LG Electronics MC-805CLR manual

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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 interlock[...]

How the Microwave Oven W orks 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, supplie[...]

Place the oven in the level location of your choice with more than 85cm height but make sure there is at least 30cm 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 outle[...]

The DISPLAY will count down from 3 minutes. 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 Fill a microwave safe container with 300 ml (1/2 pint) of water. Place on th[...]

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. 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 disp[...]

Child Lock 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 but will reappear on the display a few seconds later. If any button is pressed, “L” will appear on the display To cancel CHILD LOCK press and hold STOP/CLEAR until “ L ” disappears. Y[...]

Micro Power Cooking 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. “80” appears on the display. 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 r[...]

Micro Power Level Your microwave oven is equipped with 5 power levels to give you maximum flexibility and control over cooking. The table below shows the examples of food and their recommended cooking power levels for use with this microwave oven. POWER LEVEL HIGH 100% * Boil Water * Brown minced beef * Cook poultry pieces, fish, vegetables * Cook [...]

T wo stage Cooking 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 d[...]

Quick Star t 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 cooki[...]

More or Less Cooking Press STOP/CLEAR. Set the required AUTO COOK programme. Select weight of food. Press START . Press MORE. The cooking time will increase by 10 seconds for each press of the key. Press LESS. The cooking time will decrease by 10 seconds for each press of the key. In the following example I will show you how to change the preset AU[...]

Grill Cooking Press STOP/CLEAR. Press GRILL. Set the cooking time. Press 10 MIN once. Press 1 MIN twice. Press 10 SEC three times. This model is fitted with a QUARTZ GRILL , so preheating is not needed. This feature will allow you to brown and crisp food quickly. The metal tray is placed between a glass tray and a grill rack at the grill mode. The [...]

Convection Cooking 1. To preheat. Press STOP/CLEAR. Press CONV. Press START . The convection oven has a temperature range of 40 °C and 100 °C~250 °C (180 °C is automatically available when convection mode is selected). The oven has a ferment function at the oven temperature of 40 °C. You may wait until the oven is cool because you can not use [...]

Convection Cooking 2. To cook. Press STOP/CLEAR. Press CONV. Press 10 MIN five times. Press START . If you do not set a temperature, your oven will automatically select 180 °C. The cooking temperature can be changed by pressing the MORE/LESS key. The convection rack(low rack) must be used during convection cooking. 15 10 min 1 min 10 sec Auto Roas[...]

Combination Cooking Your oven has a combination cooking feature which allows you to cook food with heater and microwave at the same time. This generally means it takes less time to cook your food. You can set three kinds of micro power level(20%, 40% and 60%) in combi mode. 16 min 10 min 1 min 10 sec Auto Roast Stop/Clear Start/ Quick Start 1. Meat[...]

In the following example I will show you how to programme your oven with micro power 40% and at a convection temperature 200 °C for a cooking time of 25 minutes. 10 min 1 min 10 sec Auto Roast Stop/Clear Start/ Quick Start 1. Meat 2. Poultr y 1. Jacket Potato 2. Rice/Pasta 1. Roast Beef 2. Roast Pork 3. Whole Chicken 3. Fresh V egetables 2. Frozen[...]

Auto Defrost Press STOP/CLEAR. Weigh the food that you are about to defrost. Be certain to remove any metallic ties or wraps; then place the food in your oven and close the oven door. Press DEFROST twice to select the POULTRY defrosting programme. “ dEF2 ” appears on the display window. Enter the weight of the frozen food that you are about to [...]

SEQUENCE FOOD MIN./MAX. FOOD AUTO WEIGHT DEFROST SEQUENCE LIST Beef Pork Veal Chicken Turkey Fish Shellfish 0.1/4.0 kg 0.1/4.0 kg 0.1/4.0 kg 0.1/0.5 kg Minced beef, Fillet steak, Cubes for stew, Sirloin steak, Pot roast, Rump roast, Beef burger. Chops(2.5 cm thick),Rolled roast. Cutlets(450 g, 1.2 cm thick) Whole(under 2 Kg), Cut up Breasts(boneles[...]

Auto Cook Press STOP/CLEAR. Press AUTO COOK of the required food type. In this example press JACKET POTATO once. Select desired weight of potato. Press 0.1kg of weight key five times. If the 1.0kg or 0.1kg key is pressed and held, the weight will increase rapidly. AUTO COOK allows you to cook most of your favorite food easily by selecting the food [...]

FOOD CATEGORY WT. LIMIT UTENSILS FOOD TEMP INSTRUCTIONS 1. JACKET POTATO 2 .RICE/PASTA 3. FRESH VEGETABLES 4. FROZEN VEGETABLES 0.2 kg ~ 1.0 kg 0.1 kg ~ 0.3 kg 0.2 kg ~ 0.8 kg 0.2 kg ~ 0.8 kg Glass tray + Paper towel Glass tray Glass tray Glass tray 20 °c 20 °c 20 °c -18 °c Wash and dry potatoes. Pierce potatoes several times with fork. After c[...]

