Whirlpool SM958PES User manual

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UPPER
MICROWAVE
OVEN
Eye-Level Models
RM978BXV
SM988PES
SM958PES
Built-In Model
RM278BXV
NOTE: Use and care instructions
for the lower oven are provided
in a separate manual.
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Contents
PartsandFeatures.. .................................
Before You Use Your Microwave Oven. ................
Precautions to Avoid Possible Exposure to Excessive
MicrowaveEnergy ....................................
Important Safety Instructions. ........................
Using Your Microwave Oven ..........................
Microwave Oven Controls ..........................
AudibleSignals .....................................
Setting the Clock ...................................
Using the Minute Timer ..............................
Cooking in Your Microwave Oven ..................
Cooking at High Cook Power .......................
Cooking at Lower Cook Powers .....................
Cooking in More Than One Cook Cycle .............
Using AUTO SET. .....................................
Auto Set TIME .....................................
Auto Set TEMP .....................................
Defrosting ..........................................
Cooking Automatically After Defrosting .............
Cooking with the Temperature Probe ................
Using STARTTIME ....................................
Using KEEPWARM ...................................
Other Operating 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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01990 Whirlpool Corporation
Fill out and return the Microwave Registration Card included with
your microwave oven. If the card is missing, please send the model and
serial number of your microwave oven, 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 is ever a need to pass along
information about your microwave oven.
Remove the Consumer Buy Guide label before using your microwave
oven.

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Parts and features
UPPER MICROWAVE OVEN
MODEL AND SERIAL
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NUMBER PLATE
(on oven frame]
DEFROST GUIDE
(Inside door)
\ CONTROL PANEL
TEMPERATURE
PROBE SOCKET
AUTO SET
(Inslde ’ &IDE DOOR LATCH ’ BI-LEVEL
COOKING RACK
(SM988PES only)
Thank you for buying a Whirlpool appliance. Please complete and
mail the Owner Registration Card provided with this product. Then
complete the form below. Have this information ready if you need
service or call with a question.
. Copy model and serial numbers
Model Number
from plate (behind the micro-
wave oven door on the oven
frame) and the purchase date
Serial Number
from the sales slip.
l Keep all product literature and
Purchase Date
your Sal&s slip together in a
handy place.
Service Company Phone Number

