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ANoteToYou Thank you for buying a Whirpoo appiance. You have purchased a quaity, word-cass home appiance. Years of engineering experience have gone into its manufacturing. To ensure that you wi enjoy many years of troube-free operation, we have deveoped this Use and Care Guide. tt is fu of vauabe information on how to operate and maintain your appiance propery and safey. Pease read it carefuy. Aso, pease compete and mai the Ownership Registration Card provided with your appiance. This wi hep us notify you about any new information on your appiance. Your safety is important to us. This guide contains safety symbos and statements. Pease pay specia attention to these symbos and foow any instructions given. Here is a brief expanation of the use of each symbo. This symbo wi hep aert you to such dangers as persona injury, burns, fire and eectrica shock. This symbo wi hep you avoid actions which coud cause product damage (scratches, dents, etc.) and damage to your persona property. Our Consumer Assistance Center number, -800-253-1301. is to-free, 24 hours a day. f you ever have a question concerning your appiance s operation, or if you need service, first see f You Need Assistance Or Service on page 37. If you need further hep, fee free to ca our Consumer Assistance Center. When caing, you wi need to know your appiance s compete mode number and seria number. You can find this information on the mode and seria number pate (see diagram on page 6). For your convenience, we have incuded a handy pace beow for you to record these numbers, the purchase date from the saes sip and your deaer s name and teephone number. Keep this book and the saes sip together in a safe pace for future reference. Mode Number Seria Number Purchase Date Deaer Name Deaer Phone 2

Important Safety Instructions To reduce the risk of fire, eectrica shock, in ury to persons, or damage when using the range, / aow basic precautions, incuding the foowing: Genera Read a instructions before using the range. Insta or ocate the range ony in accordance with the provided Instaation Instructions. Use the range ony for its intended use as described in this manua. *Donott units, areas near units, heating eements or interior surfaces of oven. Surface units and heating eements may be hot even though they are dark in coor. Areas near surface units and WARNING: To reduce the risk interior surfaces of an oven of ti ping of the appiance, the become hot enou h to cause app P iance must be secured by bums. During an 2 after use, a proper1 instaed anti-tip do not touch, or et cothing or bracket. f! o check if the bracket other fammabe materias is instaed propery, see The contact surface units, areas anti-tip bracket on page 27. near units, heatin eements or CAUTION: Do not store things interior surfaces 03 oven unti chidren mi ht want above the they have had sufficient time range. Chi E ren coud be to coo. Other surfaces of the burned or injured whie cimb- range may become hot enough ing on it. to cause bums; such as, the Do not eave chidren aone or oven vent opening, the surface unattended in area where the near the vent opening, the range is in use. They shoud cooktop, the oven door and never be aowed to sit or stand window. on an part of the range. They coud b e burned or injured. Do not operate the range if rt is damaged or not working propery. Do not use the range for Do not wear oose or hanging warming or heatin the room. garments when using the Persons coud be % urned or range. They coud ignite if they injured, or a fire coud start. touch a hot surface unit and you coud be burned. continued on next page 3

Use ony d pothoders. Moist or damp po 7 hoders on hot surfaces ma resut in bums from steam. b 0 not et pothoder touch hot heating eements. Do not use a towe or buk coth for a pothoder. It cou J catch on fire. Keep range vents unobstructed. Do not heat unopened containers. They coud expode. The hot contents coud cause burns and container partices coud cause injury. Do not store fammabe materias on or near the range. The fumes can create an exposion and/or fire hazard. When using the cooktop Do not cook on a broken cooktop. If cooktop shoud break, ceaning soutions and spiovers may penetrate the broken cooktop and create a risk of eectrica shock. Contact a quaified technician immediatey. Seect a pan with a fat bottom that is about the same size as the surface unit. If pan is smaer than the surface unit, some of the heat in eement wi be-exposed an i may resut b o: h~~~~.n~,sf~~t~~~~~e a!so improves cooking efficiency. Check to be sure gass cooking utensis are safe for use on the range. Ony certain types of gass, gass-ceramic, ceramic, earthenware or other gazed utensis are suitabe for cooktops without breaking due to the sudden change in temperature. Never eave surface units unattended at high heat settings. A boiover coud resut and cause smoking and greasy spiovers that may ignite. Turn pan handes inward, but not over other surface units. This wi hep reduce the chance of bums, igniting of fammabe materias, and spis due to bumping of the pan. When using the oven Aways osition oven rack(s) in desired P ocation whie oven IS coo. If a rack must be removed whie oven is hot, do not et pothoder contact hot heating eement in oven. Use care when opening oven door. Let hot air or steam escape before removing or repacing food. 4

Grease Grease is fammabe. Do not aow grease to coect around cooktop or in vents. Wipe spiovers immediatey. minimized by venting with a hood or o en window and wipin o UP excess food spis prior a 0 sef-ceaning. Do not use water on grease fires. Never pick up a faming pan. Smother famin pan on range by coverin WI 9 h a wefitted id, cookie s v eet or fat tray. Faming rease outside of an can be e ii in uished with E aking soda or, i B avaiabe, a mutipurpose dry chemica or foam-type extinguisher. Care and ceaning Cean cooktop with care. Some ceaners can produce noxious fumes if appied to a hot surface. If a wet pa er towe is used to wipe s 7 I Is on a hot cookin area, g e carefu to avoid s 9 earn bums. Sma amounts of formadehyde and carbon monoxide are iven off in the Sef-Ceaning cyc 9 e from fibergass insuation and food decomposition. Si nificant exposure to these subs 9 antes can cause cancer or reproductive harm. Exposure can be - SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS - Do not use oven ceaners. No commercia oven ceaner or oven iner rotective coating of any kind s I! oud be used in or around any part of the oven. Before sef-ceaning the oven., remove broier an, broier rid, oven racks an cf other utensi 9 s. Do not use your oven to cean misceaneous parts uness you are instructed to do so in this Use and Care Guide. Do not cean door heat sea. It is essentia for a ood sea. Care shoud be ta R en not to rub, damage or move the sea. Cean ony parts recommended in this Use and Care Guide. Do not repair or repace any part of the range uness specificay recommended in. this manua. A other servcng shoud be referred to a quaified technician. Disconnect the eectrica suppy before servicing the range.