Auto Roast Cook Press STOP/CLEAR. Press AUTO ROAST once to select ROAST BEEF. Select desired weight of roast beef. Press 1.0kg of weight key one time. Press 0.1kg of weight key four times. AUTO ROAST cook allows you to cook most of your favorite food easily by selecting the food type and entering the weight of the food. In the following example I w[...]

FOOD CATEGORY WT. LIMIT UTENSILS FOOD TEMP INSTRUCTIONS 1. ROAST BEEF 2. ROAST PORK 3. WHOLE CHICKEN 0.5 kg ~ 1.5 kg 0.5 kg ~ 1.5 kg 0.8 kg ~ 1.5 kg Glass tray + Metal tray + Convection rack Glass tray + Metal tray + Convection rack Glass tray + Metal tray 5 °c 5 °c 5 °c Brush beef with melted margarine or butter. Place on the low rack over the [...]

Rotisserie In the following example I will show you how to cook whole chicken. 24 1. Position the fully defrosted chicken on the spit, ensuring that the rotisserie bar runs centrally through the chicken. And tie the chicken with thread to the bar, if necessary. NOTE: IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO FULLY DEFROST THE CHICKEN BEFORE COOKING, FAILURE TO DO SO[...]

Rotisserie 25 6. After cooking, hold the rotisserie bar at both side (F) with the handle (G) and lift up the right end slightly, and pull out from the right end. NOTE: 1. The rotisserie cooking is convenient for grilling of meat and poultry. All the surface of the food will become even brown without overturning. 2. The rotisserie cooking can used i[...]

10 Small amounts of food require shorter cooking or heating time. If normal times are allowed they may overheat and burn. 11 Be certain to place the oven so the front of the door is 8 cm or more behind the edge of the surface on which it is placed, to avoid accidental tipping of the appliance. 12 Before cooking, pierce the skin of potatoes, apples [...]

Microwave-safe Utensils 27 Never use metal or metal trimmed utensils in your microwave oven Microwaves cannot penetrate metal. They will bounce off any metal object in the oven and cause arcing, an alarming phenomenon that resembles lightning. Most heat resistant non metallic cooking utensils are safe for use in your microwave oven. However, some m[...]

Keeping an eye on things The recipes in the book have been formulated with great care, but your success in preparing them depends on how much attention you pay to the food as it cooks. Always watch your food while it cooks. Your microwave oven is equipped with a light that turns on automatically when the oven is in operation so that you can see ins[...]

Food characteristics & Microwave cooking. 29 Stirring Stirring is one of the most important of all microwaving techniques. In conventional cooking, food is stirred for the purpose of blending. Microwaved food, however, is stirred in order to spread and redistribute heat. Always stir from the outside towards the centre as the outside of the food[...]

Questions & Answers 30 Q What’s wrong when the oven light will not glow? A There may be several reasons why the oven light will not glow. Light bulb has blown Door is not closed Q Does microwave energy pass through the viewing screen in the door? A No. The holes, or ports, are made to allow light to pass; they do not let microwave energy thro[...]

Plug wiring information/ T echnical Specifications 31 The wires in this mains lead are colored in accordance with the following codes BLUE ~ Neutral BROWN ~ Live GREEN & YELLOW ~ Earth As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this appliance may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug proceed as f[...]

T er ms of W arranty & Impor tant Notice TERMS OF WARRANTY Should a defect in this due to either FAULTY MATERIAL or WORKMANSHIP become apparent within the period of 2 years (extra 3 years on magnetron part) from the date of original purchase of the product, then provid LG or their above mentioned 2 years period (extra 3 years on magnetron part)[...]

W ARRANTY Complete the details on this form and retain in the event of warranty service being required (purchase receipt attached). PURCHASER’S NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE POST CODE CITY STATE POST CODE RETAILER’S NAME ADDRESS MODE NO SERIAL NO DATE OF PURCHASE INVOICE/SALES DOCKET NO[...]

FOR W ARRANTY SERVICE PLEASE CONT ACT THE RET AILER FROM WHOM YOU PURCHASED YOUR UNIT OR CONT ACT LG DIRECT . LG ELECTRONICS AUSTRALIA PTY L TD (LGEAP) UNIT 23 PIKE STREET RYDALMERE, NSW 2116 Phone: (02) 9684-5544 Phone: (02) 9684-5566 Fax : (02) 9684-5522 LGEAP MICROW A VE/GRILL/CONVECTION OVEN OWNER’S MANUAL PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL TH[...]