Whirlpool MW8550XL User manual

Microwave Oven
Models MW8550XL and MW8600XL
Vents (Not Shown)
Control Panel
Model and Serial
Number Plate
El-Level Cooklng Rack
(Model MW8600XL only)
Control Panel ON/OFF Switch
(not shown)
Copy Your Model and Serial Numbers Here
If you need service, or call with a question, have this
Information ready:
Model Number
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 (or date installed).
Copy this information in these spaces. Keep this book,
Serial Number
Purchase/lnslallatlon Date
your warranty and sales slip together in a handy place.
SerVlCe Company and Phone Number

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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 Safety Switch 5
Cooklng in One Cycle 6
High Cook Power 6
Lower Cook Powers 6
Defrosting 8
Foster or Slower Defrosting 8
Cooking in More Than One
Cycle ,........I..,.......I,..I. 9
Page
Cooking Automatically after
Defrosting 11
Cooking with The Temperature
Probe 14
Changing or Cancelling
Instructions 16
Other Operating Instructions 16
Cleaning the Microwave Oven 16
Bi-Level Cooking Rat k 17
Replacing the Llght Bulb 17
Important InformatIon, 18
How Microwave Ovens Work 20
Bulldlng In Your Mlcrowave Oven 20
If You Need Service or Assistance. 27
I. Before Calling For Assistance. 21
2. If You Need Assistance 2 1
3. If You Need Service 22
4. If You Hove a Problem 22
Y&r respodbilities.. .
Fill out and return the “Mlcrowave Reglstratlon Cardl’attached to the oven door.
I /’
1. Empty the microwave
oven and clean inside It with
a soft damp cloth.
2. Put the oven on a cart,
3. Do not block vents
counter, table or shelf that is on back of the oven.
strong enough to hold the Blockrng vents con cause
oven. (The control side ot the poor cooking results
unlt Is the heavy slde.
Handllng can be trtcky.)
4. For your safety, thls oven must be
FROM THEPLUG. You must hove CIquaIlfled
electrician pui in the right outlet If yours does
arounded. DO NOT REMOVE THE THIRD PRONG
not have the J-prong plug-in, or if the outlet
ISnot grounded accordtng to National Electn-
cal Codes and local codes or ordinances.
The outlet must supply 120 volts, 60 Hz., A.C.
When the oven is on, it will use about 1375
watts. It should not shore a circuit wlth another
applrance.
5. Put about one cup [250 ml] of cold water
In a gloss container in the oven. Close the
door Make sure it locks Follow the drrections
on page 4 to set the oven to COOK for 1’ I
6. Fill out and return the “Mlcrowave Regls-
tratlon Card”attached to the oven door. If
minutes. When the time ISup, the water should
the cord is missrng, please send the model
pnd serial number of your microwave oven,
be heated.
with your name and address to.
Whirlpool Corporation
Microwave Registration Deportment
Admintstratrve Center
2000 US 33 North
Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022
This information will help us reach you if
there IS ever a need to pass along information
about your mrcrowove oven

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.
NEVER start the oven when
it’s empty. The oven can be
damaged.
DO NOT cook or reheat
whole eggs in the micro-
wave oven. Steam build-
up can cause an egg to
burst. Damage to the oven
or injury to the user may
result.
DO NOT use the oven until
you have read and under-
stand ALL the information
on safe use.

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 ISON (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. To clear the 8’s from the Display,
touch CANCEL [the colon remarns on) or
touch In cooking instructrons
One note. The Command and Number
Pads are not buttons. You don’t have to
push them...just touch them.
L Control Panel ON! OFF Switch
DIGITAL DISPLAY
When you are
using the mrcrowave
oven, this acts as a
display It counts
down time settings and It shows you what
number pads You touched
COMMAND PADS AND SIGNAL LIGHTS
Touch Com-
mand Pads to tell
the microwave
oven what to do
and in what order.
A few examples:
-COOK CYCLE 1
(or 2) tells the
oven You are
going to cook
-COOK POWER
tells the oven
you are going to
cook at less
than full power.
- STARTtells the oven to start.
Each Command Pad has its own Signal
Light (except START and CANCEL). The Signal
Light comes on when you touch the Com-
mand Pad.
While the oven is running, a Signal Light (or
lights) will be on to show what the oven is
doing.
NUMBER PADS
the oven what vou

