LG MS2548AR Owner's Manual

MICROWAVE OVEN

OWNER’S MANUAL

PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING.

MS2548AR

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, 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:

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 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
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

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Unpacking &

Installing

By following the basic steps on these two pages you will be able to quickly check if your oven is operating properly. Please pay particular attention to the guidance on where to install your oven. When unpacking your oven make sure to remove all accessories and packaging. Check to make sure 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 and 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

ROLLER REST	THIS OVEN SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL
	CATERING PURPOSES

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Plug your oven into a standard household socket.	Open your oven door by pulling the DOOR
Make sure your oven is the only appliance connected	HANDLE. Place the ROLLER REST inside the oven
to the socket.If your oven does not operate properly, unplug it	and place the GLASS TRAY of it.
from the electrical socket and re-plug it back in.

Fill a microwave safe container with 300 ml of water. Place it on the

GLASS TRAY and close the oven door. If you have doubts about what type of container to use, please refer to page26.

Press theSTART button once

to set 30 seconds

of cooking	30
time. When	SECONDS
you press the

button,you will

hear a BEEP sound and your oven will start cooking automatically.

The LED screen will show the count down of the cooking time from 30 seconds.

When it recahes 0, it will BEEP.Open the oven

door and test the temperature of the water. If you oven is operating properly the water shuold be warm. Be careful when removing the container, it may be hot.

YOUR OVEN IS NOW INSTALLED

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Setting the

Clock

You can set the clock in either 12 hour clock setting or 24 hour clock.

In the following example, we will show you how to set the time for 14:35 using 24 hour clock setting. Make sure you have removed all the 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 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 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 setting, Press Clock one more time. If you want to change to different option after setting the clock,

you have to of the power and on it again.)

Press 10 min fifteen times.

Press 1 min three times.

Press 10 sec five times.

Press Clock or Start/Q-Start to set the time.

The clock starts running.

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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%	850W
		* Brown minced beef
		* Cook poultry pieces, fish, vegetables
		* Cook tender cuts of meat
	MEDIUM HIGH	* All reheating	80%	680W
		* Roast meat and poultry
		* Cook mushrooms and shellfish
		* Cook foods containing cheese and eggs
	MEDIUM	* Bake cakes and scones	60%	510W
		* Prepare eggs
		* Cook custard
		* Prepare rice, soup
	DEFROST/	* All thawing	40%	340W
	MEDIUM LOW	* Melt butter and chocolate
		* Cook less tender cuts of meat
	LOW	* Soften butter & cheese	20%	170W
		* Soften ice cream
		* Raise yeast dough

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