LG MG-396WA User manual

MICROWAVE/ GRILL/ COMBINATION OVEN
OWNER
yS
MANUAL
Please read this instruction manual
thoroughly
before
operating.
MG-396WA
MG-397WB

2
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
interlocks.
Do not
place any
object
between the oven front face and the door or allow
food or cleaner residue to accumulate on
sealing
surfaces.
Do not
operate your
oven if it is
damaged.
It is
particularly important
that the
oven door closes
properly
and that there is no
damage
to the:
(1) door(bent),
(2)
hinges
and latches
(broken
or
loosened), (3)
door seals and
sealing
surfaces.
Your oven should not be
adjusted
or
repaired by anyone except qualified
service
personnel.
Warning
Precautions to avoid
possible exposure
to excessive microwave
energy.
Precautions
When
heating
liquids,
e.g.
soups,
sauces and
beverages
in
your
microwave
oven,
delayed eruptive
boiling
can occur without evidence of
bubbling.
This
could result in a sudden boil over of the hot
liquid.
To
prevent
this
possibility
the
following
steps
should be taken:
1. Avoid
using straight
sided containers with narrow necks.
2. Do not overheat.
3. Stir the
liquid
before
placing
the container in the oven and
again
halfway
through
the
heating
time.
4. After
heating,
allow to stand in the oven for a short
time,
stir or shake
them(especially
the contents of
feeding
bottles and
baby
food
jars) again
carefully
and check the
temperature
of them before
consumption
to avoid
burns
(especially,
contents of
feeding
bottles and
baby
food
jars).
Be careful when
handling
the container.
Warning
Always
allow food to stand after
being
cooked
by
microwaves and check the
temperature
of them
before
consumption. Especially
contents of
feeding
bottles and
baby
food
jars.
Please ensure
cooking
times are
correctly
set as
over
cooking may
result
in
the FOOD
catching
fire
and
subsequent damage
to
your
oven.
Note: Never
operate
the oven without Glass
Tray,
Rotating Ring
and with
Metal Container as it
may
cause
sparking.

3
How the Microwave Oven Works
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, supplied
to the
magnetron
tube,
is used to created
microwave
energy.
These microwaves enter the
cooking
area
through openings
inside the oven.
A turntable or
tray
is located at the bottom of the oven. Microwaves cannot
pass
through
metal walls of the
oven,
but
they
can
penetrate
such materials
as
glass,
porcelain
and
paper,
the materials out of which microwave-safe
cooking
dishes are constructed.
Microwaves do not heat
cookware,
though cooking
vessels will
eventually
get
hot from the heat
generated
by
the food.
A
very
safe
appliance
Contents
Your microwave oven is one of the safest of all
home
appliances.
When the door is
opened,
the
oven
automatically stops producing
microwaves.
Microwave
energy
is converted
completely
to heat
when it enters
food,
leaving
no "left over"
energy
to harm
you
when
you
eat
your
food.
Precautions 2
Contents 3
Unpacking
&
Installing
4~5
Setting
the Clock 6
Child Lock 7
Micro Power
Cooking
8
Micro Power Level 9
Two
Stage Cooking
10
Quick
Start 11
Grill
Cooking
12
Combination
Cooking
13
Auto Cook 14~15
Auto Defrost 16~17
Quick
Defrost 18
More or Less
Cooking
19
Important safety
instructions 20
Microwave
-
safe Utensils 21
Food characteristics & Microwave
cooking
22~23
Questions
& Answers 24
Plug wiring
information/Technical
Specifications
25

4
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 outlet can
damage
the oven.
Unpacking
&
Installing
Unpack your
oven and
place
it on a flat level
surface.
By
following
the basic
steps
on these two
pages
you
will be able to
quickly
check that
your
oven is
operating
correctly.
Please
pay particular
attention to the
guidance
on where to install
your
oven. When
unpacking
your
oven make sure
you
remove all accessories and
packing.
Check to make sure that
your
oven has not been
damaged during
delivery.
THIS OVEN SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL CATERING
PURPOSES
GLASS TRAY
ROTATING RING
GRILL RACK