PartsAnd Features This section contains captioned iustrations of your range. Use them to become famiiar with the ocation and appearance of a parts and features. Anti-tip bracket (on wa behind contro pane ) Contro Oven vent pane IMI \ cddop ight CeanTo~ ceramic cooktop Hot surface / indicator ight8 Surface unit Automatic oven ight switch Mode and ser Broi eement Bake eement Removabe storage Contro Left pane LaR front Cooktop rear contro ight contro knob switch knob Eectronic Right Manua Right MEALTIMEW cock rear oven front with oven contros contro ight contro and minute timer knob switch knob I Surface 6 unit marker I Surtace unit indicator ight

Using Your Range In This Section P&P Using the ourface units....7 Positioning rack8 and pans....9 For best air circuation... 10 Using duminum foi for baking......10 The dectronic oven contros... 11 6etthg the cock... 12 Using the eectronk Minute Timer......12 Using the Off/Cance pad... 13 Audibe signas... 13 Bakingroasting... 14 Page Adjusting the oven temperature contro....15 Broiing... 16 Broiing tips... 17 Energy saving tips... 17 Using the eectronic MEALTIMER contro...16 The oven vent... 26 The rtoraga drawer....27 The anti-tip bracket... 27 Optiona door pane pat... 27 To obtain the best cooking resuts possibe, you must operate your range propery. This section gives you important information for efficient and safe use of your range. Using the surface units Contro knob8 must be pushed in before turning them to a setting. They can be set anywhere between HI and OFF. Surface unit markers The soid dot in the surface unit marker shows which surface unit is turned on by that knob. Surface unit indicator ights One of the Surface Unit Indicator Lights on the contro pane wi gow when a surface unit is on. Hot surface indicator ights The Hot Surface Indicator Lights on the cooktop surface wi gow when the surface units get hot. The Indicator Lights wi continue to gow as ong as the surface units are too hot to touch, even after they are turned off. Burn and Fire Hazard Be sure a contro knobs are turned to OFF and a indicator ights are OFF when you are not cooking. Someone coud be burned or a fire coud start if a surface unit is accidentay eft ON. NOTE: The surface eements may smoke sighty and emit a burning odor during the first few hours of use. This is norma. It is caused by the insuation materia of the new ceramic cooktop eements and wi not occur again.

Unti you get used to the settings, use the foowing as a guide. For best resuts, start cooking at the high settings; then turn the contro knob down to continue cooking. 1 SETING 1 RECOMMENDED USE HI To start foods cooking. I To bring iquids to a boi. Medium- * To hod a rapid boi. high To fry chicken or pancakes. Medium For gravy, pudding and icing. (opposite OFF) To cook arge amounts of vegetabes. Medium-. To keep food cooking after ow starting it on a higher setting. LO To keep food warm unti ready to serve. Using the ceramic cooktop Cooking on the ceramic cooktop is amost the same as cooking on conventiona surface units. There are, however, a few differences: The ceramic cooktop wi take sighty onger to heat up than a coi surface unit. It wi aso take a itte onger to coo down. The surface unit wi gow red when it is turned on. You wi see the eement cycing on (gowing red) and off to maintain the proper temperature setting you have seected. If you use the ceramic cooktop for canning, use the eft front surface unit. For best canning resuts, use a fat-bottomed canner. Siding meta pans on the ceramic cooktop surface coud eave marks. Cean meta marks using the Cooktop Poishing Creme incuded with your range. Remove these marks before using the cooktop again. Wiping off the cooktop after each use wi hep keep the surface free from stains and provide the most even heating. See pages 32 and 33 for care and ceaning suggestions. Do not eave an empty utensi, or one which has boied dry, on a hot surface unit. It can overheat and may damage the utensi or surface unit. Do not use canners, woks and speciaty utensis with rounded, warped, ridged or dented bottoms. These coud cause severe overheating which damages the utensi and/or surface unit. Cookware tips There is no one brand of cooking utensi that is best for a peope. Knowing something about pan materias and construction wi hep you seect the correct cooking utensis for your needs. With your hand, fee the bottom of your pans whie they are coo for nicks and scratches. Nicks and scratches on pan bottoms wi scratch the ceramic cooktop. For best resuts and greater energy efficiency, use ony fat-bottomed utensis that make good contact with the surface units. To check the fatness of a utensi: - Turn it over and check the bottom of the pan by pacing a ruer across it. - Rotate the ruer in a directions. There shoud be no gaps between the pan and the ruer. NOTE: Woks, canners and teakettes with fat bottoms suitabe for use on your cooktop are now avaiabe in most houseware stores or departments. The pan shoud have straight sides and a tightfitting id. Choose medium to heavy gauge (thickness) pans that are fairy ightweight. Remember that a very heavy pan wi be even heavier when fied with food. The pan materia (meta or gass) affects how fast heat transfers from the surface unit through the pan materia and how eveny heat spreads over the pan bottom. Choose pans that provide the best cooking resuts. Handes shoud be made of a sturdy, heatresistant materia and be securey attached to the pan.

