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Your responsibilities. l l
Proper installatfon and safe use of your microwave range are your
personal responsibilities. Read this”Use and Care Guide”and the
“Cooking Guide”carefully for important use and safety information.
Installation
You must be sure your range Is...
l installed and leveled on a floor
that will hold the weight;
l installed in a well-ventllated
area protected from the
weather;
l properly connected to the cor-
rect etectric supply and
grounding. (See “Installation
Instructions.“)
Proper use
You must be sure your range is...
l used only for jobs expected
of home ranges;
o used only by people who can
operate it properly;
l properly maintained.
Contents
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Responsrbilitres ......
Installation ......
Proper Use .....
Safety ...
Precautionsto' Avord Possible Exposure’&
Excessive Microwave Energy
Using the Microwave Upper Oven .......
Setting the Controls ................
Defrosting Foods .................
The Meal Sensor- Temperature Probe ....
Cleaning the Microwave Oven ........
Important Information ...........
How Microwave Ovens Work .........
Using Your Cooktop and Lower Oven ......
Surface Unit Controls ...........
SettingtheClock.. .... ........... 1:::::
Using the Minute Timer ..............
The Lower Oven Controls ................
Baking or Roasting ............... ...
Page2 Adjusting the Oven Temperature Control
2 Automatic MEALTIMER Clock
2 Broiling
3 Broiling Chart
The Lights
4 The Oven Vents
4 Cleaning and Caring for Your Range
Control Panel and Knobs :
Surface Units and Reflector Bowls
6 Lift-Up Cooktop
7 Removing the Lower Oven Door
7 Removing the Storage Drawer
9 The Continuous-Cleaning Lower Oven : :
10 Cleaning Chart
10 If You Need Service or Assistance
11 1 Before Calling for Assistance
71 2. If You Need Assistance
11 3. If You Need Service : 1 : 1 1
12 4. If You Have a Problem
The Optional Rotisserie : : : : :
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Microwave Oven Controls
Probe Signal Light
Meal Sensor
Probe Control
Digital Timer
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‘*a.+ Start Button

SETTING THE CONTROLS
Be sure you understand the basics of microwave oven cooking before you start.
Start with recipes from your MICRO MENUS’ Cookbook. Follow the directions
carefully.
NEVER START THE OVEN WHEN IT’S EMPTY. The oven can be damaged. For testing,
use at least a cup of water
Be sure you have read and
understand the directions.
1. Put food in the oven
4. Set cooking times longer
than 10 minutes by turn-
ing the timer knob and
wheel. First set the knob,
then move the wheel.
Example: to set 22 min-
utes, 30 seconds...
0 Set 2 minutes, 30 sec-
onds by pushing in and
turning knob.
l Set 20 minutes by push-
ing up on wheel.
DEFROSTING
For defrosting, set Cook
Power Control to DEFROST
(MED-LO) setting. See the
Defrost Guide inside the oven
door or your MICRO MENUS
Cookbook for suggested
defrost times.
2. Close the door. Make
sure it locks. The oven
won’t work if the door isn’t
closed tightly.
5. Set Cook Power to
desired setting from HI to
LO. Some recipes require
different Cook Powers
for best results. (See
chart]
-COOK POWER CHART-
Recipes in the
MICRO MENUS’ Cook-
book use Cook Power
settings from HI to LO.
Recipes in other books
and magazines may
use different percent-
ages of cooking power.
The following chart will
be helpful:
HI -100% of full power
MED-HI - 70% of full
power
MED - 50% of full
power
MED-LO - 30% of full
(DEFROST) power
LO - 15% of full
power
3. Set cooking times up to 10
minutes by pushing in
the timer knob and turn-
ing clockwise. The oven
light will goon Push in
and turn counterclockwise
to reduce time.
6. Push the START Button. The
oven ltght will stay on.
You will hear a fan run-
ning during oven
operation.
