Whirlpool MT1851XW, MT1850XW manual Control panel features, Getting Acquainted

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Control panel features

Your microwave oven control panel lets you select the desired cooking function quickly and easily. All you have to do is touch the necessary Command Pad. The following is a list of all the Command and Number Pads located on the control panel. For more information, see pages 9-29.

1.Digital Display. This display includes clock and indicator lights to tell you time of day, cooking time settings and cooking functions selected. See page 9 for more information.

2.AUTO SET. Touch this pad to select up to ten preset cooking times, at the Cook Powers of your choice. AUTO SET provides a short-cut method for setting commonly-used cooking times. See pages 14 -16 for more information.

3.COOK 1. Touch this pad when cooking at only one Cook Power or cooking automatically after defrosting. Touch COOK 1 to set the first Cook cycle when cooking at more than one Cook Power. This Command Pad is also the first Fbad touched when setting the Minute Timer or a delayed start time. See pages 12, 13, 18, 20 , 27 and 28 for more information.

4.COOK 2. Touch this pad to set the second Cook cycle when cooking at more than one Cook Power. Also use this pad to change standing time and to set the Cook cycle after a delayed start time has been set with COOK 1. See pages 17, 20 and 28 for more information.

5.QUICK DEFROST. Touch this pad followed by Number Pads to thaw frozen food before cooking. See pages 16-l 7 for more information.

6.COOK POWER. Touch this pad followed by a Number Pad to set the amount of micro- wave energy released to cook the food. The higher the number, the higher the power or “heat”. See page 13 for more information. See Cooking Guide on page 40 for specific Cook Powers to use for the foods you are cooking.

7.KEEP WARM. Touch this pad to keep food warm for up to 99 minutes, 99 seconds. See page 26 for more information.

8.PAUSE. Touch this pad when you want the oven to pause between Cook cycles. Pausing between cycles gives you time to stir, turn over or rearrange the food, or to add ingredients. See pages 23-25 for more information.

9.CLOCK SET. Touch this pad followed by Number Pads to set time of day. See pages lo-11 for more Information.

10.Number Pads. Touch a Number Pad after touching a Command Pad to tell the oven wtiat time or Cook Power you wish to enter.

11.“0” Number Pad. Touch this Number Pad when setting the Minute Timer or Delayed Start. See pages 27-29 for more information.

12.START. Touch this pad after setting a function on the microwave oven to start the function.

13.CANCEL. Touch this pad once to stop the oven or to cancel a reminder tone. Touch it twice to remove the programming tone, reminder tone and Minute Timer signal completely. See page 10 for more information.

14.DOOR OPEN BUTTON.

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