Home canning information Use fat-bottomed canners/pans for best resuts. Some canners have ridged bottoms (porceain ename-ware) and are not recommended. They do not make good contact with the surface unit and cause severe overheating which damages the cooktop. For best resuts, use the argest surface unit. Aso, use a canner/pan which can be centered over the surface unit and which does not extend more than one inch outside surface unit area. Large diameter canners/pans, if not propery centered, trap heat and can cause damage to the cooktop. Do not pace canner on two surface units at the same time. Excessive heat buid-up wi damage the cooktop. Start with hot water. This reduces the time the contro is set on high. Reduce heat setting to owest position needed to keep water boiing. To proong the ife of the eements: - Prepare sma batches at a time. - Do not use eements for canning a day. Positioning racks and pans For baking/roasting with one rack, the rack shoud be paced so the top of the food wi be centered in the oven. Aways eave at east 1 12 to 2 inches (4-5 cm) between the sides of the pan and the oven was and other pans. For proper cookng, foow these guidenee for specific foods: Ange and bundt cakes, yeast breads, frozen pies, arge roasts and turkeys-pace rack on owest eve. Casseroes, muffins, most quick breads and meats-pace rack on second or third eve from bottom. Cookies, biscuits, cakes and non-frozen piespace rack on second or third eve from bottom. When baking on two racks, arrange racks on bottom and third eve from bottom. NOTE: For recommended rack pacement when broiing, see Broiing rack position chart on page 17. Persona Injury Hazard Aways position oven rack(s) in desired ocation before turning oven on. Be sure the rack(s) is eve. f rack(s) must be moved whie oven is hot, use pothoders or oven mitts to protect hands. Faiure to foow the above precautions may resut in persona injury. 9

For best air circuation The hot air must circuate around the pans in the oven for even heat to reach a parts of the oven. This resuts in better baking. Pace the pans so that one is not directy over the other. Aow 1 12 to 2 inches (4-5 cm) of space around each pan and between pans and oven was. Use ony one cookie sheet in the oven at one time. Use the foowing as a guide to determine to pace the pans. One pan Pace in the center of the oven rack. Two pans Pace in opposite corners of the oven rack. where Three or four pans Pace in opposite corners on each oven rack. Stagger pans so no pan is directy over another. NOTE: Oven peeking may cause heat oss, onger cooking times and unsatisfactory baking or roasting resuts. Use a reiabe kitchen timer to keep track of the cooking time. Using auminum foi for baking Use auminum foi to catch spiovers from pies or casseroes. Pace the foi on the oven rack beow the rack with the food. The foi shoud have the edges turned up and be about 1 inch (3 cm) arger a around than the dish hoding the food. Do not cover the entire rack with auminum foi. It wi reduce air circuation and cause poor cooking resuts. Do not ine oven bottom or entire oven rack with foi or other iners. Poor baking wi resut. Eectrica Shock and Fire Hazard Do not aow foi to touch the heating eements because it wi damage them and coud resut in shock or fire hazard. 10

The eectronic oven contros Eectronic Cock Minute timer et disvw ret pad and off padr Oven I TemPedur; Eectronic Hour Minute StarV off! 8eactor pa& MEALTIMER PaA pa& enter CMCOI pa* contro pads pad pad There are two parts in the oven contro section: -The dispay -The command pads Instructions for the oven contro are covered on the foowing pages. Read them carefuy. When you first pug in the range, a time of day and PF wi show in the temperature dispay. f. after you set the cock (page 12) the dispay again shows PF, your eectricity was off for a whie. Reset the cock Dispay/cock When you are not using the oven, this is an accurate cock. When using the oven or Minute Timer, the dispay wi show the time, temperature settings and what command pads have been pressed. When showing the time of day, the dispay wi show the hour and minutes. When using the Minute Timer, the dispay shows minutes and seconds in the foowing sequence: For settings from -59 minutes, the dispay wi count down each second. For settings over 1 hour, the dispay wi count down each minute. When using Cook Time and/or Stop Time, the dispay shows hours and minutes. Command pads The command pads te the oven what to do and in what order. A few exampes: -Cock/Set tes the oven you are going to set the cock -Off/Cance tes the oven to turn off. Each command pad (except Off/Cance and Start/ Enter) has its own indicator. The indicator comes on when you touch the command pad. 11

Setting the cock 1. Push the Cock/Set pad. The coon fashes and TIME wi ight up in the dispay. 2. Use the Hour and Minute pads to set the time of day. Push the tp (A) or down (V) pad(s) unti the correct time shows in the dispay. 3. Push the Start/Enter pad. NOTE: f you do not want the cock time dispayed, push and hod the Cock/Set pad for 4 seconds. To dispay the cock time again, push the CocWSet pad once. Using the eectronic Minute Timer The Minute Timer does not start or stop the oven. t works ike a kitchen timer. t can be set in hours and minutes up to 11 hours, 59 minutes. The Minute Timer wi dispay minutes and seconds for settings under one hour. You wi hear four 1 -second tones when the set time is up. 1. Push the Timer Set pad. TIMER wi come on and the dispay wi show 0~00 wfth the coon fashing. 2. Use the Hour and Minute pads to set the desired time. Push the up (A) or down (r) pad(s) unti the correct time shows in the dispay. 12

3. Push the Start/Enter pad. The Minute Timer wi begin counting down immediatey after the timer is started. When time is up, End wi show in the arge dispay and you wi hear four e-second tones. You wi aso hear four I -second tones every minute unti you push one of the two Timer pads. NOTE: To disabe the reminder tones, push and hod the Timer Set pad for 4 seconds. To reactivate the tones, foow the same procedure. To cance the Minute Timer: Push the Timer Off pad. The time of day wi show in the dispay. Using the Off/Cance pad The Off/Cance pad wi cance any command pad except for the Timer Set pad. When the Off/ Cance pad is pushed, the dispay wi show the time of day or, if Minute Timer is aso being used, the time remaining. Audibe signas Audibe signas te you if a function is entered correcty or not. They aso te you when a cyce is competed. To shut off a signas except for the end-oftimer tone: 1. Press and hod the Stop Time pad for 4 seconds. 2. A short tone wi sound to te you the signas have been changed. Repeat the above steps to turn the signas back on. 13

