LG MC7849H Owner’s Manual [ar,en]

OWNER’S MANUAL

MICROWAVE OVEN

PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING.

MC7849H

www.lg.com

MFL67462601

Precautions

Precautions for avoiding 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 operation of microwave function 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.

WARNING

Please ensure cooking times are correctly set as over cooking may result in the FOOD catching fire and subsequent damage to your oven.

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

1Avoid using straight - sided containers with narrow necks.

2Do not overheat.

3Stir the liquid before placing the container in the oven and again halfway through the heating time.

4After heating, let it stand in the oven for a short time; stir or shake it (especially the contents of feeding bottles and baby food jars) again carefully and check the temperature of it before consuming to avoid burns (especially, contents of feeding bottles and baby food jars).

Be careful when handling the container.

WARNING

Always allow food to stand after being cooked by microwaves. Check the temperature of the food before consumption. Especially contents of feeding bottles and baby food jars.

Contents

How the Microwave Function Works

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

These microwaves enter the cooking area through openings inside the oven. A tray is located inside 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

Contents

Unpacking & Installing

4 ~ 5

Setting the Clock

Child Lock

Quick Start

More or less Cooking

Micro Power Cooking

Micro Power Level

Two stage Cooking

Grill Cooking

Convection Cooking

14~15

Combination Cooking

16~17

Auto Cook

18~19

Auto Roast

20~21

Auto Defrost

22~23

Quick Defrost

24~25

Taste Saver

Important safety instructions

27~28

Read carefully and keep for future reference

Microwave-safe Utensils

Food characteristics&Microwave cooking

30~31

Questions &Answers

Plug wiring information/Technical Specifications

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 guidelines on where to install your oven. When unpacking your oven make sure you remove all accessories and packing materials. Check to make sure that your oven has not been damaged during shipping.

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

HIGH RACK	LOW RACK
GLASS TRAY

ROTATING RING	METAL TRAY

Place the oven on the level location of your choice with more than 85cm height but make sure there is at least

30cm 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 bottom or side of the oven. Blocking the outlet can damage the oven.

*THIS OVEN SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL CATERING PURPOSES.

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 GLASSTRAY on top.

Fill a microwave safe container with 300 ml (1/2 pint) of water. Place on the GLASSTRAY and close the oven door. If you have any doubts about what type of container to

use please refer to Page 29. .

Press the Stop/Clear button, and press the Start/Quick Start button one time to set 30

seconds of cooking time.

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

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.

Setting the

Clock

You can set either12 hour clock or 24 hour clock.

In the following example I will show you how to set the time for 14:35 when using the 24 clock. Make sure that you have removed all packaging from your oven.

When your oven is plugged in for the first time or when power resumes after a

power cut, you will have to set the clock using TASTE SAVER.

In those cases , TASTE SAVER.

key acts as CLOCK function.

If you want to skip the clock setting , please press STOP/CLEAR.

If the clock (or display) shows any strange looking symbols, unplug your oven from the electrical socket and plug it back in and reset the clock.

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

Plug in your oven for the first time. ‘24H’ will be shown in the display.

(If you want to use a 12 hour clock, Press TASTE SAVER Gonce . If you want to change different option after setting clock,

you have to unplug and plug it back in.)

Press 10 MIN fifteen times.

Press 1 MIN three times.

Press 10 SEC five times.

Press TASTE SAVER to set the time.

The clock starts counting.

Child

Lock

Press STOP/CLEAR.

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.

The time will disappear on the display but will reappear on the display a few seconds later.

If any button is pressed, “L” will appear on the display

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

Quick

Start

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

Press STOP/CLEAR.

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

Press QUICK START four times to select 2 minutes on HIGH power. Your oven will start before you have finished the fourth press.

During QUICK START cooking, you can extend the cooking time up to 9 minutes and 59 seconds by repeatedly pressing the QUICK START button.

In the following example I will show you how to change the preset AUTO COOK programmes for a longer or shorter cooking time.

More or Less

Cooking

Press STOP/CLEAR.

If you find that your food is over or undercooked when using the AUTO COOK programme, you can increase or decrease cooking time using the MORE/LESS keys.

When cooking without Auto function you can extend the cooking time at any point by using the MORE/LESS key.

There is no need to stop the cooking process.

Set the required AUTO COOK programme. * See AUTO COOK (page 18)

Select weight of food.

Press START.

Press MORE .

The cooking time will increase by 10 seconds for each press of the key.

Press LESS .

The cooking time will decrease by 10 seconds for each press of the key.

Micro Power

Cooking

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.

Your oven has five microwave Power settings. High power is automatically selected and pressing the button will select a different power level.

