Contents Page Page Responslbllltier 2 important information 6 Installation .._.. ,__, ,_,,_..,_ 2 How Microwave Ovens Work 8 Proper, Safe Use.. 3 Replacing the Light Bulb 9 Precautions to Avoid Possible Building in Your Microwave Oven 9 Exposure to Excessive if You Need Service or Assistance 10 Microwave Energy 3 1. Before Calling For Assistance 10 Using Your Microwave Oven 4 2. If You Need Assistance 10 Setting the Controls 4 3. If You Need Service 10 Defrosting 5 4. If You Have a Problem IO Cleaning the Microwave Oven 5 Your responsibilities. l . FM out and return the “Microwave Reglstration Cardl’attached to the oven door. Installation 1. Empty the microwave 2. Put the oven on a cart, 3. Do not block vents oven and clean inside it with counter, table or shelf that is on back of the oven. a soft, damp cloth. strong enough to hold the Blocking vents can cause oven. (The control side of the poor cooking results. unit Is the heavy side. Handling can be tricky.) 4. For your safety, this oven must be 6. Fill out and return the “Microwave Regls- grounded. DO NOT REMOVE THE THIRD PRONG tration Card’lattached to the oven door. If FROM THE PLUG. You must have a qualified the card is missing, please send the model electrician put in the right outlet if yours does and serial number of your microwave oven, not have the J-prong plug-in, or if the outlet with your name and address to... is not grounded according to National Electri- Whirlpool Corporation cal Codes and local codes or ordinances. Microwave Registration Department The outlet must supply 120 volts, 60 Hz., AC. Administrative Center When the oven is on, it will use about 1375 2000 U.S. 33 North watts. It should not share a circuit with another Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 appliance. This information will help us reach you if there is ever a need to pass along information 5. Put about one cup (250 ml) of cold water about your microwave oven. in a glass container in the oven. Close the door. Make sure it locks. Follow the directions on page 4 to set the oven to COOK for 1% minutes. When the time is up, the water should be heated. 2 Proper, safe use Your microwave must be... l Installed according to the installation . Used only by people who can operate it instructions. properly. l Protected from the weather. Kept clean and in good repair. l Used only for jobs expected of home micro- wave ovens. DO NOT cook or reheat whole eggs in the micro- wave oven. Steam build- up can cause an egg to DO NOT use the oven until NEVER start the oven when burst. Damage to the oven you have read and under- it’s empty. The oven can be or injury to the user may stand ALL the information damaged. result. on safe use. usingYom microwave oven 1 Mlcrowave Oven Cor itrols TIMER l COOK/DEFROST Selector Signal light (visible only when oven is ON) - Start Button SETTING THE CONTROLS Be sure you understand the basics of microwave oven cooking before you start. Startwith recipes from your MICRO MENUS Cookbook. Follow the directions carefully. NEVER START THE OVEN WHEN IT’S EMPTY. The oven can be damaged. For testing, use at least a cup of water. Tmk -- Be sure you have read and 2. Close the door. Make 3. Set cooking times by understand the directions. sure it locks. The oven turning the timer knob won’t work if the door isn’t clockwise. Turn counter- 1. Put food in the oven. closed tightly. clockwise to reduce time. To set time for less than 1 minute, turn timer past 1 minute then to desired time. Set COOK/ DEFROST Se- 5. Push the START Button. The 6. When the set time is up, lector to COOK or DE- oven light will come on. the oven will shut off auto- FROST. (Your recipe may You will hear a fan run- matically. You will hear use the word “HIGH” in- ning during oven a bell, the light will go off stead of “COOK.“) operation. and the fan will stop. DEFROSTING TO STOP THE OVEN TO RESTART THE For defrosting, set the I. Turn the timer knob OVEN COOK/ DEFROST Selec- counterclockwise 1. Close the oven door. tor on DEFROST. See the to 0. 2. Set timer (if needed]. Defrost Guide inside the OR To set timer for less oven door or your 2. Open the oven door than 1 minute, turn MICRO MENUS’ Cook- timer past 1 minute book for suggested de- then to desired time. frost times. 