LG MC2881SUS Owner’s Manual

OWNER’S MANUAL

MICROWAVE/GRILL/CONVECTION

CAUTION

Please read this owner's manual thoroughly before operating. The manufacturers are not
liable for any problems caused by the user's failure to observe these instructions.

MC2881SUS

P/No.: MFL63289512 (00)

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Precautions

Precautions to avoid possible exposure to excessive microwave energy.

You cannot operate your oven with the door open due to the safety interlocks
built into the door mechanism. These safety interlocks automatically switch off
any cooking activity when the door is opened; which in the case of a
microwave oven could result in harmful exposure to microwave energy.

It is important not to tamper with the safety interlocks.

Do not place any object between the oven front face and the door or allow
food or cleaner residue to accumulate on sealing surfaces.

Do not operate your oven if it is damaged. It is particularly important that the
oven door closes properly and that there is no damage to the: (1) door(bent),
(2) hinges and latches (broken or loosened), (3) door seals and sealing
surfaces.

Your oven should not be adjusted or repaired by anyone except qualified
service personnel.

When heating liquids, e.g. soups, sauces and beverages in your microwave
oven, delayed eruptive boiling can occur without evidence of bubbling. This
could result in a sudden boil over of the hot liquid. To prevent this possibility
the following steps should be taken:

1 Avoid using straight sided containers with narrow necks.

2 Do not overheat.

3 Stir the liquid before placing the container in the oven and again halfway

through the heating time.

4 After heating, allow to stand in the oven for a short time, stir or shake

them(especially the contents of feeding bottles and baby food jars) again
carefully and check the temperature of them before consumption to avoid
burns (especially, contents of feeding bottles and baby food jars).
Be careful when handling the container.

WARNING WARNING

Please ensure cooking times are correctly set as

over cooking may result in the FOOD catching fire

and subsequent damage to your oven.

Always allow food to stand after being cooked by

microwaves and check the temperature of them

before consumption. Especially contents of feeding

bottles and baby food jars.

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Contents

How the Microwave Function Works

Microwaves are a form of energy similar to radio and television waves and
ordinary daylight. Normally, microwaves spread outwards as they travel
through the atmosphere and disappear without effect. Microwave ovens,
however, have a magnetron which is designed to make use of the energy in
microwaves. Electricity, supplied to the magnetron tube, is used to created
microwave energy.

These microwaves enter the cooking area through openings inside the oven.
A turntable or tray is located at the bottom of the oven. Microwaves cannot
pass through metal walls of the oven, but they can penetrate such materials
as glass, porcelain and paper, the materials out of which microwave-safe
cooking dishes are constructed.

Microwaves do not heat cookware, though cooking vessels will eventually
get hot from the heat generated by the food.

A very safe appliance

Your microwave oven is one of the safest of all home

appliances. When the door is opened, the oven

automatically stops producing microwaves. Microwave

energy is converted completely to heat when it enters

food, leaving no “left over” energy to harm you when

you eat your food.

Precautions ............................................................................2

Contents ...............................................................................3

Unpacking & Installing ............................................................4 ~ 5

Method To Use Accessories As Per Mode ..................................6

Child Lock .............................................................................7

Quick Start ............................................................................8

Micro Power Cooking .............................................................9

Micro Power Level ..................................................................10

Grill Cooking.........................................................................11

Grill Combination Cooking .....................................................12

Convection Preheat ................................................................13

Convection Cooking ...............................................................14

Convection Combination Cooking ............................................15

Various Cook Functions ..........................................................16

Indian Rasoi ..........................................................................17

Nutri Care ............................................................................18

24 Hours ..............................................................................19

Baker’s Basket .......................................................................20

Just 4 U .................................................................................21

Utility Corner .........................................................................22

Rotisserie Installation ..............................................................23

Important safety instructions

Read carefully and keep for future reference ..............................24 ~ 25

Microwave-safe Utensils ..........................................................26

Food characteristics & Microwave cooking ...............................27 ~ 28

Questions & Answers ..............................................................29

Plug wiring information/Technical Specifications .......................30

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Unpacking &

Installing

By following the basic steps on these two pages you will be able to quickly check that your oven is
operating correctly. Please pay particular attention to the guidance on where to install your oven. When
unpacking your oven make sure you remove all accessories and packing. Check to make sure that your
oven has not been damaged during delivery.

