Whirlpool RM988PXL User Manual

01 304NCH FREE-STANDING EYE-LEVEL

MICROWAVE RANGE

Model RM988PXL

I//- Control Panel

Defrost Guide Microwave Oven

Model and Serial Number Plate

Oven Front Frame

Removable Storage Drawer

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 just behind the microwave oven door on the oven frame).

2. Purchase date from sales slip. Copy this information in these spaces. Keep this book,

your warranty and sales slip together in a handy place.

See the “Cooklng Guide” for important safety Information.

Fluorescent

Top light Switch

Porcelain-Enamel

Reflector Bowl and

Chrome Trlm Rlng

Broil Element

Model Number

Serial Number

Purchase Date

Service Compony and Phone Number

Your respons2biNes.. .

Proper installation and safe use of your microwave range are your

personal responsibilities. Read this”Use and Care Guide”and the

“Cooking Guide”carefully for important use and safety information.

Installation

You must be sure your range is...

installed and leveled on a floor

that will hold the weight;

installed in a well-ventilated area protected from the weather;

Proper use

You must be sure your range is...

used only for jobs expected of home ranges;

used only by people who can

operate it properly;

properly maintained.

properly connected to the cor-

rect electric supply and grounding. (See “Installation Instructions.“)

Contents

Responsibilities 2

Installation 2 Proper Use

Safety ..~.......~

Precautions to Avoid Possible Exposure

to Excessive Microwave Energy

Using the Microwave Upper Oven

Setting the Clock Using the Minute Timer Cooking in One Cycle Defrosting Cooking in Two Cycles Cooking Automatically after

Defrosting Cooking to a Serving Time Cooking with the Temperature Probe 16 Bi-Level Oven Rack Changing or Cancelling Instructions 19 Other Operating Hints Cleaning the Microwave Oven Important Information How Microwave Ovens Work 22

The Microwave Oven Light 22

Uslng Your Cooktop and lower Oven

Surface Unit Controls The Lower Oven Controls 24

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The Oven Selector

The Oven Temperature Control 24 2 3

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Baking or Roasting

Adjusting the Oven Temperature

Control .........................

Using the Automatic MEALTIMER

Clock ...........................

Broiling ...........................

Broiling Chart

The Cooktop Light The Lower Oven Light

The Oven Vent ......................

Optlonal Accessories

Rotisserie ..........................

Canning Kit .........................

Cleaning and Caring for Your Range

Control Panel and Knobs Surface Units and Reflector Bowls

Storage Drawer .....................

The Lower Oven Self-Cleaning Cycle 33 Cleaning Chart

If You Need Service or Assistance

I. Before Calling for Assistance

2. If You Need Assistance

3. If You Need Service

4. If You Have a Problem

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Using the fniaowave upper

Mlcrowave Oven Controls

The top part of the Control Panel has the microwave oven controls. There are four kinds of controls:

-The Digital Display/ Clock,

-Signal Lights,

-Command Pads,

-Number Pads. What each of these does will be

covered on the following pages. One note: The Command and Number Pads

to push them...just touch them.

When You first plug in the range, the Clock/ Display will show 88:88. If, after you set the clock (page 51, the Clock again shows all B’s, it means your electricity was off for a while. Reset the clock.

Read the following pages carefully.

oven

are not buttons.

You don’t have

DIGITAL DISPLAY /CLOCK

it shows you what number pads you touched

NUMBER PADS

tells the oven you are going to cook at less than full power.

-START tells the oven to start.

-DEFROST tells the oven to run at 30% of full

SETTINGIHECLOCK

Wher; the range IS first plugged in, the Clock/ Display shows 88:88. If the electric power ever goes off, the Clock/ Display will also show all 8’s when the power comes hack c?

You ( an cook or use the Minute Timer without setting the clock, but the display will be blank after cooking. The oven door must be closed before setting the clock.

A Signal Light comesion every time you touch a Command Pad.

While the oven is running, the Signal Light or lights will be on to show you what the oven is doing.

DO THIS...

I. Touch CLOCK.

2. Touch number pads for the correct tlme of day.

3. Touch START.

THIS HAPPENS . . .

The word “seP’will glow on the display. Start touching number pads for the desired time within 5 seconds.

The Display will show what numbers you touched In the order you touched them.

m This example shows 3:25.

The START Signal Light will come on to show that you have touched START. It will go off

In aboLlt 5 seconds. The clock is set.

