Whirlpool Microwave Oven ACM0860AB User Manual

Microwave Oven
Owners Manual
Electric Microwave
Keep instructions for future reference. 
Be sure manual stays with oven.Contents
Important Safety Instructions ................................................................2-4
Installation ................................................................................................5
Other Helpful Information ......................................................................6-7
Cooking Utensils...

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
What You Need 
to Know About 
Safety Instructions
Warning and Important Safety In-
structions appearing in this manual
are not meant to cover all possible
conditions and situations that may
occur. Common sense, caution, and
care must be exercised when
installing, maintaining, or operating
microwave.
Always contact your dealer, distribu-
tor, service agent, or manufacturer
about problems or conditions you do
not understand.
Recognize Safety Symbols, Words, Labels
DANGER...

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID
POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO
EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE
ENERGY
A.DO NOTattempt to operate this oven with the
door open since open door operation can result
in harmful exposure to microwave energy. It is
important not to defeat or tamper with the safe-
ty interlocks.
B.DO NOTplace any object between the oven
front face and the door to allow soil or cleaner
residue to accumulate on sealing surfaces.
C.DO NOToperate the oven if it is damaged. It is
particularly...

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
Recognize this symbol as a SAFETY message
When using electrical microwave, basic safety precautions should be followed to reduce risk of burns, electric
shock, fire, or injury to persons or exposure to excessive microwave energy.
WARNING
1.READall instructions before using the appliance.
2.READ AND FOLLOWthe specific 
PRECAU-
TIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO
EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE ENERGYin IMPOR-
TANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS.
3. This appliance MUST BE...

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Installation
➣To avoid risk of electrical
shock or death, this oven
must be grounded.
➣To avoid risk of electrical
shock or death, do not alter
the plug.
WARNING
Grounding Instructions
Oven MUST be grounded.
Grounding reduces risk of electric
shock by providing an escape wire
for the electric current if an electrical
short occurs. This oven is equipped
with a cord having a grounding wire
with a grounding plug. The plug must
be plugged into an outlet that is prop-
erly installed and grounded. 
Consult a...

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Other Helpful Information
GETTING THE BEST
RESULTS FROM YOUR
MICROWAVE OVEN
Keep an eye on things. The
instructions in this book have
been formulated with great care,
but your success in preparing food
depends, of course, on how much
attention you pay to the food as it
cooks. Always watch your food while
it cooks. Your microwave oven is
equipped with a light that turns on
automatically when the oven is in
operation so that you can see inside
and check the progress of your
recipe. Directions given in...

7 Standing time:Foods are often
allowed to stand for 3 to 10 minutes
after being removed from the
microwave oven. Usually the foods
are covered during standing time to
retain heat unless they are supposed
to be dry in texture (some cakes and
biscuits, for example). Standing
allows foods to finish cooking and
also helps flavors to blend and devel-
op.
HOW FOOD
CHARACTERISTICS
AFFECT MICROWAVE
COOKING
Density of foods:Light, porous food
like cakes and breads cook more
quickly than heavy, dense foods such...

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Cooking Utensils
To avoid risk of personal injury or property damage, do not use stoneware, aluminum foil, metal utensils, or metal
trimmed utensils in the oven.
CAUTION
MICROWAVE-SAFE
UTENSILS
Never use metal or metal-trimmed
utensils in your microwave oven:
Microwaves cannot penetrate metal.
They will bounce off any metal object
in the oven and cause arcing, an
alarming phenomenon that resem-
bles lightning. Most heat-resistant
non-metallic cooking utensils are
safe for use in your microwave oven....

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Feature Diagram
Your oven will be packed with the fol-
lowing materials:
Glass Turntable ......................1 each
Owners Manual and
Cooking Guide ........................1 each
Rotating Ring ..........................1 each
This microwave oven is designed for
household use only. It is not recom-
mended for commercial purposes
and will void the warranty.
Control Panel
NOTE:A beep sounds when a pad on the control panel is touched, to indicate setting has been entered. 

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Operating Instructions
SETTING CLOCK
When your oven is plugged in for the
first time or when power resumes
after a power interruption, the num-
bers in the display reset to “:”.
NOTE:You can select AM or PM by
touching CLOCKpad alternately.
EASY COOK
A time-saving pad, this simplified
control lets you quickly set and start
microwave cooking without the need
to touch START.
NOTE:If you touch EASY COOK, it
will add 30 seconds up to 3 minutes
30 seconds; after 3 minutes will add
1 minute up to 99 minutes...