Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product MW8600XL Whirlpool
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. Contents Page Responslbllltles 2 Installation 2 Proper, Safe Use 3 Precautions to Avoid Possible Exposure to Excessive Microwave Energy 3 ‘Using the Mlcrowave Oven 4 Using the Minute Timer 5 The S.
Proper, safe use Your microwave must be... l Installed according to the installation instructions. l Protected from the weather. l Used only for jobs expected of home micro- wave ovens. l Used only by people who can Operate it properly l Kept clean and in good repair.
Using your microwave oven MICROWRVE OVEN CONTROLS When You first plug in the oven, the Display WIII show “88:88”irthe Control Panel ON/OFF swatch IS ON (see page 5). If the Display ever again shows all 8’s, it means your electricity was off for a while or that the Control Panel ON! OFF Switch was turned OFF and then back ON.
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...
COOKING IN ONE CYCLE Follow these steps to cook at one power level HIGH COOK POWER DO THIS... THIS HAPPENS... 1. Put food in the oven and close the door. The COOK CYCLE 1 Signal Lrght WIII come on and the Display WIII show 4 O’s 2. Touch COOK CYCLE 1.
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 4 0’s. 2. Touch COOK CYCLE 1. 3. Touch Number Pads for the cooking time you want. The Display will show the numbers you touched in the order you touched them.
DEFROSTING Use DEFROST CYCLE to thaw frozen food before cookrng For suggested defrost trmes check the guide on the inside of the oven door or In your MICRO MENUS Cookbook Tmk DO THIS... THIS HAPPENS... 1. Put frozen food in the oven and close the door.
COOKING IN MORE THAN ONE CYCLE For best results, some recrpes call for one Cook Power for a certain length of trme, and another Cook Power for another length of time Your oven can be set to change from one to the other, automattcally. DO THIS... THIS HAPPENS.
COOKING IN MORE THAN ONE CYCLE CONTINUED Touch COOK POWER. (If you want the high Cook Power, skip to step IO.) The COOK POWER Srgnal Lrght WI/I come or- and the Drsplay WIII show 2 O’s Touch a Number Pad for the Cook Power you want in the second cycle.
COOKING AUTOMATICALLY AFTER DEFROSTING 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The controls can be set so the mlcrowave oven goes automatically from defrosting to the Cook Cycles you have touched In. DO THIS... THIS HAPPENS... Put frozen food in the oven and close the door.
COOKING AUTOMATICALLY AFTER DEFROSTING CONTINUED The Display WIII show what you touched This example shows 60% of full power 7. Touch a Number Pad for the Cook Power you want in the first cooking cycle. The COOK CYCLE 2 Signal Lrght WIII come on and the Drsplay will show 4 O’s 8.
When the defrost time ends, the microwave count oven automatically lets the food stand for the same amount of time used for d own defrosting. The Display counts down the standing time. During the countdown, the oven will be dark ond the fon w//l be off The defrost Signal Light will be on.
COOKING WITH THE TEMP ERATURE PROBE The MEAL SENSOR Temperature Probe takes guesswork out of cookrng roasts and larger casseroles. The probe IS desrgned to turn off the oven when rt senses the temperature you want.
8. Touch START. The COOK TEMP and COOK POWER LlgntS will stay on The left number on the display shows what temperature (number] you selected The right number shows you how the temperature IS nsrng In the food For 2 of every 10 seconds.
CHANGING OR CANCELLING INSTRUCTIONS To change or cancel any lnstructlons you have touched, simply touch CANCEL, All instructrons WIII be cancelled The Display WIII show ” : ” and you can start ove.
BI-LEVEL COOKING RACK (Model MW86OOXL only) Use the Br-Level Cooking Rack when cookrng In more than one contarner The rack can be turned upslde-down to help fit taller containers on the bottom of the oven See the MICRO MENUS’ Cookbook provided wrth your oven.
_ I.MPORT?LNT INFORMATION Before you start using your rnlcrowave oven, read this section carefully rhis /nformot/on w/l help yo;&oid domoge lo your oven Metallic Trim Metolllc Glaze / Cookrng In metal containers can damage the oven. So can contarners with hldden metal (twist-ties.
Rough or harsh cleaners DO NOT store things In the Overcooking some foods can scratch or dull the oven can cause them to scorch oven frnlsh. DO NOT USE THEM. 2 ‘*r I// / or flame ..especially foods 0 ’ ‘j, P ,<c like potatoes, popcorn, snacks, etc.
HOW MICROWWE OVENS WORK Mtcrowave 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 Mrcrowaves are lake TV waves or lrght waves .
If you need sertice or assistance, we suggest you follow these four steps: 1 . Before calhg for assis tame.. . Performance problems often result from little things you can find and fix yourself with- out tools of any kind. If nothing operates: l IS the oven correctly plugged into a live clrcult wrth the proper voltage? (See page 2.
3 l If you need service ’ . . . Whirlpool has a nationwide net- work of franchised TECH-CARE service technicians are trained to fulfill the ~RAHCHISED SERVICE j product warranty and provide after- warranty service, anywhere in the United States.
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