Baking/roasting 1. Position the rack(s) propery before turning on the oven. To change rack position, ift rack at front and pu out. For further information, see Positioning racks and pans on page 9. 2. Push the Bake pad. 350 wi show in the sma dispay to indicate the preset temperature and BAKE wi ight up. 3. To cook at a different temperature, use the Temp pad(s). Push A to raise the temperature or V to ower the temperature in 5 F increments. Use these pads unti the desired temperature shows in the sma dispay. 4. Push the Start/Enter pad. Lo, HEAT and BAKE show in the dispay to indicate that the oven is preheating. The temperature wi increase in 5 increments. NOTE: The dispay wi show door and a tone wi sound once a minute for 5 minutes if the door is atched when you try to bake/roast. You can change the temperature setting any time after touching the Start/Enter pad without touching the Start/Enter pad again. 5. When baking, preheat the oven. (Preheating is not needed when roasting.) The oven is preheated when you hear a one-second tone and HEAT goes off. 6. Put food in the oven. During baking/roasting, the eements wi turn on and off to keep the oven temperature at the setting. NOTE: The top eement heps heat during baking/roasting, but does not turn red. 7. When baking/roasting is done, push the Off/ Cance pad. The time of day wi show in the dispay and a other dispays wi go off. 14

Adjusting the oven temperature contro Does your oven seem hotter or coder than your od oven? The temperature of your od oven may have shifted graduafy without you noticing the change. Your new oven is propery adjusted to provide accurate temperatures. But, when compared to your od oven, the new design may give you different resuts. ff, after using the oven for a period of time, you are not satisfied with the temperature settings, they can be adjusted by foowing these steps: 1. Push the Bake pad and hod for 4 seconds. The dispay wi show the current temperature offset, for exampe 00 if you have not previousy adjusted the temperature. 2. To adjust the temperature, use the Temp pad(s). Push A to raise the temperature or V to ower the temperature in 5 F increments. You can set the temperature change to as ow as -35 F or as high as +35 F. A minus (-) sign wi appear before the number when decreasing the temperature settingto show the oven wi be cooer by the dispayed amount. 3. After making the desired adjustment, push any command pad to enter the new offset temperature. 15

Broiing NOTE: Preheating is not necessary when broiing. 1. Position the rack before turning the oven on. See Broiing rack position chart on page 17. 2. Put the broier pan and food on the rack. 3. Cose the door to the Broi Stop position (open about 4 inches [ 10.2 cm]). The door wi stay open by itsef. 4. Push the Broi pad. The sma dispay wi show 500 and BROIL wi ight up. 5. Push the Start/Enter pad. HEAT, BROIL and 500 show in the dispay. NOTE: You can change the temperature setting any time after pushing the Start/Enter pad without pushing the Start/Enter pad again. 6. When broiing is done, push the Off/Cance pad. The time of day wi show in the dispay and a other dispays wi go off. To broi at a ower temperature: If food is cooking too fast, push the Broi pad and push the V Temp pad unti 325 shows in the sma dispay. If you want food to broi sower from the start, push the Broi pad and push the V Temp pad so a temperature between 170 F and 325 F (77 C and 163 C) shows in the sma dispay. These temperature settings aow the broi heating eement to cyce and to sow cooking. The ower the temperature, the sower the cooking. BROIL and HEAT wi ight up in the dispay. Fish and chicken are some foods that may cook better is you use ower broiing temperatures. NOTE: The door must be party open whenever the oven is being used to broi. Leaving the door open aows the oven to maintain proper temperatures. 16

Broiing rack position chart RACK POSKION FROM BOTOM TYPE OF FOOD/ DONENESS Quicky searing food, rare steaks Medium steaks and patties, ham sices, fish steaks, frankfurters Wedone steaks and patties, amb chops, spit chicken, pork steaks and chops, whoe fish Broiing tips Use the broier pan and grid for broiing. They are designed to drain excess iquid and fat away from the cooking surface to hep prevent spatter, smoke or fire. Refer to a broiing chart in a reiabe cookbook for correct broiing times. After broiing, remove the broier pan from the oven when you remove the food. Drippings wi bake on the pan if it is eft in the heated oven. Energy saving tips Afthough the energy used for cooking is usuay a very sma percentage of the tota energy used in the home, cooking energy can be used efficienty. Here are some tips to hep you conserve energy when using your cooking product. Use pans with fat bottoms, straight sides and tight-fitting ids. Match the pan to the surface unit size. Cook with a minimum of iquid or fat to hep shorten cooking time. Preheat pans ony when recommended and for the shortest time possibe. Start food on higher heat settings, then set surface unit contro on ow or off to finish cooking. Use retained heat for cooking when possibe. Fre Hazard Pace meat the correct distance from the eement. Meat paced too cose to the eement may spatter, smoke, burn or catch fire during broiing. To ensure adequate grease drainage, do not use cookie sheets or simiar pans for broiing. Aso, covering the broier grid with foi is not recommended. Poor drainage of grease may resut in fire. ff foi is used, cut sits in foi to correspond with a openings in broier grid. Grease can then drain away and coo in pan. Use the more efficient surface units instead of the oven when possibe. Turn on the surface unit ony after pacing fied pan on the unit. Oven peeking may cause heat oss, onger cooking times and unsatisfactory baking resuts. Rey on your timer. Bake cakes, pies or cookies when oven is warm. Best time is after a mea has been cooked in it. Preheat the oven no onger than necessary. Pan your meas for the most efficient use of the range. When using the oven to cook one food, try to cook the rest of the mea in it aso. Do not preheat when broiing, roasting or cooking items such as casseroes. 17