3. Push the START Button ,Tmk. CLEANING THE MICROWNE UVEN Wipe often with warm sudsy For stubborn soil, boil a cup Be sure to clean the areas water and a soft cloth or of water in the oven for 2 or 3 where the door and oven sponge. minutes. Steam will soften frame touch when closed. the soil. Rinse well. Do not use abrasive cleaners or steel wool pads. IMPORTANT INFORMATION Before you start using your microwave oven, read this section carefully. This informaticin will help yoicivoid damage to your oven. Metallic Trim Metallic Glaze Cooking in metal containers To lest a dish for sole use, put it NEVER COOK OR REHEAT A can damage the oven. So into the oven with a cup of WHOLE EGG. Slice hard can containers with hidden water beslde it. Cook on high boiled eggs before metal (twist-ties, foil-lining, Cook Power for one minute. heating. Steam build-up in staples, metallic glaze or It the dlsh gets hot and the whole eggs may cause trim). Test dinnerwore or cook- water stays cool, do not them to burst and possibly ware before using. use It. damage the oven. Paper can char or burn, NEVER start a microwave Don’t let anything touch and some plastics can oven when it’s empty. The the top of the oven cavity. melt if used when heating oven can be damaged. If foods for more than 4 you experiment, put a minutes. container of water in the oven. Rough or harsh cleaners DO NOT store things in the Overcooking some foods can scratch or dull the can cause them to scorch oven finish. DO NOT USE THEM. or flame...especially foods like potatoes, popcorn, snacks, etc. See the MICRO MENUS* Cookbook. Make popcorn only in Liquids heated in certain DO NOT OVERCOOK poppers designed for use containers may overheat. POTATOES. At the end of the in microwave ovens. The liquid may then splash recommended cooking Follow popper directions. out with a loud noise. This time they should be Results are the popper does not harm the oven, slightly firm. Wrap in foil manufacturer’s but you should not use and set aside for 5 minutes. responsibility. such containers to heat They will finish cooking liquids again. while standing. USE HOT PADS. Microwave Follow MICRO MENUS* It is normal for the inside of energy does not heat Cookbook directions the oven door to look wavy containers, but the hot carefully. If using a after the oven has been run- food does. different cookbook, you ning for a while. may need to experiment with times and Cook It is normal for the signal Powers. light to flicker while the volm ’ l Double-check all microwave oven is on. settings. l Use the oven only for defrosting, cooking or v reheating. If your electric power line voltage is less than the normal 120 volts, cooking times may be longer. -Tmk 7 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. Ceramic Bottom Oven’Cavity Metal Floor Microwaves are like TV A magnetron in the micro- The ceramic bottom of your waves or light waves. You wave oven produces microwave oven lets micro- can’t see them, but you can microwaves. The microwaves waves through. Then they see what they do. move into the oven where bounce off a metal floor, they are scattered or stirred back through the ceramic by a mode mixer(like a fan]. bottom and are absorbed by Microwaves bounce off the food. metal oven walls and are absorbed by food. Microwaves pass through Microwaves may not reach The microwaves disturb glass, paper and plastic the center of a roast. The heat water molecules in the food. without heating them so food around the outside is what As the molecules bounce absorbs the energy. Micro- cooks the roast all the way around bumping into each waves bounce off metal pans through. This is one of the other, heat is made, like rub- so food does not absorb the reasons for letting some bing your hands together. energy. foods (roasts, baked pota- This is the heat that cooks. toes) stand for a while after cooking, or for stirring some foods during the cooking time. 1. Unplug the power cord 2. Remove holding screw on access panel. 3. Remove the light bulb from its socket. 4. Replace bulb with a 40- watt appliance bulb. 5. Replace the access panel and holding screw. Access Panel 6. Plug in the power cord. screw Building in your microwave oven Your microwave oven is not limited to carts, counters or tables. Custom installations are made easy with kits available from Your dealer. 1. Build the microwave 2 . Attach the microwave 3. Put the microwave oven oven into a cabinet or oven to a wall by itself or on the MICRO SHELF.