Whirlpool RM278PXL User manual

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Contents
Page
Your Responsibilities
Installation
Proper Use
Safety
Precautions to Avold Possrble Exposure to
Excessive Mrcrowave Energy
Using the Mlcrowave Upper Oven
Setting the Clock
Using the Mrnute Timer.
Cooking in One Cycle
High Cook Power
Lower Cook Powers
Defrostrng
Faster or Slower Defrosting
Cooking in Two Cycles
Cooking Automatically After Defrosting
Cooking to a Serving Time
Serve Time and the TemperatureProbe
Cooking with the Temperature Probe
Changing or Cancelling Instructions
Other Operating Hints
Cleaning the Microwave Oven
Important Information
How Mrcrowave Ovens Work
B-Level Oven Rack
Using Your Lower Oven
The Lower Oven Controls 22
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Baking or Roasting 23
AdlustIng the Oven Temperature Control 23
Using the Automatic MEALTIMER’ Clock 24
Broiling 25
Brorlrng Chart 25
Tne Oven Lights
24
The Oven Vent ,.. 26
Cleaning and Caring for Your Oven 26
Control Panel and Knobs 26
The Lower Oven Self-Cleaning Cycle 27
Cleaning Char? 30
The Optronal Rotisserie
If You Need Service or Assistance’. ‘.
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1 Before Calling for Assistance 31
2 If You Need Assistance 32
3 If You Need Service 32
4 If You Have a Problem 32

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Using the microwave upper oven
Microwave 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. You don’t have
to push them...just touch them.
When you first plug in the range, the
Clock/Display will show 88:88. If,
after you set the clock (page 5), the
Clock again shows all 8’s, it means
your electricity was off for a while. Re-
set the clock.
Read the following pages carefully.

DIGITAL DISPLAY /CLOCK COMMAND PADS
-it shows you what number pads you
touched. tells the oven you are going to cook at less
than full power.
-START tells the oven to start.
NUMBER PADS
-DEFROST tells the oven to run at 30% of full
power.
SIGNAL LIGHTS
SETTING THE CLOCK
When the oven is first plugged in, the Clock/Display shows 88:88. If the electric
power ever goes off, the Clock/Display will also show all 8’s when the power comes
back on.
You can cook or use the Minute Timer without setting the clock, but the display will be
blank after cooking The oven door must be closed before setting the clock.
DO THIS... THIS HAPPENS...
The word “seP’will glow on the display. Start
touching number pads for the desired time
within 5 seconds.
The Display will show what numbers You
touched in the order you touched them.
This example shows 3:25.
2. Touch number pads for
the correct tlme of day.
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3. Touch START.
The STARTSrgnal Light will come on to show
that You have touched START It will go off
in about 5 seconds. The clock is set.