Whirlpool RM988PXL manual

01 304NCH FREE-STANDING EYE-LEVEL MICROWAVE RANGE Model RM988PXL Defrost Guide Microwave Oven Model I//- Control Panel Fluorescent / Top light Switch Porcelain-Enamel Reflector Bowl and Chrome Trlm Rlng and Serial Number Plate Oven Front Frame Removable Storage Drawer Broil Element Copy Your Model and Serial Numbers Here If you need service, or cal[...]

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... l installed and leveled on a floor l properly connected to the cor- that wi[...]

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Using the fniaowave upper oven 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 are not buttons. Y[...]

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 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 sho[...]

USING THE MINUTE TIMER 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... THIS HAPPENS... Ill!m 1. Touch MINUTE TIMER. The MINUTE TIMER Signal Light will come on and the Di[...]

COOKING IN ONE CYCLE Follow these steps to cook at one power level: HIGH COOK POWER DO THIS... THIS HAPPENS... 1. Put tood in the oven and close the door. 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 seco[...]

LOWER COi K POWt;X C~L)NTI~VUED DO THIS... THIS HAPPENS. . . 1. Put food in the oven and close the door. 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. 3. Touch number pads for the cooking time you[...]

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 ‘Tmk DO THIS... THIS HAPPENS... 1. Put frozen food in the oven and close the door. q , * 2. Touch BEFROSl. The DEFROST Signal Light will come on and the Display w[...]

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... THIS HAPPENS... 1. Put food in the oven and close the door. The COOK CYCLE 1 Signal Light will come on and the Dr[...]

Em . . ‘. . The COOK POWER Signal Light will come on and the Display will show two O’s 8. Touch COOK POWER, If you want the high Cook Power, skip to step 10. The Display will show what you touched This example shows 40% of full power 9. Touch a number pad for the Cook Power you want in the second cycle. d count 0Wl-l d count own The START Signa[...]

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... THIS HAPPENS... 1. Put frozen food in the oven and close the door. q I . 2. Touch DEFROST. The DEFROST Signal Light will come on and the Display will show four O’s The Display will show th[...]

•i . . 8. Touch COOK CYChE 2. The COOK CYCLE 2 Signal Light will come on and the Display will show four 0’s. Optlon: Touch START If cooking In only one cycle after defrostlng. 9. The Display will show the numbers you touched in the order you touched them. This example shows 4 minutes, 30 seconds. Touch number pads for the cooking time you want [...]

d count own The Display counts down the time to show how much time is left in the first cooking cycle. 2 When the first cooking cycle is over, a 05 buzzer will sound and the second cooking 0 cycle will start. (If only one cooking cycle IS used, 4 buzzes will sound, and the oven will stop.) The COOK CYCLE 2 Signal Light will come m on and stay on du[...]

The Display will show the numbers you touched in the order you touched them. This example shows a Serve Time of 6:O0. the time you want the food to be ready to serve. 3. Touch in the cooking instructions needed for the food to be cooked. Cook in Defrost, Cook Cycle 1, Cook Cycle 2, or a combination of them. Use high Cook Power or lower Cook Powers.[...]

COOKING WITH THE TEMPERRTURE PROBE The MEAL SENSOR- Temperature Probe helps take guesswork out of cooking roasts and larger casseroles. The probe is designed to turn off the oven when it senses the temperature you want. See your MICRO MENUS‘ Cookbook for helpful information in cooking different types of foods. Number Pads are used to touch in the[...]

The COOK POWER, COOK TEMP and START Lights will come on. The START Light will go off in about 5 seconds, the others will stay on. 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 probe senses the temperature you selected, the oven shuts off and 4 buzzes sound. (You [...]

TIPS l Casseroles cooked using the MEAL SENSOR in several of the items -all the mugs may probe should be made from precooked not heat at the same rate. foods. Do not use raw meats, raw vegeta- bles and cream sauces in casseroles l Dry meat loaf mixtures don’t work well. l Dry casseroles do not work well l Thaw frozen casseroles and meats in the m[...]

CHANGING OR CANCELLING INSTRUCTIONS To change or cancel any instructions you have touched, simply touch CANCEL. All rnstructrons will be cancelled. The Display will show the time of day and you can start over If you want to change or cancel Instructions before you have touched START, simply touch In the new Instructions. They will cancel the old on[...]

IMPORTANT INFORMATION Before you start using your microwave oven, read this section carefully. This intomotion will help you avoid domoge to your oven. Metallic Trim Cooking in metal containers can damage the oven. So can containers with hldden metal [twist-ties, foil-lining, staples, metallic glaze or trim). Test dinnerwore or cook- ware before us[...]

Rough C’ harsh cleaners DO NOT store things In the cari scrclrch or dull the oven c~‘;?Q fin:stl DO NOT USE THEM. hL:re pi-:pczrn only 1r1 ;;c pper! de.s;gned for use 1’1 a7:Icrowave ovens Foilow popoer directions Pesul+s (71e the popper rnanufa~:t~jr9r’s :es:!c;ns~:~rlrry Liquids heated In certain containers may overheat The liquid may the[...]

HOW MICR- OVENS WORK Microwave ovens are safe. Microwave energy is not hot. It causes food to make Its own heat, and it’s this heat that cooks the food. Microwaves ore like TV waves or lrght waves You can’t see them, but you can see what the do Microwaves pass through glass, paper and plastic without heating them so food absorbs the energy. Mt[...]

