LG Electronics MS-267Y(S) manual

MICROW A VE OVEN OWNER’S MANUAL PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING. MS-207Y(S) MS-267Y(S) P/No: 3828W5A2114 Printed in Korea[...]

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 interlo[...]

3 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, suppl[...]

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 out[...]

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 End it will sound BEEPS. Open the oven door and test the temperature [...]

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[...]

7 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 if you have set the clock. “L” remains on the display to let you know that CHILD LOCK is set. To cancel CHILD LOCK press and hold STOP/CLEAR until “ L ” disappears. You will hear BE[...]

8 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. Turn DIAL knob until display shows “5:30”. Press START . In the following example I will show you how to cook some food on 80% power for 5 minutes and 30 seconds. Stop/ Clear Sta[...]

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 POWER LEVEL (%) HIGH * Boil Water * Brown minced beef * Cook poultry pieces, fish, veget[...]

10 T wo stage Cooking Press STOP/CLEAR . Set the power and the cooking time for stage1. Press MICRO once to select HIGH power. Turn DIAL knob until display shows “11:00”. Set the power and the cooking time for stage2. Press MICRO four times to select 40% power. Turn DIAL knob until display shows “35:00” Press START . During two stage cookin[...]

11 Quick Star t In the following example I will show you how to set 2 minutes of cooking on high power. 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 S[...]

12 Auto Cook AUTO 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 will show you how to cook 0.6kg of fresh vegetable. 3. 1. 2. Jacket Potato Fresh V egetable Frozen V egetable Stop/ Clear Start/ Quick Start Less Micro More 3. 1. 2. Jacket Potato Fre[...]

13 FOOD CATEGORY FOOD TEMP. UTENSILS WEIGHT LIMIT INSTRUCTIONS 1. JACKET POTATO 2. FRESH VEGETABLE 3. FROZEN VEGETABLE Room temp. Room temp. Frozen Glass tray Glass tray Glass tray Wash, dry and prick potato with a fork several times. Place the potato with three pieces of paper towel in the centre of the glass tray. After Cooking, let stand covered[...]

14 Auto Defrost The temperature and density of food varies, I would recommend that the food is checked before cooking commences. Pay particular attention to large joints of meat and chicken, some foods should not be completely thawed before cooking. The BREAD programme is suitable for defrosting small items such as rolls or a small loaf. These will[...]

15 SEQUENCE FOOD MIN./MAX. AUTO WEIGHT DEFROST SEQUENCE LIST Beef Lamb 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(boneless)[...]

16 Stop/ Stop/ Clear Clear Start/ Quick Start Less Micro More Stop/ Clear Start/ Quick Start Less Micro More 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 to select the MEAT defrosting progr[...]

17 SEQUENCE FOOD MIN./MAX. FOOD QUICK DEFROST Beef Lamb Veal 0.5 kg Minced meat * The benefit of this Quick Defrost feature is automatic setting and control of defrosting, but just like conventional defrosting you must check the food during the defrosting time. * For best results, remove fish, shellfish, meat and poultry from its original paper or [...]

18 Favorite Cook This feature allows you to set and execute a frequently used single stage programme. Once the cooking programme is set, you can use it by pressing the favorite cook key. In the following example I will show you how to set the cooking programme for 10 minutes 30 seconds at power level 80%. The cooking programme is stored permanently[...]

Stop/ Clear Start/ Quick Start Less Micro More Stop/ Clear Start/ Quick Start Less Micro More 19 Timer Press TIMER. To enter amount of time you want to count down. Turn DIAL knob until display shows “15:00”. Your oven also has a Timer that can be used for noncooking functions. When used as an independent timer, the oven is not running. The Time[...]

20 More or Less Cooking In the following example I will show you how to change the preset AUTO COOK programmes for a longer or shorter cooking time. 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 cookin[...]

21 Item Cook time Special Instructions (at HIGH) To heat or reheat successfully in the microwave,it is important to follow several guidelines.Measure the amount of food in order to determine the time needed to reheat.Arrange the food in a circular pattern for best results.Room temperature food will heat faster than refrigerated food.Canned foods sh[...]

22 Safety Precautions WARNING Please ensure cooking times are correctly set as over cooking may result in FIRE and subsequent DAMAGE to the OVEN. 1 Do not attempt to tamper with, or make any adjustments or repairs to the door, control panel, safety interlock switches or any other part of the oven. It is hazardous for anyone to carry out any service[...]

23 Microwave-safe Utensils 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[...]

24 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 [...]

25 Food characteristics & Microwave cooking 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 [...]

26 Questions & Answers 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[...]

27 Plug wiring information/ T echnical Specifications 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[...]

28 MAFF Reheating Cooked Chilled Foods Displayed on the food packages will be the cooking times for each of the BAND categories. For example: A may be 10 minutes. B may be 9 minutes etc depending on the food type. When applying this method for reheating cooked chilled food stuffs, the following information must be adhered to: 1 The microwave oven m[...]

29 Technology with the human touch GUARANTEE LG ELECTRONICS U.K. LTD. WILL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING SERVICES IN ORDER TO EXPEDITE THIS GUARANTEE. 1. All faulty components which fail due to defective manufacture will be replaced free of charge for a period of 12 months from the original date of purchase. 2. The dealer (or his Service Agent) who sold th[...]

MICROW A VE OVEN OWNER’S MANUAL PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING. MS-207Y MS-267Y P/No: 3828W5A2114 Printed in Korea[...]