Whirlpool RM978BXS User manual

UPPER
MICROWAVE
OVEN
Eye-Level Models
RM978BXS
RM973BXS
SM988PES
SM958PES
Built-In Model
RM278BXS
Microwave Ovens. Trash Compactors, Room Air Condltloners, Dehumldlfiers, Automallc Washers, Clothes byers. Freezers.RefrlgeralOr-1

Contents
Parts and Features .........................
Before You Use Your Microwave Oven ......
Precautions to Avoid Possible Exposure to
Excessive Microwave Energy. ..............
Important Safety Instructions ..............
Using Your Microwave Oven. ...............
Microwave Oven Controls ................
Programming Tone .......................
Setting the Clock .........................
Using the Minute Timer ....................
Cooking in Your Microwave Oven .........
Cooking at High Power ...................
Cooking at Lower Cook Powers ...........
Cooking in More Than One Cycle .........
Using AUTOSET............................
Auto SetTIME ...........................
Auto SetTEMP...........................
Defrosting ................................
Cooking Automatically After Defrosting ...
Cooking with the Temperature Probe ......
Using STARTTIME ..........................
Using KEEPWARM .........................
OtherOperating Hints .....................
Bi-Level Cooking Rack ....................
Optional Bi-Level Cooking Rack Kit ........
Caring for Your Microwave Oven ...........
Cleaning the Microwave Oven ...........
Replacing the Light Bulb ..................
How Your Microwave Oven Works ..........
Operating Safety Precautions .............
If You Need Service or Assistance .........
Microwave Oven Warranty. ................ .
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Fill out and return the Wlcrowave Reglstratton Card” Included wHh
your mlcrowave oven. Ifthe card is missing, please send the model and
serial number of your Microwave Range, with your name and address to...
Whirlpool Corporation
Microwave Registration Department
Administrative Center
2000 M-63
Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022
This information will help us reach you if there isever a need to pass along
informatlon about your microwave range.
Remove the Consumer Buy Gulde label before using your mlcrowave
range.
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Parts and features
UPPERMICROWAVE OVEN
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CONTROL
PANEL
\ TEMPERATURE
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AUTO SENSOR &IDE
(not shown) DOOR-MCH ‘2-pOSITION
BI-LEVEL
COOKING RACK
Copy your Model and Serial Numbers here...
If you need service or call with a question, have this information
ready:
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.
Copy this information in these spaces. Keep this book, other oven
literature and your sales slip together in a handy place. Please
complete and mail the Owner Registration Card furnished with
this product.
Serial Number
Service Company Phone Number

Before you use your microwave oven
Read and carefully follow the “INSTALLATION
INSTRUCTIONS” packed with your microwave oven.
Read this “Use 11.Care Guide” and your “Cooking Guide” carefully for
important use and safety information. Store these with Range or Lower Oven
literature for future use.
It Is your personal responslbillty and obligation to be sure your
mlcrowave oven:
l Has been installed where it is protected from the elements. The microwave
oven should be at a temperature above 50°F (10°C) for proper operation.
l Has been installed and levelled on a floor strong enough to support its
weight. (Eye-level model only]
l Has been properly connected to electrical supply and grounded.
(See “Installation Instructions:‘)
l Isnot used by anyone unable to operate it properly.
l Is properly maintained.
l Isused only for jobs expected of a microwave oven.
See your Range or lower Oven “Use 81Care Guide” for additional safety
and operatlng Instructlons.
PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID
POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO
EXCESSIVE MICROWAW
ENERGY...
DO NOT attempt to
operate this oven with
the door open since
open-door operation
can result in harmful
exposure to micro-
wave energy. lt Is
Important not to de-
feat or tamper with
the safety interlocks.
DO NOT place any
object between the
oven front face and
the door or allow soil
or cleaner residue to
accumulate on seal-
ing surfaces.
DO NOT operate the
oven if it isdamaged.
it isparticularly impor-
tant that the oven
door close properly
and that there is no
damage to the
(I] Door (bent],
(2) Hlnges and
latches (broken or
loosened],
(3) Dear seals and
seallng surfaces.
DO NOT operate
the microwave oven
if the door window is
broken.
The microwave oven
should be checked
for microwave leak-
age by qualified serv-
ice personnel after a
repalr is made.
The oven should not
be adjusted or
repalred by anyone
except properly
qualified service
personnel.

