tlme, to let you know when the mlcrowave oven Is changing cycles, or to slgnal the end of the tlme you’ve set on the Mlnute flmer.

If all 8’s show on the display. It means there was a temporary lnterruptlon In the electrical supply to the mlcrowave oven. A tuse could have blown, a circuit breaker trlpped or power to your home was Interrupted. If this happens, reset the clock according to dlrectlons.

Have Fun!

Your

Just tell it what

microwave oven

to do. It has four cycles. That is, You can give it as many as four separate instructions (defrost, Cycle One, Cycle Two, Cycle Three) and it will do each one in turn.

It has 10 levels of cooking power...from full power (the fastest) to 10% of full power (the slowest). Microwave cookbooks recommend that some foods be cooked at less

than full power.

Is easy to operate.

You can cook food to a preselected tem-

perature setting, or you can cook wlth time.

You can defrost, or defrost and cook. You can even set It for the time you want dinner ready and leave for the afternoon. It automatlcally does a lot of the things you will want It to do, llke pauslng (holdlng) between defrosting and cooklng.

For more fun wlth microwave cooking, read

this book carefully.

Setting Clock

Setting the Clock to the Right lime

You ccn cook in ?he oven ‘ivrthout first setting the clock ou! !he

d~sproy wtll be blank after cookrng You must set the crock to use SERVE TIME Close the oven door before setttng the clock or minute timer

Touch the Clock Pad.

have 5 seconds to start setting the time. If the ltght goes off before You

set the fr!st number of the time touch the CLOCK pad agaln

The word “SET” WIII glow on the display You

Touch Number -

Pads In Order

Touch Minute Timer

Display Reads Zero

mml Display Will Show What

YOU

Touched

2. Touch the Numbers for the Time of Day.

that order For l:30. touch 1-3-O for 5 46. touch 5-4-6 Remember you

have 5seconds after louchrng the CLOCK of the time you

3. Touch the Start pad.

drsplaY WIII go off and the START INDICATOR WI/I go oh for about 5 seconds When II goes off, the ciock IS set

are

setting

When you touch the START pad the

If it IS 12 45, touch I-2-4-5. In

pad

to touch the first number

light

on the

Using the Minute Timer

The Minute Timer doesn’t start or stop cookrng, it just operates a buzzer Like other timers. it can be used to time eggs, to remind You to turn somethrnq off, make a call. or

Touch the Minute Timer Pad.

a “0” will appear on the drsplay and the MINUTE TIMER INDICATOR will come

on You now have about 5 seconds to touch in the frrst number

2. Now Touch the Numbers for the Minutes and Seconds.

ample, the time wanted IS l-minute and 30 seconds...l-3-0.

whatever

When you touch the MINUTE TIMER PAD.

In the ex-

Touch

Start

3. Touch Start Pad.

After about 5 seconds It WIII go off The Minute Timer INDICATOR WIII stay on until the time you touched in IS over A countdown of the time will show on the drsplay unless You also selected a COOKING CYCLE

4. A buzzer will sound when the set time IS up. The time of day will show on the drsplay again

If you wait longer than 5 seconds after You touch the MINUTE TIMER pad before You start touching in the time You want, the time of day will show on the display again Start over by touching the pad.

The Minute Timer can be used while the oven is cooking. If the DISPLAY is busy counting down a cooking time, you will not see the Minute Timer setting on it unless you touch the MINUTE TtMER Pad.

When You touch START, the INDICATOR will come on

MINUTE TIMER

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