USING THE MINUTE

The Minute Timer does not start or stop cooking, it works like a kitchen timer. Set in minutes or seconds and you will hear a beep when the set time is up. The oven door must be closed before setting the Minute Timer.

DO THIS...

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1. Touch MINUTE TIMER.

2. Touch number pads for minutes and seconds.

Touch START.

TIMER

THIS HAPPENS...

The MINUTE TIMER Signal Light will come on and the Display will show a “0.” Within 5 seconds start touching number pads for

the desired time.

The Display WIII show what numbers you

touched in the order you touched them.

This example shows 1 minute, 45 seconds

The START and MINUTE TIMER Signal Lights will come on to show that

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The START Light WIII go off in about 5 seconds

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The Display counts down the seconds to show how much time is left on the Minute Timer

you have touched START;

the Minute Timer IS running

When the set time IS up, a buzzer will sound

and the Display will show the time of day.

The Minute Timer can be used when the oven is cooking

Opening the microwave oven door does not stop the Minute Timer.

If you open oven door and reset the Minute Timer touch START twice to start the

Minute Timer and to restart the oven.

To change or cancel the Minute Tlmer:

1 Touch MINUTE TIMER.

2. Touch number 0 to cancel, or

i 2 Touch desired new number pads to change

Then:

3 Touch START

COOKING IN ONE CYCLE

Follow these steps to cook at one power level:

HIGH COOK POWER

DO THIS...

Put tood in the oven and close the door.

Touch number pads for the cooking time you want.

Touch START.

THIS HAPPENS...

The COCK CYCLE 1 Signal Light will come on and the Display will show four 0’s.

The Display will show the numbers you

touched in the order you touched them.

This example shows 4 minutes, 30 seconds.

The oven will automatically cook at high Cook

The START and COOK CYCLE 1 Signal Lights will come on to show what You have told the oven to do. The START Light will go off in

about 5 seconds.

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The Display counts down the time to show how much cooking time is left.

Power.

When the cooking time ends, a buzzer will sound 4 times. (You can stop the buzzer by opening the oven door ortouching CANCEL.) When the buzzer stops, the Display will show the time of day.

LOWER COOK POWERS

For best results, some recipes call for lower Cook Powers. Lowering the Cook Power

slows the cooking. The lower the Cook Power, the slower the cooking. Each number

pad on your microwave oven stands for a different percentage of Cook Power. Many recipes in Your MICRO MENUS, Cookbook tell You, by number, which Cook Power to use. Recipes in other books and magazines may tell You by name (HI, MED, LO, etc.) or by percentage (1 O%, 50%, 80%, etc.).

The following chart gives You the percentage of Cook Power each number pad

stands for, and the Cook Power name usually used.

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automatic 100% of full power

9 90% of full power 8 7 70% of full power 6 5 50% of full power

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1 10% of full power LOW

80% of full power 60% of full power 40% of full power

30% of full power 20% of full power

HIGH

MED-HI MED MED-LO

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LOWER COi K POWt;X C~L)NTI~VUED

DO THIS... THIS HAPPENS. . .

Put food in the oven and close the door.

3. Touch number pads for the cooking time you want.

The COOK CYCLE 1 Signal Light will come on and the Display will show four 0’s.

The Display WIII show the numbers you touched in the order you touched them. This example shows 7 minutes, 30 seconds.

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Touch COOK POWER.

5. Touch a number pad for the Cook Power you want.

Touch START.

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The COOK POWER Signal Light will come on und the Display will show two O’s

The START, COOK CYCLE 1 and COOK

POWER Signal Lights will come on to show what you have told the oven to do. The START Light will go off in about 5 seconds

The Clsplay counts down the time lo show how much cooking time is IeH

When the cooking time ends, a buzzer will sound 4 times (You can stop the buzzer by opening the door or by touching

CANCEL.) When the buzzer stops, the Display will show the time of day.

DEFROSTING

Use tr;e deiros? setting to tnaw frozen food before cooking. For suggested defrost ttmes, ,:XXK the gti;lde on rhe inside of the oven door or in your MICRO MENUS” Cookt; ok

DO THIS...

Put frozen food in the oven and close the door.

THIS HAPPENS...

The DEFROST Signal Light will come on and the Display will show four O’s

2. Touch BEFROSl.

The Display will show the numbers you touched in the order you touched them. This example shows 2 minutes, 30 seconds.

Touch number pads for the defrosting time you want.