When the set time is up,
the oven will shut off auto-
matically. You will hear
a bell, the light will go off
and the fan will stop.
TO STOP THE OVEN
1. Push in and turn the timer
knob counterclockwise to
0o:oo. OR
2. Open the oven door.
TO RESTART THE OVEN
1. Close the oven door.
2. Set timer (if needed).
3. Push the START Button
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THE MEAL SENSOR* IEMPERAIURB PROBE
Roast or bake meats or casseroles to a set temperature instead of by time.
When the Meal Sensor* Temperature Probe is properly used, the microwave oven
will turn off automatically when the probe senses the temperature you set.
For casseroles, the tip of
the probe should be in
the center of the food. Stir
foods when recom-
mended. Replace the
probe.
1. Insert at least l/3 of the
temperature probe into
the food.
For liquids, balance the
probe on a wooden spoon
or spatula so the tip of the
probe is in the center of
the liquid.
For roasts, the tip of the
probe should be in the
center of the largest mus-
cle, but not touching fat or
bone.
Socket
2. Place food in the oven
and plug the probe into
the socket on the oven
wall. The Probe Signal
Light will come on.
4. Set the Cook Power if
desired. 5. Move the Meal Sensor pointer to the final cook-
ing temperature you
want.
3. Make sure the probe does
not touch any part of the
oven Interlor. Close the
door.
6. Push the START Button.
When the probe senses
the cooking temperature,
a buzzer sounds, and the
oven turns off.
DO...
l use hot pads when removing probe from
food or food from oven.
l unplug probe from socket to turn off oven
light.
l stir foods during cooking when
recommended.
l stir soups, casseroles and drinks before
serving.
l cover roasts with foil and let stand a few
minutes after cooking. Remove foil if you
decide to cook it longer.
DON’T...
l let probe or probe cable touch any part of
the oven interior.
l let probe touch foil (if used). Foil can be
kept away from probe with wooden tooth-
picks. Remove foil if arcing occurs.
0 use paper, plastic wrap or plastic con-
tainers. They will be in the oven too long.
l use probe in regular oven.
l force probe into frozen food.
l use probe for foods that need to simmer.
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CLEANING THE MICROWWE UVEN
Wipe often with warm sudsy For stubborn soil, boil a cup Be sure to clean the areas
water and a soft cloth or of water in the oven for 2 or 3 where the door and oven
sponge. minutes. Steam will soften frame touch when closed.
the soil. Rinse well.
Do not use abrasive cleaners or steel wool pads.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Before you st,Jrt using your microwave oven, read this section carefully This
/nformot/on will help you ova/d domoge to your oven.
Metallic Trim
Cooking in metal contalne!:
To test a dish for safe use, put it NEVER COOK OR REHEAT A
can damage the oven. So into the oven with a cup of WHOLE EGG. Slice hard
can containers with hidden water beslde it. Cook on high boiled eggs before
metal (twist-ties, foil-ll!i!ng. Cook Power for one minute. heating. Steam build-up in
staples, metallic glaze or If the dlsh gets hot and the whole eggs may cause
trim). Test drtnerwore 07 cook
water stays cool, do not them to burst and possibly
wore before using.
use It. damage the oven.
Paper can char or burn
and some plastics car
melt if used when hec?ing
foods for more than 4
minutes
NEVER start a mlcrowave
oven when it’s empty. The
oven can be damaged If
you experiment, put a
container ot water in the
oven
Don’t let anything touch
the top of the oven cavity.
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Rough or nalsh cleaner> DO NOT store things In the
can scratch or dull the oven
oven finish DO NOT USE THEM. ‘” /
Make popcorn ~~jr:lyI!
poppers designee for use
in microwave ovens.
Follow popper directi:3ns
Results are the popper
manufacturer’s
responsibility
USE HOT PADS. Mrcrohc.;ve
energy does not hea’
containers, but the hot
food does
If your electric powe r1r~6~
voltage ISless than tt,e
normal 240 volts, cot klrl:.;
trmes ma Y be longer
Liquids heated In certain
containers may overheat.
