LG MC8289UR Owner’s Manual

OWNER’S MANUAL

MICROWAVE/GRILL/

CONVECTION OVEN

PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING.

MC8289UR

www.lg.com

MFL55318549

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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.

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 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:

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, 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.

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Precautions

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Contents

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Unpacking & Installing

5~6

Setting the Clock

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Child Lock

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Micro Power Cooking

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Micro Power Level

10

Two Stage Cooking

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Quick Start

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Grill Cooking

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Convection

Cooking

14~15

Combination Cooking

16~17

Auto Cook

18~19

Auto Defrost

20~21

Crispy Reheat

22~23

Defrost & Bake

24~25

Lean Roast

26~27

Important safety instructions

28~29

Read carefully and keep for future reference

Microwave-safe Utensils

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Food characteristics & Microwave cooking

31~32

Questions & Answers

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Plug Wiring Information/Technical Specifications

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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.

Unpacking &

Installing

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

HIGH RACK

LOW RACK

GLASS TRAY ROTATING RING

Place the oven in 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 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 30 .

Press the STOP/CLEAR button, and press the 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.

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You can set either 12 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.

Setting the

Clock

When your oven isplugged in for the first time or when power resumesafter a power cut, a ‘24H’ will be shown in the display; you can reset theclock.

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

Make sure that you have correctly installed your oven asdescribed earlier in thisbook.

Plug in your oven for the first time. "24H" appears on the display.

(If you want to use different option,Turn DIAL .

If you want to change different option after setting clock, you have to unplug and plug it back in.)

Turn DIAL until display shows “14: ”.

Press START for hour confirmation.

Turn DIAL until display shows “14:35”.

Press START .

The clock starts counting.

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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.

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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.

Micro Power

Cooking

Your oven has five microwave Power settings.

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

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press MICRO twice to select the 80% power.

“720” diaplay.

POWER

%

Power Output

	HIGH	100%	900W
	MAX
	MEDIUM	80%	720W
	HIGH
	MEDIUM	60%	540W
	MEDIUM LOW	40%	360W
	DEFROST (	)	180W
	LOW	20%

Turn DIAL until display shows “5:30”.

Press START .

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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	POWER LEVEL	POWER OUTPUT
			(%)
HIGH MAX	* Boil Water		100%	900W

*Brown minced beef

*Cook poultry pieces, fish, vegetables

*Cook tender cuts of meat

MEDIUM HIGH	* All reheating	80%	720W
	* Roast meat and poultry
	* Cook mushrooms and shellfish
	* Cook foods containing cheese and eggs
MEDIUM	* Bake cakes and scones	60%	540W
	* Prepare eggs
	* Cook custard
	* Prepare rice, soup
MEDIUM LOW	* Melt butter and chocolate	40%	360W
	* Cook less tender cuts of meat
DEFROST/ ( )	* All thawing
LOW	* Soften butter & cheese	20%	180W
	* Soften ice cream
	* Raise yeast dough

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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 360W.

Two stage

Cooking

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.

Set the power and the cooking time for stage1.

Press MICRO once to select HIGH power.

Turn DIAL until display shows “11:00”.

Set the power and the cooking time for stage2.

Press MICRO four times to select 360 power.

Turn DIAL until display shows “35:00”.

Press START.

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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 START button.

Press 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 by repeatedly pressing the START button.

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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.

Grill

Cooking

Press STOP/CLEAR .

This model is fitted with a

HEATER, so preheating is not needed.

This feature will allow you to brown and crisp 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.

Turn DIAL until display shows “12:30”.

Press START.

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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.

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 CONVECTION mode.

Turn DIAL until display shows “230°C”.

Press START.

Press START.

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

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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 turn the DIAL.

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

2. To cook.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press CONVECTION mode.

Turn DIAL until display shows “230°C” .

Press START.

Turn DIAL until display shows "50:00"

Press START.

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Combination

Cooking

In the following example I will show you how to programme your oven with micro power 40% 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.

1. GRILL COMBINATION.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press COMBI once to select Grill Combi.

Press MICRO to select the 360W power.

Microwave Power(%)		Output Power
20		180W
30		270W
40		360W

Turn DIAL until display shows “25:00”.

Press START.

When cooking you can use by turning DIAL to increase or decrease cooking time.

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 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 360W) in combi mode.

2. CONVECTION COMBINATION.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press COMBI twice to select Conv. Combi.

Turn DIAL until display shows “200 °C ” .

Microwave Power(%)		Output Power
20		180W
30		270W
40		360W

Press MICRO to select the 360 power.

Turn DIAL until display shows “25:00”.

Press START.

When cooking you can use by turning DIAL to increase or decrease cooking time.

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

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Auto

Cook

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

Press STOP/CLEAR.

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

food.		Press
	Category
		AUTO COOK
	Jacket potato	time
	Fresh vegetable	times
	Frozen vegetable	times
	Rice	times

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

“Ac-1” appears on the display.

Turn DIAL until display shows “0.6kg”.

