Whirlpool MC8131XE installation instructions Audible signals, Interrupting cooking, Touch 0START

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8.DEFROST. Touch this pad followed by Number Pads to thaw frozen meat, poultry, or fish by weight. You do not have to set a cook time or cook power. See page 35 for more information.

9.COOK. Touch this pad to cook foods from one of four preset categories. You do not have to set a cook time or cook power. See page 32 for more information.

10.PLUS TIME. Touch this pad to add 10 to 30 seconds to your cooking time after cooking. See page 34 for more information.

11.WARM HOLD. Touch this pad to keep hot, cooked food safely warm in your microwave oven for up to 60 minutes. WARM HOLD can be used by itself, or it can automatically follow a cooking cycle. See page 30 for more information.

12.MICRO TIME. Touch this pad followed by Number Pads to enter cooking times (see pages 21, 24, or 25 for more information) or to set the minute timer (see page 19 for more information).

13.MICRO POWER. Touch this pad after the cooking time has been set, followed by a Number Pad, to set the amount of microwave energy released to cook the food. The higher the number, the higher the power or faster the “cooking speed.” See page 23 for more information. See the charts on pages 52 and 53 for specific cook powers to use for the food you are cooking.

14.Number Pads. Touch Number Pads to enter cooking times, temperatures, cook powers, and food weights.

15.START/ENTER. Touch this pad to start a function that you have set. If you open the door after the oven begins to cook, retouch START/ENTER.

16.CLOCK SET. Touch this pad to enter the correct time of day. See page 18 for more information.

17.OFF/CANCEL. Touch this pad once to erase an incorrect command or twice to cancel a program during cooking. This pad will not erase time of day.

NOTES:

l If you touch two Command Pads for the same cycle (for example, POPCORN and WARM HOLD), the second command will cancel the first.

l If you attempt to enter unacceptable instructions, “Error” will appear in the Display and three tones will sound. Touch OFF/CANCEL and re-enter the instructions.

Audible signals

Audible signals are available to guide you when setting and using your oven:

l A programming tone will sound each time you touch a pad.

l Three tones signal the end of a cooking cycle.

Interrupting cooking

You can stop the oven during a cycle by opening the door. The oven stops heating and the fan stops, but the light stays on.

To restart cooking, close the door and

TOUCH

0START

ENTER

If you do not want to continue cooking: l Close the door and the light goes off.

then

lTOUCH

NOTE: Before setting a function, touch OFF/CANCEL to make sure no other function is on.

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