OWNER’S MANUAL
MICROWAVE OVEN
PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING.
MS3046SQ
P/No. : MFL06331203 |
www.lg.com |
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.
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Fresh Vegetable Guide |
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Important safety instructions |
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Food characteristics & Microwave cooking |
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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.
Unpacking &
Installing
Unpack your oven and place it on a flat level surface.
GLASS TRAY
Place the oven in the level location of your choice with more than 85cm height but make sure there is at
least 20cm 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.
THIS OVEN SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL CATERING PURPOSES
ROLLER REST
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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 pushing the RELEASE BUTTON. Place the ROLLER REST inside the oven and place
the GLASS TRAY on top.
Fill a microwave safe container with |
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The DISPLAY will count down from 3 minutes. |
300 ml (1/2 pint) of water. Place on |
START button |
When it reaches 0 it will sound BEEPS. Open |
the GLASS TRAY and close the oven door. If you |
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the oven door and test the temperature of the water. If |
have any doubts about what type of container to |
30 seconds of |
your oven is operating the water should be warm. Be |
use please refer to page 23. |
cooking time. |
careful when removing the container it may be hot. |
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Your oven will start |
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YOUR OVEN IS NOW INSTALLED
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You can set either12 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.
Setting the
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.
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/Quick Start 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 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.
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To cancel CHILD LOCK press and hold STOP/CLEAR until “L” disappears. You will hear BEEP when it’s released.
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In the following example I will show you how to cook some food on 80% power for 5 minutes and 30 seconds.
Micro Power
Cooking
Your oven has five microwave Power settings. High power is automatically selected but repeated presses of the MICRO button will select a different power level.
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DEFROST |
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180W |
Make sure that you have correctly installed your oven as described earlier in this book.
Press STOP/CLEAR.
Press MICRO twice to select 80% power.
Press 1 MIN five times.
Press 10 SEC three times.
Press START.
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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 |
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* Boil Water |
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* Brown minced lamb |
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* Cook poultry pieces, fish, vegetables |
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* All reheating |
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* Roast meat and poultry |
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* Bake cakes and scones |
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* All thawing |
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In the following example I will show you how to cook some food in two stages. The first stage will cook your food for 11 minutes on HIGH; the second will cook for 35 minutes on 40%.
Two stage
Cooking
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.
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 40% power.
Press 10 MIN three times.
Press 1 MIN five times.
Press START.
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Quick
Start
In the following example I will show you how to set 2 minutes of cooking on high power.
Press STOP/CLEAR.
The QUICK START feature allows you to set 30 seconds intervals of HIGH power cooking with a touch of the START key.
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 key.
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In the following example I will show you how to cook 0.7 kg of fresh vegetable.
Press STOP/CLEAR.
Press Fresh Vegetable .
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 MORE five times to enter 0.7 kg.
Press START.
Auto
Cook
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FOOD CATEGORY |
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WEIGHT LIMIT |
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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.
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 key will select a different setting.
Category Press
DEFROST
Press STOP/CLEAR.
Weigh 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 AUTO DEFROST twice to select the POULTRY defrosting programme. “dEF2” appears on the display window.
Enter the weight of the frozen food that you are about to defrost.
Press MORE fourteen times to enter 1.4 Kg.
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AUTO WEIGHT 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.
* Separate items like minced meat, chops, sausages and bacon as soon as possible.
When BEEP, turn food over. Remove defrosted portions. Continue to defrost remaining pieces. After defrosting, allow to stand until completely thawed.
* For example joints of meat and whole chickens should STAND for a minimum of 1 hour before cooking.
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Meat |
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Turn food over at beep. |
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Bread |
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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 forzen minced meat.
Quick
Defrost
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 once. (Put the 0.5kg of Meat.)
The oven will start automatically.
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.
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QUICK DEFROST GUIDE
Remove the meat completely from its wrapping. Place the mince onto a microwave-safe plate.
When beeps, 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.
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