Unpack your oven and place it on a flat level surface.

ROTISSERIE BAR

HANDLE

GRILL RACK

(HIGH RACK)

CONVECTION RACK

(LOW RACK)

GLASS TRAY

ROTISSERIE BAR

MULTICOOK TAWA ROTATING RING

Place the oven in the level location of your choice with

more than 85cm height but make sure there is at least
20cm of space on the top and 10cm at the rear for proper
ventilation. The front of the oven should be at least 8cm from the
edge of the surface to prevent tipping.
An exhaust outlet is located on top or side of the oven. Blocking
the outlet can damage the oven.

* THIS OVEN SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL

CATERING PURPOSES

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Plug your oven into a
standard household

socket. Make sure your

oven is the only appliance
connected to the socket. If your

oven does not operate properly,
unplug it from the electrical
socket and then plug it back in.

Open your oven door

by pulling the DOOR

HANDLE.

Place the ROTATING RING inside
the oven and place the GLASS
TRAY on top.

Fill a microwave safe

container with 300 ml

1

/2 pint) of water.

(
Place on the GLASS TRAY and
close the oven door. If you have
any doubts about what type of
container to use please refer to
page 26.

Press the STOP/
CLEAR button, and

press the START/Add 30 secs
button one time to
set 30 seconds of
cooking time.
You will hear a
BEEP each time you
press the button. Your oven will
start before you have finished
the sixth press; don’t worry this is
normal.

The DISPLAY will

count down from 30
seconds. When it reaches 0 it
will sound BEEPS. Open the oven
door and test the temperature of
the water.
If your oven is operating the
water should be warm. Be careful

when removing the container it
may be hot.

YOUR OVEN IS NOW INSTALLED

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The contents of feeding bottles and baby food
jars shall be stirred or shaken and the temperature

checked before consumption, in order to avoid burns.

Method To Use Accessories As Per Mode

Microwave Grill Convection Grill Combi Conv combi

High rack

Low rack

Glass tray

Multi Cook Tawa

Rotisserie Bar

Multi cook Tawa

& Rack

Caution : Do not operate Multicook tawa + Rack empty and Rotisserie bar (without food) in combi mode.
Caution : Use accessories in accordance with cooking guides!

Caution : Do not wash the multi cook tawa with rough or sharp material.

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Acceptable
Not Acceptable

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Child

Lock

Your oven has a safety feature that
prevents accidental running of the oven.
Once the child lock is set, you will be
unable to use any functions and no
cooking can take place.
However your child can still open the
oven door.

Press and hold STOP/CLEAR until "L" appears on the display and BEEP
sounds.
The CHILD LOCK is now set.

To cancel CHILD LOCK press and hold STOP/CLEAR until "L" disappears.
You will hear BEEP when it’s released.

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Quick

Start

In the following example I will show you how to set 2 minutes of cooking on 900 W power.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

The QUICK START feature allows you to
set 30 seconds intervals of HIGH power
cooking with a touch of the

START/Add 30 secs button.

Don't Use

MULTICOOK TAWA

GRILL RACK

(HIGH RACK)

ROTISSERIE

CONVECTION RACK

(LOW RACK)

Press START/Add 30 secs four times to select 2 minutes on 900W power.
Your oven will start before you have finished the fourth press.

During QUICK START cooking, you can extend the cooking time up to
99 minutes 59 seconds by turning the

Time/Weight dial.

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In the following example I will show you how to cook some food on 80 % power for 5 minutes and 30 seconds.

Make sure that you have correctly installed your oven as described
earlier in this book.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Micro Power

Cooking

Your oven has five microwave Power settings.

