LG MS4042GMS Owner’s Manual

OWNER’S MANUAL

MICROWAVE OVEN

PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING.

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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.

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.

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.

Precautions

Precautions to avoid possible exposure to excessive microwave energy.

Warning

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 Continental Menu 12 ~ Arabic Menu 16 ~ European Menu 19 ~ Oriental Menu 22 ~ Auto Defrost Quick Defrost Timer Energy Saving Important safety instructions

Microwave - safe Utensils Food characteristics & Microwave cooking Questions & Answers Plug Wiring Information/Technical Specifications

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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 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.

Unpack your oven and place it on a flat level surface.

THIS OVEN SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL CATERING PURPOSES

PLATAFORMA

Unpacking &

GLASS TRAY

ROTATING RING

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.

Open your oven door by Place the ROTATING RING 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.

pushing the Release ButtonRelease Button.

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 .

automatically.

Press the

START button once to set 30 seconds of cooking time. You will hear a BEEP when you press the button. Your oven will start after you have finished the press.

The DISPLAY will count down from

When it reaches 0 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.

YOUR OVEN IS NOW INSTALLED

30 seconds.

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.

(If you want to use a 12 hour clock, 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.

The clock starts counting.

Setting the

Clock

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.

Press CLOCKCLOCK once.

Press CLOCKCLOCK to set the time.

Press CLOCKCLOCK once more.

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.

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.

Child

Lock

POWER HIGH

MAX MEDIUM

HIGH

MEDIUM

DEFROST MEDIUM LOW

LOW

Press

MICRO

100%

80%

60%

40%

20%

time

times

Power

Output

Micro Power

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.

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.

Cooking

(

1000W)

(800W)

(600W)

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

(400W)

(200W)

Your microwave oven is equipped with 5 power levels to give you maximum flexibility and control over cooking.

POWER LEVEL

(%)

* Boil Water * Brown minced lamb * 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%

The table below shows the examples of food and their recommended cooking power levels for use with this microwave oven.

Micro Power

Level

HIGH MAX

1000W

800W

600W

400W

200W

Press STOP/CLEAR.

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.

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.

Two stage

Cooking

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%.

Press STOP/CLEAR.

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.

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

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

Quick

Start

Press STOP/CLEAR.

Press

Press START.

Continental

Press MORE

CONTINENTAL MENU allows you to cook

most of your favorite food easily by selecting the food type and entering the weight of the food.

Continental Menu once.

In the fo llowing exa mple I wi ll s how y ou how to cook 0.4 kg of Couscous .