Whirlpool MW8550XL manual

Microwave Oven Models MW8550XL and MW8600XL Vents (Not Shown) Control Panel Model and Serial Number Plate El-Level Cooklng Rack (Model MW8600XL only) Control Panel ON/OFF Switch (not shown) Copy Your Model and Serial Numbers Here If you need service, or call with a question, have this Information ready: Model Number 1 Complete Model and Serial Numb[...]

. Contents Page Responslbllltles 2 Installation 2 Proper, Safe Use 3 Precautions to Avoid Possible Exposure to Excessive Microwave Energy 3 ‘Using the Mlcrowave Oven 4 Using the Minute Timer 5 The Safety Switch 5 Cooklng in One Cycle 6 High Cook Power 6 Lower Cook Powers 6 Defrosting 8 Foster or Slower Defrosting 8 Cooking in More Than One Cycle [...]

Proper, safe use Your microwave must be... l Installed according to the installation instructions. l Protected from the weather. l Used only for jobs expected of home micro- wave ovens. l Used only by people who can Operate it properly l Kept clean and in good repair. NEVER start the oven when it’s empty. The oven can be damaged. DO NOT cook or r[...]

Using your microwave oven MICROWRVE OVEN CONTROLS When You first plug in the oven, the Display WIII show “88:88”irthe Control Panel ON/OFF swatch IS ON (see page 5). If the Display ever again shows all 8’s, it means your electricity was off for a while or that the Control Panel ON! OFF Switch was turned OFF and then back ON. To clear the 8’[...]

USING THE MINUTE TIMER The Minute Timer does not start or stop cooking; it works like a kitchen timer. Set in minutes or seconds and you will hear a beep when the set time is up. The oven door must be closed before setting the Minute Timer. DO THIS... THIS HAPPENS... The MINUTE TIMER Signal Light will come on and the Display will show a “0.” Wi[...]

COOKING IN ONE CYCLE Follow these steps to cook at one power level HIGH COOK POWER DO THIS... THIS HAPPENS... 1. Put food in the oven and close the door. The COOK CYCLE 1 Signal Lrght WIII come on and the Display WIII show 4 O’s 2. Touch COOK CYCLE 1. The Display will show the numbers you touched in the order you touched them. This example shows [...]

DO THIS... THIS HAPPENS... 1. Put food in the oven and close the door. The COOK CYCLE 1 Signal Light will come on and the Display will show 4 0’s. 2. Touch COOK CYCLE 1. 3. Touch Number Pads for the cooking time you want. The Display will show the numbers you touched in the order you touched them. This example shows 7 minutes, 30 seconds. The COO[...]

DEFROSTING Use DEFROST CYCLE to thaw frozen food before cookrng For suggested defrost trmes check the guide on the inside of the oven door or In your MICRO MENUS Cookbook Tmk DO THIS... THIS HAPPENS... 1. Put frozen food in the oven and close the door. The DEFROST CYCLE Signal Light will come on and the Display will show 4 O’s 2. Touch DEFROST CY[...]

COOKING IN MORE THAN ONE CYCLE For best results, some recrpes call for one Cook Power for a certain length of trme, and another Cook Power for another length of time Your oven can be set to change from one to the other, automattcally. DO THIS... THIS HAPPENS... 1. Put food in the oven and close the door. The COOK CYCLE 1 Signal Light will come on a[...]

COOKING IN MORE THAN ONE CYCLE CONTINUED Touch COOK POWER. (If you want the high Cook Power, skip to step IO.) The COOK POWER Srgnal Lrght WI/I come or- and the Drsplay WIII show 2 O’s Touch a Number Pad for the Cook Power you want in the second cycle. When you touch START, the COOK CYCLE 1 Lrght WIII stay on whrle the oven IS cooking In the firs[...]

