Whirlpool RM255PXP User Manual

LOWER OVEN

Continuous-Cleaning
Model RM255PXP

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Contents

Before You Use Your Oven -2
Important Safety Instructions 3
Parts and Features. 4
Using Your lower Oven. 5

Setting the Clock 5
Using the Minute Timer. 6
Using the Lower Oven 6

Baking or Roasting 6
Adjusting the Temperature

Control 8

Using the Automatic

MEALTIMER* Clock 9

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Broiling
The Oven Vent.
Optional Rotisserie..

Caring for Your lower Oven

Control Panel
The Lower Oven Door
The Continuous-Cleaning

Oven
Cleaning Chart
The Oven Light

If You Need Service or

Assistance.

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Before you use your oven

Read and carefully follow the “INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS” packed with
your oven.

Read this “Use & Care Guide” and your “Cooking Guide” carefully for important
use and safety information. Store these with the Upper Microwave Oven literature
in a convenient place for future use.

It is your personal responsibility and obligation to be sure your oven:

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Has been installed where it is protected from the elements.

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Has been installed and leveled in a wall or cabinet that will hold the weight.

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Has been properly connected to electrical supply and grounded. (See
“Installation Instructions!‘)

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Is not used by anyone unable to operate it properly.

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Is properly maintained.

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Is used only for jobs expected of a home oven.

See your “Cooking Guide” and “Upper Microwave Oven Use 81 Care Guide”

for additional safety and operating instructions.

IMPOR LlNI-

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

1.

DO NOT

play with any part of the oven. c!
leave them unattended near It
They could be burned or Injured

2.

DO NOT

might want above the oven ChM
dren could be burned or Injured
while climbing on the Uoor ana

the door could be damaged

3. KEEP children away from the oven
when it is on. The oven walls. racks
and door can get hot enough to
cause burns.

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Put oven racks where ‘you wan:
them before turning on the oven
Heated racks could cause
severe burns.

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Do not touch any part of the
oven, especially the heating el­ements, until you know they are
completely cool. Dark elements
can still be hot enough to cause
severe burns

allow children !o~e or

store thongs chridren

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Let steam and hot air escape
from the oven before removing
food to prevent burns

4.

DO NOT

room. Persons in the room could
be burned or injured, or a fire

( ould start

DO NOT

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garments when using the oven
They could ignite if they touch a

heating element and you could
be burned

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DO NOT

tainers, they could explode. The

r!ot contents could burn you and

.ontainer particles could cause

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MAKE SURE

door ali the way when adding or
Temoving food to prevent burns.

use the oven to heat a

wear loose or hanging

heat unopened con-

to open the oven

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DO NOT STORE OR USE GASOLINE OR OTHER FLAMMABLE VAPORS AND LIQUIDS

FOR YOUR SAFETY

IN THE VICINITY OF THIS OR ANY OTHER APPLIANCE. THEY COULD IGNITE

CAUSING EXPLOSION AND/OR FIRE.

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- SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS -

Parts and features

Model RM255PXP
LOWER OVEN

OVEN VENT-

CONTINUOUS-

CLEANING

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SILICONE /
HEAT SEAL

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MODEL AND SERIAL

NUMBER PLATE

- CONTROL PANEL

FOIL LINER /

REMOVABLE
AIR-FLOW -

OVEN DOOR

Copy your Model and Serial Numbers here...

If you need service, or call with a
question, have this information
ready:

1. Complete Model and Serial
Numbers (from the plate located
behind the microwave oven door).

2. Purchase date from sales slip.

Copy this information in these
SDaces. KeeD this book with vour
warranty and sales slip. ’

There is no warranty registration to
return. Proof-of-purchase is all that is
required for in-warranty service.

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Model Number

Ser,a, Number

Pumhase Date

Service Company/Phone Number

Using your lower oven

MINUTE
TIMER

CLOCK
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Setting the Clock

Push in and turn the Minute Timer Knob to set the Clock.

START

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TEMPERATURE

, CONTROL

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LIGHT

SWITCH

1.

Push in Minute Timer Knob and
turn clockwise until clock shows
the right time of day.

2. let the Minute Timer Knob pop
out. Turn counterclockwise until
Minute Timer dial shows OFF. The
clock setting will change if you
push in the knob when turning.

Using the Minute Timer

The Minute Timer does not start or stop the oven. It works like a kitchen timer.
DO NOT PUSH IN THE KNOB when setting the Minute Timer.

1.

Without pushing it in, turn the
Minute Timer Knob until the time
showing in the window is longer
than the setting you want.

PUSHING IN AND TURNING THE MINUTE TIMER KNOB CHANGES THE CLOCK
SETTING.

2. Without pushing in, turn the knob
back to the setting you want
shows in the window.

When the time is up, a buzzer
will sound. To stop the buzzer, turn
the dial to OFF.

Using the Lower Oven

The lower oven is always set with two knobs:

-The Oven Selector

-The Oven Temperature Control
Both must be on a setting for the oven to heat.

Baking or roasting

Rack(s) should be placed so
the top of the food will be cen­tered in the oven. Always leave

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

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