POWER

HIGH
MEDIUM HIGH
MEDIUM
MEDIUM LOW
LOW

Don't Use

MULTICOOK TAWA

GRILL RACK

(HIGH RACK)

% Power Output

100 % 900 W

80 % 720 W

60 % 540 W

40 % 360 W

20 % 180 W

ROTISSERIE

CONVECTION RACK

(LOW RACK)

Press Micro two times.
It will show 720 .

Turn Time/Weight dial until display shows “5:30”.

Press START/Add 30 secs.

When cooking you can increase or decrease cooking time by turning

Time/Weight dial.

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Micro Power

Level

Your microwave oven is equipped with 5 power levels to give you maximum flexibility and control
over cooking.
The table below shows the examples of food and their recommended cooking power levels for use
with this microwave oven.

POWER LEVEL USE

HIGH

MEDIUM HIGH

MEDIUM

MEDIUM LOW

LOW

* Boil Water
* Brown minced beef
* Cook poultry pieces, fish, vegetables
* Cook tender cuts of meat

* All reheating
* Roast meat and poultry
* Cook mushrooms and shellfish
* Cook foods containing cheese and eggs

* Bake cakes and scones
* Prepare eggs
* Cook custard
* Prepare rice, soup

* All thawing
* Melt butter and chocolate
* Cook less tender cuts of meat

* Soften butter & cheese
* Soften ice cream
* Raise yeast-based dough

POWER LEVEL (%)

100 % 900 W

80 % 720 W

60 % 540 W

40 % 360 W

20 % 180 W

POWER OUTPUT

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In the following example I will show you how to use the grill to cook some food for 12 minutes and 30 seconds.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Grill

Cooking

This model is fitted with a QUARTZ
GRILL, so preheating is not needed.

This feature will allow you to brown and
crisp food quickly.

The Multi cook Tawa is placed between
a glass tray and a grill rack at the grill
mode.

The grill rack(high rack) must be used
during grill cooking.

Press Grill/Combi.
The following indication is displayed: “

Turn Time/Weight dial until display shows “12:30”.

Press START/Add 30 secs.

When cooking you can increase or decrease cooking time by turning

Time/Weight dial.

Be careful when removing your food because the container will be hot!

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“

Grill Combination

Cooking

In the following example I will show you how to programme your oven with micro power 360 W
and grill for a cooking time of 25 minutes.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Your oven has a combination cooking
feature which allows you to cook food
with heater and microwave at the same
time or alternately. This generally means
it takes less time to cook your food.

You can set three kinds of micro power
level(180 W, 270 W and 360 W) in
combi mode.

Press Grill/Combi. three times.
The following indications are displayed: “

Press Micro three times.
The following indications are displayed: "360"

Turn Time/Weight dial until display shows “25:00”.

Press START/Add 30 secs.

When cooking you can increase or decrease cooking time by turning

Time/Weight dial.

Be careful when removing your food because the container will be hot!

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“, “ “

In the following example I will show you how to preheat the oven at a temperature of 230°C.

Convection

The convection oven has a temperature
range of 40°C and 100°C~230°C
(180°C is automatically available when
convection mode is selected).

The oven has a ferment function at the
oven temperature of 40°C. You may wait
until the oven is cool because you cannot
use a ferment function if the oven
temperature is over 40°C.

Your oven will take a few minutes to reach
the selected temperature.

Once it has reached correct temperature,
your oven will BEEP to let you know that it
has reached the correct temperature.

Then place your food in your oven: then
tell your oven to start cooking.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press Conv.
The following indication is displayed: “

Turn Time/Weight dial until display shows “230°C”.

Press START/Add 30 secs for temperature confirmation.

Press START/Add 30 secs.

Preheating will be started with displaying “Pr-H”.

“

Preheat

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Convection

Cooking

If you do not set a temperature your
oven will automatically select 180°C,
the cooking temperature can be
changed by turning DIAL.

The convection rack(low rack) must be
used during convection cooking.