The liquid may then splash
out with a loud noise. This
does not harm the oven,
but you should not use
such containers to heat
liquids again.
Follow MICRO MENUS’
Cookbook directions
carefully If using a
different cookbook. you
may need to experiment
with times and Cook
Powers
l Double-check all
settings
o Use the oven only for
defrosting, cooking or
reheatrng
Overcooking some foods
can cause them to scorch
or flame...especially foods
like potatoes, corn, snacks,
etc. See the MICRO
MENUS* Cookbook.
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DO NOT OVERCOOK
POTATOES. At the end of the
recommended cooking
time they should be
slightly firm. Wrap in foil
and set aside for 5 minutes
They will finish cooking
while standing.
It is normal for the inside of
the oven door to look wavy
after the oven has been run-
ning for a while.
It is normal for the signal
lights to flicker while the
mrcrowave oven is on.
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HOW MICRO- OVENS WORK
Microwave ovens are safe Microwave energy is not hot. It causes food to
make its own heat, and it’s this heat that cooks the food.
Microwaves are like TV
waves or light waves. you
can’t see them, but you can
see what they do.
Stirrer Maanetron Glass Shelf
Oven-Cavity
A magnetron produces
microwaves. The microwaves
move into the oven where
they are scattered around by
a stirrer (like a fan).
Microwaves bounce off
metal oven walls and are
absorbed by food.
Metal Bottom
The glass bottom of your
microwave oven lets micro-
waves through. Then they
bounce off a metal floor,
back through the glass bot-
tom and are absorbed by the
food.
Microwaves pass through
glass, paper and plastic
without heating them so food
absorbs the energy. Micro-
waves bounce off metal pans
so food does not absorb the
energy.
Microwaves may not reach
the center of a roast. The heat
around the outside is what
cooks the roast all the way
through. This is one of the
reasons for letting some
foods [roasts, baked pota-
toes) stand for a while after
cooking, or for stirring some
foods during the cooking
time.
The microwaves disturb
water molecules in the food
As the molecules bounce
around bumping into each
other, heat is made, like rub-
bing your hands together.
This is the heat that cooks.

Using your cooktop and lower oven
SURFACE UNIT CONTROLS
PUSHIN.
Turn to setting. w
Control knobs must
be pushed in before
turning. Turn either
way until the setting
you want shows in the
window. Set them any-
where from HI to OFF.
COOKTOP AND
LOWER OVEN CONTROLS
Stop lime Knob
Digital Automatic MEALTIMER Clock
Start Time Knob
Minute Timer
Adjustable Lower Oven Temperature
Control
Lower Oven Signal Light
Surface Unit Signal Lights
Surface Unit Control
Lower Oven Selector
Manual Lower Oven Light Switch
Cooktop Light Switch
Until you get used to the settings, use the following as a guide.
One of the signal
lights will glow to
remind you which
surface unit is on. Be
sure all signal lights
are off when you are
not cooking.
Use HI to start Use MED-HI
to Use MED for Use MED-LO to
foods cooking or
hold a rapid boil gravy, puddings keep food cook-
to bring liquids to o or to fry chicken
and icings, or
ing after starting
boll. Surface unit or pancakes. to cook large it on a higher
will not turn red amounts of setting.
if good contact is vegetables.
made with bottom
of pan.
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units on cooktop
Use LO to keep
food warm until
ready to serve.
Set the heat
higher or lower
within the LO
band to keep
food at the tem-
perature you
want.

SETTING THE CLOCK

Lift rack at front and pull out
Put the rack(s) where you
want them before turning on
the oven.
Rack(s) should be placed
so food can be centered in
the oven. Always leave at
least 112to 2 inches (4-5 cm]
between the sides of the pan
and the oven walls and pans.
For more information, see the
“Cooking Guide.”
