LG MC8486NL User Manual

MICROWAVE/GRILL/CONVECTION OVEN

OWNER’S MANUAL

PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING.

MC8486NL

P/No: MFL33306602

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 Custom Set (Setting the Clock) 6 Child Lock 7 Quick Start 8 Micro Power Cooking 9 Micro Power Level 10 Two Stage Cooking 11 Grill Cooking 12 Grill Combination Cooking 13 Keep Warming 14 EZ Clean 15 Speed Hot Air Preheat 16 Speed Hot Air Cooking 17 Convection Combination Cooking 18 Convection Preheat 19 Convection Cooking 20 Auto Cook 21 ~ 25 Speed Cook 26 ~ 28 Auto Reheat 29 ~ 30 Auto Defrost 31 ~ 32 Heating or Reheating Guide 33 Fresh Vegetable Guide 34 Defrosting Guide 35 Grill Cooking Guide 36 Convection Cooking Guide 37 ~ 38 Metal Tray Cooking Guide 39 ~ 40 Speed Hot Air Cooking Guide 41 Important safety instructions 42 ~ 43 Microwave-safe Utensils 44 Food characteristics & Microwave cooking 45 ~ 46 Questions & Answers 47 IEC Test Lists 48 Plug Wiring Information/Technical Specifications 49

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 RESTMETAL 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 44.

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.

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.

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

To cancel CHILD LOCK press and hold Stop/Clear until “CHILD LOCKED” 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 9 minutes 59 seconds by repeatedly pressing the Quick Start button and upto 99 minutes 59 seconds 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 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.

Press Start.

When cooking you can increase or decrease cooking time by turning

Dial.

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.

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.

Press Stop/Clear.

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

Turn Dial until display shows “90°C”.

Press Dial.

Turn Mode Dial to select Keep Warm.

Press Start.

When cooking you can increase or decrease cooking time by turning Dial.

Keep

Warming

The oven has a temperature range of 30 °C~90 °C when keep warming is selected. When you press keep warming, 60 °C is set initially.

If you press Start directly after keep warming was pressed, 99:59 is set automatically.

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.

In the following example I will show you how to keep warming at the temperature of 90°C for 30 minutes.

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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