Whirlpool RS696PXE User manual

TM
UseAndCare
GUIDE
SELF-CLEANING ELECTRIC DROP-IN RANGE
MODEL RS696PXE
PART NO. 4450275
Table of Contents
(complete) ................... 2
A Note to You................. 3
Range Safety...............4-7
Getting to Know
Your Range .................... 8
Using Your Range ......... 9
Using the
Self-Cleaning Cycle .....38
Caring for
Your Range ..................44
Troubleshooting .......... 50
Requesting
Assistance
or Service .....................52
Index .............................54
Warranty .......................56
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Table of Contents
A Note to You ........................................... 3
Range Safety ......................................... 4-7
Getting to Know Your Range ................... 8
Using Your Range ..................................... 9
Using the surface cooking areas........... 9
Positioning racks and pans ..................11
For best air circulation ........................ 12
Using aluminum foil for baking ............ 12
The electronic oven control................. 13
Starting a function............................... 14
Canceling a function ........................... 14
Setting the clock ................................. 15
Using the electronic Minute Timer ....... 16
Audible signals ................................... 17
Baking/roasting................................... 18
Roasting tips ...................................... 20
Adjusting the oven
temperature control ............................ 20
Broiling ............................................... 22
Broiling tips......................................... 25
Energy saving tips .............................. 25
Using the electronic
MEALTIMER™ control ....................... 26
The oven vent .................................... 37
Using the Self-Cleaning Cycle................ 38
Before you start .................................. 38
Before setting the controls .................. 39
Setting the controls ............................. 39
Special tips......................................... 43
How the cycle works........................... 43
Caring for Your Range ............................ 44
Cleaning chart .................................... 44
Cleaning the cooktop.......................... 46
Removing the oven door..................... 48
The oven lights ................................... 49
Troubleshooting ..................................... 50
Requesting Assistance or Service ........ 52
Index ....................................................... 54
Warranty ................................................. 56

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Model Number __________________________
Serial Number __________________________
Purchase Date __________________________
Dealer Name ___________________________
Dealer Address _________________________
Dealer Phone ___________________________
1-800-253-1301
A Note to You
Thank you for buying a WHIRLPOOL®appliance.
Because your life is getting busier and more complicated, WHIRLPOOL appliances are
easy to use, save time, and help you manage your home better. To ensure that you enjoy
years of trouble-free operation, we developed this Use and Care Guide. It is full of valuable
information about how to operate and maintain your appliance properly and safely. Please
read it carefully.
Also, please complete and mail the Product Registration Card provided with your appliance.
The card helps us notify you about any new information on your appliance.
Please record your model’s information.
Whenever you call to request service for
your appliance, you need to know your
complete model number and serial number.
You can find this information on the model
and serial number plate (see diagram in the
“Getting to Know” section).
Please also record the purchase date of
your appliance and your dealer’s name,
address, and telephone number.
Keep this book and the sales slip together in a safe place for future reference.
Our Consumer Assistance Center
number is toll-free.

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Range Safety
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
wWARNING
To reduce the risk of fire, electrical shock,
injury to persons, or damage when using
the range, follow basic precautions,
including the following:
General
•Read all instructions before using
the range.
•Install or locate the range only in
accordance with the provided
Installation Instructions. The
range must be installed by a
qualified installer. The range
must be properly connected to
electrical supply and grounded.
WARNING: To reduce the risk
of tipping of the appliance, the
appliance must be secured by
You will be killed or seriously injured
if you don’t follow instructions.
You can be killed or seriously injured
if you don’t follow instructions.
Your safety and the safety of others is very important.
We have provided many important safety messages in this manual and on your
appliance. Always read and obey all safety messages.
This is the safety alert symbol.
This symbol alerts you to hazards that can kill or hurt you and others.
All safety messages will be preceded by the safety alert symbol and the
word “DANGER” or “WARNING.” These words mean:
wDANGER
wWARNING
All safety messages will identify the hazard, tell you how to reduce the chance of injury,
and tell you what can happen if the instructions are not followed.
properly installed anti-tip
devices. To check if the devices
are installed properly, open the
oven door, remove a screw at
the bottom of each side trim,
remove the side trims, and verify
that the anti-tip devices are
engaged to cabinets with two
screws through the mounting
holes in the mounting rail of
the oven.

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RANGE SAFETY
•CAUTION: Do not store things
children might want above the
range. Children could be burned
or injured while climbing on it.
•Do not leave children alone or
unattended in area where the
range is in use. They should never
be allowed to sit or stand on any
part of the range. They could be
burned or injured.
•Do not operate the range if it
is damaged or not working
properly.
•Do not use the range for warm-
ing or heating the room. Persons
could be burned or injured, or a
fire could start.
•Use the range only for its in-
tended use as described in this
manual.
•Do not touch surface units, areas
near units, heating elements, or
interior surfaces of oven. Surface
units and heating elements may
be hot even though they are dark
in color. Areas near surface units
and interior surfaces of an oven
become hot enough to cause
burns. During and after use, do
not touch, or let clothing or other
flammable materials contact
surface units, areas near units,
heating elements, or interior
surfaces of oven until they have
had sufficient time to cool. Other
surfaces of the range, such as
the oven vent opening, the sur-
face near the vent opening, the
cooktop, and the oven door and
window, could also become hot
enough to cause burns.
•Do not wear loose or hanging
garments when using the range.
They could ignite if they touch
a hot surface unit and you could
be burned.
•Use only dry pot holders. Moist or
damp pot holders on hot surfaces
could result in burns from steam.
Do not let pot holder touch hot
heating elements. Do not use a
towel or bulky cloth for a pot
holder. It could catch on fire.
•Keep range vents unobstructed.
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