LG MC8044NS, MC8044NL Owner's Manual

MICROWAVE/GRILL/CONVECTION OVEN

OWNER’S MANUAL

PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING.

MC8044N MC8044NS MC8044NL

P/No: 3828W5A4540

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.

Warning

Precautions to avoid possible exposure to excessive microwave energy.

Precautions

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

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.

Please ensure cooking times are correctly set as

over cooking may result in the FOOD catching fire

and subsequent damage to your oven.

How the Microwave Oven 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

Contents

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 Setting the Clock 6 Child Lock 7 Quick Start 8 More or Less Cooking 9 Micro Power Cooking 10 Micro Power Level 11 Two Stage Cooking 12 Grill Cooking 13 Convection Preheat 14 Convection Cooking 15 Grill Combination Cooking 16 Convection Combination Cooking 17 Speed Hot Air Preheat 18 Speed Hot Air Cooking 19 EZ Clean 20 Keep Warm 21 Auto Cook 22 ~ 23 Auto Reheat 24 ~ 25 Auto Defrost 26 Auto Defrost Guide 27 Quick Defrost 28 Quick Defrost Guide 29 Heating or Reheating Guide 30 Fresh Vegetable Guide 31 Defrosting Guide 32 Grill Cooking Guide 33 Convection Cooking Guide 34 ~ 35 Speed Hot Air Cooking Guide 36 Important safety instructions Read carefully and keep for future reference 37 ~ 38 Microwave-safe Utensils 39 Food characteristics & Microwave cooking 40 ~ 41 Questions & Answers 42 IEC Test Lists 43 Plug Wiring Information/Technical Specifications 44 MAFF Reheating Cooked Chilled Foods 45 GUARANTEE 46

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.

Unpacking &

Installing

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

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.

THIS OVEN SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL CATERING PURPOSES

GLASS TRAY

ROTATING RING

RACK

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

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 39.

Open your oven door by pulling the DOOR HANDLE. Place the ROTATING RING inside the oven and place

the GLASS TRAY on top.

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.

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.

Press the STOP/CLEAR button, and press

the START/QUICK START button one time to set 30 seconds of cooking time.

Setting the

Clock

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

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press CLOCK once.

(If you want to use a 12 hour clock, Press CLOCK once more. If you want to change different option after setting clock, you have to unplug and plug it back in.)

Press 10 MIN sixteen times. Press 1 MIN three times. Press 10 SEC five times.

If the key (10 MIN / 1 MIN / 10 SEC) is pressed and held, the time will increase rapidly.

When your oven is plugged in for the first time or when power resumes after a power cut, a ‘0’ will be shown in the display; you will have to reset the clock.

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.

During clock setting the colon will flash. After setting, the colon will stop flashing.

You can set either12 hour clock or 24 hour clock. In the following example I will show you how to set the time for 15:35 when using the 24 clock. Make sure that you have removed all packaging from your oven.

Press START/QUICK START to set the time.

The clock starts counting.

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. 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.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Quick

Start

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press START/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 99 minutes and 59 seconds by repeatedly pressing the START/QUICK START button or by using MORE or LESS key.

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

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

More or Less

Cooking

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Set the required AUTO COOK programme. * See AUTO COOK. (page 22) Select weight of food.

Press START/QUICK 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.

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

When cooking with auto and manual function, you can lengthen or shorten the cooking time at any point by pressing the MORE or LESS key. There is no need to stop the cooking process.

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

Micro Power

Cooking

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

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press MICRO twice to select 720W(80%) power. “720” appears on the display.

Press 1 MIN five times. Press 10 SEC three times.

Your oven has five microwave Power settings.

In the following example I will show you how to cook some food on 720W(80%) power for 5 minutes and 30 seconds.

Press START/QUICK START.

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

POWER LEVEL

HIGH

MEDIUM HIGH

MEDIUM

DEFROST

(MEDIUM LOW)

LOW

Power Output

900W(Max.)

720W

540W

360W( )

180W

100%

80%

60%

40%

20%

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

HIGH * Boil Water

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

MEDIUM * Reheating(Liquid) HIGH * Roast meat and poultry

* Cook mushrooms and shellfish * Cook foods containing cheese and eggs

MEDIUM * Reheating(Mashed potato, Plated meal, Ready meal)

* Prepare eggs * Cook custard * Prepare rice, soup

DEFROST * All thawing (MEDIUM LOW) * Melt butter and chocolate

* Cook less tender cuts of meat

LOW * Soften butter & cheese

* Soften ice cream * Raise yeast dough

USE

POWER

LEVEL(%)

POWER OUTPUT

900W(Max)

720W

540W

360W( )

180W

100%

80%

60%

40%

20%

Two Stage

Cooking

Set the power and the cooking time for stage1.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press MICRO twice to select 720W(80%) power.

Press 1 MIN five times. Press 10 SEC three times.

During two stage cooking the oven door can be opened and food checked. Close the oven door and press START/QUICK 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 Auto Defrost the food and cook it without resetting the oven at each stage.

In the following example I will show you how to cook some food in two stages. The first stage will cook your food for 5 minutes and 30 seconds on 720W(80%) the second will cook for 35 minutes on 360W(40%).

Press START/QUICK START.

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

Press MICRO four times to select 360W(40%) power.

Press 10 MIN three times. Press 1 MIN five times.

Grill

Cooking

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press GRILL.

Press START/QUICK 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!

Set the cooking time.

Press 10 MIN one time. Press 1 MIN two times. Press 10 SEC three times.

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

The rack must be used during grill cooking.

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

Convection

Preheat

The convection oven has a temperature range of 40°C and 100°C ~ 250°C (180°C is automatically available when convection mode is selected).

* The oven has a ferment function at the

oven temperature of 40°C. When you use this function, if the oven temperature is over 70°C, then the display shows "E-05"error code. You may wait until the oven is cool.

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.

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

Press STOP/CLEAR.

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

Press CONVECTION.

Press START/QUICK START.

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

Convection

Cooking

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press 10 MIN five times.

Press START/QUICK 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!

The convection oven has a temperature range of 40°C and 100°C ~ 250°C (180°C is automatically available when convection mode is selected).

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

The rack must be used during convection cooking.

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

Press CONVECTION.

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.

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