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    MICROW A VE/GRILL/CONVECTION OVEN OWNER’S MANUAL PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING. MC-924JA MC-924JLA P/No: 3828W5A1587 http://www.lge.com.au[...]

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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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    5 The DISPLAY will count down from 30 seconds. 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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 [...]

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    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[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 pre[...]

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    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 [...]

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    Convection Cooking 1. To preheat. Press STOP/CLEAR. Press CONVECTION. 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 cannot[...]

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    Convection Cooking 2. To cook. Press STOP/CLEAR. Press CONVECTION. 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 / key. The convection rack(low rack) must be used during convection cooking. 15 Press MORE( ) five times to sel[...]

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    Combination Cooking Your oven has a combination cooking feature which allows you to cook food with heater and microwave at the same time or alternately. 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 In the following example I will show you how to programme[...]

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    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. Combination Cooking 17 2. CONVECTION COMBINATION. Press STOP/CLEAR. Press COMBI. Press CONVECTION. Press MORE( ) two times for convection temperature 200 °C. Press MICRO two times to sel[...]

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    Auto W eight Defrost Press STOP/CLEAR. Weight 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 [...]

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    SEQUENCE FOOD MIN./MAX. FOOD AUTO WEIGHT DEFROST SEQUENCE LIST Beef Lamb 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. Chops(1.2 cm thick), Spareribs, Rolled roast, Sausage. Cutlets(45[...]

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    Quick Defrost Press STOP/CLEAR. Weight 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 QUICK DEFROST twice to select the POULTRY defrosting programme. “ dEF2 ” appears on the display window. (Put the 0.5kg of POULTRY) Press START . Your oven[...]

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    SEQUENCE FOOD MIN./MAX. FOOD QUICK DEFROST SEQUENCE LIST Beef Lamb Pork Veal Chicken Turkey Fish Shellfish 0.5 kg 0.5 kg 0.5 kg Minced meat Chicken pieces Turkey pieces Fillets Shrimp, Lobster tails, Scallops * The benefit of this Quick Defrost feature is automatic setting and control of defrosting, but just like conventional defrosting you must ch[...]

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    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 [...]

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    FOOD CATEGORY WT. LIMIT UTENSILS FOOD TEMP INSTRUCTIONS 1. JACKET POTATO 2. RICE/PASTA 3. FRESH VEGETABLES 4. FROZEN VEGETABLES 5. CHILLED PIZZA 6. FROZEN PIZZA 7. FRENCH FRIES 8. GRATIN 0.1 kg ~ 1.0 kg 0.1 kg ~ 0.4 kg 0.2 kg ~ 0.8 kg 0.2 kg ~ 0.8 kg 0.2 kg ~ 0.6 kg 0.1 kg ~ 0.8 kg 0.2 kg ~ 0.5 kg 0.5 kg ~ 1.2 kg Glass tray + Paper towel Glass tray[...]

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    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[...]

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    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 + Low rack Glass tray + Metal tray + Low rack Glass tray + Metal tray + Low rack 5 °c 5 °c 5 °c Brush beef with melted margarine or butter. Place on the low rack over the met[...]

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    12 Before cooking, pierce the skin of potatoes, apples or any such fruit or vegetable. 13 Do not cook eggs in their shell. Pressure will build up inside the egg which will burst. 14 Do not attempt deep fat frying in your oven. 15 Remove the plastic wrapping from food before cooking or defrosting. Note though that in some cases food should be covere[...]

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    24 Only use utensils that are suitable for use in microwave ovens. 25 When heating food in plastic or paper containers, keep an eye on the oven due to the possibility of ignition. 26 If smoke is observed, switch off or unplug the appliance and keep the door closed in order to stifle any flames. 27 Microwave heating of beverages can result in delaye[...]

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    Microwave-safe Utensils 28 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[...]

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    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[...]

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    Food characteristics & Microwave cooking 30 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 [...]

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    Questions & Answers 31 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[...]

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    230 V AC / 50Hz 240 V AC / 50Hz 900 W (IEC705 rating standard) 2450 MHz 574 mm(W) X 376 mm(H) X 505 mm(D) 1,300 Watts 1,300 Watts 1,250 Watts 1,350 Watts 1,550 Watts 1,700 Watts 1,550 Watts 1,700 Watts Plug wiring information/ T echnical Specifications 32 The wires in this mains lead are colored in accordance with the following codes BLUE ~ Neutral[...]

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    33 T erms of W arranty & Impor tant Notice TERMS OF WARRANTY Should there be a defect in this product due to either FAULTY MATERIAL or WORKMANSHIP become apparent within the first 2 years from the date of original purchase of this product. Then the defect will be rectified without cost to you for either labour or materials at the premises of LG[...]

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    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 MODEL NO SERIAL NO DATE OF PURCHASE INVOICE/SALES DOCKET NO[...]

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    FOR W ARRANTY SERVICE PLEASE CONT ACT LG Ser vice on 1800-643-156. LG Electronics Australia 2 W onderland Drive Eastern Creek NSW 2766 (ABN : 98 064 531 264) LGEAP Printed in Korea[...]