Using the eectronic MEALTIMER contro The eectronic MEALTIMER contro wi turn the oven on and off at times you set... even when you are not around. Automatic baking/roasting is idea for foods which do not require a preheated oven, such as meats and casseroes. Do not use the automatic cyce for cakes, cookies, etc.... undercooking wi resut. This section instructs you in two methods of starting baking/roasting now and stopping automaticay ater, and three methods of starting and stopping baking/roasting automaticay. Read this section carefuy to determine which method(s) is best for you. To start baking/roasting now and stop automaticay Method -Using Cook Time: 1. Position the oven rack(s) propery and put food in the oven. 2. Make sure the cock is set to the correct time of day. (See Setting the cock on page 12.) 3. Push the Bake pad to enter the Bake mode. Use the Temp pad(s) to set the desired temperature. Push A to raise the temperature or I to ower the temperature in 5 F increments. Use these pads unti the desired temperature shows in the sma dispay. After you have set the desired temperature, the dispay wi show the set temperature and the time of day. BAKE wi ight up. 4. Push the Cook Time pad. 0:OO with the coon fashing and COOK TIME wi show in the dispay. 5. Use the Hour and Minute pads to set the desired cooking time. Push the up (A) or udown (V) pad(s) unti the correct time shows in the dispay. This exampe shows a desired baking/roasting time of 30 minutes. 13

6. Push the Start/Enter pad. IO, HEAT, BAKE, TIMED and the set cook time wi show in the dispay to indicate that the oven is heating. NOTE: The dispay wi show doof and a tone wi sound once a minute for 5 minutes if the door is atched when you try to bake/roast. You can change the temperature or time settings any time after pushing the Start/Enter pad without pushing the Start/Enter pad again. 7. The dispay wi count down the baking/ roasting time in minutes. 6. When the baking roasting time is competed, the oven wi turn off automaticay, beep four times and End wi show in the dispay. You wi aso hear four 1 -second tones every minute unti you push the Off/Cance pad. NOTE: To disabe reminder tones, push and hod the Cook Time pad for 4 seconds. To reactivate tones, repeat this procedure. To cance the MEALTIMER contro setting: Push the Off/Cance pad to return the dispay to the time of day. Method Z-Using Stop Time: 1. Position the oven rack(s) propery and put food in the oven. 2. Make sure the cock is set to the correct time of day. (See Setting the cocc on page 12.) 3. Push the Bake pad to enter the Bake mode. Use the Temp pad(s) to set the desired temperature. Push A to raise the temperature or V to ower the temperature in 5 F increments. Use these pads unti the desired temperature shows in the sma dispay. After you have set the desired temperature, the dispay wi show the set temperature and the time of day. BAKE wi ight up. 19

4. Push the Stop Time pad. The time of day with the coon fashing and STOP TIME wi show in the dispay. 5. Use the Hour and Minute pads to set the desired stop time. Push the up (A) or down (V) pad(s) unti the correct time shows in the dispay. This exampe shows a desired stop time of 2 o cock. This provides a e-hour cook time (the difference between the time of day and the stop time). 6. Push the Start/Enter pad. Lo, HEAT, TIMED and BAKE wi ight up in the dispay to indicate that the oven is heating. NOTE: The dispay wi show door and a tone wi sound once a minute for 5 minutes if the door is atched when you try to bake/roast. You can change the temperature or time settings any time after pushing the Start/Enter pad without pushing the Start/Enter pad again. 7. The dispay wi count down the baking/ roasting time in minutes. 6. When the baking/roasting time is competed, the oven wi turn off automaticay, beep four times and End wi show in the dispay. You wi aso hear four 1 -second tones every minute unti you push the Off/Cance pad. NOTE: To disabe reminder tones, push and hod the Cook Time pad for 4 seconds. To reactivate tones, repeat this procedure. To cance the MEALTIMER contro setting: Push the Off/Cance pad to return the dispay to the time of day. To deay start and stop automaticay Method -Using Cook Time and Start Time: 1. Position the oven rack(s) propery and put food in the oven. 2. Make sure the cock is set to the correct time of day. (See Setting the cock on page 12.) 20

3. Push the Bake pad to enter the Bake mode. Use the Temp pad(s) to set the desired temperature. Push A to raise the temperature or V to ower the temperature in 5 F increments. Use these pads unti the desired temperature shows in the sma dispay. After you have set the desired temperature, the dispay wi show the set temperature and the time of day. BAKE wi ight up. 4. Push the Cook Time pad. WOO with the coon fashing and COOK TIME wi show in the dispay. 5. Use the Hour and Minute pads to set the desired cooking time. Push the up (A) or down (V) pad(s) unti the correct time shows in the dispay. This exampe shows a desired baking/roasting time of 30 minutes. 6. Push the Deay Start Time pad. The time of day with the coon fashing wi show in the dispay and START TIME wi ight up. 7. Use the Hour and Minute pads to set the desired start time. Push the up (A) or down (V) pad(s) unti the correct time shows in the dispay. This exampe shows a desired start time of 2 o cock. The oven wi automaticay shut off at 2:30 (the set start time pus the set cook time). 21

6. Push the Start/Enter pad. DELAY and BAKE wi ight up in the dispay to indicate that the oven is programmed to start at a ater time. NOTE: The dispay wi show door and a tone wi sound once a minute for 5 minutes if the door s atched when you try to bake/ roast. You can change the temperature or time settings any time after pushing the Start/Enter pad without pushing the Start/Enter pad again. 9. When the start time is reached, a one-second tone wi sound and DELAY wi go off. The dispay wi show the set cook time. Lo, HEAT, TIMED and BAKE wi ight up in the dispay to show that the oven is heating. The dispay wi count down the baking/roasting time in minutes. 10. When the bakfng/roasting time is corqeted, the oven wi turn off automaticay, beep four times and End wi show in the dispay. You wi aso hear four 1 -second tones every minute unti you push the Off/Cance pad. NOTE: To disabe reminder tones, push and hod the Cook Time pad for 4 seconds. To reactivate tones, repeat this procedure. To cance the MEALTMER,contro setting: Push the Off/Cance pad to return the dispay to the time of day. Method 2-Using Start Time and Stop Time: 1. Position the oven rack(s) propery and put food in the oven. 2. Make sure the cock is set to the correct time of day. (See setting the cock on page 12.1 3. Push the Bake pad to enter the Bake mode. Use the Temp pad(s) to set the desired temperature. Push A to raise the temperature or V to ower the temperature in 5 F increments. Use these pads unti the desired temperature shows in the sma dispay. After you have set the desired temperature, the dispay wi show the set temperature and the time of day. BAKE wi ight up. 22

