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PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE TO EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE TABLE OF CONTENTS SAFETY ENERGY EXPOSURE .......................................... ................................................................... Important Safety INFORMATION Location Instructions .............................. ........................................................ of Model Number Popcorn .............................................................. 15 Beverage ................................................
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The safety instructionsbelow will tell you how to use your oven and avoid harm to yourself or damage to your oven. WARNING - To reduce the risk of burns, electric shock, fire, injury to persons, excessive microwave energy. • Read all the instructions or exposure • Suitable for use above both gas and electric cooking to equipment • Do not use this oven for commercial purposes. It is made for household use only. before using your oven.
• To avoid improperly cooking some foods. - Do not heat any types of baby bottles food. Uneven heating cause personal may occur and • Do not let cord hang over edge of table or counter. or baby • Preserve possibly injury. - Do not heat small-necked containers, fry in your microwave - Do not attempt home canning microwave oven. oven: packages package on a microwavable turntable. floor. Carefully or closed glass incorrectly, • Do not cover or block any openings dish. dish.
GROUNDING Please read this owner's manual. It will tell you how to use all the fine features of this microwave oven. This appliance must be grounded. To request service information or replacement parts, the service center will require the complete model is on the WARNING improperly, MODEL NUMBER If an electrical short circuit occurs, grounding reduces the risk of electric shock by providing an escape wire for the electric current.
MICROWAVE OVEN FEATURES Model and Serial Number Plate Window with Metal Shield Glass Turntable Two-Position Metal Rack Door Handle Vent Grille Cooking Guide I Door Safety Lock System Oven Control Panel Cooktop/Countertop Light Grease Filter OVEN SPECIFICATIONS Power Supply 120 VAC, 60 Hz Input Power 1500 W Cooking Power 1000 W (IEC 705 Standard) Frequency 2450 MHz Rated Current 14A Outer Dimension 29-15/16"X Cavity Volume 1.5 Cu.
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1. DISPLAY: The Display indicators includes to tell you time of day, cooking settings and cooking functions 2. POPCORN: time 15. TIME COOK 16. POWER: oven. See page 15 for more or weights. : Touch this pad to set a cooking time. Touch this pad to select a cooking power level. Touch this pad to cook vegetables, casseroles. 4. PIZZA: pads to enter cooking popcorn information. 3. COOK: Touch number time, power level, quantities selected.
LEARN ABOUT YOUR MICROWAVE OVEN This section discusses the concepts behind microwave cooking and introduces to operate your microwave oven. Please read this information before use, you to the basics you need to know LIGHT TIMER This oven includes a 24 hour dock. I Stop/ €_ear i You can set the LIGHT to turn on and off automatically at any time you want The tight comes on at the same time every day until reset. l. Touch STOP/CLEAR. 1. Touch STOP/CLEAR. 2, Touch CLOCK.
FAN HI / ME / LO / OFF Fa, a_ae;Lo_c_r"j J CHILD LOCK You may lock the control panel to prevent the microwave from being accidentally started or used by children, The FANfrom moves steam and other vapors the surface cooking. Touch FAN once for High fan speed, twice for Medium fan speed, three times for Low fan speed or four times to turn the fan off. [st0 Touch STOP/CLEAR.
CUSTOM SET EZ ON You can change the default values for beep sound, clock, display speed, defrost weight, and demo mode operations See following chart for more information. NUMBER CUSTOM SET NUMBER A time-saving pad this simplified control lets you quickly set and start microwave cooking without the need to touch START RESULT Touch Ez On 4 times, The oven begins cooking and display shows time counting down.
MORE(+) COOKING / LESS(-) By using the MORE(+) or LESS(-) Keys, all of the pre-programmed cook and time cook and etc. can be adjusted to cook food for a longer or shorter time Pressing MORE(+) will add 10 seconds of the cooking time each time you press it. Pressing LESS(-) witl subtract 10 seconds of cooking time each time you press it. AT LOWER POWER LEVELS HIGH power cooking does not always give you the best results with foods that need slower cooking, such as roasts, baked goods, or custards.
