LG MH6342D Owner’s Manual

OWNER’S MANUAL

MICROWAVE OVEN

PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING.

MH6342D

MFL67565902

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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.

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.

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.

Precautions to avoid possible exposure to excessive microwave energy.

Warning

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 Contents Unpacking & Installing Setting the Clock Child

Lock Micro Power Cooking Micro Power Level Two Stage Cooking Quick Start Grill Cooking Combinaion Cooking Auto Cook Auto Defrost Quick Defrost Auto Grill Auto Reheat Keep Warming Energy Saving Important safety instructions Microwave - safe Utensils Food characteristics & Microwave cooking Questions & Answers Plug Wiring Information/Technical Specifications

2 3 4~ 5

6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 ~ 15 16 ~ 17 18 ~ 19 20 ~ 21 22 ~ 23 24 25 26 ~ 27 28 29 ~ 30 31 32

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.

Unpack your oven and place it on a flat level surface.

THIS OVEN SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL CATERING PURPOSES

ROTATING RING

Unpacking &

Installing

GLASS TRAY

RACK

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.

Open your oven door by pulling the DOOR HANDLE. 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.

ROTATING RING

inside the oven and place the

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 28.

to set of cooking time.

Press the START

button once

30 seconds

MINU TOS

Seconds

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

The DISPLAY will count down from 30 seconds

When it reaches 0, BEEP sounds. Open the

The clock starts counting.

Setting the

24H

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.

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 If you want to change different option after setting clock, you have to unplug and plug it back in.)

KEEP WARMING (CLOCK) .

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 theclock.

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.

Press 10 MIN fifteen times. Press 1 MIN three times. Press 10 SEC five times.

Press to set the time.

KEEP WARMING (CLOCK)

Child

Lock

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.

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.

Micro Power

Cooking

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

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

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Your oven has five microwave Power settings.

POWER

HIGH

EDIUM

HIGH

MEDIUM

DEFROST MEDIUM LOW

100%

80%

60%

40%

20%

Power Output

800W

640W

480W

320W

160W

Press MICRO twice to select 640 power. “640” appears on the display.

Press 1 MIN five times. Press 10 SEC three times.

Press START.

Your microwave oven is equipped with 5 power levels to give you maximum flexibility and control

microwave oven.

use with this

over cooking

The table below shows the examples of food and their recommended cooking power levels for

Micro Power

Level

POWER LEVEL

HIGH * Boil Water

* Brown minced beef * Cook poultry pieces, fish, vegetables * Cook tender cuts of meat

MEDIUM HIGH * All reheating

* Roast meat and poultry * Cook mushrooms and shellfish * Cook foods containing cheese and eggs

MEDIUM * Bake cakes and scones

* Prepare eggs * Cook custard * Prepare rice, soup

DEFROST/ * All thawing MEDIUM LOW * Melt butter and chocolate

* Cook less tender cuts of meat

LOW * Soften butter & cheese

* Soften ice cream * Raise yeast dough

USE

POWER LEVEL

(%)

100%

80%

60%

40%

20%

POWER O UTPUT

800W

640W

480W

320W

160W

Two stage

Cooking

Press STOP/CLEAR.

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 power.

Press 10 MIN three times. Press 1 MIN five times.

Press START.

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 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 .

320

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

Press STOP/CLEAR .

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.

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

Quick Start

Grill

Cooking

Press STOP/CLEAR.

This feature will allow you to brown and crisp food quickly.

Press START.

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

Press GRILL.

Set the cooking time.

Press 10 MIN once. Press 1 MIN twice. Press 10 SEC three times.

Press STOP/CLEAR .

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.

The sheath heater grills the surface of the food while microwave heats inside. Moreover, preheating your oven is not necessary.

Combination Cooking Mode

CATEGORY MICRO POWER (%) HEATER POWER (%)

Co-1 20 80 Co-2 40 60 Co-3 60 40

Press START.

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

In the following example I will show you how to programme your oven with combi mode Co-3 for a cooking time of 25 minutes.

Press Combi three times. “Co-3” appears on the display.

Set the cooking time. Press 10 MIN two times. Press 1 MIN five times.

Combination

Cooking

AUTO COOK allows you to cook most of your favorite food easily by selecting the food type and entering the weight of the food.

Press STOP/CLEAR .