Using your cooktop and lower oven COOKTOP AND LOWER OVEN CONTROLS Set Time Knob Start Time Knob Stop Time Knob Lock Light Clean Light Adjustable Lower Oven Temperature Control I ower Oven Slgnal Light Surface Unit Signal Lights Surtace Unlt Control Lower Oven Selector Cooktop Light Switch Manual Lower Oven Light Switch SURFACE UNIT CONTROLS ; Contr[...]

THE LOWER WEN CONTROLS The lower oven is controlled by two knobs: the Oven Selector and the Oven Temperature Control. Bofh must be on 0 setting for the oven to heat. THE OVEN SELECTOR With the Oven Selector on BROIL, only the top element heats. (Broiling, pg. 27). With the Oven Selector on BAKE, the bottom element does most of the work. The top ele[...]

Set the Oven Selector on BAKE. Set the Oven Temperature Control to the baking temperature you want t e!!!!!E=I:--- --- -__--.- 9J Put food in the oven. Oven rock wah ond door w//l be ho! Guring baking, the elements will turn on and off to help keep the oven temperature at the setting. The Signal Light WIII turn on and off with the elements. The top[...]

USING THE AUTOMATIC MEALTIMER CLOCK -~~_ The Automatic MEALTIMER Clock is designed to turn the lower oven on and off at times you set...wen when you are not around. To start and stop baklng automatlcally: 1. Put the lower oven rack(s) 2. Turn the Set Time Knob 3. Push in and turn the Start where you want them until the Start and Stop Time Knob cloc[...]

BROILING 4. Place the rack where you want it for broiling. 2. Put the broiler pan and food on the rack. 3. Set the Oven Selector on BROIL. 4. Set the Oven Temperature Control on BROIL (or on a lower temperature for slower broiling). 5. During broiling, the oven door must be partly open. A built-in stop will hold it there. 6. When broiling is done, [...]

THE COOKTOP LIGHT To turn on the fluorescent light under the upper oven, push the button under the control panel marked TOP LITE. Hold it in for a second before letting it go Push it agarn to shut off the light To replace the light tube: 4. Turn off the electrrc power at matn power supply 2. Remove the 3 screws and front metal trim that sup- ports [...]

IHELOWERUVENLIGHI The lower oven light will come on when you open the oven door or when you push the Oven Light switch at the bottom of the control panel. Close the oven door or push the switch again to shut it off To replace the light bulb: 4. Turn off the electric power 2. Remove the bulb cover at the main power supply. by pulling out on the wire[...]

Cleaning and caring for your range CONTROL PANEL AND KNOBS 1. First make sure lower oven and surface unlt control knobs are set on OFF. All knobs pull stralght off. Surface unit knobs have a collar and sprlna. 2. Use warm soapy water and a soft cloth to wipe the panel. Rinse and wipe dry 3. Wash knobs and surface unit collars In warm soapy water. R[...]

1. Be sure surface unit controls are OFF. Receptacle 2. Line up opening in the reflector bowl and notch in trim ring with the surface unit receptacle. 4. While pushrng the surface unit terminal into the receptacle, lift a little on the edge of the unit nearest the receptacle. 5. When the terminal is pushed into the re- ceptacle as far as it will go[...]

STORAGE DRAWER The storage drawer is tor storing pots and pans. Never store anything that can burn or melt In the drawer. The drawer is warm when baking in the lower oven Use care when handling the drawer. REMOVING THE STORAGE DRAWER 1. Pull drawer straight out to 2. Lift front and pull out to the first stop. the second stop 3. Lift back slightly a[...]

THE LOWER OVEN SELF-CLERNING CYCLE The lower oven self-cleaning cycle uses very hlgh heat to burn away soil. Before you start, make sure you understand exactly how to use the cycle safely. BEFORE YOU START 1. Clean areas that may not be cleaned during the cycle. Use hot water and deter- Clean Frame gent or a soapy steel-wool pad on... l the frame a[...]

1. Set the Oven Selector to CLEAN. 4. Push in the Stop Trme Knob and turn the hand clockwise about two or three hours. [Two hours for light soil; three or more for heavier soil.] 7. When the Lock Light goes off, turn the Oven Selector and Oven Tem- perature Control to OFF. 2. Set the Oven Tempera- ture Control to CLEAN. 5. Move the Lock Lever o/l t[...]

SPECIAL TIPS >,i 1. Keep the kitchen well 2. Clean the oven before 3. If the cleaning cycle ventilated during the it gets heavily soiled. doesn’t get the oven as cleaning cycle to help Cleaning a very soiled clean as you get rid of normal heat oven takes longer and expected, the cycle odors and smoke. results in more smoke may not have been se[...]

PART Outside of range WHAT TO USE HOW TO CLEAN Soft cloth, warm soapy water l Wipe off regularly when range is cool. Nylon or plastic l Do not allow food containing acids (such as scouring pad for stubborn vinegar, tomato, lemon juice or milk) to remain spots on surface. Acids will remove the glossy finish. l Do not use abrasive or harsh cleansers.[...]

If you need service or assistance, we suggest you follow these four steps: 1 l Before calling for assistance.. . Performance problems often result from little things you can find and fix yourself with- out tools of any kind. If nothlng operates: l is the range correctly plugged into a live circuit with the proper voltage? (See Instal- latlon Instru[...]

3 l If you need service * . . . Whirlpool has a nationwide net- work of franchised TECH-CARE” Ser- vice Companies. TECH-CARE service technicians are trained to fulfill the product warranty and provide after- warranty service, anywhere in the United States. To locate TECH-CARE service in your area, call our COOL-LINE service assistance telephone n[...]

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