LG MH-2381NBR User Manual

MICROWAVE OVEN

MIKROWELLENHERD

MAGNETRON OVEN FOUR À MICRO-ONDES

OWNER’S MANUAL

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MANUEL DE L’UTILISATEUR

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Precautions to avoid possible exposure to excessive microwave energy.

Precautions

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	GB
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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Contents

GB 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

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

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Contents

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Unpacking & Installing

5 ~6

Setting the Clock

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Child Clock

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Micro Power Cooking

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Micro Power Level

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Two Stage Cooking

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Quick Start

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Grill Cooking

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Combination Cooking

14

Auto Cook

15 ~ 17

Auto Defrost

18 ~ 19

20 ~ 21

European Menu

22 ~ 24

More or less Cooking

25

Keep Warming

26

Heating or Reheating Guide

27

Fresh Vegetable Guide

28

Grill Cooking Guide

29

Important safety instructions

30 ~ 31

Microwave - safe Utensils

32

Food characteristics &

Microwave cooking

33 ~34

Questions & Answers

35

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.

GLASS TRAY	LOW RACK
ROTATING RING
CRISPY TRAY	HIGH RACK

	Place the oven in the level location of your choice with	GB
	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.

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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 32.

	Press the STOP
	button, and
press the START
button once	30
to set 30	Seconds
seconds of
cooking time.

The DISPLAY will count down from 30 seconds. When it reaches End 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.

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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.

When your oven isplugged in for the first time or when power resumes after a power cut, a ‘24H’ will be shown in the display; you can 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 asdescribed earlier in this book.

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

(If you want to use different option,Press KEEP WARMING / CLOCK . If you want to change different option after setting clock,

you have to unplug and plug it back in.)

Turn DIALuntil display shows “14: ”.

Press KEEP WARMING / CLOCK (or START) for hour confirmation.

Turn DIALuntil display shows “14:35”.

Press KEEP WARMING / CLOCK (or START).

The clock starts counting.

Setting the

Clock

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24H

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Child

Lock

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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 STOP/CLEAR.

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 if you have set the clock.

“L” remains on the display to let you know that CHILD LOCK is set.

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. High power is automatically selected but repeated presses of the POWER key will select a different power level .

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.

“680” appears on the display.

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	POWER	%	Power Output
	HIGH	100%	850W
	MAX
	MEDIUM	80%	680W
	HIGH
	MEDIUM	60%	510W
	DEFROST	40%	340W
	MEDIUM LOW
	LOW	20%	170W

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.

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	POWER LEVEL	USE	POWER LEVEL	POW ER OUTPUT
			(%)
	HIGH	* Boil Water	100%	850W
		* Brown minced beef
		* Cook poultry pieces, fish, vegetables
		* Cook tender cuts of meat
	MEDIUM HIGH	* All reheating	80%	680W
		* Roast meat and poultry
		* Cook mushrooms and shellfish
		* Cook foods containing cheese and eggs
	MEDIUM	* Bake cakes and scones	60%	510W
		* Prepare eggs
		* Cook custard
		* Prepare rice, soup
	DEFROST/	* All thawing	40%	340W
	MEDIUM LOW	* Melt butter and chocolate
		* Cook less tender cuts of meat
	LOW	* Soften butter & cheese	20%	170W
		* 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 340W.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

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.

Set the power and the cooking time for stage1.

Press Power once to select HIGH power.

Turn DIAL until display shows “11:00”.

Set the power and the cooking time for stage2.

Press Power four times to select 340 power.

Turn DIAL until display shows “35:00”.

Press Start/Quick Start.

Two stage

Cooking

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Quick

Start

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

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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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