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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.

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Precautions
Contents
Unpacking & Installing
Setting the Clock
Child 
Micro Power Cooking
Micro Power Level
Two Stage Cooking
Quick Start
Grill Cooking
Combination Cooking
Auto Cook

Taste Saver
Energy Saving
Important safety instructions
Microwave - safe Utensils
Food characteristics & Microwave cooking
Questions & Answers
Plug Wiring Information/Technical Specifications     

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Auto Menu

Auto Defrost

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Defrost & Grill

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Summary of Contents for MH638 series

Page 1: ...www lg com OWNER S MANUAL MICROWAVE OVEN PLEASE READ THIS OWNER S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING MFL55318560 optional please check model specification MH638 ...

Page 2: ...utions 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 ov...

Page 3: ... 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 har...

Page 4: ...he outlet can damage the oven 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 be...

Page 5: ...he GLASS TRAY and close the oven door If you have any doubts about what type of container to use please refer to page 35 Press the START button once to set 30 seconds of cooking time Open your oven door by pulling the DOOR HANDLE Place the inside the oven and place the GLASS TRAY on top Plug your oven into a standard household socket Make sure your oven is the only appliance connected to the socke...

Page 6: ...ug in your oven for the first time 24H appears on the display If you want to use different option Press TASTE SAVER If you want to change different option after setting clock you have to unplug and plug it back in 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 packa...

Page 7: ...e 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 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 CLEAR 7 ...

Page 8: ... food on 80 power for 5 minutes and 30 seconds Your oven has five microwave Power settings POWER HIGH MEDIUM HIGH MEDIUM MEDIUM LOW LOW 100 80 60 40 20 Power Output 800W 640W 480W 320W 160W Press MICRO twice to select 640 power 640 appears on the display 8 Turn DIAL until display shows 5 30 After cooking is over End Reminder Beep Sounds per 1 minute for 5 minutes until the oven door is opened ...

Page 9: ...Boil Water Brown minced beef Cook poultry pieces fish vegetables Cook tender cuts of meat MEDIUM HIGH All reheating Roast meat and poultry Cook mushrooms and shellfish Cook foods containing cheese and eggs MEDIUM Bake cakes and scones Prepare eggs Cook custard Prepare rice soup All thawing MEDIUM LOW Melt butter and chocolate Cook less tender cuts of meat LOW Soften butter cheese 20 160W Soften ic...

Page 10: ...ened 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 CLEAR 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 10 40 40 until...

Page 11: ... 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 by repeatedly pressing the START button The QUICK START feature allows you to set 30 seconds intervals of HIGH power cooking with a touch of the START button 11 ...

Page 12: ...This feature will allow you to brown and crisp food quickly In the following example I will show you how to use the grill to cook some food for 12 minutes and 30 seconds Press START Press GRILL 12 Turn DIAL until display shows 12 30 ...

Page 13: ...ave heats inside Moreover preheating your oven is not necessary Combination Cooking Mode CATEGORY MICRO POWER HEATER POWER Co 1 20 80 Co 2 40 60 Co 3 60 40 Press START Be careful when removing your food because the container will be hot In the following example I will show you how to programme your oven with combi mode Co 3 for a cooking time of 25 minutes Combination Cooking Press Combi three tim...

Page 14: ...shows how to cook 0 6 kg of fresh vegetable Auto Cook AUTO COOK allows you to cook your favorite food easily by selecting the food type and entering the weight of the food by press button food Turn DIAL knob until display shows 0 6 kg Press START Press AUTO COOK two times to select 14 Press STOP CLEAR Ac 2 appears on the display ...

Page 15: ...nished cover it for five minutes until the water evaporates 0 2 kg 1 0 kg 0 2 kg 0 8 kg 0 2 kg 0 8 kg 0 1 kg 0 3 kg Rice Pasta Ac 4 Frozen Vegetable Ac 3 Glass tray Microwavable casserole dish Microwavable casserole dish Microwavable casserole dish Room temp Room temp Room temp Weight 100g Place vegetables in a microwavable casserole dish Add water and wrap it After Cooking able to stir and place ...

Page 16: ... bowl add onion red chilies Chinese celery shallots and squid 4 Place food in the oven 5 Select the menu and press Start 6 When beep sounds remove food out and stir well 7 Place food into the oven again press Start to continue When cooking time is finished remove food from the oven and serve Auto tc 2 Seafood spicy 1 50 kg Fire Resistant Ingredients Menu Glass Bowl soup Mussel meat 300 grams 2 Gal...

