Whirlpool RS386PXB User Manual
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UseAndCare
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A Note to You
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Parts and Features 6
Using Your Range 7
E&zing Cyde 25
Chin for
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Warranty 40
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SELF-CLEANING ELECTRIC SLIDE-IN RANGE
MODEL RS386PXB
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PART NO. 229C402OPO26/4369366
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Table of Contents
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A Note to You
Important Safety
Parts and Features
Using Your Range
Using the surface units
Posifoning
For best air circulation ........................................
Using aluminum foil for baking ...........................
The electronic oven
Betting
Using the electronic
Using the Off/Cancel pad
Audible signals
Bakkqlmasting
Adjusting the oven temperature control..
Broiling
Broiling
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Instructiofis
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racks and pans.. ................................
the dock ................................................
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tips
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control
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Minute Timer .....................
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Paw
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Energy saving tips
Using the electronic MEALTlMElV
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The oven vent..
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The storage drawer
The anti-Cp bracket..
Using the 6eltCleanlng Cycle
How the cycle works
Before you start
Setting the controls..
Special tips .......................................................
Caring for Your Rangs
Cleaning the cooktop..
Cleaning other range
The oven light..
If You Need Assistance or Service
Warranty .................................................................
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A Note to You
Thank you for buying a Whirlpool’ appliance.
Because your life is getting busier and more complicated, Whirlpool ranges are easy to use,
save time, and help you manage your home better. To ensure that you enjoy years of
trouble-free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide. It is full of valuable
information about how to operate and maintain your appliance properly and safely.
Please read it carefully.
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Also, please complete and mail in the Ownership Registration Card provided with your
appliance. The card helps us notify you about any new information on your appliance.
Please record your model’s information.
Whenever you call our Consumer Assistance
Center at 1-800-253-l 301 or request service
on your appliance, you need to know your
complete model number and serial number.
You can find this information on the model
and serial number plate (see diagram on
page 6 for location of plate).
Please also record the purchase date of
your appliance and your dealer’s name,
address and telephone number.
Keep this book and the sales slip
Model Number
Serial Number
Purchase Date
Dealer Name
Dealer Address
Dealer Phone
together in a safe place for
future reference.
Our Consumer Assistance Center
number is toll-free 24 hours a day.
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Imtaortant safetv Instructions
Your safety is important to us.
This guide contains safety symbols and
statements. Please Pay special attention to
these symbols and follow any instructions
given. Here is a brief explanation of the use
of the symbol.
To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock, injury to
persons, or damage when using the range, follow
basic precautions, including the following:
General
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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 pro-
vided Installation Instructions.
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WARNING: To reduce the risk
ping of the appliance, the
of ti
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app iance must be secured by
a proper1 installed anti-tip
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bracket.
is installed pro
anti-tip bracke tR
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CAUTION: Do not store things
children mi
range. Chil
o check if the bracket
erly, see The
on page 24.
ht want above the
ren could be
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burned or injured while climbing on it.
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Do not leave children alone or
unattended in area where the
range is in use. They should
never be allowed to sit or stand
on an
could
part of the range. They
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e burned or injured.
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Do not operate the range if it
is damaged or not working
properly.
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Do not use the range for
warming or heatin
Persons could be
the room.
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urned or
injured, or a fire could start.
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Use the range only for itsin-
t;;t;t,use as described In this
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Do not touch surface units,
areas near units, heating elements or interior surfaces of
oven. Surface units and heat-
ing elements may be hot even
though they are dark in color.
Areas near surface units and
interior surfaces of an oven
become hot enou h to cause
burns. During an
2 after use, do
not touch, or let clothing or
other flammable materials
contact surface units, areas
near units, heatin
interior surfaces 0 oven until
elements or
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they have had sufficient time
to cool. Other surfaces of the
range, such as the oven vent
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opening, the surface near the
vent opening, the cooktop, and
the oven door and window,
could also become hot enough
to cause burns.
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Do not wear loose or hanging
garments when using the
range. They could ignite if they
touch a hot surface unit and you
could be burned.
