LG MC-8483NLR Owner’s Manual

MICROWAVE/GRILL/CONVECTION OVEN

OWNER’S MANUAL

PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING.

MC-8483NL MC-8483NLR

P/No: 3828W5A4054

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 Method to use accessories as per mode 6 Custom Set (Setting the Clock) 7 Child Lock 8 Quick Start 9 Micro Power Cooking 10 Micro Power Level 11 Two Stage Cooking 12 Grill Cooking 13 Grill Combination Cooking 14 Steam Keep Warm 15 EZ Clean 16 Speed Hot Air Preheat 17 Speed Hot Air Cooking 18 Convection Combination Cooking 19 Convection Preheat 20 Convection Cooking 21 Auto Cook 22 ~ 27 Speed Cook 28 ~ 30 Steam Chef 31 ~ 35 Auto Defrost 36 ~ 37 Heating or Reheating Guide 38 Fresh Vegetable Guide 39 Defrosting Guide 40 Grill Cooking Guide 41 Convection Cooking Guide 42 ~ 43 Metal Tray Cooking Guide 44 ~ 45 Speed Hot Air Cooking Guide 46 Steam Cooking Guide 47 Important safety instructions 48 ~ 49 Microwave-safe Utensils 50 Food characteristics & Microwave cooking 51 ~ 52 Questions & Answers 53 IEC Test Lists 54 Plug Wiring Information/Technical Specifications 55

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

ROLLER REST

STEAMER

STEAM COVER

STEAM PLATE

STEAM WATER BOWL (METAL TRAY)

HIGH RACK

LOW 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 50.

Press the STOP

button, and press the START button six times 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.

Open your oven door by pulling the DOOR HANDLE.

Place the ROLLER REST 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.

Caution: Be sure to use accessories refer to cook guide.

Method to use accessories as per mode

Steam Cover

Steam Plate

Steam Water Bowl

Steam Plate + Steam Water Bowl

Steamer (Assembly)

High Rack

Low Rack

Glass Tray

Microwave Grill Convection Steam Keep Warm Speed Hot Air Combination

: Acceptable : Not Acceptable

Custom Set

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, a ‘88:88’ 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.

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

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press CUSTOM SET once.

Turn DIAL to select the clock setting. Press DIAL (display shows Turn Dial to select 12-HOUR or 24-HOUR).

Turn DIAL to select the 24H.

Press DIAL for hour confirmation.

Turn DIAL until display shows “14:00”.

Press DIAL for hour confirmation.

Turn DIAL until display shows “14:35”.

Press DIAL. The clock starts counting.

Custom Set Function Table

Default

Off

Normal

Choices

On(12H, 24H) Slowest, Slow,

Normal,

Fast, Fastest

GB/DE/FR/

ES/IT/RU/NL

No.

1 2

Function

Clock Scroll

Speed

Language

Select

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 “CHILD LOCK” appears on the display and BEEP sounds. The CHILD LOCK is now set.

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

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Quick

Start

Press STOP/CLEAR.

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 10 minutes by repeatedly pressing the QUICK START button and upto 100 minutes by using DIAL.

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

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

Micro Power

Cooking

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

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Turn MODE DIAL to select MICRO.

Turn DIAL until display shows “800W”.

Press DIAL for power confirmation.

Your oven has ten microwave Power settings.

Caution

Never use High rack, Low rack, Steam cover, Steam water bowl and Steam plate alone in Microwave mode

In the following example I will show you how to cook some food on 800W(80%) power for 5 minutes and 30 seconds.

Turn DIAL until display shows “5:30”.

Press START.

When cooking you can increase or decrease cooking time by turning

DIAL.

Power Level

9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Power Output

1000W(Max.) 900W 800W 700W 600W 500W 400W 300W( ) 200W 100W

Micro Power

Level

Your microwave oven is equipped with 10 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

10 ( High)

1000W(Max.)

900W

800W

700W

600W

500W

400W

300W ( )

200W

100W

• Boiling water.

• Making candy.