5
Plug your
oven into a standard household socket.
Make sure
your
oven is the
only appliance
connected to the socket. If
your
oven does
not
operate
properly, unplug
it
from
the electrical socket
and
then
plug
it
back in.
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.
Fill a microwave safe
container
with
300 ml
(1/2 pint)
of water. Place on
the GLASS TRAY and close the oven door. If
you
have
any
doubts about what
type
of container to
use
please
refer to
page
21.
Press the STOP
button,
and
press
the START
button six
times to set 3
minutes of
cooking
time.
You will hear a BEEP each
time
you press
the button.
Your oven will start before
you
have finished the sixth
press;
don't
worry
this is
normal.
Open your
oven door
by pulling
the DOOR HANDLE.
Place the ROTATING RING inside the oven and
place
the GLASS TRAY on
top.

6
Setting
the
Clock
You can set either 12 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
display; you
will have to reset the clock.
If the clock
(or display)
shows
any
strange looking
symbols,
unplug
your
oven from the electrical socket and
plug
it back in and reset the clock.
During
clock
setting
the colon will flash.
After
setting,
the colon will
stop
flashing.
Make sure that
you
have
correctly
installed
your
oven as described earlier
in this book.
Press STOP .
Press CLOCK once.
(If you
want to use different
option,
Press CLOCK once.
If
you
want to
change
different
option
after
setting
clock,
you
have to
unplug
and
plug
it back
in.)
Press 10 MIN fifteen times.
Press 1 MIN three times.
Press 10 SEC five times.
If the
key (10
MIN / 1 MIN / 10
SEC)
is
pressed
and
held,
the time will
increase
rapidly.
Press CLOCK to set the time.
The clock starts
counting.
Note: The clock is
designed
to
operate
at a
supply
frequency
of 50 Hz
only
and
any
variation of
frequency
is
likely
to result in error.

7
Child
Lock
Press and hold STOP until "L"
appears
in the
display
and BEEP sounds.
The CHILD LOCK is now set.
The time will
disappear
on the
display
if
you
have set the clock.
"L" remains
displayed
to let
you
know that CHILD LOCK is set.
To cancel CHILD LOCK
press
and hold STOP until "L"
disappears.
You will
hear BEEP when it's released.
Your oven has a
safety
feature that
prevents
accidental
running
of the oven.
Once the child lock is
set,
you
will be
unable to use
any
functions and no
cooking
can take
place.
However
your
child can still
open
the
oven door!
Press STOP .

8
Micro Power
Cooking
POWER
HIGH
MAX
MEDIUM
HIGH
MEDIUM
DEFROST
MEDIUM LOW
LOW
800W
640W
480W
320W
160W
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
Make sure that
you
have
correctly
installed
your
oven as described earlier
in this book.
Press STOP.
Press MICRO twice to select
80%
power.
"640"
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
repeated presses
of the
MICRO
key
will select a different
power
level .
In the
following
example
I will show
you
how to cook some food on 80%
power
for 5 minutes and 30 seconds.

9
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
(800W)
*
Brown minced meat
*
Cook
poultry pieces,
fish,
vegetables
*
Cook tender cuts of meat
MEDIUM HIGH
80%
*
All
reheating
(640W)
*
Roast meat and
poultry
*
Cook mushrooms and shellfish
*
Cook foods
containing
cheese and
eggs
MEDIUM
60%
*
Bake cakes and scones
(480W)
*
Prepare
eggs
*
Cook custard
*
Prepare
rice,
soup
DEFROST/
40%
*
All
thawing
MEDIUM LOW
(320W)
*
Melt butter and chocolate
*
Cook less tender cuts of meat
LOW
20%
*
Soften butter & cheese
(160W)
*
Soften ice cream
*
Raise
yeast
dough
OUTPUT USE

10
Two
stage
Cooking
Press STOP .
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 door
can be
opened
and food checked. Close
the oven door and
press
START and the
cooking stage
will continue.
At the end of
stage1,
BEEP sounds and
stage
2 commences.
Should
you
wish to clear the
programme
press
STOP twice.
In the
following
example
I will show
you
how to cook some food in two
stages.
The first
stage
will cook
your
food
for 11 minutes on
HIGH;
the second will cook for 35 minutes on
40%(320W).