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Use only d
or damp po holders on hot
potholders. Moist
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surfaces could result in burns
from steam. Do not let
potholder touch hot heating
elements. Do not use a towel or
bulky cloth for a potholder. It
could catch on fire.
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Keep range vents unobstructed.
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Do not heat unopened containers. They could explode. The
hot contents could cause burns
and container particles could
cause injury.
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Do not store flammable materials on or near the range. The
fumes could create an explosion and/or fire hazard.
When using the cook-top
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Do not cook on a broken
cooktop. If cooktop should
break, cleanin
spillovers coul
solutions and
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penetrate the
broken cooktop and create a
risk of electrical shock.
Contact a qualified technician
immediately.
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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 heatin
will be ex
result in t e igniting of clothing
osed an
f:
element
! could
or potholders. Correct pan size
also improves cooking
efficiency.
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Check to be sure
ing utensils are sa e for use on
lass cook-
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the range. Only certain types
of glass, glass-ceramic, ce-
ramic, earthenware or other
glazed utensils are suitable for
cooktops without breaking due
to the sudden change in tem-
perature.
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Never leave surface units
unattended at high heat set-
tings. A boilover could result
and cause smokin
greasy spillovers t
and
f!
at could
Ignite.
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Turn pan handles inward, but
not over other surface units.
This will help reduce the
chance of burns, i
flammable materia s, 9
niting of
and spills
due to bumping of the pan.
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When usinn the oven
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Always
desired ocation while oven IS
osition oven rack(s) in
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cool. If a rack must be removed
while oven is hot, do not let
potholder contact hot heating
element in oven.
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Use care when opening oven
door. Let hot air or steam escape before
removing
or re-
placing food.
Grease
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Grease is flammable. Do not
allow grease to collect around
cooktop or in vents. Wipe spillovers immediately.
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Do not use water on grease
fires. Never pick up a flaming
pan. Smother flamin
range by coverin
fitted lid, cookie s eet or flat
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pan on
WI h a well-
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tray. Flaming grease outside of
an can be extin
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aking soda or, i
uished with
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available, a
multipurpose dry chemical or
foam-type extinguisher.
Care and cleaning
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Clean cooktop with care. Some
cleaners could produce noxious fumes if applied to a hot
surface. If a wet
used to wipe s
cooking area,
aper towel is
P
il s on a hot
e careful to
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avoid steam burns.
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Small amounts of formaldehyde and carbon monoxide are
given off in the Self-Cleaning
cycle from fiberglass insulatron
and food decomposition.
Si % nificant exposure to these
su stances could cause cancer
or reproductive harm. Exposure
can be minimized by venting
with a hood or open window
and wiping out excess food
spills prior to self-cleaning.
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Do not use oven cleaners. No
commercial oven cleaner or
oven liner
any kind s
around any part of the oven.
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Before self-cleaning the oven.,
remove broiler
oven racks an cf
Do not use your oven to clean
miscellaneous parts unless you
are instructed to do so in this
Use and Care Guide.
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Do not clean door heat 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 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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Disconnect the electrical sup-
ply before servicing the range.
rotective coating of
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ould be used in or
an, broiler
other utensr s.
rid,
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Parts and Features
This section contains captioned illustrations of your range. Use them to become familiar with
the location and appearance of all parts and features.
CleenTopTY
ceramic cooktop(s- pp. 7,29)
Control panel
(see pp. 7,11,32)
Oven vent
(see p. 22)
Broil element
(not shown
(see pp.
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Model and serial
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Storage drawer -
(see p. 23)
Control panel
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Electronic oven
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- element
Bake
(see p. 14)
Left front
control
knob
(s=+ P. 7)
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Left rear
control
knob
(se P. 7)
Right rbar
control
knob
(see p. 7)
Rig& front
control
knob
(see p. 7)
Using Your Range
To obtain the best cooking results possible, you must operate your range properly. This
section gives you important information for efficient and safe use of your range.
Using the surface units
Push in control knobs before turning
them to a setting. You can set them anywhere between HI and OFF.
Surface unit markers
The solid dot in the surface unit marker
shows which surface unit is turned on by
that knob.
