LG MS-2344BS User Guide [he,en]

OWNER’S MANUAL

MICROWAVE OVEN

PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING.

MS-2344B MS-2344BS

3828W5A6112

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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, overheating the liquid beyond boiling point 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 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 Setting the Clock 6 Child Lock 7 Micro Power Cooking 8 Micro Power Level 9 Two Stage Cooking 10 Quick Start 11 Quick Menu 12 ~ 13 Auto Cook 14 ~ 15 Auto Defrost 16 ~ 17 Quick Defrost 18 ~ 19 Auto Reheat 20 ~ 21 More or Less Cooking 22 Heating or Reheating Guide 23 Fresh Vegetable Guide 24 Important safety instructions 25 Microwave - safe Utensils 26 Food characteristics & Microwave cooking 27 ~ 28 Questions & Answers 29 Plug Wiring Information/Technical Specifications 30

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

ROLLER REST

The DISPLAY will count down from 30 seconds.

When it reaches 0, BEEP sounds. 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 26.

Press the START

button once to set 30 seconds of cooking time. You will hear a BEEP when you press the button.

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.

Seconds

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.

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/Clear.

Press Clock once.

(If you want to use a 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/Quick Start to set the time.

The clock starts counting.

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 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.

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

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. “680” appears on the display.

Press 1 min five times. Press 10 sec three times.

Press Start/Quick Start.

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

Your oven has five microwave Power settings. High power is automatically selected but repeated presses of the Power button will select different power levels.

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

time

times

850W

680W

510W

340W

170W

POWER HIGH

MAX

MEDIUM HIGH

MEDIUM

DEFROST MEDIUM LOW

Press

Power

POWER

OUTPUT

100%

80%

60%

40%

20%

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

(%)

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 OUTPUT

100%

80%

60%

40%

20%

850W

680W

510W

340W

170W

Two stage

Cooking

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Set the power and the cooking time for stage1.

Press Power once to select HIGH power.

Press 10 min once. Press 1 min once.

Set the power and the cooking time for stage2.

Press Power four times to select 340 power.

Press 10 min three times. Press 1 min five times.

Press Start/Quick Start..

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.

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 340.

Quick

Start

Press Stop/Clear.

Press Start/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 10 minutes by repeatedly pressing the Start/Quick Start key.

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

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

Quick

Press Stop/Clear.

Press Quick Menu three times. “Sc-3” appears on the display.

Select desired weight of Baked beans. Press More key five times to enter 0.5kg.

Quick Menu 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.

In the following example I will show you how to cook 0.5 kg of Baked beans.

Press Start/Quick Start.

CATEGORY

Oatmeal

Pasta

Baked bean

Hotdog

Stew

Scrambled egg

Press

Quick menu

time

times

FOOD CATEGORY WEIGHT LIMIT UTENSILS FOOD TEMP. INSTRUCTIONS

1. OATMEAL

2. PASTA

3. BAKED BEAN, REHEAT

4. HOTDOG INCLUDING BRINE

5. STEW

6. SCRAMBLED EGG

Room

Refrigerated

Microwave-

safe bowl

Microwave-

safe bowl

Microwave-

safe dish

Microwave-

safe bowl

Microwave-

safe bowl

Microwave-

safe bowl

Place the oats and milk in a deep microwave- safe bowl. Cook uncovered. The oven will beep, stir the oats well and press start to continue. After cooking, stir well and stand for 1 minute before serving.

Place pasta and boiling water with 1/4 to 1 teaspoon salt in a deep and large bowl.

Cook uncovered. The oven will beep, stir the pasta well and press start to continue. After cooking, stir and stand for 1 minute if required. Rinse pasta with cold water.

Pour beans into the microwave- safe dish. Cover. Place dish on the glass tray. After reheating, stir and then stand for 1- 2 minutes with cover.

Place contents of can including brine in a microwave- save bowl. Heat uncovered. After heating, stir well. Drain and serve.