COOKING GUIDE FOR "LOWER POWER The nine power levels in addition to "HIGH" allow you to choose the best power level for the food you are cooking. Below are listed all the power levels, examples POWER LEVEL MICROWAVE 10 "HIGH" 100% 9 90% LEVELS" of foods best cooked at each level, and the amount of microwave power you are using. OUTPUT USE • Boil water. • • • • • Cook ground beef. Make candy. Cook fresh fruits and vegetables. Cook fish, and poultry. Preheat browning dish.
Popcorn letsyoupop1.75,3,0,and3,5ounce bagsof commercially packaged microwave pop_rn.Poponly onepackage atatime_ If you are using a microwave popcorn popper, To correctly follow manufacturer's set your microwave Bag Size-ounces Touch NUMBER instructions. The POTATO pad lets you cook potatoes with the preset times and cook powers. You can choose from 1 to 4 potatoes NOTE: oven, follow this cha_: 1.75 &0 3,5 1 2 3 • Cooking times based on an average 8 ounce potato.
COOK provides four preset categories for cooking, 4 Enter quantity/servings. 1. Touch STOP/CLEAR. Category Number of cups Fresh 2. Touch COOK. vegetable Frozen vegetable 3. Choose Category Touch pad number Fresh vegetable Frozen vegetable Rice CODE 1 1 o 2 cups Casserole 1 - 4 cups 1 When the cook time is over, you 2 will hear four beeps and END will display. 3 Casserole GUIDE 1 - 4 cups food category.
REHEAT REHEAT provides four preset categories 1. Touch 2. Touch for reheating 4. Enter quantity/servings, STOP/CLEAR. Category CODE GUIDE Touch pad number Dinner Plate 1 Soup/Sauce 2 Casserole 3 RoiliMuffin 4 t - 2 servings Soup/sauce t - 4 cups Casserole 1 -4 cups Rol_iMuffin I o 4 pieces you will hear four beeps and END will display. FOR "REHEAT" CATEGORY DINNER Dinner plate When the cook time is over, SERVING, AMOUNT t serving 1 Number of cups/Items REHEAT. 3.
AUTO DEFROST Weight "Your microwave oven is preset with three defrost sequences. Using AUTO DEFROST is the best way to defrost frozen foods. The Auto Defrost Sequence Table below provides some basic guidelines for using the You are probably used to food weights as being in pounds and ounces that are fractions of a pound (for example 4 ounces equals 1/4 pound). However, in order to enter food weight in AUTO DEFROST, you must specify pounds and tenths of a three defrost sequences.
AUTO DEFROST CHART Meat setting FOOD SETTING AT BEEP SPECIAL BEEF Ground INSTRUCTIONS Meat of irregular shape and large, fatty cuts of meat should have the narrow or fatty areas shielded with foil at the beginning of a defrost sequence. Do not defrost less than 1/4 lb. Freeze in doughnut shape. beef MEAT Remove thawed portions fork. Turn over. Return remainder to oven. beef MEAT Separate Round steak MEAT Turn over. Cover warm areas with aluminum foil.
AUTO DEFROST CHART (continued) Poultry setting FOOD SETTING AT BEEP CHICKEN POULTRY Turn over (finish defrosting breast-side down). Cover warm areas with aluminum foil. roast rack. Finish defrosting by immersing in cold water. Remove giblets when chicken is partially defrosted. Turn over. Cover warm areas with Place on a microwavable roasting rack. Finish defrosting by immersing in cold water. Whole Cut-up SPECIAL Place chicken INSTRUCTIONS breast-side-up on a microwavable aluminum foil.
TWO POSITION The two position METAL RACK Metal Rack gives you extra space when cooking in more than one container at the same time. The metal rack can be turned upside-down to help fit taller containers on the bottom of the oven. NOTE: • Rack must be on 4 supports when used. • Insert the rack securely into the four supports side walls of the oven. on the • Turn the rack upside-down when using taller containers on the bottom of the oven. WARNING: DO NOT RUN THE OVEN EMPTY, WITHOUT FOOD IN IT.