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...
The MINUTE TIMER Signal Light will come on
and the Display will show a “0.” Within 5
seconds start touching number pads for
1. Touch MINUTE TIMER.
the desired time.
2. Touch Number Pads for
The Display will show what numbers you
touched in the order you touched them.
This example shows? minute, 45 seconds.
minutes and seconds.
The MINUTE TIMER Signal Light will stay on to
show that the Minute Timer is running.
3. Touch START.
The Display counts down the seconds to
d
count
show how much time is left on the Minute
own Timer.
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When the set time is up, you will hear a
beep and the Display will show a “0”. To
remove the “O”, touch CANCEL.
1. The Minute Timer can be used when the oven is cooking.
2. Opening the microwave oven door does not stop the Minute Timer.
3. 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 Mlnute Tlmer:
1. Touch MINUTE TIMER.
2. Touch number 0 to cancel,
or
2. Touch desired new number pads to change.
Then:
3. Touch START.
THE CONTROL PANEL
ON/OFF SWITCH
Just Inside the microwave oven door, on the
control panel frame, is a Control Panel ON/
OFF Switch The switch is designed to keep
“busy little fingen” from using the oven.
When the switch is OFF,the oven cannot be
used and the Drsplay WIII be dark. The switch
must be ON to cook in the mrcrowave oven
and to use the Minute Trmer. The colon (:] stays
on when the switch IS ON.
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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.
The Display will show the numbers you
touched in the order you touched them.
This example shows 4 mrnutes. 30 seconds.
Touch Number Pads for
the cooking time you
want.
The oven will automatically cook at high Cook Power.
The COOK CYCLE 1 Signal Lrght WIII stav on
to show that the oven IScookrng in the first
cycle.
The Display counts down the time to show
how much cookrng time is left In the first
cycle.
When the cooking time ends you will hear
4 beeps. (You can stop the beeping by
opening the oven door or touching CAN-
CEL.) When the beeprng stops, the Display
will show only the ” “.
LOWER COOK POWERS
For best results, some recipes call for lower Cook Powers Lowerrng the Cook Power
slows the cooking The lower the Cook Power, the slower the cookrng 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 Recrpes In other books and magazines may tell you by name (HI. MED. LO, etc ) or
by percentage (10%. 50%. 80%. etc )
The followrng chart gives you the percentage of Cook Power each Number Pad
stands for. and the Cook Power name usually used
automatic 100% of full power HIGH
9 90% of full power
0 80% of full power
7 70% of full power MED-HI
6 60% of full power
5 50% of full power MED
4 40% of full power
3 30% of full power MED-LO
2 20% of full power
1 10% of full power LOW
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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.
This example shows 7 minutes, 30 seconds.
The COOK POWER Signal Light will come on
and the Display will show 2 O’s
4. Touch COOK POWER.
5. Touch a Number Pad for
the Cook Power you
want.
6. Touch START.
The COOK CYCLE 1 and COOK POWER Sig-
nal Lights will stay on to show that the oven
is cookrng in the first cycle at a Cook
I Power other than high.
d
Count The Display counts down the time to show
own
how much cooking time is left in the frrst
cycle.
For 2 of every 10 seconds, the Drsplay will
show the Cook Power you selected.
When the cookrng time ends. you WIII hear
4 beeps. (You can stop the beeping by
opening the door or by touchtng CANCEL)
When the beeping stops, the Display WIII
show only the” : ‘I
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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.
The DEFROST CYCLE Signal Light will come
on and the Display will show 4 O’s
2. Touch DEFROST CYCLE.
The Display WIII show the numbers you
touched in the order you touched them.
This example shows 2 mrnutes, 30 seconds.
3.
Touch Number Pads for
the defrosting time you
want.
The DEFROST CYCLE Signal Light will stay
on to show that the oven ISin the Defrost
Cycle.
4. Touch START.
d
count
The Display counts down the time to show
own
how much defrosting time is left.
When the defrost time ends. you will hear 4
beeps. (You can stop the beeping by
opening the oven door or touching
CANCEL.) When the beeping stops, the
Display will show only the ” : “.
FASTER OR SLOWER DEFROSTING
When you touch DEFROST CYCLE, the microwave oven automatrcally uses 30% of full
Cook Power. For slower or faster defrosting, see lower Cook Powers on page 6
l Use 20% of full power for slower defrosting.
l Use 40% of full power for faster defrosting. Defrosting at Cook Powers higher than
30% can cause some cooking on the outside of the food.
STANDING TIME
For best results allow the food to stand for a while after defrosting Thts WIII equalize
the temperature of the food and provide more even defrosting

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...
1.
Put food in the oven
and close the door.
The COOK CYCLE 1 Signal Light will come
on and the Display WIII show 4 O’s
2. Touch COOK CYCLE 1.
3.
Touch Number Pads for
the cooking time you
want in the first cycle.
The Drsplay 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 2 0’s.
4. Touch COOK POWER. (If
you want the high Cook
Power, skip to step 6.)
5. Touch a Number Pad for
the Cook Power you
want in the first cycle.
The COOK CYCLE 2 Signal Light WIII come
on and the Display will show 4 0’s.
7. Touch Number Pads for
the cooking time you
want in the second
cycle.
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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.
When you touch START,the COOK CYCLE 1
Lrght WIII stay on whrle the oven IScooking
In the first cycle The COOK POWER Light WI!
be on if vou are lustno a Cook Power other
than hrg’h All other Sygnal Lights WIII go off
The Display counts down the cooking
trme to show how much time ISleft in the
ftrst cycle
10. Touch START.
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count
own
For 2 of every 10 seconds. the Display WI/I
show the Cook Power you selected I( you
are using a Cook Power other than high
You will hear a beep 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. just close It and push STARTto restart
the oven
The COOK CYCLE 2 Light will be on during
be off
d
count
own
The Display coi;nts down the cooking time
to show how much time ISleft In the
second cycle
For 2 of every 10 seconds. the Drsplay WI/I
show the Cook Power you selected, rf you
are using a Cook Power other than high
When the last cycle ends you wtll hear
4 beeps (‘r’ou can stop the beeprng by
opening the door or touching CANCEL )
When the beeping stops. the Display WIII
show only the ” ”
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