Set the Oven Selector on
BAKE. Set the Oven Temperature
Control to the baking
temperature you want.
Let the oven preheat until the
Signal Light goes off.
ADJUSTING THE OVEN TEMPERATURE CONTROL
Does your new oven seem to be hotter or colder than your old oven at the
same settings? The temperature setting in your old oven may have changed
gradually over the years. The accurate setting of your new oven can seem differ-
ent. If you think the oven temperature needs adjusting, follow these steps:
1. Pull the Oven
Temperature
Control straight
Off
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2. Loosen the lock- 3. To lower the tem- 4. To raise the tem-
ing screw: perature, move perature, move
NOTICE position black part of black part of
of notches. knob closer to knob closer to HI.
LO. Each notch Each notch
equals about equals a bout
10-F (5 C). 10 F(5’C).
Tighten the locking screw. Replace the knob.

USING THE AUTOMATIC MEALTIMER” CLOCK
The Automatic MEALTIMER Clock is designed to turn the lower oven on and off
at times you set...even when you are not around.
To start and stop baking automatically:
1. Put the lower oven rack(s) 2. Make sure the clock is set 3. Push in and turn the Start
where you want them to the right time of day. Time Knob clockwise
and place the food in the to the time you want bak-
oven. ing to start.
4. Push in and turn the Stop
Ime Knob clockwise
to the time you want the
oven to shut off.
5. Set the Oven Selector on
TIMED.
6. Set the Oven Temperature
Control on the baking
temperature you want,
7. After baking is done, turn
8. To stop the oven before
both knobs to OFF. the preset time, turn both
knobs to OFF.
To stop baking automatically:
1. Put the oven rack(s) where you want 4. Set the Oven Selector on TIMED.
them and place the food in the oven. 5. Set the Oven Temperature Control on the
2. Make sure the clock ISset to the right time baking temperature you want.
of day.
6. After baking is done, turn both knobs to OFF.
3. Push in and turn the Stop Time Knob clock- 7. To stop the oven before the preset time,
wise to the time you want the oven to shut off. turn both knobs to OFF.
SPECIAL CAUTION:
Use foods that will not go bad or spoil a covered baking dish with about a half-
while waiting for cooking to start. Avoid cup (118 mL) of water for 1 to 1% hours.
using dishes with milk or eggs, cream Any food that has to wait for cooking to
soups, cooked meats or fish, or any item start should be very cold or frozen before
with baking powder or yeast. it is put in the oven. MOST UNFROZEN
Smoked or frozen meats may be used; FOODS SHOULD NEVER STAND MORE THAN
so can vegetables, fruits and casserole- TWO HOURS BEFORE COOKING STARTS.
type foods. Vegetables can be cooked in
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1. Place the rack where you 2. Put the broiler pan and
want it for broiling. food on the rack
4. Set the Oven Temperature
Control on BROIL [or on a
lower temperature for
slower broiling).
3. Set the Oven Selector on
BROIL.
5. During broiling, the oven
door must be partly
open. A built-in stop will
hold it there.
6. When broiling is done,
turn both knobs to OFF.
For slower broiling, set the Oven Temperature Control on a temperature
instead of BROIL. The broil element will then turn on and off instead of staying on.
The lower the temperature setting, the slower the broiling.
The Oven Selector must be on BROIL and the door partly open for all broiling temperatures.
