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OWNER’S MANUAL MICROWAVE OVEN Please read this owner’s manual thoroughly before operating. MS2042X MS5642G www.lg.com MFL67581802...
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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.
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Precautions 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.
Installation Install your oven by following three simple steps: 1. Remove all packing materials and accessories. 2. Place the oven in the level location of your choice with more than 85cm height but make sure there is at least 10 cm of space on the top and 10cm at the rear for proper ventilation. The side of the oven should be kept clear so there is air flow for ventilation.
Introduction How the Microwave Oven Works Microwaves are a form of energy similar to radio and For example, a cake made with ice-cold butter, milk, television waves and ordinary daylight. Ordinarily, and eggs will take considerably longer to bake than microwaves spread outwards as they travel through one made with ingredients that are at room temperature.
Introduction Quantity of foods: The number of microwaves in your Stirring: Stirring is one of the most important of all oven remains constant regardless of how much food is microwaving techniques. In conventional cooking, being cooked. Therefore, the more food you place in foods are stirred for the purpose of blending.
Introduction Microwave-Safe Utensils Never use metal or metal trimmed utensils in your 3. Paper: Paper plates and containers are convenient microwave oven. Microwaves cannot penetrate and safe to use in your microwave oven, provided that metal. They will bounce off any metal object in the the cooking time is short and foods to be cooked are oven and cause arcing, an alarming phenomenon that low in fat and moisture.
Feature Diagram / Control Panel Oven Front Plate Window Door Seal Your oven will be packed with the following materials: Display Window Glass Turntable ......1 each Control Panel Owner's Manual & Cooking Guide ......1 each Rotating Ring ....... 1 each Door Open Button This microwave oven is designed for Safety Door Lock System...
Using Your Microwave Oven TIMED COOKING 2 STAGE TIMED COOKING This function allows you to cook food for a For Two Stage cooking, repeat timed cooking desired time. And in order to give you the best steps 2 through 5 on the previous page before results, there are 10 power level settings in touching the START pad for additional Time and addition to HI-POWER because many food need...
Using Your Microwave Oven CHILD LOCK Ez-ON This is a unique safety feature that prevents A time-saving pad, this simplified control lets unwanted oven operation such as used by you quickly set and start microwave cooking children. Once the CHILD LOCK is set, no without the need to touch START.
Using Your Microwave Oven AUTO TOUCH AUTO TOUCH TABLE Use this function to cook food without entering a cook Category Direction Amount time or power. Refer to the Auto touch table below Popcorn Popcorn lets you pop commercially 3.5 or 3.0 oz. more information.
Using Your Microwave Oven AUTO COOK AUTO REHEAT This feature allows to cook foods that you select by This feature allows you to reheat pre-cooked touching AUTO COOK pad. It has 4 foods categories. room-temperature or refrigerated foods without having to select the cooking time and power level. Example : To cook 4 oz.
Using Your Microwave Oven FAST BREAKFAST Q DEFROST FAST BREAKFAST has 5 food categories of preset Use this function to thaw only 1 lb. of ground meat cooking time and power level. very quickly. Example : To cook 8 scrambled eggs NOTE: The oven beeps during the defrost cycle.
Using Your Microwave Oven CHICKEN CHOICES SPICY CHICKEN - 2 servings (double the ingredients for 4 servings) CHICKEN CHOICES has 4 food categories of preset cooking time and power level. • 1 pounds skinless, chicken pieces • teaspoon cayenne pepper Example : To cook 12 oz.
Using Your Microwave Oven MELT SOFTEN The oven uses low power to melt foods (butter, The oven uses low power to soften foods (butter, ice chocolate, marshmallows and cheese). See the cream, cream cheese, and frozen juice) following table. See the following table. Example : To Melt 8 oz.
Using Your Microwave Oven AUTO DEFROST *For best results, remove fish, shellfish, meat, and poultry from its original closed paper or plastic Four defrost sequences are preset in the oven. package (wrapper). Otherwise, the wrap will hold The defrost feature provides you with the best steam and juice close to the foods, which can cause the outer surface of the foods to defrosting method for frozen foods.
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Using Your Microwave Oven USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN AUTO DEFROST TABLE Meat setting F OOD SETTING ATBEEP SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS BEEF Meat of irregular s hape and large, fatty cuts of meat s hould have the narrow or fatty areas s hielded with foil at the beginning of a defros t s equence.
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Using Your Microwave Oven USING YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN AUTO DEFROST TABLE (CONT.) Poultry setting FOOD SETTING AT BEEP SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS CHICKEN Whole POULTRY Turn over (finish defrosting breast- Place chicken breast-side up on a microwav - side down). Cover warm areas with able roasting rack.
Safety Precautions 1. Do not attempt to tamper with, or make any 10. Small amounts of food require shorter cooking or adjustments or repairs to the door, control panel, heating time. If normal times are allowed they may safety interlock switches or any other part of the overheat and burn.
Questions And Answers Q What’s wrong when the oven light will not glow? Q Is it possible to pop corn in a microwave oven? A There may be several reasons why the oven light A Yes, if using one of the two methods described will not glow.