LG Electronics LMVM1955T manual

LMVM1955SW LMVM1955SB LMVM1955SBQ LMVM1955T MICROWAVE OVEN OWNER ’ S MANUAL & COOKING GUIDE PLEASE READ THIS OWNER ’ S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING. website:http://www .lgservice.com K M[...]

- 2 - Please record the model number and serial number of this unit for future reference. We also suggest you record the details of your contact with LG (LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.) concerning this unit. Staple your receipt here to prove your retail purchase. Model No: Serial No: Dealer: Dealer Phone No: Customer Relations LG Electronics U.S.A., I[...]

- 3 - T ABLE OF CONTENTS PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE ENERGY ............................................................... TABLE OF CONTENTS ....................................... SAFETY ................................................................ Important Safety Instructions ............................. IN[...]

- 4 - W ARNING - To reduce the risk of burns, electric shock, fire, injury to persons, or exposure to excessive microwave energy. • Read all the instructions before using your oven. • Do not allow children to use this oven without close supervision. • Read and follow the specific PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE E[...]

- 5 - • To avoid improperly cooking some foods. - Do not heat any types of baby bottles or baby food. Uneven heating may occur and possibly cause personal injury. - Do not heat small-necked containers, such as syrup bottles. - Do not deep-fat fry in your microwave oven. - Do not attempt home canning in your microwave oven. - Do not heat the follo[...]

- 6 - Please read this owner’s manual. It will tell you how to use all the fine features of this microwave oven. LOCA TION OF MODEL NUMBER To request service information or replacement parts, the service center will require the complete model number of your microwave oven. The number is on the oven front as shown in the illustration below. OVEN S[...]

- 7 - MICROW A VE OVEN FEA TURES Door Handle Window with Metal Shield Oven Control Panel Cooktop/Countertop Light Grease Filter Defrost Net Door Safety Lock System Model and Serial Number Plate Cooking Guide Vent Grille Two-position Metal Rack Glass Tray INFORMA TION The glass tray moves in both directions to help cook food more evenly. Do not oper[...]

- 8 - INFORMA TION 17 19 21 25 26 18 20 22 27 23 24 2 3 4 8 10 11 13 5 7 6 9 12 14 16 15 1 28 Your microwave oven control panel lets you select the desired cooking function quickly and easily. All you have to do is touch the necessary Command pad. The following is a list of all the Command and Number pads located on the control panel. For more info[...]

- 9 - INFORMA TION 1. DISPLAY: The Display includes a clock and indicators to tell you time of day, cooking time settings and cooking functions selected. 2. POPCORN: Touch this pad when popping popcorn in your microwave oven. 3. POTATO: Touch this pad to cook potatoes. 4. RICE: Touch this pad to cook rice. 5. VEGETABLE: Touch this pad to cook veget[...]

- 10 - LEARN ABOUT YOUR MICROW A VE OVEN This section discusses the concepts behind microwave cooking and introduces you to the basics you need to know to operate your microwave oven. Please read this information before use. OPERA TION CLOCK This oven includes a 12-hour clock. 1. Touch CUSTOM SET pad. 2. Touch 1 pad. 3. Enter the time by using the [...]

- 11 - OPERA TION 1. Touch TIMER pad. 2. Enter the time by using the number key pad. 3. Touch START pad. When the time is over, you will hear seven beeps and END will display. Example: To time 3 minutes. TIMER You can use your microwave oven as a timer. Use the Timer for timing up to 99 minutes, 99 seconds. LIGHT TIMER You can set the LIGHT to turn[...]

- 12 - OPERA TION VENT 5 LEVELS NOTE: If the temperature from the range or cooktop below the oven gets too hot, the exhaust fan in the vent hood will automatically turn on at the LEVEL 4 setting to protect the oven. LIGHT HI-LOW -OFF Touch LIGHT button once for bright light, twice for night light, or three times to turn the light off. LIGHT HI-LOW-[...]

