Whirlpool MC8131XE Using Warm Hold, To make Warm Hold auto- matically follow another cycle

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Using WARM HOLD

You can safely keep hot, cooked food warm in your microwave oven for up to 60 min- utes. You can use WARM HOLD by itself, or to automatically follow a cooking cycle.

NOTES:

l Opening the oven door cancels WARM HOLD. Close the door and touch WARM HOLD, then touch START/ENTER if additional WARM HOLD time is desired.

l Food cooked covered should be covered during WARM HOLD.

l Pastry items (pies, turnovers, etc.) should be uncovered during WARM HOLD.

1.Put hot, cooked food in the oven and close the door.

2.Touch WARM HOLD.

3.Start oven.

l Complete meals kept warm on a dinner plate should be covered during WARM HOLD.

l Do not use more than one complete WARM HOLD cycle (about 60 minutes). The quality of some foods will suffer with extended time.

TOUCH

YOU SEE

(the oven light and fan will come on)

To make WARM HOLD auto- matically follow another cycle:

l Touch In cooking Instructlons, then touch WARM HOLD followed by START/ ENTER.

l When the last cooklng cycle is over, you will hear two tones. “HOLD” will come on while the oven continues to run.

. WARM HOLD will follow AUTO DEFROST, CONVECTION, COMBI cooking, and timed cooking.

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