LG MH5947US Owner’s Manual

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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.

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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
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
More or Less Cooking 19
Important safety instructions 20
Microwave - safe Utensils 21
Food characteristics & Microwave cooking 22 ~ 23
Questions & Answers

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Plug wiring information/Technical Specifications 25

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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.

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

ROTATING RING

GRILL RACK

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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.

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.

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 21.

Press the STOP

button, and

press the

When you press the button,
you will hear a BEEP and
your oven will start
automatically.

Open your oven door by pulling the DOOR HANDLE.
Place the ROTATING RING inside the oven and place
the GLASS TRAY on top.

STSTARART/Q-STARTT/Q-START

button one
time to set 30
seconds of
cooking time.

30

SDNOECS

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Setting the

Clock

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.

Wh

en your oven is plugged in for the

first time or

when power resumes after a

powe

r cut, a ‘0’ will be shown in the

di

splay; you will have to reset the clock.

If the clock (or display) shows any
stran

ge 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 /CLEAR.

PressCLOCK once.

(If you want to use different option, Press CLOCK once.
If you wa

nt to change different option after setting clock,

you

have to unplug and plug it back in.)

Press10 MIN fifteen times.
Press1 MIN three times.
Press10 SEC five times.

If

the key (10 MIN / 1 MIN / 10 SEC) is pressed and held, the time will

increase rapidly.

PressCLOCK to set the time.

The clock starts counting.

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Child

Lock

PressSTOP/CLEAR .

BEEP sounds.

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 in the display and

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.

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

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Micro Power

Cooking

POWER LEVEL
HIGH

MAX
MEDIUM

HIGH

MEDIUM

DEFROST
MEDIUM LOW

LOW

700W

560W

420W

280W

140W

100%

80%

60%

40%

20%

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

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press POWER twice to select 80% power.

“560” appears on the display.

Press1 MIN five times.
Press10 SEC three times.

Press

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 .

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

PowerPower

OutputOutput

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STSTARART/Q-STARTT/Q-START .