4. Push the Deay Start Time pad. The time of day with the coon fashing wi show in the dispay and START TIME wi ight up. 5. Use the Hour and Minute pads to set the desired start time. Push the up (A) or down (V) pad(s) unti the correct time shows in the dispay. This exampe 2 o cock. shows a desired start time of 6. Push the Stop Time pad. The time of day with the coon fashing wi show in the dispay and STOP TIME wi ight up. 7. Use the Hour and Minute pads to set the desired stop time. Push the up (A) or down (V) pad(s) unti the correct time shows in the dispay. This exampe shows a desired stop time of 2:30. This provides a cook time of 30 minutes (the difference between the start and stop times). NOTE: If you do not set a stop time, the coon wi fash in the dispay and STOP and COOK wi fash aternatey to remind you to program a stop time or a cook time. (See page 20 for instructions on how to set deay start and stop automaticay using Cook Time and Start Time.) 8. Push the Start/Enter pad. DELAY and BAKE wi ight up in the dispay to indicate that the oven is programmed to start at a ater time. NOTE: The dispay wi show door and a tone wi sound once a minute for 5 minutes if the door is atched when you try to bake/ roast. You can change the temperature or time settings any time after pushing the Start/ Enter pad without pushing the Start/Enter pad again. 23

9. When the start time is reached, a one-second tone wi sound and DELAY wi go off. The dispay wi show the set cook time. Lo, HEAT, TIMED and BAKE wi ight up in the dispay to show that the oven is heating. The dispay wi count down the bakingroasting time in minutes. 10. When the baking roasting time is competed, the oven wi turn off automaticay, beep four times and End wi show in the dispay. You wi aso hear four 1 -second tones every minute unti you push the Off/Cance pad. NOTE: To disabe reminder tones, push and hod the Cook Time pad for 4 seconds. To reactivate tones, repeat this procedure. To cance the MEALTIMER contro settng: Push the Off/Cance pad to return the dispay to the time of day. Method 3-Using Cook Time and Stop Time: 1. Position the oven rack(s) propery and put food in the oven. 2. Make sure the cock is set to the correct time of day. (See Setting the cock on page 12.) 3. Push the Bake pad to enter the Bake mode. Use the Temp pad(s) to set the desired temperature. Push A to raise the temperature or V to ower the temperature in 5 F increments. Use these pads unti the desired temperature shows in the sma dispay. After you have set the desired temperature, the dispay wi show the set temperature and the time of day. BAKE wi ight up. 4. Push the Cook Time pad. 0:OO with the coon fashing and COOK TIME wi show in the dispay. 24

5. Use the Hour and Minute pads to set the desired cooking time. Push the up (A) or down (r) pad(s) unti the correct time shows in the dispay. 6. Push the Stop Time pad. The time of day with the coon fashing wi show in the dispay and STOP TIME wi ight up. 7. Use the Hour and Minute pads to set the desired stop time. Push the up (A) or down (V) pad(s) unti the correct time shows in the dispay. This exampe shows a desired stop time of 230. The oven wi automaticay start cooking at 2:00 (the set stop time minus the set cook time). 6. Push the Start/Enter pad. DELAY and BAKE wi ight up in the dispay to indicate that tfie oven is programmed to start at a ater time. NOTE: The dispay wi show door and a tone wi sound once a minute for 5 minutes if the door is atched when you try to bake/ roast. You can change the temperature or time settings any time after pushing the Start/Enter pad without pushing the Stan/Enter pad again. 9. When the start time is reached, a one-second tone wi sound and DELAY wi go off. The dispay wi show the set cook time. Lo, HEAT, TIMED and BAKE wi ight up in the dispay to show that the oven is heating. The dispay wi count down the baking/roasting time in minutes. 25

10. When the baking roasting time is competed, the oven wi turn off automaticaiy, beep four times and End wi show in the dispay. You wi aso hear four 1 -second tones every minute unti you push the Off/Cance pad. NOTE: To disabe reminder tones, push and hod the Cook Time pad for 4 seconds. To reactivate tones, repeat this procedure. To cance the MEALTIMER contro setting: Push the Off/Cance pad to return the dispay to the time of day. To avoid &knees and food waste when using the MEALTIMEFP contro: Do not et most UNFROZEN food stand for more than two hours before cooking starts. Do not aow food to remain in oven for more than two hours after the end of cooking cyce. NOTE: Do not use foods that wi spoi whie waiting for cooking to start. Such foods are: dishes with mik or eggs, cream soups and cooked meats or fish. Aso, foods containing baking powder or yeast wi not rise propery when cooked using deay start. The oven vent Hot air and moisture escape from the oven through a vent on the backguard beow the contro pane. The vent is needed for air circuation. Do not bock the vent. Poor baking/roasting can resutt. Ovin vent 26