Place stew in a microwave- save bowl. Cover with wrap loosely. After heating, stir well and stand for 2 minutes.

Place desired number of eggs and milk into a large bowl. Whisk slightly. Cover with wrap. After cooking, remove from the oven. Stir well and stand for 1- 2 minutes with cover until firm. Add amount of milk according to the quantity. ** 1 egg : 1 Tablespoon of milk 2 eggs : 2 Tablespoons of milk 3 eggs : 3 Tablespoons of milk 4 eggs : 4 Tablespoons of milk

1- 4 serves

0. 1 kg - 0. 3 kg

0.2 kg - 0. 8 kg

0.2 kg - 0. 6 kg

0.2 kg - 0.6 kg

1- 4 eggs

Oats 1 package Approx. 40g

Cold Milk

1 serve 1/3 cup

(1 package) 3/4 cup

(180ml)

2 serves 2/3 cups

(2 packages) 1 1/2 cups

(360ml)

3 serves 1 cup

(3 packages) 2 1/2 cups

(540ml)

4 serves 1 1/3 cups

(4 packages) 3 cups

(720ml)

Weight 100g 200g 300g Cover

Boiling water 400ml 700ml 1000ml No

Auto

Cook

Press Stop/Clear.

Press Auto Cook one time. “Ac-1” appears on the display.

Select desired weight of potato. Press More key five times to enter 0.5kg.

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

In the following example I will show you how to cook 0.5 kg of jacket potato.

Press Start/Quick Start.

CATEGORY JACKET

POTATO

FRESH VEGETABLE

FROZEN VEGETABLE

RICE

POPCORN

Press

Auto Cook

time

times

FOOD CATEGORY WEIGHT LIMIT UTENSILS FOOD TEMP. INSTRUCTIONS

1. JACKET

POTATO

2. FRESH

VEGETABLE

3. FROZEN

VEGETABLE

4. RICE

5. POPCORN

Room

Frozen

Room

Microwave-

safe bowl

Microwave-

safe bowl

Microwave-

safe bowl

Choose medium sized potatoes 170 -200g. Wash and dry potatoes. Pierce the potatoes several times with fork. Place the potatoes on the glass turntable. Adjust weight and press start. After cooking, remove the potatoes from the oven. Let stand covered with foil for 5 minutes.

Place vegetables in a microwave-safe bowl. Add water. Cover with wrap. After cooking, stir and allow to stand for 2 minutes. Add amount of water according to the quantity.

** 0.2kg - 0.4kg : 2 Tablespoon ** 0.5kg - 0.8kg : 4 Tablespoon

Place vegetables in a microwave-safe bowl. Add water. Cover with wrap. After cooking, stir and allow to stand for 2 minutes. Add amount of water according to the quantity.

** 0.2kg - 0.4kg : 2 Tablespoon ** 0.5kg - 0.8kg : 4 Tablespoon

Wash rice. Darin water. Place rice & boiling water in a deep and large bowl.

** Rice - After cooking, stand covered for 5 minutes or until water is absorbed.

Use popcorn product for microwave oven. Remove plastic overwrap.Place unfolded bag on the glass tray. (Follow the package directions) After popping, remove bag from the oven. CAUTION : Product is HOT! Open bag carefully by pulling diagonally on corners.

0.1 kg ~ 1.0 kg

0.2 kg ~ 0.8 kg

0.1 kg ~ 0.3 kg

one bag

Weight 100g 200g 300g Cover

Boiling water 200ml 400ml 600ml Yes /Vent corner

Auto

Defrost

Your oven has four microwave defrost settings:- MEAT, POULTRY, FISH and BREAD; each defrost category has different power settings. Repeated presses of the Auto Defrost buttons will select different settings.

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. For example fish cooks so quickly that it is sometimes better to begin cooking while still slightly frozen. 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 1.4Kg of frozen poultry.