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IMPORTANT
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
For Use of Microwave Upper Oven
Microwave ovens have been used successfully in homes for
a number of years. They are thoroughly tested for safe and
efficient operation. However, as with any appliance, there are
special installation and safety precautions which must be
followed to ensure safe and satisfactory operation and pre-
vent damage to the unit.
1. Read all instructions before
using appliance.
2. Read and follow the
specific “PRECAUTIONS TO
AVOID POSSIBLEEXPOSURETO
EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE EN-
ERGY found on page 4.
3. This appliance must be
installed and properly
grounded in accordance with
the separately provided “ln-
stailation Instructions:’
4. Some products such as
whole eggs and sealed con-
tainers - for example, closed
glass jars - may explode and
should not be heated in this
oven.
5. Use this appliance only for
its intended use as described
in this manual.
6. As with any appliance,
close supervision is necessary
when used by children.
7. Do not operate this
appliance if it has a
damaged cord or plug, if it is
not working properly, or ifit has
been damaged or dropped.
Electric shock, fire or other haz-
ards may result.
8. This appliance should be
serviced only by qualified
service personnel. Call a
Whirlpool authorized TECH-
CARE@Service Company for
examination, repair or
adjustment.
9. Do not cover or block any
opening in the appliance,
because fire may result.
10. Do not use outdoors
because damage to the oven
or electric shock may result.
11. See door surface cleaning
instructions on page 37.
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12. Toreduce the risk of fire in
the oven cavity:
a. Do not overcook food.
Carefully attend appliance if
paper, plastic, or other com-
bustible materials are placed
inside the oven to facilitate
cooking. Paper can char or
burn, and some plastics can
melt if used when heating
foods.
b. Test dinnerware or cook-
ware before using. See page
40. Some dishes (melamine,
Centura,@ etc.) absorb micro-
wave energy, becoming too
hot to handle and slowing
cooking times. Remove wire
twist-ties from paper or plastic
bags before placing bag in
oven. Cooking in metal con-
tainers can damage the oven,
Socan containers with hidden
metal (twist-ties, foil lining, sta-
ples, metallic glaze or trim.)
c. If materials inside the oven
should ignite, keep oven door
closed, turn oven off, and dis-
connect the power cord, or
shut off power at the fuse or cir-
cuit breaker panel.
13. Read and follow “OPERAT-
ING SAFETY PRECAUTIONS”
starting on page 39.
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
Using your microwave oven
Microwave oven controls
There are three parts to the microwave oven control section.
-The Digital Display/Clock and Indicator Lights
- Command Pads
- Number Pads
Instructions for each are covered on the following pages. Read them
carefully.
When you first connect power to the oven, a tone will sound and the Display
will show 88:88. If after you set the Clock (page9), the Display again shows all
8’s,it means your electricity was off for a while. Reset the Clock.

Di ital display/clock and
in icator lights8
When you are not using the microwave
oven, this isan accurate digital clock.
When you are using the microwave oven, it
displays time settings, indicator lights and
shows what number pads you touched.
While the oven is running, an indicator light
(or lights) will be on to show what the oven
is doing.

Command pads
Touch Command Pads to tell the microwave oven what to do and in
what order. A few examples:
-CLOCK SETtells the oven you are going to set the clock.
-START tells the oven to start.
Each Command Pad (except START,CANCEL and CLOCK SET]lights
an Indicator Light on the digital display. The Indicator Light comes on
when you touch the Command Pad.
Number pads
Once you’ve touched a Command Pad to tell the oven what
you want to do, you’ll touch Number Pads to tell it...
- a time,
-a Cook Power,
- a food temperature,
-a food setting.
Programming tone
Each time you touch a pad you will hear a tone. Ifyou don’t hear a tone,
it is because the instruction is not correct, or because the tones have been
removed.
EXAMPLE: If you touch a Number Pad before you touch a Command Pad, you
will not hear a tone. The instruction is not correct.
If you want to remove If you want to replace If you want to remove
the programming the programming all tones, except the
tone: tone: minute timer signal:
l Open the door. l Open the door. l Open the door.
l Touch CANCEL twice, l Touch CANCEL twice, l Touch CANCEL twice,
then touch START. then touch START. touch 0,then touch
l The tone will not l The tone will sound for START.
sound for any touch. any correct touch. l All audible tones will
be cancelled.
l To replace the tones,
repeat the above steps.
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Setting the clock
When the oven isfirst plugged in, a tone sounds and the display shows 88:88.
Ifthe electric power ever goes off,the display will again show all 8’swhen 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.
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1. Touch CLOCK SET.
2. Touch Number
Pads for the cor-
rect tlme of day.
THIS HAPPENS...
The Display will show a “0”
and the colon will start to
flash. The first Number Pad
must be touched within
5 seconds or the Display
will go blank. Touch
CLOCK SETagain and
continue.
The Display will show what
numbers you touched in
1the order you touched
I them. This example shows
13:25.
The colon will stop flashing.
The Clock is set.
3. Touch START.
Ifyou have touched in an
incorrect time, such as
12:65,“Err” will show on the
Display. Touch CLOCK SET
and start over.
NOTE:To m the clock, touch CLOCK SET.The current time will show on
the Display and the colon will flash. Continue to set the clock as shown
above.

Using the minute timer
The Minute Timer does not start or stop cooking. Itcan be used alone or while
the oven is operating. Itworks like a kitchen timer.
DO THIS...
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1. Touch MINUTE
TIMER.
2. Touch Number
Pads for minutes
and seconds.
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3. Touch START.
THIS HAPPENS...
The Minute Timer Indicator
Light will come on and the
Display will show a “0”. The
first Number Pad must be
touched within 5 seconds
or the Display will again
show the time of day.
Touch MINUTETIMERagain
and continue.
The Display will show what
numbers you touched in
the order you touched
them. This example shows
1minute, 45 seconds.
The MINUTETIMERIndicator
Light will stay on to show
that the Minute Timer is
running.
The Display counts down
the seconds to show how
much time is left on the
Minute Timer.
When the set time is up, a
3 second signal will sound
and the Display will show
the time of day
Changing the minute timer Cancelling the minute timer.
-Touch MINUTETIMER. -Touch MINUTETIMER.
-Touch numbers to set new time. -Touch CANCEL. Note. Touch
-Touch START. MINUTETIMERbefore touching
New instructions cancel the old CANCEL to cancel just the Minute
ones. Timer. if CANCEL is touched first,
ail cooking instructions will be
canceiled and the Minute Timer
: will continue to operate.
The Minute Timer can be set to time other activities while the oven is operating
in any other cycle. The Display will countdown the time of the cycle in opera-
tion. The Minute Timer will continue to countdown, but will not show on the
Display. When the time is up, a 3 second signal will sound.
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