GETTING THE BEST COOKING RESULTS To get the best results from your microwave and follow the guidelines below. • Turn over foods like pork chops, baking potatoes, roasts, or whole cauliflower halfway through the cooking time to expose all sides equally to microwave energy. oven, read • Place delicate areas of foods, such as asparagus tips, toward the center of the dish. • Storage Temperature: Foods taken from the freezer or refrigerator take longer to cook than the same foods at room temperature.
Appetizers / Sauces / Soups Meat Cooking Appetizers: Recommended Cooking • Crisp crackers, Tips and Techniques such as melba toast, shredded wheat, and crisp rye crackers microwave spreads. - Trim off excess fat to avoid splattering. are best for - Place the meat, fat side down, on a microwavable rack in a microwavable dish. use. Wait until party time to add the Place a paper towel under the crackers while they cook in the microwave extra moisture.
Meat Cooking Table MEAT Beef POWER LEVEL COOKING TIME HI Hamburgers, Fresh or defrosted (4 oz. each) 1 patty 2 patties 4 patties 1-11/2 minutes 11/2-2 minutes 21/2-31/2 minutes Sirloin tip roast (3-4 Ibs.) (3-4 Ibs.) Place roast fat side down on microwavable per pound RARE(135°F) 11-13 minutes desired seasonings and cover with waxed paper. Turn meat over halfway through cooking and shield if necessary.
Poultry Cooking Poultry: General • The poultry is done when it is no longer pink and the juices run clear. When done, the temperature in the thigh meat should be 180-185°F. • Let the poultry stand after cooking covered with foil for 10 minutes. Directions • Prepare the poultry for cooking. - Defrost completely. - Arrange poultry pieces with thicker pieces at the outside edge of the baking dish. When cooking legs, arrange them like the spokes of a wheel.
Pasta And Rice There is no stirring needed and leftover pasta tastes just like fresh cooked when reheated in the microwave oven. Microwave cooking and conventional cooking of pasta, rice, and cereal require about the same amount of time, but the microwave is a more convenient method because you can cook and serve in the same dish. Cooking Pasta and Rice: Tips and Techniques • If you are planning to use rice or pasta in a casserole, undercook it so it is still firm.
CARE AND CLEANING 3, To reinstall the filters, slide it into the side slot, then push up and toward oven center to lock. For best performance and safety, keep the oven clean inside and outside. Take special care to keep the inner door panel and the oven front frame free of food or grease build-up. Never use rough powder or pads.
COOKTOP/NIGHT REPLACEMENT LIGHT 1. Unplug oven or turn off power at the main power supply. 2. Remove the bulb cover mounting screws. 3. Replace bulb(s) with 30 watt appliance bulb(s). QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Q. Can I use a rack in my microwave oven so that I may reheat or cook in two levels at a time? A. Only use the rack that is supplied with your microwave oven. Use of any other rack can result in poor cooking performance and/or arcing and may damage your oven. Q.
MICROWAVE UTENSIL GUIDE USE OVENPROOF intensity DO NOT USE GLASS (treated for high heat): METAL UTENSILS: Metal shields the food from microwave utility dishes, loaf dishes, pie plates, uneven cake plates, liquid measuring cups, trays.Metal utensils casseroles metallic microwave oven. and bowls without cooking. energy and produces Also avoid metal skewers, thermometers can cause arcing, which can damage or foil your trim.
Check thefollowing listtobesureaservice callisreally You can often correct operating problems yourself. If necessary. Aquick reference ofthismanual aswellas your microwave oven fails to work properly, locate the reviewing additional information onitemstocheck, may operating problem in the chart below and try the prevent anunneeded service call. solutions marked for each problem. Ifnothing ontheovenoperates: If the microwave oven still does not work properly, contact the nearest Service Centre.
LGElectronics U.S.A., Inc.willrepair oratitsOption replace, without charge, yourproduct which proves tobedefective inmaterial orworkmanship under normal use,during thewarranty period listed below fromthedateoforiginal purchase. Thiswarranty isgoodonlytotheoriginal purchaser oftheproduct duringthewarranty periodaslongasitis intheU.S.including Alaska, Hawaii, andU.S.Territories. WARRANTY PERIOD LABOR PARTS HOW SERVICE 1 Year 1 Year Call 1-800-243-0000, Magnetron 8 Years week.
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