Before you useyour microwave oven
For important information, carefully read the Installation Instructions packed
with your microwave oven, this Use & Care Guide, the Range or Lower Oven
Use 81Care Guide and the Cooking Guide. Store these together for future use.
Personal injury Hazard
This appliance must be connected to a grounded, metallic, permanent
wiring system, or an equipment grounding conductor should be run
with the circuit conductors and connected to the equipment grounding
the terminal or lead on the appliance. Failure to do so could lead to
product malfunction or personal injury.
It is your responsibility to be sure your microwave oven:
l Has been installed where it is protected from the weather. 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 Is not used by children or anyone unable to operate it properly.
l Is properly maintained.
l Is used only for jobs expected of a home microwave oven.
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. It is im-
portant not to defeat
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 is damaged.
It is particularly impor-
tant that the oven
door close properly
and that there is no
damage to the:
(I] Door (bent],
(2) Hinges and
latches (broken or
loosened],
(3) Door seals and
sealing 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
repair is made.
The oven should not
be adjusted or
repaired by anyone
except properly
qualified service
personnel.
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IMPORTANT
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
For Use of Microwave Upper Oven
Microwave ovens have been 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
To reduce the risk of fire, electrical
shock, injury to persons or damage
when using the microwave oven,
follow basic precautions, including
1. Read all instructions before 7. Do not operate this ap-
using appliance. pliance if it has a damaged
2. Read and follow the specific cord or plug, if it is not working
~~PRECAUTIONSTOAVOID POSSI- vweWl or if it has been
BLE EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE damaged or dropped. Elec-
MICROWAVE ENERGY” found trical shock, fire or other haz-
on page 4. ards may result.
3. This appliance must be in-
stalled and properly grounded ~‘,l?~~dp~~~~“,“, ~($~~i~~
in accordance with the sepa- service personnel. Call an
rately provided Installation authorized Whirlpool”” service
Instructions. company for examination,
repair or adjustment.
4’ ‘Orne products such as 9 Do not cover or block any
whole eggs and sealed con- ’
tainers _ for example, closed
opening on the appliance. Fire
glass jars - may explode and may result.
should not be heated in this 10. Do not use outdoors.
oven. Damage to the oven or elec-
5. Use this appliance only for trical shock may result.
its intended use as described
11. Follow door surface and in-
in this manual. terior cleaning instructions on
6. Aswith any appliance, close page 34.
supervision is necessary when
used by children.
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12. To reduce the risk of fire in ing in metal containers can
the oven cavity: damage the oven. So can con-
a. Do not overcook food. Care- tainers with hidden metal (twist-
fully attend appliance if paper, ties, foil lining, staples, metallic
plastic, or other corn busti ble glaze or trim.1
materials are placed inside the d. If materials inside the oven
oven to facilitate cooking. Pa- should ignite, keep oven door
per can char or burnand some closed, turn oven off, and dis-
plastics can melt if used when connect the power cord, or shut
heating foods. off power at the fuse or circuit
b. Do not deep fry in oven. breaker panel.
c. Testdinnerwareorcookware 13. Do not heat, store or use
before using, See page 37. flammable, inflammable orcor-
Some dishes (melamine, Cen- rosive materials in or near the
turas etc.) absorb microwave oven. Fumes can create a fire
energy, becoming too hot to hazard or explosion.
handle and slowing cooking
times. Remove wire twist-ties
14. Read and follow ~~OPERAT-
from paper or plastic bags be- ING SAFETYPRECAUTIONS”start-
fore placing bag in oven. Cook- ing On page 36.
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 (page 91,the Display again shows all
8’s, it means your electricity was off for a while. Reset the Clock.
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Di ital Display/Clock and
In8 icator lights
When you are not using the microwave
oven, this is an accurate Digital Clock.
When you are using the microwave oven, ii
displays time settings, temperature settings
and Indicator Lights.
While the oven is running, an Indicator Light
(or lights] will be on to show what the oven
is doing.
Command Pads
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Touch Command Pads to tell
the microwave oven what to do
andinwhatorder.Afew
examples:
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.
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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.
Audible Signals
Audible signals are available to guide you when setting and using your oven.
(A programming tone will sound each time you touch a pad. Two beeps will
sound between cycles. A reminder tone will sound every 60 seconds after
cooking is done to remind you that something has been left in the oven. A 3
second tone signals the end of the Minute Timer function.) If you don’t hear a
tone, it is because of incorrectly entered instructions or because the tones
have been removed. For example, a tone will not sound if you touch a
Number Pad before you touch a Command Pad.
To remove the
programming tone:
1. Open the door.
2. Touch CANCEL
twice, then touch
START.
3. The programming
tone will be
cancelled.
To replace the
programming tone:
l Repeat the steps
above.
To remove all tones,
except the Minute
Timer signal:
1. Open the door.
2. Touch CANCEL
twice, touch 0, then
touch START.
3. All audible tones
(except Minute Timer
signal) will be
cancelled.
To replace the tones:
l Repeat the steps
above.
NOTE: If your electricity
goes off, the audible
signals will come back
on. Repeat steps
above if you want to
remove them again.
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Setting the Clock
When the oven is first plugged in, a tone sounds and the display shows 88:88.
If the electric power ever goes off, the Display will again 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.
DO THIS... 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.
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2. Touch Number
Pads for the right
time of day.
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The Display will show what
numbers you touched in
the order you touched
them. This example shows
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The colon will stop flashing.
The Clock is set.
If you have touched in an
incorrect time, such as
12:65, “Err” will show on the
Display. Touch CLOCK SET
and start over.
NOTE: To etthe Clock, touch CLOCK SET.The current time will show on
the Display and the colon will flash. Set the Clock as shown above.

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Using the Minute Timer
The Minute Timer does not start or stop cooking. It can be used alone or while
the oven is operating. It works like a kitchen timer.
DO THIS... THIS HAPPENS...
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1. Touch MINUTE
TIMER.
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 MINUTE TIMER again
and continue.
2. Touch Number
Pads for minutes
and seconds.
3. Touch START.
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them. This example shows
1minute, 45 seconds.
The MINUTE TIMER Indicator
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 Cancelling the Minute Timer
Minute Timer
-Touch MINUTE TIMER.
-Touch MINUTE TIMER.
-Touch numbers to set new time.
-Touch START.
New Instructions cancel the old
ones.
- Touch CANCEL. NOTE: Touch
MINUTE TIMER before touching
CANCEL to cancel just the Minute
Timer. If CANCEL is touched first,
all cooking instructions will be
cancelled 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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