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Touch START

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FASTER OR SLOWER DEFROSTING

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Use LG”b .~f :uii power for slower defrosting.

0 Use CO% ‘JI fui! power for faster defrosting. Defrosting at Cook Powers hlgher than

30% can cause some cooking on the outside of the food.

HOLDING OR STANDING TIME:

For bzst results allow the food to stand for awhile after defrosting. This will equalize

the temoerature of the food and provide more even defrosting.

.:?~;~;ch DEFROST, the microwave oven automatically uses 30% of full Cook

:.:ower or faster defrostrng, see lower Cook Powers on page 8.

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The START and DEFROST Signal Lights will

come on to show what you have told the oven to do. The START Light will go off in a bout 5 seconds.

The Drsplay counts down the time to show how much defrosting time is left

When the defrost time ends, a buzzer will sound 4 times. [You can stop the buzzer by opening the oven door or touching CANCEL.] When the buzzer stops, the

Display will show the time of day.

COOKING IN IWO CYCLES

For best results, some recipes call for one Cook Power for a certain length of time, and another Cook Power for another length of time. Your oven can be set to change from one to the other automatically.

DO THIS...

Put food in the oven and close the door.

3. Touch number pads for the cooking time you want in the first cycle.

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4. Touch COOK POWER. If

you want the high Cook

Power, skip to step 6.

THIS HAPPENS...

The COOK CYCLE 1 Signal Light will come on and the Drsplay will show four O’s

The Display will show the numbers you touched in the order you touched them. This example shows 3 minutes, 25 seconds.

The COOK Power Signal Light will come on and the Display WIII show two O’s

5. Touch a number pad for the Cook Power you want in the first cycle.

6. Touch COOK CYCLE 2.

7. Touch number pads for the cooklng tlme you want In the second cycle.

The Display will show what You touched This example shows 60% of full power

The COOK CYCLE 2 Signal Light will come on and the Display will show four O’s

The Display will show the numbers you touched in the order you touched them. This example shows 4 minutes, 30 seconds.

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8. Touch COOK POWER, If

you want the high Cook

Power, skip to step 10.

9. Touch a number pad for the Cook Power you want in the second cycle.

The COOK POWER Signal Light will come on and the Display will show two O’s

The Display will show what you touched This example shows 40% of full power

The START Signal Light will come on for a bout 5 seconds. The COOK CYCLE 1 Light will come on and stay on while the oven is cooking in the first cycle. The COOK POWER Light will be on if you are using a Cook Power other than high.

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The Display counts down the cooking time to show how much time is left in the first cycle

For 2 of every 10 seconds, the Display will show the Cook Power you selected, if you are using a Cook Power other than high.

A buzzer will sound at the end of the first

cycle You can either open the door to check the food, or you can let the oven start the second cycle. If you do open the door, lust close it and push START to restart

the oven The COOK CYCLE 2 Light will come on when

the oven starts cooking in the second cycle The COOK POWER Light will come on if you are using a Cook Power other than high

The Display counts down the cooking time to show how much time is left in the second

cycle

For 2 of every 10 seconds, the Display will show the Cook Power you selected, if you are using a Cook Power other than high.

When the second cycle is over, a buzzer will sound 4 times. (You can stop the buzzer

by opening the door ortouching CANCEL.) When the buzzer stops, the Display will

show the time of day.

COOKING AUTOMATICALLY AFTER DEFROSTING

The controls can be set so the microwave oven goes automatically from defrosting to

Cycle 1 and even Cycle 2.

DO THIS...

Put frozen food in the oven and close the door.

Touch DEFROST.

3. Touch number pads for defrosting time you want.

Touch COOK CYCLE 1.

THIS HAPPENS...

The DEFROST Signal Light will come on and the Display will show four O’s

The Display will show the numbers you

touched in the order you touched them.

This example shows 2 minutes, 30 seconds

The COCK CYCLE 1 Signal Light will come on and the Display will show four 0's.

The Display will show the numbers you touched in the order you touched them. This example shows 3 minutes, 25 seconds.

Touch number pads for

the cooking time you want in the first cycle.

6. Touch COOK POWER. Options: Skip to step 8 if you want the first cycle

to cook at high power. Skip to step 12 if you

want only one cycle at

high power.

7. Touch a number pad for the Cook Power you

want in the first cooking cycle.

The COOK POWER Signal Light will come on and the Display will show two O’s

The Display will show what you touched This example shows 60% of full power.

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