- 13 - OPERA TION AUTO COOK Auto Cook lets you heat common microwave-prepared foods without selecting cooking times and power levels. Auto Cook has preset cook powers for 3 food functions: Chicken choices, Homemade bakery, Large dish menus. 1. Touch CHICKEN CHOICES pad. 2. Choose food category. 3. Touch 1 pad. Example: To cook 6 oz. Chicken wing. C[...]

- 14 - OPERA TION SOFTEN The oven uses low power to soften foods (butter, ice cream, cream cheese, and frozen juice) See the following table. 1. Touch SOFTEN pad. 2. Choose the category. Touch 2 pad for ice cream. 3. Touch 2 pad. When the cook time is over, you will hear four beeps and COOK END will be displayed. Example for quart of ice cream. MEL[...]

- 15 - OPERA TION COOKING A T HIGH COOK POWER 1. Enter the cook time. 2. Touch START pad. When the cook time is over, you will hear four beeps and COOK END will display. Example: To cook food for 8 minutes 30 seconds. COOKING WITH MORE THAN ONE COOK CYCLE For best results, some recipes call for one Power Level for a certain length of time, and anot[...]

- 16 - OPERA TION POWER LEVEL MICROWAVE OUTPUT USE • Boil water. • Cook ground beef. • Make candy. • Cook fresh fruits and vegetables. • Cook fish and poultry. • Preheat browning dish. • Reheat meat slices quickly. • Saute onions, celery, and green pepper. • All reheating. • Cook scrambled eggs. • Cook breads and cereal produc[...]

- 17 - OPERA TION SENSOR OPERA TING INSTRUCTIONS Sensor Cook allows you to cook most of your favorite foods without selecting cooking times and power levels. The oven automatically determines required cooking time for each food item. When the internal sensor detects a certain amount of humidity coming from the food, it will tell the oven how much l[...]

- 18 - OPERA TION 1. Touch REHEAT pad. 2. Choose food category. REHEA T(Sensor) REHEAT lets you heat foods without needing to program times and Cook Powers. REHEAT has preset Cook Powers for 4 categories: Dinner Plate, Soup/Sauce, Casserole, and Pizza. When the cook time is over, you will hear four beeps and COOK END will display. VEGET ABLE VEGETA[...]

- 19 - OPERA TION SENSOR COOKING T ABLE CATEGORY DIRECTION AMOUNT Fresh Vegetable Frozen Vegetable Canned Vegetable Frozen Entree Popcorn Potato Rice Popcorn lets you pop commercially packaged microwave popcorn. Pop only one package at a time. For best results, use fresh bag of popcorn. Place bag of prepackaged microwave popcorn on the center of gl[...]

- 20 - OPERA TION AUT O DEFROST Four defrost sequences are preset in the oven. The auto defrost feature provides you with the best defrosting method for frozen foods. The cooking guide will show you which defrost sequence is recommended for the food you are defrosting. For added convenience, the Auto Defrost includes a built-in beep mechanism that [...]

- 21 - OPERA TION AUT O DEFROST T ABLE Meat setting FOOD AT BEEP SETTING SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS BEEF Ground Beef, Bulk Ground Beef, Patties Round Steak Tenderloin Steak Stew Beef Pot Roast, Chuck Roast Rib Roast Rolled Rump Roast LAMB Cubes for Stew Chops (1 inch thick) PORK Chops ( 1/2 inch thick) Hot Dogs Spareribs Country-style Ribs Sausage, Links[...]

- 22 - OPERA TION AUT O DEFROST T ABLE (CONT .) Poultry setting Fish setting FOOD AT BEEP SETTING SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS CHICKEN Whole (up to 6 lbs) Cut-up CORNISH HENS Whole TURKEY Breast (up to 6 lbs) POULTRY POULTRY POULTRY Turn over (finish defrosting breast- side down). Cover warm areas with aluminum foil. Separate pieces and rearrange. Turn ove[...]

- 23 - OPERA TION Bread setting FOOD AT BEEP SETTING SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS Bagel Dinner Roll Muffin Hamburger Hot Dog Bun Slices of Bread Loaf of Bread BREAD Turn over and rearrange. Place on 3 sheets of paper towel. 1. Touch Q DEFROST pad. 2. Touch START pad. Example: To defrost ground beef. Q DEFROST The Q DEFROST feature provides you with the rap[...]