Press START.

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Function

Category

Weight Limit

Utensil

Food Temp.

Instructions

Auto Cook

Jacket Potato

0.2 ~ 1.0kg

Metal tray

Room

Choose medium sized potatoes 200 -220g.

(Ac-1)

Wash and dry potatoes. Pierce the potatoes several times with fork. Place the

potatoes on the metal tray. Adjust weight and press start. After cooking,

remove the potatoes from the oven.

Let stand covered with foil for 5 minutes.

CAUTION: The grill and surrounding oven will get very HOT. Use gloves.

Fresh

0.2 ~ 0.8kg

Microwave-

Room

Place vegetables in a microwave-safe bowl. Add water.

Vegetable

safe bowl

Cover with wrap. After cooking, stir and allow to stand.

(Ac-2)

Add amount of water according to the quantity.

** 0.2kg - 0.4kg : 2 Tablespoon

** 0.5kg - 0.8kg : 4 Tablespoon

Frozen

0.2 ~ 0.8kg

Microwave-

Frozen

Place vegetables in a microwave-safe bowl. Add water.

Vegetable

safe bowl

Cover with wrap. After cooking, stir and allow to stand.

(Ac-3)

Add amount of water according to the quantity.

** 0.2kg - 0.4kg : 2 Tablespoon

** 0.5kg - 0.8kg : 4 Tablespoon

Rice

0.1 ~ 0.3kg

Microwave-

Room

Wash rice and place rice & boiling water with 1/4 to 1 teaspoon salt in a deep

(Ac-4)

safe bowl

and large bowl.

Weight

100g

200g

300g

Cover

Water

Rice

250ml

350ml

480ml

Yes

** Rice - After cooking, stand covered for 5 minutes or until water is absorbed.

** Pasta - During the cooking, stir several times. After cooking, stand 1 or 2

minutes. Rinse pasta with cold water.

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Auto

Defrost

The temperature and density of food varies, I would recommend that the food is checked before cooking commences. Pay particular attention to large joints of meat and chicken, some foods should not be completely thawed before cooking. The BREAD programme is suitable for defrosting small items such as rolls or a small loaf. These will require a standing time to allow the centre to thaw. In the following example I will show you how to defrost 1.4 Kg of frozen poultry.

Your oven has four microwave defrost settings:- MEAT, POULTRY, FISH and

BREAD; each defrost category has different power settings. Repeated presses of the CLOCK/AUTO DEFROST button will select a different setting.

	Category	Press
		CLOCK/AUTO DEFROST
MEAT		time
POULTRY		times
FISH		times
BREAD		times

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Weight the food that you are about to defrost. Be certain to remove any metallic ties or wraps; then place the food in your oven and close the oven door.

Press AUTO DEFROST twice to select the POULTRY defrosting programme.

Enter the weight of the frozen food that you are about to defrost.

Turn DIAL until display shows “1.4kg”.

Press START.

During defrosting your oven will “BEEP”, at which point open the oven door, turn food over and separate to ensure even thawing. Remove any portions that have thawed or shield them to help slow down thawing. After checking close the oven door and press START to resume defrosting.

Your oven will not stop defrosting (even when the beep sounded) unless the door is opened.

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AUTO WEIGHT DEFROST GUIDE

*Food to be defrosted should be in a suitable microwave proof container and place uncovered on the glass turntable.

*If necessary, shield small areas of meat or poultry with flat pieces of aluminum foil. This will prevent thin areas becoming warm during defrosting. Ensure the foil does not touch the oven walls.

*Separate items like minced meat and chops as soon as possible.

*When BEEP, at this point remove the food from the microwave oven, turn the food over and return to the microwave oven. Press start to continue. At the end of the program, remove the food from the microwave oven, cover with foil and allow to stand until completely thawed. To thaw completely , for example joints of meat and whole chickens should STAND for a minimum of 1 hour before cooking.

Category	Weight Limit	Utensil	Food
Meat	0.1 ~ 4.0 kg	Microwave ware	Meat
(dEF1)		(Flat plate)	Minced beef, Fillet steak, Cubes for stew, Sirloin steak, Pot roast, Rump roast, Beef burger
Poultry			Lamb chops, Rolled roast, Sausage, Cutlets(2cm)
			Turn food over at beep.
(dEF2)
			After defrosting, let stand for 5-15 minutes.
Fish
(dEF3)			Poultry
			Whole chicken, Legs, Breasts, Turkey breasts(under 2.0kg)
			Turn food over at beep.
			After defrosting, let stand for 20-30 minutes.
			Fish
			Fillets, Steaks, Whole fish, Sea foods
			Turn food over at beep.
			After defrosting, let stand for 10-20 minutes.
	0.1 ~ 0.5 kg	Paper towel	Sliced bread, Buns, Baguette, etc.
Bread		or flat plate	Separate slices and place between paper towel or flat plate.
			Turn food over at beep.
(dEF4)
			After defrosting, let stand for 1-2 minutes.

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