Suggested oven-rack positions and broiling times
Approximate Minutes-
inches (cm) from top Temperature set to BROIL
Food
Description of food to Broil Element 1st side 2nd side
Beef Steaks
Rare l”(2.5 cm] 3” (8 cm) 7-9 3-5
Medium l”(2.5 cm) 3” (8 cm) 9-l 1 4-7
Well done 1” (2.5 cm] 3” (8 cm) II-13 5-7
Beef Steaks
Rare 112” (4 cm] 4”-5” (1O-l 3 cm) 13-15 6-8
Medium 1%” (4 cm) 4”-5” (1O-13 cm) 17-19 8-10
Well Done 1b” (4 cm] 4”-5” [1O-l 3 cm) 19-21 14-l 6
Hamburgers 1,~”(1 cm) 3” [8 cm) 6-0 4-5
Lamb Chops
Medium l”(2.5 cm] 3” [8 cm) 6-8 4-5
Ham slice, precooked 11~“-1”
or tendered (I-2.5 cm) 3”(8 cm) 6-B 4-5
Canadian Bacon 112”(1cm) 3” (8 cm) 6 4
Pork Rib or Loin Chop 34“-1”
Well done (2-2.5 cm) 4”-5” (1 O-l 3 cm) 15 10
2-3 lb.
(l-l.5 kg)
cut in half 7”-9” (18-23 cm) 25-30 1O-I 2
whole 3”(8 cm) II-16 9-l 4
fillets 3” [B cm] 7-B 5-7
12”.34”
(l-2 cm] 3”(B cm] 3 3
4”-5” (1O-l 3 cm) 6-7 4-5

The lights
THE MICRO- OVEN LIGHT
The light in trle microwave oven comes on when the oven door is open. when
you set the cooking time, when the oven is on, and when the temperature probe
is plugged into the socket.
THE COOKTOP LIGHT
To turn on the fluorescent light underthe upper oven, push the button under trle
control panel marked TOP LITE. Hold it In for a second before letting it go Pusi- I!
again to shut off the light
To replace the light tube:
1. Turn off the electric pclwer
at main power supplr 2. Remove the 3 screws and front metal trim that sup-
ports the light cover. The
glass is heavy. Hold it
securely.
4. Turn top of fluorescert
tube toward you until It
comes out of the recep
tacles at both ends.
5. Replace with a 20.watt
cool-white fluorescent
tilbe
3. With both hands, lower
the front of the cover a
little and pull it straight
toward yocl
6. With both hands, care-
fully fit the glass cover
into the metal support
trim at the back
7. Slide the cover back lor
enough for the front t I;
fit behind the spring labs
at the ends
8. Replace the front support
trim and the 3 screws 9. Turn electric power back
on at ma/n power supply
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THE LOWER OVEN LIGHT
The lower oven light will come on when you open the oven door or when you
push the Oven light switch at the bottom of the control panel. Close the oven
door or push the switch again to shut it off.
To replace the light bulb:
1. Turn off the elec- 2. Remove the light 3. Replace the bulb 4. Turn electric
tric power at bulb from its with a 40-watt power back on
the main power socket appliance bulb at main power
supply. available where- supply.
ever light bulbs
are sold.
The oven vent
Hot air and moisture escape
from the lower oven through a
vent under the right rear surface
unit. You can cook on the unit,
or keep food warm on it while
the oven is on. Plastic utensils
left over the vent can melt.
Do not block the vent. Poor
baking can result.
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Cleaning and caring for your range
CONTROL PANEL AND KNOBS
1. First make sure lower oven and surface
unit control knobs are set on OFF. All knobs
pull straight off. Surface unit knobs have
a collar and spring.
3. Wash knobs and surtace unit collars In
warm soapy water. Rinse well and dry
2. Use warm soapy water and a soft cloth to
wipe the panel. Rinse and wipe dry.
Collar
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Put small end
of sprlng
closest to
control panel.
4. Push knobs straight back on. Make sure
they point to OFF. Make sure the collar and
spring on surface unit knobs are put to-
gether as shown.
SURFACE UNITS AND REFLECTOR BOWLS
REMOVING
I. Be sure surface units are OFF and COOL.
3. Pull the surface unit svalght s&ay from the
receptacle
2. Lift the edge of the unit opposite the re-
ceptacle just enough to clearthe reflector
bowl.
4. Lrft out the reflector bowr
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Receptacle
Receptacle
1. Be sure surface unit controls are OFF.
2. Line up opening in the reflector bowl with
the surface unit receptacle.