- 24 - COOKING RECIPE GUIDE SPICY CHICKEN - 2 servings (double the ingredients for 4 servings) • 1 pounds skinless, chicken pieces • teaspoon cayenne pepper • 1 tablespoon paprika • teaspoon pepper • cup hot sauce or 1 tablespoon Tabasco sauce • cup barbecue sauce of choice Mix everything in an 8 X 8-glass dish or similar dish and cover[...]

- 25 - COOKING WHOLE CHICKEN • 4 frozen Cornish hens, about 1 pound each, without giblets • Salt and pepper to taste • Poultry seasoning Place the birds in a 13 X 9 inch oblong dish, breast side down and cover with plastic wrap. Cook on ‘ Whole Chicken ’ . After 15 minutes, turn birds over, season, inside and out, and brush with Kitchen B[...]

- 26 - COOKING CASSEROLE (Ham and Sausage Jambalaya) • 3 cups smoked sausage pieces • 2 cups cooked ham • 1 medium onion, chopped • 1 small green bell pepper,cored and chopped • 3 cloves garlic,minced • cup chopped parsley • 4 tablespoons tomato paste • 1 can tomatoes with chilies • 1 cup long grain rice • 2 cups water • salt [...]

- 27 - COOKING GETTING THE BEST COOKING RESUL TS To get the best results from your microwave oven, read and follow the guidelines below. • Storage Temperature: Foods taken from the freezer or refrigerator take longer to cook than the same foods at room temperature. The time for recipes in this book is based on the normal storage temperature of th[...]

- 28 - COOKING Appetizers / Sauces / Soups Cooking Appetizers: Tips and T echniques Recommended • Crisp crackers, such as melba toast, shredded wheat, and crisp rye crackers are best for microwave use. Wait until party time to add the spreads. Place a paper towel under the crackers while they cook in the microwave oven to absorb extra moisture. ?[...]

- 29 - COOKING Form patties with depression in center of each. Place on microwavable roast rack. Brush with browning agent, if desired. Cover with waxed paper. Turn over halfway through cooking. Let stand covered 1 minute. Place roast fat side down on microwavable roast rack. Add desired seasonings and cover with waxed paper. Turn meat over halfway[...]

- 30 - COOKING Poultry Cooking Poultry: General 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. - Cover the baking dish with waxed paper to reduce splattering. - Use a browning agent [...]

- 31 - CARE AND CLEANING 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. Wipe the microwave oven inside and out, including the hood bottom cover, with a soft cloth and a warm (not hot) mil[...]

- 32 - OVEN LIGHT REPLACEMENT 1. Disconnect power or unplug microwave oven. 2. Remove the vent grille mounting screws. 3. Tip the cover forward, then lift out to remove. 4. Lift up the bulb holder. 5. Replace bulb with a candelabra-base 20 watt bulb. 6. Replace the bulb holder, if damaged. 7. Slide the bottom of the vent grille into place. Push the[...]

- 33 - USE OVENPROOF GLASS (treated for high intensity heat): utility dishes, loaf dishes, pie plates, cake plates, liquid measuring cups, casseroles and bowls without metallic trim. CHINA: bowls, cups, serving plates and platters without metallic trim. PLASTIC: Plastic wrap (as a cover)-- lay the plastic wrap loosely over the dish and press it to [...]

- 34 - Check the following list to be sure a service call is really necessary. A quick reference of this manual as well as reviewing additional information on items to check may prevent an unneeded service call. If nothing on the oven operates: • check for a blown circuit fuse or a tripped main circuit breaker. • check if oven is properly conne[...]

- 35 - LG Electronics Inc. will repair or replace your product, at LG’s option, if it proves to be defective in material or workmanship under normal use, during the warranty period set forth below, effective from the date of original consumer purchase of the product. This limited warranty is good only to the original purchaser of the product and [...]

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