Press AUTO COOK twice to select Fresh vegetable.

Auto

Cook

Press

Category

MEAT

POULTRY

FISH

BREAD

Press

time

times

Enter the weight of the frozen food that you are about to defrost.

Press START.

During defrosting your oven will “BEEP”, at which point open the oven door, turn food over and separate to ensure even thawing. Remove any portions that have thawed or shield them to help slow down thawing. After checking close the oven door and press START to resume defrosting.

Your oven will not stop defrosting (even when the beep sounded) unless the door is opened.

Press AUTO DEFROST twice to select the POULTRY defrosting programme.

Press STOP/CLEAR. Weight the food that you are about to defrost. Be certain to remove any metallic ties or wraps; then place the food in your oven and close the oven door.

AUTO DEFROST

The temperature and density of food varies, I would recommend that the food is checked before cooking commences. Pay particular attention to large joints of meat and chicken, some foods should not be completely thawed before cooking. The BREAD programme is suitable for defrosting small items such as rolls or a small loaf. These will require a standing time to allow the centre to thaw. In the following example I will show you how to defrost 1.4 Kg of frozen poultry.

Press MORE fourteen times to enter “1.4Kg”.

AUTO W EIG HT DEFROST GUIDE

* Food to be defrosted should be in a suitable microwave proof container and place uncovered on the glass turntable. * If necessary, shield small areas of meat or poultry with flat pieces of aluminum foil. This will prevent thin areas becoming warm during defrosting. Ensure the

foil does not touch the oven walls.

* Separa te items like minced meat, chops, sausages a nd

as soon a s possible. W hen BEEP, at this piont remove the food fromthe microwave oven,turn the food over and return to the microwave oven. Press start to continue. At the end of the program, remove the food from the microwave oven, cover with foil a nd allow to stand until completely thawed.

To thaw completely, for exa mple joints of meat and whole chickens should STAND for a minimum of 1 hour before cooking.

Category Weight Limit Utensil Food

0.1 ~ 4.0 kg

Microwave ware

(Flat plate)

Meat Minced beef, Fillet steak, Cubes for stew, Sirloin steak, Pot roast, Rump roast, Beef burger Lam chops, Rolled roast, Sausage, Cutlets(.2cm)

Turn food over at beep.

After defrosting, let stand for 5-15 minutes.

Poultry Whole chicken, Legs, Breasts, Turkey breasts(under 2.0kg)

Turn food over at beep.

After defrosting, let stand for 20-30 minutes.

Fish Fillets, Steaks, Whole fish, Sea foods

Turn food over at beep.

After defrosting, let stand for 10-20 minutes.

Meat

Poultry

Fish

0.1 ~ 0.5 kg

Paper towel

or flat plate

Sliced bread, Buns, Baguette, etc.

Bread

Lam

Separate slices and place between paper towel or flat plate. Turn food over at beep. After defrosting, let stand for 1-2 minutes.

Quick

Your oven has a microwave quick defrost setting (MEAT).

Press STOP/CLEAR. Weight the food that you are about to defrost. Be certain to remove any metallic ties or wraps; then place the food in your oven and close the oven door.

Press QUICK DEFROST. The oven will start automatically.

Your oven will not stop defrosting (even when the beep sounded) unless the door is opened.

Defrost

Use this function to thaw only 0.5kg of Minced meat very quickly. This will require a standing time to allow the center to thaw. In the following example will show you how

to defrost

0.5kg of frozen minced meat.

UTENSIL INSTRUCTIONS

Minced meat

Microwave ware

Use this function to defrost quickly for minced meat.

Remove the meat completely from it's wrapping. Place the mince onto a microwave-safe plate. When BEEP, at this point remove the mince from the microwave

oven, turn the mince over and return to the microwave oven . Press start to continue. At the end of the program remove the mince from the microwave oven ,

cover with foil and allow to stand 5-15 minutes or until completely thawed.

Minced meat

AUTO W EIGHT DEFROST GUIDE

CATEGORY WEIGHT

0.5kg (Flat plate)

Turn food over at beep

After defrosting, let stand for 5-15 minutes

Auto Grill

In the following example I will show you how to cook 0.6 kg of Salmon Fillet.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Auto Grill allows you to cook most

of your favorite food easily by selecting the food type and entering the weight of food by pressing the More/Less key.