4. While pushing the surface unit terminal into
the receptacle, lift a little on the edge of
the unit nearest the receptacle.
5. When the terminal IS pushed into the re-
ceptacle as far as it will go, the surface unit
will fit into the reflector bowl.
3. Hold the surface unit as level as possible
with the terminal just started into the
receptacle.
Reflector bowls reflect heat back to the
utensils on the surface units. They also help
catch spills. When they are kept clean, they
reflect heat better and look new longer.
If a reflector bowl gets discolored, some
of the utensils used may not be flat enough.
Or some may be too large for the surface
unit. In either case, some of the heat that is
meant to go into or around a utensil goes
down and heats the reflector bowl. This ex-
tra heat can discolor it.
LIFT-UP COOKTOP
1. Lift the front of the cooktop at the center 2.
and swing the support rod up. Carefully lower the cooktop onto the
support rod. Be sure the tip of the rod fits in
the notch in the cooktop.
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3. Wipe with warm soapy water. Use soapy
steel wool pad on stubborn spots
DO NOT let the cooktop bump the upper oven when lifting.
DO NOT drop the cooktop. Damage can result.

THE OVEN DOOR
REMOVING THE LOWER OVEN DOOR
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Open the door to the firs1 i
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i
‘i,~d tile aoc:r ot ooih sides
rf,d 11f:it at the same angle it
15in.
THE MICROWAVE OVEN DOOR
CANNOT BE REMOVED.
REPLACING
THE LOWER OVEN DOOR
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Ftt the bottom corners of the
door over the ends of the hinges
Push the door down evenly.
The dooi WIII close only when
It ISon the hinges correctly
STORAGE DRAWER
The storage drawc:r ISfor storing pots and pans. Never store anything that can burn
or melt in the drawer. Tr16drzwer ISwarm when baking in the lower oven Use core
when handling the :rawel
REMOVING THE STORAGE DRAWER
1. Pull drawer straight CJ~ tc
2. Liff front and pull out to
the first stop. the second stop 3. Lift baclc slightly and
slide drawer uli the way
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REPLACING THE STORAGE DRAWER
Drawer Shoe Rai
1. Fit ends of Drawer SII, 1e 2. I (ft dro’wer front and push
Rails into drawer gul(leS or-1 in until inetal stops [on
both sides of openln~4 arawer slide rails] clear
white stops or1 drawer
auldes
3. Lift drawer front to cleof
second stop ond slide
drawer closed
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THE CONTINUOUS-CLEANING LOWER OVEN
Standard oven walls are coated with smooth porcelain-enamel. Your
continuous-cleaning oven walls are coated with a special, rougher
porcelain-enamel.
A fat spatter beads up on the smooth surface, but spreads out on the rougher
surface. The bead of fat chars and turns black. The spread-out fat gradually burns
away at medium to high baking temperatures (350--475%F, 176.-231°C) so the oven
can return to a presentably clean condition.
Fat Spatter
Spreads Out,
Burns Away
Standard porcelain-enamel
USING FOIL
Continuous-cleaning porcelain-enamel
Foil must be used on the lower oven bottom to catch spillovers. The foil must be
used properly.
Cut foil from a roll of heavy-duty la-inch (45 cm) aluminum foil, or buy a foil kit
(Part No. 241430) from your Whirlpool Appliance dealer.
’Lift the cool bake element
slightly to lift the feet off the
oven bottom.
Slide the foil under the bake
element.
Make sure foil is centered,
long enough to start up both
sides, and lying flat without
wrinkles.
For proper baking, lower the
bake element so all feet
rest solidly on the foil.
TIPS
2. The oven door does not get as hot as the
walls. Some hand cleaning may
be needed.
3. If you do more broiling than baking, hand
cleaning may be needed.
4. Use aluminum foil on the oven bot-
1. The oven window and racks are not tom according to instructions.
Spillovers do not burn away and
coated. Clean them by hand. may stain the bottom.
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