The storage drawer The storage drawer is for storing pots and pans. The drawer can be removed to make it easier to cean under the range. Use care when handing the drawer. Removing the storage drawer: 1. Empty drawer of any pots and pans before removing drawer. Pu drawer straight out to the first stop. Lift front and pu out to the second stop. 2. Lii back sighty and side drawer a the way out. Repacing the storage drawer: 1. Pii ends of drawer side rais into the drawer guides on both sides of opening. 2. Lii drawer front and push in unti meta stops on drawer side rais cear white stops on drawer guides. Lii drawer front again to cear second stop and side drawer cosed. The anti-tip bracket The range wi not tip during norma use. However, tipping can occur if excessive force or weight is appied to the open door without the anti-tip bracket propery secured. To verify the anti-tip bracket ir engaged: Look to see if the anti-tip bracket is attached with screws to the wa behind the contro pane. Make sure the cabe tether on the back of the range is secured by the two hooks on the bracket. See Instaation Instructions for further detais. Optiona door pane pat f you woud ike to change the coor of your oven door gass to white or amond, you can order one of these kits: White (Kii No. 814069) Amond (Kit No. 814070) from your Whirpoo Deaer. The kiis incude easy instaation instructions. 27

UsingheSefCeaning Cyce In This Section Paw How the cyce works................................. 28 Setting the contros.......................................... 29 Before you dart......i... 28 Specd tipm... 31 Pew The Sef-Ceaning cyce saves you from the toi and mess that often come with hand-ceaning the oven interior. Like the other functions of your range, the Sef-Ceaning cyce is operated with the easy-to-use eectronic contros. Pease review the instructions in this section to keep your oven spotess. i. How the cyce works The SetMeaning cyce uses very high heat to bum away soi and grease. During the cyce, the oven gets much hotter than does for norma baking or broiing-approximatey 875 F (468%). This high heat breaks up the soi or grease and bums it away. Your oven is preset for a 3-hour Sef-Ceaning cyce. However, the cyce time can be adjusted to the amount of soi in your oven. The cyce can be set anywhere between 2 and 4 hours. (See Setting the contros on page 29.) The graph at the right is representative of a norma, &hour Sef-Ceaning cyce. Note that the heating stops when the 3-hour setting is up, but it takes onger for the oven to coo enough to unock Before you start Before you start the Sef-Ceaning cyce, make sure you: 1. Hand-cean the indicated areas. They do not get hot enough during the ceaning cyce for soi to burn away. Use hot water and detergent or a soapy stee-woo pad for ceaning. NOTE: DO NOT cean, move or bend the sea. Poor ceaning, baking and roasting may resut. 1 I- e STAR-r 1 876-F (4wc) ove marroff -u- Trrm I, Houm Hand-cean frame a STOP Hand-cean door 28

2. Remove the broier pan grid and any pots and pans being stored in the oven. NOTE: The broier pan (without grid) can be ceaned in the oven if most of the soi is removed first by handceaning or a dishwasher. f most of the soi is not removed, excess nre smoking wi occur. The chrome broier pan grid wi discoor if ceaned in the Setf-Ceaning cyce. 3. wipe out any oose soi or grease. This wi hep reduce smoke during the ceaning cyce. 4. Remove the oven racks from the oven if you want them to remain shiny. f the oven racks are ceaned in the Sef-Ceaning cyce, pace them on the 2nd and 4th rack guides. (Guides are counted from bottom to top.) NOTE: If oven racks are ceaned in the Sef- Ceaning cyce, they wi become harder to side. Heat and odors are norma during the Se- Ceaning cyce. f needed, remove them by opening a window or by turning on a vent hood or other kitchen vent during the cyce. Penona Injury and Product Damage Hazard Do not touch the oven during the Sef- Ceaning cyce. t coud bum you. Do not use commercia oven ceaners in your oven. Ceaners may produce hazardous fumes or damage the porceain finish. Do not eave foi in the oven during the Sef- Ceaning cyce. Foi can burn or met and damage the oven surface. NOTE: Do not force the Lock Lever. You coud bend or break it. The ever is designed to stay ocked unti the oven is coo enough to safey open. Wait unti it moves freey. Do not bock the vent during the Seff-Ceaning cyce. Air must move freey for best ceaning resuhs. Do not eave pastic utensis near the vent. They may met. Setting the contros 1. Make sure the cock is set to the correct time of day. (See Setting the cock on page 12.) 2. Move the Lock Lever a the way to the rightthe Cean position. 3. To stati ceaning immediatey: Push the Cean pad. A 3-hour Sef-Ceaning cyce wi be set automaticay. 3:OO with the coon fashing wi show in the arge dispay and cn wi show in the sma dispay. TIME CLEAN (on right side) and CLEAN (on eft side) wi ight up. 29

If a ceaning cyce other than 3 hours is desired, use the Hour and Minute pads to set the desired ceaning time. Push the up (A) or down (V) pad(s) unti a time between 2-4 hours shows in the dispay. Use 2 hours for ight soi. Use 3-4 hours for moderate to heavy soi. Push the Start/Enter pad. TIMED and HEAT wi ight up in the dispay to indicate that the oven is programmed for the Sef-Ceaning cyce. NOTE: The dispay wi show door and a tone wi sound once a minute for 5 minutes if the door is not atched. Skip to Step 6. 4. To deay the start using Stop Time: Push the Cean pad. Push the Stop Time pad. STOP, TIME, CLEAN and cn wi ight up. Use the Hour and Minute pads to set the desired stop time. Push the up (A) or down (V) pad(s) unti the correct time shows in the dispay. The oven wi automaticay compute the deay start time by subtracting the set ceaning time from the set stop time. Push the Start/Enter pad. DELAY, CLEAN and the time of day wi ight up in the dispay to indicate that the oven is programmed to start the Sef-Ceaning cyce at a ater time. Skip to Step 6. 5. To deay the start using Start Time: Push the Cean pad. Push the Deay Start Time pad. START, TIME, CLEAN and cn wi ight up. Use the Hour and Minute pads to set the desired start time. Push the up (A) or down (V) pad(s) unti the correct time shows in the dispay. Push the Start/Enter pad. DELAY, CLEAN and the time of day wi ight up in the dispay to indicate that the oven is programmed to start the Sef-Ceaning cyce at a ater time. After the start time has been set, the arge dispay wi go back to showing the current time of day. DELAY and CLEAN wi stay on. When the start time is reached, DELAY wi go off, TIMED wi ight up and the oven wi start to cean. 30

