LG MH5947C Owner’s Manual

MICROWAVE OVEN

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

Please read this instruction manual thoroughly before operating.

MH5947C

MH5947CS

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:

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.

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Contents

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		2
Contents		3
Unpacking & Installing		4 ~ 5
Setting the Clock		6
Child Lock		7
Micro Power Cooking		8
Micro Power Level		9
Two Stage Cooking		10
Quick Start		11
Grill Cooking		12
Combination Cooking		13
Auto Cook		14 ~ 15
Auto Defrost		16 ~ 17
Quick Defrost		18 ~ 19
More or Less Cooking		20
Heating or Reheating Guide		21
Fresh Vegetable Guide		22
Grill Cooking Guide		23
Important safety instructions		24 ~ 25
Microwave - safe Utensils		26
Food characteristics & Microwave cooking		27 ~ 28
Questions & Answers		29
Plug wiring information/Technical Specifications		30

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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.

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.

GRILL RACK(HIGH)	GRILL RACK(LOW)
		THIS OVEN SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL CATERING
	GLASS TRAY	PURPOSES

ROTATING RING

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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	Press the		The DISPLAY will count down from 30 seconds.
300 ml (1/2 pint) of water. Place on	STOP/CLEAR		When it reaches 0 it will sound BEEPS. Open
the GLASS TRAY and close the oven door. If you	button, and		the oven door and test the temperature of the water. If
have any doubts about what type of container to	press the	s	your oven is operating the water should be warm. Be
use please refer to page 26.	START button		careful when removing the container it may be hot.
	1 time to set
	30 secondes of
	cooking time.
	You will hear a BEEP
	when you press the button.

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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 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.

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

Press STOP .

Press CLOCK once for 24 hour clock .

(If you want to use 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 fifteen times.

Press 1 MIN three times.

Press 10 SEC five times.

Press CLOCK or START to set the time.

The clock starts counting.

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Child

Lock

Press STOP .

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 until “L” appears in 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 displayed to let you know that CHILD LOCK is set.

L

To cancel CHILD LOCK press and hold STOP 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 MICRO key will select a different power level .

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

Press STOP.

Press MICRO twice to select 80% power.

“640W” appears on the display.

	POWER		Power	%
			output
	HIGH		800W	100%
	MAX
	MEDIUM		640W	80%
	HIGH
	MEDIUM		480W	60%
	DEFROST		320W	40%
	MEDIUM LOW
	LOW		160W	20%

Press 1 MIN five times.

Press 10 SEC three times.

Press START.

After cooking is over, End Reminder Beep Sounds per 1 minute for 5 minutes until the oven door is opened.

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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	OUTPUT	USE
HIGH	100%	* Boil Water
	(800W)	* Brown minced beef
		* Cook poultry pieces, fish, vegetables
		* Cook tender cuts of meat
MEDIUM HIGH	80%	* Reheating( Liquid )
	(640W)	* Roast meat and poultry
		* Cook mushrooms and shellfish
		* Cook foods containing cheese and eggs
MEDIUM	60%	* Reheating (Mashed potato,Plated meal, Ready meal)
	(480W)	* Bake cakes and scones
		* Prepare eggs
		* Cook custard
		* Prepare rice, soup
DEFROST/	40%	* All thawing
MEDIUM LOW	(320W)	* Melt butter and chocolate
		* Cook less tender cuts of meat
LOW	20%	* Soften butter & cheese
	(160W)	* 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 stage will cook your food for 11 minutes on HIGH; the second will cook for 35 minutes on 40%(320W).

Two stage

Cooking

Press STOP .

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 twice.

Set the power and the cooking time for stage1. Press MICRO once to select HIGH power.

Press 10 MIN once.

Press 1 MIN once.

Set the power and the cooking time for stage2. Press MICRO four times to select 40% power.

Press 10 MIN three times.

Press 1 MIN five times.

Press START.

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