COOKING AUTOMATICALLY AFTER DEFROSTING 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The controls can be set so the mlcrowave oven goes automatically from defrosting to the Cook Cycles you have touched In. DO THIS... THIS HAPPENS... Put frozen food in the oven and close the door. The DEFROST CYCLE Signal Light WIII come on and the Display ~111 show 4 O’s Touch DEFROST CYCLE[...]

COOKING AUTOMATICALLY AFTER DEFROSTING CONTINUED The Display WIII show what you touched This example shows 60% of full power 7. Touch a Number Pad for the Cook Power you want in the first cooking cycle. The COOK CYCLE 2 Signal Lrght WIII come on and the Drsplay will show 4 O’s 8. Touch COOK CYCLE 2. (Option: Touch START if cooking in only one cyc[...]

When the defrost time ends, the microwave count oven automatically lets the food stand for the same amount of time used for d own defrosting. The Display counts down the standing time. During the countdown, the oven will be dark ond the fon w//l be off The defrost Signal Light will be on. P When the standing trme is over, you will hear a beep and t[...]

COOKING WITH THE TEMP ERATURE PROBE The MEAL SENSOR Temperature Probe takes guesswork out of cookrng roasts and larger casseroles. The probe IS desrgned to turn off the oven when rt senses the temperature you want. For suggested temperatures for different foods, see your MICRO MENUS Cookbook Final food temperature settrngs are printed on Number Pad[...]

8. Touch START. The COOK TEMP and COOK POWER LlgntS will stay on The left number on the display shows what temperature (number] you selected The right number shows you how the temperature IS nsrng In the food For 2 of every 10 seconds. the Display will show the Cook Power you selected If you are ustng a Cook Power other than high When the probe sen[...]

CHANGING OR CANCELLING INSTRUCTIONS To change or cancel any lnstructlons you have touched, simply touch CANCEL, All instructrons WIII be cancelled The Display WIII show ” : ” and you can start over, If you want to change or cancel rnstructrons before you have touched START, simply touch In the new instructions They WIII cancel the old ones OTHE[...]

BI-LEVEL COOKING RACK (Model MW86OOXL only) Use the Br-Level Cooking Rack when cookrng In more than one contarner The rack can be turned upslde-down to help fit taller containers on the bottom of the oven See the MICRO MENUS’ Cookbook provided wrth your oven. First Posltlon: Use the rack only when heating more than one container of food. Do not l[...]

_ I.MPORT?LNT INFORMATION Before you start using your rnlcrowave oven, read this section carefully rhis /nformot/on w/l help yo;&oid domoge lo your oven Metallic Trim Metolllc Glaze / Cookrng In metal containers can damage the oven. So can contarners with hldden metal (twist-ties. forl-lining, staples, metallic glaze or tram] resf drnnerwore or[...]

Rough or harsh cleaners DO NOT store things In the Overcooking some foods can scratch or dull the oven can cause them to scorch oven frnlsh. DO NOT USE THEM. 2 ‘*r I// / or flame ..especially foods 0 ’ ‘j, P ,<c like potatoes, popcorn, snacks, etc. See the MICRO MENUS’ Cookbook Make popcorn only in Liquids heated In certain DO NOT OVERC[...]

HOW MICROWWE OVENS WORK Mtcrowave 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 Mrcrowaves are lake TV waves or lrght waves You can’t see them, but you can see what they do Mrcrowaves pass through glass, paper and plastic wtthouf heatrng them so food absorbs the energy Mr[...]

If you need sertice or assistance, we suggest you follow these four steps: 1 . Before calhg for assis tame.. . Performance problems often result from little things you can find and fix yourself with- out tools of any kind. If nothing operates: l IS the oven correctly plugged into a live clrcult wrth the proper voltage? (See page 2.) . Have you chec[...]

3 l If you need service ’ . . . Whirlpool has a nationwide net- work of franchised TECH-CARE service technicians are trained to fulfill the ~RAHCHISED SERVICE j product warranty and provide after- warranty service, anywhere in the United States. To locate TECH-CARE service in your area, call our COOL-LINE service assistance telephone number (see [...]