Microwave Cooking; Or 3 Stage Timed Cooking; Microwave Power Levels; Quick Start - LG MS2540SR Owner's Manual

MICROWAVE COOKING

This function allows you to cook food for a
desired time. There are 11 power levels available.
The example below shows how to set 80% power
level for the desired time.
Example:To cook food on 80% Power (Power8)
for 5 minutes 30 seconds
1. Touch STOP/CLEAR.
2. Touch TIME.
3. Enter 5 minutes
4. Touch POWER.
5. Touch 8.
6. Touch START/Q-START.
When cooking is complete, four short tones will
sound. The word End shows in the display window.
Then the oven shuts itself off.
NOTE:
If you do not select the power level, the oven will
operate at power HIGH. To set HI-POWER
cooking, skip steps 4 & 5 above.

2 OR 3 STAGE TIMED COOKING

For Two Or Three Stage cooking, repeat timed cooking
steps 2 to 5 from the above example before pressing
the START/Q-START button. The 2nd stage will
continue on from the 1st stage by applying the set
time and set power level automatically.
Auto Weight Defrost can be programmed before
the first stage to defrost first and then cook.

MICROWAVE POWER LEVELS

Your microwave oven is equipped with eleven
power levels to give you maximum flexibility and
control over cooking. The adjacent table will give you
some idea of which foods are prepared at each of
the various power levels.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
30 seconds by touching
[5], [3],and [0].
P-HI appears in the
display. This is to tell you
that the oven is set on HI
unless a different power
setting is chosen.
To select power level 80%.
Display shows P-80.
* The adjacent chart shows the power level settings
for your oven.
Microwave Power Level Table
Power
Level
• Boiling water .
• Making candy .
10
• Cooking poultry pieces, fish, & vegetables.
(High)
• Cooking tender cuts of meat.
• Whole poultry .
9 • Reheating rice, pasta, & vegetables.
• Reheating prepared foods quickly .
8
• Reheating sandwiches.
• Cooking egg, milk, & cheese dishes.
• Cooking cakes, breads.
7
• Melting chocolate.
• Cooking veal.
• Cooking whole fish.
6
• Cooking puddings & custard.
• Cooking ham, whole poultry, & lamb.
5
• Cooking rib roast, sirloin tip.
• Thawing meat, poultry, & seafood.
4
• Cooking less tender cuts of meat.
3
• Cooking pork chops, roast.
• Taking chill out of fruit.
2
• Softening butter.
• Keeping casseroles & main dishes warm.
1
• Softening butter & cream cheese.
0
• Standing time.

QUICK START

The QUICK START feature allows you to set 30 seconds
intervals of HIGH power cooking with a touch of the
START/Q-START.
Example: Set 2 minutes of cooking on high power.
1.
2.
The oven will start before you have
finished the fourth touch.
During QUICK START cooking,you can extend the
cooking time up to 10 minutes by repeatedly touching
the START/Q-START key if longer cooking time are
required.
9
Use
1. Touch STOP/CLEAR.
2. Touch START/Q-START
Four times on high power