Surface heating indicator light
The SURFACE HEATING Indicator Light on
the control panel will glow when a surface
unit is turned on.
Hot surface indicator lights
The Hot Surface Indicator Lights on the
cooktop surface will glow when the surface
units are turned on. The Indicator Lights will
continue to glow as long as the surface units
are too hot to touch, even after they are
turned off.
Burn and Fire Hazard
Be sure all control knobs are turned to
OFF and all indicator lights are OFF
when you are not cooking.
Someone could be burned or a fire
could start if a surface unit is accidentally left ON.
Until you get used to the settings, use the
chart at right as a gulde.
start cooking at the high setting; then turn
the control knob down to continue cooking.
For best results,
SElTING 1 RECOMMENDED USE
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HI
Medium-high
Medium
(opposite OFF) icing.
Medium-low
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To start foods cooking.
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To bring liquids to a boil.
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To hold a rapid boil.
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To fry chicken or pancakes,
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For gravy, pudding and
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To cook large amounts of
vegetables.
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*To keep food cooking after
starting it on a higher
setting.
*To keep food warm until
ready to serve.
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Using the ceramic glass
cooktop
Cooking on the ceramic glass cooktop is
almost the same as cooking on coil surface
units. There are, however, a few differences:
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The surface unit will glow red
when it is
turned on. You will see the element cycling
on (glowing red) and off - even on HIGH
setting -to maintain the proper temperature setting you have selected.
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Sliding metal pans
on ceramic glass
cooktop surface could leave marks. Wiping
off the cooktop before and afler each use
will help keep the surface free from stains
and provide the most even heating. See
pages 30 and 31 for care and cleaning
suggestions.
Cookware tips
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Select a pan
as the surface unit.
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NOTE: For best results and greater
energy efficiency,
cookware that makes good contact with the
surface units. Cookware with rounded,
warped, ribbed (such
enamelware) or dented bottoms could
cause uneven heating and poor cooking
results.
You can, however, use the newer
cookware available with slightly indented
bottoms or very small expansion channels.
This cookware is specialty designed to
provide the good contact needed for best
cooking results.
Also, woks, canners and teakettles with
flat bottoms suitable for use on your
cooktop are now available in most stores
that sell housewares.
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The pan
tight-fitting lid.
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Choose medium to heavy gauge
ness) pans that are fairly lightweight.
that is about the same size
use only flat-bottomed
as
some porcelain
should have straight sides and a
(thick-
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The pan material
(metal or glass) affects
how fast heat transfers from the surface
unit through the pan materiil and how
evenly heat spreads over the pan bottom.
Choose pans that provide the best cooking
results.
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Handles
should be made of sturdy, heatresistant material and be securely attached
to the pan.
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With your hand,
feel the bottom of your
pans while they are cool for nicks and
scratches. Nicks and scratches on pan
bottoms will scratch the ceramic glass
cooktop.
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Make sure bottoms
of pans are clean and
dry before using on cooktop.
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Avoid spillovers
on cc&top. Use pans
with tall sides.
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Do not
cook food directly on cooktop.
Product Damage Hazard
Do not leave an empty utensil, or one
which has boiled dry, on a hot surface
unit.
The utensil could overheat and could
damage the utensil or surface unit.
Home canning information
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Use the largest surface unit
results. Also, use a canner/pan which can
be centered over the surface unit.
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Start with hot water.
time the control is set on high. Reduce heat
setting to lowest position needed to keep
water boiling.
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Refer
to your canner manual for specific
instructions.
This reduces the
for best
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Positioning racks and pans
For baking/roasting with one rack,
the rack so the top of the food will be
centered in the oven.
Rack placement for specific fads:
F
FOOD
Frozen pies, large
roasts, turkeys
Angel and bundt
cakes, most
quick breads,
yeast breads,
casseroles, meats
1 RACK POSlTlON
Lowest level or 2nd
level from bottom
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2nd level from
bottom
place
To remove racks:
1. Pull rack toward you.
2. Tilt up
3. Pull
To replace racks:
1. Place
2. Tilt up
3. Push
4.
