LG MS2346S Owner’s Manual

OWNER’S MANUAL

MICROWAVE OVEN

PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING.

MS2346S

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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.

The appliance is not intended for use by young children or infirm persons without supervision.

Young Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with appliance.

If the appliance is supplied from a cord extension set or an electrical portable outlet device, the cord extension set on electrical portable outlet device must be positioned so that it is not subject to splashing or ingress of moisture.

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:

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

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

4 ~ 5

Setting the Clock

6

Child Lock

7

Micro Power Cooking

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Micro Power Level

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Quick Start

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Quick Menu

11 ~ 13

Auto Cook

14 ~ 15

Auto Defrost

16 ~ 17

Quick Defrost

18 ~ 19

Auto Reheat

20 ~ 21

More or Less Cooking

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Heating or Reheating Guide

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Fresh Vegetable Guide

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Important safety instructions

25

Microwave - safe Utensils

26

Food characteristics & Microwave cooking

27 ~ 28

Questions & Answers

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Plug Wiring Information/Technical Specifications

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Unpacking &

Installing

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.

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.

GLASS TRAY
ROTATING RING	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 push the BUTTON..

Place the ROTATING RING inside the oven and place the

GLASS TRAY on top.

Fill a microwave safe container with	Press the STOP
300 ml (1/2 pint) of water. Place on	button, and
the GLASS TRAY and close the oven door. If you	press the START	30
have any doubts about what type of container to	button once
	to set 30	SECONDS
	seconds of
	cooking time.
	When you press the button,
	you will hear a BEEP and
	your oven will start
	automatically.

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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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 different option, Press CLOCK twice. 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.

If the key (10 min. / 1 min. / 10 sec.) is pressed and held, the time will increase rapidly.

Press CLOCK to set the time.

The clock starts counting.

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Child

Lock

Press STOP/CLEAR .

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 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.

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Micro Power

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

Cooking

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

	POWER		Press	%
			POWER
	HIGH		time	100%(800W)
	MAX
	MEDIUM		times	80%(640W)
	HIGH
	MEDIUM		times	60%(480W)
	DEFROST		times	40%(320W)
	MEDIUM LOW
	LOW		times	20%(160W)

Press POWER twice to select 80% power.

Press 1 min. five times.

Press 10 sec. three times.

Press START/Q-START.

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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.

Micro Power

Level

	POWER LEVEL	USE	POWER LEVEL	POWER
				OUTPUT
			(%)
	HIGH	* Boil Water	100%	800W
		* Brown minced beef
		* Cook poultry pieces, fish, vegetables
		* Cook tender cuts of meat
	MEDIUM HIGH	* All reheating	80%	640W
		* Roast meat and poultry
		* Cook mushrooms and shellfish
		* Cook foods containing cheese and eggs
	MEDIUM	* Bake cakes and scones	60%	480W
		* Prepare eggs
		* Cook custard
		* Prepare rice, soup
	DEFROST/	* All thawing	40%	320W
	MEDIUM LOW	* Melt butter and chocolate
		* Cook less tender cuts of meat
	LOW	* Soften butter & cheese	20%	160W
		* Soften ice cream
		* Raise yeast dough

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Quick

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

Start

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 up to 10 minutes by repeatedly pressing the START/Q-START button.

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