Whirlpool RF317PXV User manual

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Contents
Page
BEFORE YOU USE YOUR RANGE - 2
IMPORTANT SAFETY
INSTRUCTIONS 3
PARTS AND FEATURES 4
USING YOUR RANGE.. 5
Using the Surface Units 5
Setting the Clock 7
Using the Minute Timer 7
Using the Oven Controls 8
Baking. 8
Broiling
Using the Automati’c 10
MEALTIMER* Clock
Oven Vent 11
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Storage Drawer 13
Optional Rotisserre 14
Optional Door Panel Pat 14
CARING FOR YOUR RANGE, 14
Control Panel and Knobs 14
Solid Element Surface Units 14
Oven Door 15
Standard Oven Cleaning 16
Cleaning Chart
Oven Light : 16
IF YOU NEED SERVICE OR 17
ASSISTANCE .., 18
WHIRLPOOL RANGE
WARRANTY 20
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‘1988 Whirlpool Corporation
Before you useyour range
Read this Use & Care Guide and the Cooking Guide for important
safety information.
You are personally responsible for:
l Reading and following all safety precautions in this Use &Care Guide and
the Cooking Guide.
l Installing the range where it is protected from the elements, and on a floor
strong enough to support its weight.
l Properly connecting the range to electrical supply and grounding. (See
Installation Instructions.)
l Making sure the range is not used by anyone unable to operate it properly.
l Properly maintaining the range.
l Using the range only for jobs expected of a home range.
See Cooking Guide for important safety and use information.

IMPORTANT
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
1. DO NOT allow children to use or 6. KEEP pan handles turned in, but
play with any part of the range, not over another surface unit to
or leave them unattended near it. avoid burns, injury and to help
They could be burned or injured prevent the utensil from being
2. DO NOT store things children pushed off the surface units.
might want above the range. 7. DO NOT use water on grease
Children could be burned or fires. The fire will spread. Cover
injured while climbing on ;? fire with large lid or smother with
3. DO NOT allow anyone to touch baking soda or salt.
hot surface units or heating 8. DO NOT wear loose or hanging
elements. Dark colored units and garments when using the range.
elements can still be hot enough They could ignite if they touch a
to burn severely hot surface unit or heating ele-
4. KEEP children away from the ment and you could be burned.
range when it is on. The cooktop 9. DO NOT heat unopened con-
and oven walls, racks and tainers. They could explode. The
door can get hot enough to hot contents could burn and
cause burns. container particles could
5. DO NOT use the range to heat a cause injury.
room. Persons in the room could 10. When adding or removing food,
be burned or injured, or a fire MAKE SURE to open the oven
could start. door all the way to prevent burns,
l FOR YOUR SAFETY l
DO NOT STORE OR USE GASOLINE OR OTHER FLAMMABLE VAPORS AND
LIQUIDS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS OR ANY OTHER APPLIANCE.
THEY COULD IGNITE CAUSING EXPLOSION AND/OR FIRE.
- SAW THESE INSTRUCTIONS -
Thank you for buying a Whirlpool appliance. Please complete and mall
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.
l Copy model and serial numbers
from plate (behind the oven door
Model Number
on the oven frame] and purchase
date from sales slip.
Serlal Number
l Keep this book and sales slip to-
gether in the Literature Pac.
Purchase Date
Service Company Phone Number

Parts and features
Model RF317PXV
AUTOMATIC MEAlTIMER* START STOP
CLOCK/MINUTE TIMER TIME TIME
CONTROL KNOB SIGNAL LIGHT CONTROL KNOB
CONTROL PANEL
AUTOMATIC OVEN
LIGHT SWITCH
SOLID ELEMENT
SURFACE UNIT
MODEL AND SE
NUMBER PLATE
HEAT SEAL
REMOVABLE
STORAGE DRAWER
LITERATURE PAC
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OVEN LIGHT
SWITCH, t3;;T20PERATURE OVEN SURFACE UNIT
SELECTOR INDICATOR
Using your range
Using the Surface Units
Control knobs must be pushed in
before turning them to a setting. They
can be set anywhere between HI
and OFF.
Surface Unit Indicators
The solid dot in the surface unit
indicator shows which surface unit
is turned on by that knob.
Signal Lights
One of the signal lights will glow
when a surface unit is on.
Solid Element Surface Units
Before placing a pan on solid element surface units for the first time, heat on
HI setting for five minutes. The surface units will give off smoke as the
protective coating, applied at the factory, finishes bonding to the surfaces.
Solid element surface units are made of heavy cast-iron to provide even cook-
ing. Each surface unit has a built-in protective limiter. The limiter senses
uneven cooking temperatures and automatically reduces the heat setting. The
limiter will sense uneven heat when a pan boils dry, when a pan does not have
a flat bottom, or when a pan is removed and the surface unit is left on.
Solid elements hold heat longer than conventional surface units. For best cook-
ing results, use a high setting for only a very short period of time. Then use
a lower setting to complete the cooking. You may want to turn the solid element
OFF a few minutes before you finished cooking.
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