Lower
the way.
front end.
rack out.
rack on rack guides.
front end.
rack in until it clears the stop.
front and
push
rack in the rest of
Cookies, biscuits,
muffins, cakes,
nonfrozen pies
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When baklng on
on bottom and third level from bottom.
NOTE: For recommended rack placement
when broiling, see “Broiling rack position
chart” on page 17.
2nd or 3rd level
from bottom
two racks, arrange racks
Personal Injury Hazard
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desired location before turning oven
on. Be sure the rack(s) is level.
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is hot, use potholders or oven mitts to
protect hands.
Failure to follow the above precautions
couM result in personal injury.
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For best air circulation
Hot air must circulate around the pans in the
oven for even heat to reach all parts of the
oven. This results in better baking.
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Place
the pans so that one is not directly
over the other.
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For best results, allow
(4-5 cm) of space around each pan and
between pans and oven walls. There must
be a minimum space of 1 inch (2.5 cm).
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Use
only one cookie sheet in the oven at
one time.
1% to 2 inches
Use the following as a guide to determine
where to place the pans:
One pan
Place in the center of the oven rack.
Two pans
Place in opposite corners of the oven rack.
Three or four pans
Place in opposite corners on each oven
rack. Stagger pans so no pan is directly
over another.
Using aluminum foil for baking
Use aluminum foil to catch spillovers
from pies or casseroles:
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Place
the foil on the oven rack below the
rack with the food.
make
sure foil is
larger all around than the dish holding
the food.
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Do not cover
num foil. It will reduce air circulation and
cause poor cooking results.
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Do not line
rack with foil or other liners. Poor baking
will result.
Turn up
about
the entire rack with alumi-
oven bottom or entire oven
foil edges and
1 inch (3 cm)
Electrical Shock and Fire Hazard
Do not allow foil to touch the heating
elements.
Failure to follow this precaution could
result in electrical shock or fire hazard
and damage to the elements.
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The electronic oven control
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Cancel
pad
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Timer
onmf pad
Pad
Clock StoD Cook Clean Broil Bake
tin-A time
pad pad
Display/clock
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When you first plug in the range,
of day and “PF will appear in the temperature display. If, after you set the clock
(page 12) “PF’ again appears on the
display, your electricity was off for a while.
Reset the clock.
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When you are using the oven or Minute
Timer,
temperature settings and what command
pads have been pressed.
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When showing the time of day,
display will show the hour and minutes.
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When you are using the Minute Timer,
the display will show minutes and seconds
in the following sequence:
the display will show times,
- For settings under one minute,
display will count down each second.
- For settings from l-10 minutes,
display will count down minutes and
seconds.
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When you are using Cook Time and/or
Stop Time,
and minutes.
the display will show hours
a time
the
the
the
Increase/
Electronic
display
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pad
pad pad
decrease
pads
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Command pads
The command pads tell the oven what to do
and in what order. A few examples:
-Clock tells
the clock.
-Off/Cancel
-Increase/Decrease pads
temperature. Press them briefly to change
time or temperature by a small amount.
Press and hold to change by a larger
amount.
the oven you are going to set
tells the oven to turn off.
change time or
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Setting the clock
The clock must be set for the automatic
oven timing functions to work properly.
1. Press
the Clock pad.
CLOCK
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2.
Use
the Increase/Decrease pads to set
the time of day.
“down” (V) pad until the correct time
shows on the display.
3.
Press
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You cannot change
Time Bake or Setf-Cleaning cycle.
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another function is running by pressing the
Clock pad.
the Clock pad.
can
see current time of day while
Using the electronic Minute Timer
The Minute Timer does not start or stop the
oven. It works like a kitchen timer. It can be set
in hours and minutes up to 9 hours, 55 minutes.
Press
the “up” (A) or
time of day during a
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CLOCK
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1. Press
2.
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the Timer On/Off pad.
Use
the Increase/Decrease pads to set the
desired time.
(V) pad until the correct time shows on the
display. The Minute Timer will start automatically within a few seconds after you release
the pad.
Press
the “up” (A) or “down”
TIMER
ON/OFF
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