• Cooking poultry pieces, fish, and vegetables.

• Cooking tender cuts of meat.

• Whole poultry.

• Reheating rice, pasta, and vegetables.

• Reheating prepared foods quickly.

• Reheating sandwiches.

• Cooking egg, milk, and cheese dishes.

• Cooking cakes, breads.

• Melting chocolate.

• Cooking veal.

• Cooking whole fish.

• Cooking puddings and custard.

• Cooking ham, whole poultry, and lamb.

• Cooking rib roast, sirloin tip.

• Cooking less tender cuts of meat.

• Cooking pork chops, roast.

• Thawing meat, poultry, and seafood.

• Taking chill out of fruit.

• Softening butter.

• Keeping casseroles and main dishes warm.

• Softening butter and cream cheese.

USE

POWER OUTPUT

Two stage

Cooking

Set the power and the cooking time for stage1.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Turn MODE DIAL to select MICRO. Turn DIAL until display shows “800W”. Press DIAL for power confirmation. Turn DIAL until display shows “5:30”. Press DIAL.

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 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 800W(80%) the second will cook for 35 minutes on 400W(40%).

Turn DIAL until display shows “35:00”.

Press START.

Set the power and the cooking time for stage2. Turn DIAL until display shows “400W”. Press DIAL for power confirmation.

( X 2 )

Grill

Cooking

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Turn MODE DIAL to select GRILL.

Turn DIAL until display shows “12:30”.

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.

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

Press START.

When cooking you can increase or decrease cooking time by turning

DIAL.

Grill 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(20%, 40% and 60%) in combi mode.

In the following example I will show you how to programme your oven with micro power 200W(20%) and grill for a cooking time of 25 minutes.

200

400

600

Microwave Power

(%) (Watts)

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Turn DIAL until display shows “25:00”.

Press START. When cooking you can increase or decrease cooking time by turning

DIAL.

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

Turn DIAL until display shows “200W”.

Press DIAL for power confirmation.

Turn MODE DIAL to select GRILL COMBI.

Steam Keep

Warm

This function allows you to keep warm food after cooking with steam chef option.

There are two mode in steam keep warm function; WARM-HI and WARM-LO

STEAM KEEP WARM COOKING GUIDE

Pour 500ml tap water into the Steam water bowl. Put the Steam plate and place the food on the steam plate. And then cover with steam cover. Place the prepared Steam water bowl in center of the glass tray carefully. Keep parallel!. Plated meal, Soup, Sauce, Stew, etc.

CAUTION:

1. Make sure your food is in Steamer with steam keep warm mode.

2. Always use oven gloves when removing a

STEAMER from the oven. It’s very hot.

3. Do not put a hot STEAMER on a glass

table or a place easy to be melted after cooking. Always make sure to use a pad or tray.

4. Be sure to put water before use when you

cook it using STEAMER

5. Be careful when you move the STEAMER

with water

6. When you use the STEAMER, the steam

cover and steam water bowl should be set perfectly right. The eggs or the chestnut would be exploding without setting the steam cover and steam water bowl.

In the following example I will show you how to keep warm the food with WARM-HI mode for 30 minutes.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Turn DIAL to set keep warming time until display shows “30:00”.

Turn DIAL until display shows “WARM-HI”.

Press DIAL.

Turn MODE DIAL to select STEAM KEEP WARM.

Press START.

When cooking you can increase or decrease cooking time by turning

DIAL.

Clean

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Turn MODE DIAL to select EZ CLEAN.

Press START. (Time counts down automatically)

The oven has a special function to remove the smell in the oven with one touch.

You can use the EZ Clean function without food in the oven.

In the following example I will show you how to remove smell in the oven.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press START.

Preheating will be started with displaying “ PREHEAT”.

Turn DIAL until display shows “230°C”.

Turn MODE DIAL to select SPEED HOT AIR.

Speed Hot Air

Preheat

The oven has a temperature range of 100°C ~ 250°C. (180°C automatically available when speed hot air mode is selected.)

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

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