Operating Instructions; Timed Cooking; Stage Timed Cooking; Microwave Power Levels - LG MS2042U Owner's Manual

TIMED 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 step 4 & 5

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

(manual cooking)
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.
above.

2 STAGE TIMED COOKING

For Two 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.
* The adjacent chart shows the power level settings
for your oven.
MICROWAVE POWER LEVEL CHART
Power
Level
* Boiling water.
* Browning ground beef.
High * Making candy.
* Cooking poultry pieces, fish, & vegetables.
100%
( )
* Cooking tender cuts of meat.
* Reheating rice, pasta, & vegetables.
90
* Reheating prepared foods quickly.
80
* Reheating sandwiches.
* Cooking egg, milk and cheese dishes.
70 * Cooking cakes, breads.
* Melting chocolate.
* Cooking veal.
* Cooking whole fish.
60
* Cooking puddings and custard.
* Cooking ham, whole poultry, lamb.
50
* Cooking rib roast, sirloin tip.
* Thawing meat, poultry and seafood.
40
* Cooking less tender cuts of meat.
30
* Cooking pork chops, roast.
* Taking chill out of fruit.
20
* Softening butter.
* Keeping casseroles and main dishes warm.
10
* Softening butter and cream cheese.
* Standing time.
0
* Independent.
7
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