In the following example I will show you how to preheat the oven first, then cook some food at a
temperature of 230°C for 50 minutes.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press Conv.
The following indication is displayed: “

Turn Time/Weight dial until display shows “230°C”.

Press START/Add 30 secs for temperature confirmation.

Turn Time/Weight dial until display shows “50:00”.

“

Press START/Add 30 secs.

When cooking you can increase or decrease cooking time by turning

Time/Weight dial.

Be careful when removing your food because the container will be hot!

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In the following example I will show you how to programme your oven with micro
power 270 W and at a convection temperature 200°C for a cooking time of 25
minutes.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press Grill/Combi. two times.

You can set three kinds of micro power
level(180 W, 270 W and 360 W) in
combi mode.

The following indications are displayed: “

Press Conv.
The following indications are displayed: “

Turn Time/Weight dial until display shows “200°C”.

Press Micro two times.
The following indications are displayed: "270"

Turn Time/Weight dial until display shows “25:00”.

Convection Combination

Cooking

“, “ “

“, “ “

Press START/Add 30 secs.

When cooking you can increase or decrease cooking time by turning

Time/Weight dial.

Be careful when removing your food because the container will be hot!

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Various Cook

Functions

Please follow the given steps to operate cook functions (Indian Rasoi, Nutri Care, 24 Hours, Baker’s Basket, Just 4 U, Utility Corner) in your Microwave.

Cook Functions Indian Rasoi Nutri Care 24 Hours Baker’s Basket Just 4 U Utility corner

STEP-1 Press STOP/CLEAR Press STOP/CLEAR Press STOP/CLEAR Press STOP/CLEAR Press STOP/CLEAR Press STOP/CLEAR

STEP-2 Press Indian Rasoi Press Nutri Care Press 24 Hours Press Baker’s Basket Press Just 4 U Press Utility corner

STEP-3 Press the button dial

to select any of IC,
SC, rd, tS menu
(IC1-17), (SC1-8),
(rd1~5), (tS1~7)

STEP-4 Turn Dial to set

Weight

STEP-5 Press START / Add

30 secs

Press the button dial
to select any of St,
HP, So, Co, SA
menu (St1~8), (HP1-

8), (So1~7), (Co1

-6), (SA1-4)

Turn Dial to set
Weight

Press START/ Add
30 secs

Press the button dial
to select any of bF,
Sn, CF menu
(bF1~7), (Sn1~8),
(CF1-7)

Turn Dial to set
Weight

Press START / Add
30 secs

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Press the button dial
to select bt menu
(bt1~12)

Turn Dial to set
Weight

Press START / Add
30 secs

Press the button dial
to select any of SF,
bb, oC, HF menu
(SF1-4), (bb1~4),
(oC1 ~4), (HF1-4)

Turn Dial to set
Weight

Press START / Add
30 secs

Press the button dial
to select any of UC,
bC, FE, menu (UC1-

6), (bC1), (FE1-4)

Turn Dial to set
Weight

Press START / Add
30 secs

In the following example I will show you how to cook 0.5 kg Dum Aloo.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press Indian Rasoi.

Indian Rasoi menus are programmed.
Indian Rasoi cook allows you to cook
most of your favourite food by selecting
the food type and the weight of the
food.

Turn Time/Weight dial until display shows “IC5” (DUM ALOO).

Press START/Add 30 secs.

Turn Time/Weight dial until display shows “0.5 kg”.

Indian

Rasoi

Press START/Add 30 secs.

When cooking you can increase or decrease cooking time by turning

Time/Weight dial.

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Nutri

Care

Nutri Care cook menus are programmed.
Nutri Care cook allows you to cook most
of your favourite food by selecting the
food type and the weight of the food.

In the following example I will show you how to cook 0.3 kg Lemon Chicken.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press Nutri Care.

Turn Time/Weight dial until display shows “HP3” (LEMON CHICKEN).

Press START/Add 30 secs.

Turn Time/Weight dial until display shows “0.3 kg”.

Press START/Add 30 secs.

When cooking you can increase or decrease cooking time by turning

Time/Weight dial.

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