LG MS2549DRK Owner's Manual

MICROWAVE OVEN

OWNER’S MANUAL

PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING.

MS2549DR
MS2549DRK

P/No.: MFL47342628

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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Contents

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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

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
Auto Cook
Auto Reheat
Auto Defrost

Quick Defrost

Quick Menu

Heating or Reheating Guide
Fresh Vegetable Guide
Important safety instructions
Microwave - safe Utensils
Food characteristics & Microwave cooking
Questions & Answers
Plug Wiring Information/Technical Specifications

MAFF Reheating Cooked Chilled Foods

Guarantee

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4~5
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12~13
14~16

17~18

19~20

21~22

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24

25~ 6

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28~29

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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.

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

ROTATING RING

Unpacking &

Installing

GLASS TRAY

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Plug your oven into a standard household socket.

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

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 27..

press the START
button once
to set 30
seconds of
cooking time.

Press the STOP

button, and

30

Seconds

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.

The DISPLAY will count down from 30 seconds.

When it reaches End it will sound BEEPS.

Setting the

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Clock

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.

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 as described
earlier in this book.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press CLOCK once.
(If you want to use different option, 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 to set the time.
The clock starts counting.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

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Child

Lock

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 ìLî appears on the display
and BEEP sounds.

The CHILDLOCK 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 CHILDLOCK is set.

To cancel CHILDLOCK press and hold STOP/CLEAR until "L" disappears.
You will hear BEEP when itís released.

Micro Power

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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

MAX
MEDIUM

HIGH

MEDIUM

DEFROST
MEDIUM LOW

LOW

Power
output

850W

680W

510W

340W

170W

%

100%

80%

60%

40%

20%

MICRO

Press

" " appears on the display.

680

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

Press START.

twice to select the 80% power.

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

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

85

0W

6 0W

51 0W

3 0W

170W

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POW ER OUTPUT

100%

80%

60%

40%

20%

Micro Power

Level

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USE

Two stage

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Cooking

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.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

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.

Set the power and the cooking time for stage1.
(You can omit this process for HIGH power.)
Press once to select HIGH power.

MICRO

Press 10 MIN once.
Press 1 MIN once.

Set the power and the cooking time for stage2.

Press four times to select power.

MICRO

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

Press START.

340

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

11

Press STOP/CLEAR .

Quick

Start

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 by repeatedly
pressing the START button.