Page 17: ...fish fillets cut into large pieces and mix thoroughly with crispy flour and let it rest 2 Put vegetable oil for frying in the fire resistant glass bowl then place the fish 3 Place food in the oven 4 Select menu and press Start 5 When beep sounds flip the fish 6 Place food into the oven again then press Start to continue When cooking time is finished remove fish from the oven and set aside to drain...

Page 18: ... cooking wine and sesame oil Put cornstarch mix well and let stand 2 Combine all ingredients in a fire resistant bowl and mix well 3 Place in the oven 4 Select menu and press Start 5 After the cooking finished remove from the oven put over rice and serve Auto tc 5 Curry with 1 kg Fire Resistant Ingredients Menu featherback Glass Bowl Featherback meat scraped 200 grams Coriander leaves ripped 5 lea...

Page 19: ...ng sauce to marinate with pork Mix well and let stand about 30 minutes 2 Put stock in a fire resistant glass bowl and then put other ingredients in the bowl 4 Select menuand press Start 5 After cooking finished remove the food from the oven and serve Auto tc 7 Pudding gelatin 0 50 kg Fire Resistant Ingredients Menu Glass Bowl Gelatin powder 1 tablespoon 7 2 5L Water 1 cups times Chicken egg 2 eggs...

Page 20: ... times Dried peppercorn 2 teaspoons Baby corn 12 ears Sugar 2 tablespoons Carrot cut into pieces 1 carrot Shallots julienned 2 tablespoons Asparagus 300 grams Ingredients for sauce Sesame oil 1 tablespoon Bird eye chili green and red minced 2 tablespoons Salt 1 teaspoon Coriander root minced 1 tablespoon Sugar 1 tablespoon Garlic minced 2 tablespoons Pickled garlic juice cup Cooking 1 Clean tender...

Page 21: ...ice flour 1 teaspoon 11 grilled prawns Shrimp coarse minced cup Fish sauce 2 teaspoons times Spicy curry paste 1 tablespoons Palm sugar 1 teaspoon Coconut milk cup Hot basil leaves cup Coconut milk for steamed curry cup Chili red cut into fine strips 1 chili Cooking 1 Clean prawns slice its back and remove the black lines then split for stuffing Let them stand 2 Mix coconut milk with curry paste s...

Page 22: ...c 13 Baked chicken 6 pieces Ingredients High Rack Menu Chicken wings 6 pieces Chinese cooking wine 1 tablespoon wings in red Garlic crushed 5 cloves Salt 1 teaspoon 13 sauce times Tomato sauce cup Dried peppercorn 1 teaspoon Light soya sauce 3 tablespoons Water 2 cups Seasoning sauce 1 tablespoon Vegetable oil 3 tablespoons Sugar 3 tablespoons Vegetable oil for frying cup Cooking 1 Clean chicken w...

Page 23: ...h with pandan leaves let it stand 3 Place the fish on the high rage in the oven 4 Select menu and press Start 5 While cooking prepare the sauce by pounding bird eye chili with garlic then put in the bowl Put fish sauce suga r lemon juice mix well and let it stand 6 When beep sounds turn over the fish 7 Place the food in the oven again and press Start to continue 8 After cooking finished arrange in...

Page 24: ... a different setting Category times times During defrosting your oven will BEEP at which point open the oven door turn food over and separate to ensure even thawing Remove any portions that have thawed or shield them to help slow down thawing After checking close the oven door and press START to resume defrosting Your oven will not stop defrosting even when the beep sounded unless the door is open...

Page 25: ...EF1 y a r t s s a l g e h t n o d e r e v o c n u e c a l p d n a r e n i a t n o c e l b a v a w o r c i m a n i e b d l u o h s d e t s o r f e d e b o t d o o F e h t e r u s n E g n i t s o r f e d g n i r u d m r a w g n i m o c e b s a e r a e m o s t n e v e r p l l i w s i h T l i o f m u n i m u l a f o s e c e i p t a fl h t i w y r t l u o p r o t a e m f o s a e r a l l a m s p a r W f...

Page 26: ... 0 3 kg Press START Category Salmon Fillet Patties Shrimp Sausage Hamburger time times times times Defrost Grill allows you to cook most of your favorite food easily by selecting the food type and entering the weight of food Press DEFROST GRILL Press DEFROST GRILL once 26 Press STOP CLEAR dG 1 appears on the display ...