6. After the Sef-Ceaning cyce is eta&d, LOCKED ights up in the dispay when the oven temperature exceeds norma baking/ roasting temperatures. The Lock Lever must not be moved and the door cannot be opened when LOCKED is on. 7. After the Sef-Ceaning cyce Is competed, the time of day wi show in the dispay. 8. When the oven reaches norma baking/ roaetng temperatures, LOCKED goes off and End and CLEAN TIME come on. Move the Lock Lever back to the eft. DC NOT FORCE IT. Wait unti it moves easiy. To stop the Sef-Ceaning cyce at any time: 1. Push the Off/Cance pad. 2. When LOCKED goes off, move the Lock Lever back to the eft. DO NOT FORCE ft. Wait unti it moves easiy. Specia tips Keep the kitchen we ventiated during the Sef- Ceaning cyce to hep get rid of heat, odors and smoke. After the oven is coo, wipe up any residue or ash with a damp coth. Cean the oven before it gets heaviy soied. Ceaning a very soied oven takes onger and resuts in more smoke than usua. f the Sef-Ceaning cyce does not get the oven as cean as you expected, the cyce may not have been set ong enough or you may not have prepared the oven propery. Set the Seif- Ceaning cyce onger the next time and handcean areas noted on page 28. 31

Caring ForYour In This Section Page Ceaning the cooktop....................................... 32 Ceaning other range parts._._... 34 Range Page The ight bubs.................................................. 35 Your range is designed for ease of care. Most ceaning can be done with items found around your home. Ceaning your range whenever spis or soiing occurs wi hep to keep it ooking and operating ike new. Burn and Eectrica Shock Hazard Make sure a contros are off and the range is coo before ceaning or servicing. Faiure to do so coud resut in burns or eectrica shock. Ceaning the cooktop This cooktop is designed for easy care. However, ceramic cooktops need to be maintained differenty than standard eectric open-coi eements. Foods spied directy on the cooktop wi not burn off as on open-coi eements. Because of this, the surface shoud be dust-free and soi-free before heating. Your cooktop has been prepoished at the factory for improved protection and ceanabiity. The Cooktop Poishing Creme (incuded with your unit), paper towes or a sponge, and the razor scraper incuded with your range is a you need to cean your cooktop. For proper ceaning methods, pease review Ceaning tips on page 33. Foow them after each use to ensure top performance and to preserve that uniquey eegant ook. 32

Persona InJury Hazard When removing heavy or sugary spis from the hot cooktop, wear oven mitts. Do not use cooktop ceaner on a hot cooktop. The ceaner may produce hazardous fumes or damage the cooktop. Do not use the range if the cooktop is cracked or broken. Faiure to foow these instructions can resut in persona injury. To avoid damagng the cooktop. foow these Instructions: Remove sugary spis before cooktop coos to prevent pitting. DO NOT USE THE COOKTOP AS A CUTTING BOARD. Do not aow anything that may met (such as pastic or auminum foi) to come in contact with the surface whie it is hot. Do not use the ceramic cooktop to cook popcorn that comes in prepackaged auminum containers. The container can eave auminum marks on the cooktop that cannot be competey removed. Do not use stee woo, pastic ceaning pads, abrasive powdered ceansers, chorine beach, rust remover, ammonia or gass ceaning products with ammonia. These coud damage the cooktop surface. Dropping heavy or hard objects on the cooktop can crack it. Be carefu with heavy skiets. Do not store jars or cans above the cooktop. Ceaning What to use: tips Cooktop Poishing Creme with paper towe or cean, damp spong+ncuded with your @.!his crerne has been deveoped especiay._. Or ceaning and protecting your cookop. When using, foow instructions on container. Razor scraper-use to remove cooked-on sois from your ceramic cooktop. Razor bades wi not scratch your cooktop. Store razor bades out of reach of chidren. NOTE: For more information on using the razor scraper, see back of scraper package. steps to foow: 1. Most spis can be wiped off easiy using a paper towe or cean, damp sponge as soon as Hot Surface Indicator Light(s) go off. 2. Rub Cooktop Poishing Creme into cooked-on soi using a paper towe. if some soi remains, eave some creme on the spot(s) and foow step 3. 3. Carefuy scrape spots with the razor scraper. 4. Finish by poishing entire cooktop with Cooktop Poishing Crerne and a paper towe. Additiona tips: Sugar spis and ros (such as jeies and candy syrups) can cause pitting on the cooktop if not removed whie the ceramic surface Is sti warm, Remove as soon as possibe after the spi occurs. Remove dark streaks, specks and dscooraton with Cooktop Poishing Creme. Remove meta marks (from copper or auminum pans) with Cooktop Poishing Creme before heating the cooktop again. If heated before ceaning, meta marks may not come off. Tiny scratches or abrasions do not affect cooking. In time, these wi become ess visibe as a resut of ceaning. To prevent scratches and abrasions, use Cooktop Poishing Creme reguary. Nonabrasve ceanser with damp paper towe or sponge can be used as an aternative method for removing cooked-on sois. Aways rinse and dy your cooktop thoroughy after using ceanser to prevent streaking or staining. Make sure bottoms of pans are cean and dry before using. Avoid spiovers. Use pans with ta sides. Do not cook food directy on ceramic cooktop. To obtain order information for Cooktop Poishing Crerns (Part No. 3184477) or razor scraper (Part No. 3183488). write to: Whirpoo Corporation Attention: ~~~._... Customer.-. Service Dept. 1900 Whirpoo Drive LaPorte, IN 46350 OR Ca -800-253-1301 to order. You must have a major credit card to order by phone. 33