POWER

HIGH	900 W	100%

MEDIUM	720 W	80%
HIGH	720 W	80%
HIGH

MEDIUM	540 W	60%

DEFROST	360 W	40%
MEDIUM LOW	360 W	40%
MEDIUM LOW

LOW	180 W	20%

Press MICRO twice to select 80% power.

Press 1 MIN five times.

Press 10 SEC three times.

Press START.

When cooking you can use MORE or LESS key to increase or decrease cooking time.

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.

Micro Power

Level

POWER LEVEL	OUTPUT	USE
HIGH	100%	* Boil Water
		* Brown minced beef
		* Cook poultry pieces, fish, vegetables
		* Cook tender cuts of meat

MEDIUM HIGH	80%	* All reheating
		* Roast meat and poultry
		* Cook mushrooms and shellfish
		* Cook foods containing cheese and eggs

MEDIUM	60%	* Bake cakes and scones
		* Prepare eggs
		* Cook custard
		* Prepare rice, soup

DEFROST/	40%	* All thawing
MEDIUM LOW		* Melt butter and chocolate
		* Cook less tender cuts of meat

LOW	20%	* Soften butter & cheese
		* Soften ice cream
		* Raise yeast dough

Two stage

Cooking

In the following example I will show you how to cook some food in two stages. The first stages will cook your food for 11 minutes on HIGH; the second will cook for 35 minutes on 40% power.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

During two stage cooking the oven door can be opened and food checked. Close the oven door and press START and the cooking stage will continue.

At the end of stage1, BEEP sounds and stage 2 commences.

Should you wish to clear the programme press STOP/CLEAR twice.

In case of Auto Defrost cooking, you can cook the food in maxium three stages. (Auto Defrost + Stage 1 + Stage 2) Therefore you can defrost the food and cook it without resetting the oven at each stage.

Set the power and the cooking time for stage1.

Press MICRO once to select HIGH power. (You can omit this process for HIGH power.) Press 10 MIN once.

Press 1 MIN once.

Set the power and the cooking time for stage2.

Press MICRO four times to select 40% power.

Press 10 MIN three times.

Press 1 MIN five times.

Press START.

When cooking you can use MORE or LESS key to increase or decrease cooking time.

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

Grill

Cooking

Press STOP/CLEAR.

This model is fitted with a

HEATER, so preheating is not needed.

This feature will allow you to brown food quickly.

The metal tray 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.

Set the cooking time.

Press 10 MIN once.

Press 1 MIN twice.

Press 10 SEC three times.

Press START.

When cooking you can use MORE or LESS key to increase or decrease cooking time.

Convection

Cooking

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

1. To preheat.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

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.

Press CONV.

Press MORE five times to select “230°C”.

The cooking temperature can be changed by pressing

MORE or LESS key.

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 START.

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

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

Convection

Cooking

If you do not set a temperature your oven will automatically select 180°C. The cooking temperature can be changed by pressing the MORE or LESS key.

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

2. To cook.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press CONV.

Press MORE five times to select “230°C”.

The cooking temperature can be changed by pressing

MORE or LESS key.

Press 10 MIN five times.

Press START.

When cooking you can use MORE or LESS key to increase or decrease cooking time.

Combination

Cooking

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

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, 270 and 360) in combi mode.

1. GRILL COMBINATION.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press COMBI.

Press GRILL.

Press MICRO three times to select 360 power.

Set the cooking time.

Press 10 MIN two times.

Press 1 MIN five times.

Press START.

When cooking you can use MORE or LESS key to increase or decrease cooking time.

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

In the following example I will show you how to programme your oven with:- micro power 360 power and at a convection temperature 200°C for a cooking time of 25 minutes.

Combination

Cooking

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, 270 and 360) in combi mode.

2. CONVECTION COMBINATION.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press COMBI.

Press CONVECTION.

Press MORE two times for convection temperature 200°C.

Press MICRO three times to select 360 power.

Set the cooking time.

Press 10 MIN two times.

Press 1 MIN five times.

Press START.

When cooking you can use MORE or LESS key to increase or decrease cooking time.

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

Auto

Cook

In the following example I will show you how to cook 0.6kg of jacket potato .

AUTO COOK allows you to cook most of your favorite food easily by selecting the food type and entering the weight of the food.

Category	Press
Category	AUTO COOK

Jacket potato	time

Fresh vegetable	times

Frozen vegetable	times

Rice / Pasta	times

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press AUTO COOK key of the required food type in this example press AUTO COOK once.

“Ac-1” appears on the display.

Select desired weight of jacket potato.

Press MORE key five times to enter “0.6kg”.

If the MORE/LESS keys are pressed and held, the weight will increase/decrease rapidly.

Press START.

Function