Page 27: ...ose the menu and weight press START After cooking remove from the oven and let them stand k c a r e h t n o e c a l p d n a s p m i r h s n a e l C 1 r e v o s p m i r h s e h t n r u t s d n u o s p e e b n e h W 2 Place hamburger Patties on the rack Choose the menu and weight press START After cooking remove from the oven and let them stand k c a r e h t n o e c a l P s e g a s u a s e h t d e p...

Page 28: ...R and HO H appears on the display Press START TIME display If you want to warm your food when the AUTO COOK program you can get the warming food by pressing the key When the food without Auto function need warming you can set warming at any point by pressing the key Taste saver function has only one time level 90 minutes But the function will stop when you open the door Power Level Low Press keep ...

Page 29: ... energy through display off during stand by status or after 5 minutes with door open or closing display will off automatically After 5 minutes with door open or closing display off During ECO ON status if you press any key display will on 29 Press STOP CLEAR Press STOP CLEAR or ...

Page 30: ...g or cooking They could burst 6 Be certain to use proper accessories on each operation mode Improper use could result in damage to your oven and accessories or could make spark and a fire 7 The children should not allow to play with accessories or hang down from the door handle They may get hurt This is the safety alert symbol This symbol alerts you to potential hazards that can kill or hurt you a...

Page 31: ... amounts of food require shorter cooking or heating time t n e u q e s b u s d n a e r fi n o g n i h c t a c d o o f e h t n i t l u s e r y a m g n i k o o c r e v O damage to your oven 5 When heating liquids e g soups sauces and beverages in your microwave oven Avoid using straight sided containers with narrow necks Do not overheat Stir the liquid before placing the container in the oven and ag...

Page 32: ...not be heated in microwave ovens since they may explode even after microwave heating has ended Pressure will build up inside the egg which will burst 15 Do not attempt deep fat frying in your oven This could result in a sudden boil over of the hot liquid 16 If smoke is observed or emitted switch off or unplug the appliance and keep the door closed in order to stifle any flame It can cause serious ...

Page 33: ...r If the supply cord is damaged it must be replaced by the manufacturer a service agent or a similarly qualified person in order to avoid potential hazards Improper use may cause serious electric damage 23 This oven should not be used for commercial catering purposes Improper use could result in damage to your oven 24 The connection may be achieved by having the plug accessible or by incorporating...

Page 34: ...cluding children with reduced physical sensory or mental capabilities or lack of experience and knowledge unless they have been given supervisionor instruction concerning use of the appliance by a person responsiblefor their safety Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance 34 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read and follow all instructions before using your ove...

Page 35: ...ch as tumblers or wine glasses as these might shatter as the food warms Plastic storage containers These can be used to hold foods that are to be quickly reheated However they should not be used to hold foods that will need considerable time in the oven as hot foods will eventually warp or melt plastic containers Paper Paper plates and containers are convenient and safe to use in your microwave ov...

Page 36: ...upper portion of tall food particularly roasts will cook more quickly than the lower portion Therefore it is wise to turn tall food during cooking sometimes several times Moisture content of food Since the heat generated from microwaves tends to evaporate moisture relatively dry food such as roasts and some vegetables should either be sprinkled with water prior to cooking or covered to retain mois...

Page 37: ...erature of foods will rise between 50F 30C and 150F 80C during standing time Standing time Foods are often allowed to stand for 3 to 10 minutes after being removed from the microwave oven Usually the foods are covered during standing time to retain heat unless they are supposed to be dry in texture some cakes and biscuits for example Standing allows foods to finish cooking and also helps flavour b...

Page 38: ...n the density of the food Q Is it possible to pop corn in a microwave oven A Yes if using one of the two methods described below 1 Popcorn popping utensils designed specifically for microwave cooking 2 Prepackaged commercial microwave popcorn that contains specific times and power outputs needed for an acceptable final product FOLLOW EXACT DIRECTIONS GIVEN BY EACH MANUFACTURER FOR THEIR POPCORN PR...

Page 39: ...which is colored BROWN must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter L or colored RED The wire which is colored GREEN YELLOW or GREEN must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter E or If the supply cord is damaged it must be replaced by the manufacturer or its service agent or a similarly qualified person in order to avoid a hazard Warning Technical Specifi...

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