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OWNER'S MANUAL

MICROWAVE OVEN

PLEASE READ THIS OWNER'S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING.
MC8189HRC
www.lg.com
P/No. : MFL66680201

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  • Page 1: Microwave Oven

    OWNER’S MANUAL MICROWAVE OVEN PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING. MC8189HRC www.lg.com P/No. : MFL66680201...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Contents ________________________________________________ 3 How the Microwave Function Works Important Safety Instructions ________________________________ 4 ~ 8 Precautions ______________________________________________ 9 Microwaves are a form of energy similar to radio, television waves, and Unpacking & Installing _____________________________________ 10 ~ 11 ordinary daylight. Normally, microwaves spread outwards as they travel Control Panel ____________________________________________ 12 through the atmosphere and disappear without effect.
  • Page 4: Important Safety Instructions

    Important Safety Please keep for future reference. Read and follow all instructions before using your oven to prevent the risk of fire, electric shock, personal injury, or damage when using the oven. Instructions This guide does not cover all possible conditions that may occur. Always contact your service agent or manufacturer about problems that you do not understand.
  • Page 5: Important Safety

    Important Safety Please keep for future reference. Read and follow all instructions before using your oven to prevent the risk of fire, electric shock, personal injury, or damage when using the oven. Instructions This guide does not cover all possible conditions that may occur. Always contact your service agent or manufacturer about problems that you do not understand.
  • Page 6 Important Safety Please keep for future reference. Read and follow all instructions before using your oven to prevent the risk of fire, electric shock, personal injury, or damage when using the oven. Instructions This guide do not cover all possible conditions that may occur. Always contact your service agent or manufacturer about problems that you do not understand.
  • Page 7 Important Safety Please keep for future reference. Read and follow all instructions before using your oven to prevent the risk of fire, electric shock, personal injury, or damage when using the oven. Instructions This guide does not cover all possible conditions that may occur. Always contact your service agent or manufacturer about problems that you do not understand.
  • Page 8 Important Safety Please keep for future reference. Read and follow all instructions before using your oven to prevent the risk of fire, electric shock, personal injury, or damage when using the oven. Instructions This guide does not cover all possible conditions that may occur. Always contact your service agent or manufacturer about problems that you do not understand.
  • Page 9: Precautions

    Precautions Precautions for avoiding possible exposure to excessive microwave energy. You cannot operate your oven with the door open due to the safety interlocks When heating liquids, e.g. soups, sauces and beverages in your oven with built into the door mechanism. These safety interlocks automatically switch off microwave function, delayed eruptive boiling can occur without evidence of any cooking activity when the door is opened;...
  • Page 10: Unpacking & Installing

    * THIS OVEN SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL CATERING PURPOSES. Glass tray * THIS OVEN CAN BE USED AS BUILT-IN TYPE . High rack Steam water bowl Rotating ring * MUST USE THE BUILT-IN KIT THAT IS MADE BY LG ELECTRONICS.
  • Page 11 Plug your oven into a standard household socket. Make Press the Stop/Clear button, and press the sure your oven is the only appliance connected to the Start/Quick Start button one time to set 30 socket. If your oven does not operate properly, unplug it seconds of cooking time.
  • Page 12: Control Panel

    Control Panel 1. THAI AUTO MENU : allows you to cook most of your favorite food by 9. TIME/WEIGHT selecting the food type and the weight of the food. • You can determine the selected cooking category. 2. AUTO ROAST : You can select the food type and the weight of the food. •...
  • Page 13: Method To Use Accessories As Per Mode

    Method To Use Accessories As Per Mode Crisp cook Microwave Convection Grill combi Auto Roast Grill Conv combi Square tray Square rack Pizza pan Steam cover High rack Low rack Glass tray Caution : Use accessories in accordance with cooking guides! : Acceptable : Not Acceptable...
  • Page 14: Setting The Clock

    Setting The You can set either12 hour clock or 24 hour clock. Clock In the following example I will show you how to set the time for 10:30 when using the 24 clock. Make sure that you have removed all packaging from your oven. Make sure that you have correctly installed your oven as described earlier in this book.
  • Page 15: Child Lock

    Child Lock In the following example I will show you how to set the child lock. Press STOP/CLEAR. Your oven has a safety feature that Press and hold STOP/CLEAR until “L” appears on the display and prevents accidental running of the oven. BEEP sounds.
  • Page 16: Micro Power Cooking

    Micro Power Cooking In the following example I will show you how to cook some food on 400W power for 5 minutes. Make sure that you have correctly installed your oven as described earlier in this book. Press STOP/CLEAR. Turn MODE to select Microwave. Your oven has five microwave Power settings.
  • Page 17: Micro Power Level

    Micro Power This oven is equipped with 5 power levels to give you maximum flexibility and control over cooking. Level The table below shows some examples of food and their recommended cooking power levels for use with this oven. POWER LEVEL OUTPUT ACCESSORY * Boil Water...
  • Page 18: Grill Cooking

    Grill Cooking In the following example I will show you how to use the Grill to cook some food for 12 minutes. Press STOP/CLEAR. This feature will allow you to brown Turn MODE to select Grill. and crisp food quickly. The following indication is displayed: “...
  • Page 19: Grill Combi Cooking

    Grill Combi In the following example I will show you how to programme your oven with micro power 400W Cooking and grill for a cooking time of 25 minutes. Your oven has a combination cooking Press STOP/CLEAR. feature which allows you to cook food with Heater and Microwave.
  • Page 20: Convection Preheat

    Convection Preheat In the following example I will show you how to preheat the oven to a temperature of 200°C. Press STOP/CLEAR. Turn MODE to select Conv. The convection oven has a temperature The following indication is displayed: “ “. range of 40°C and 100°C ~ 230°C (180°C is automatically available when convection mode is selected).
  • Page 21: Convection Cooking

    Convection In the following example, I will show you how to cook some food at a temperature of 230°C for 50 minutes. Cooking If you do not set a temperature your Press STOP/CLEAR. oven will automatically select 180 °C, the cooking temperature can be changed by The metal tray or metal rack must be used during convection cooking.
  • Page 22: Convection Combi Cooking

    Convection Combi In the following example I will show you how to programme your oven with micro power 300W and at a Cooking convection temperature 200˚C for a cooking time of 25 minutes. Press STOP/CLEAR. Turn MODE to select Conv. Combi. The following indications are displayed: “...
  • Page 23: Quick Start

    Quick Start In the following example I will show you how to set 2 minutes of cooking on high power (1000W). Press STOP/CLEAR. The QUICK START feature allows you Press START/QUICK START four times to select 2 minutes to set 30 second intervals of HIGH on HIGH power (1000W).
  • Page 24: More Or Less Cooking

    More or Less In the following example I will show you how to change the preset COOK programmes for a longer or Cooking shorter cooking time. Press STOP/CLEAR. If you find that your food is over or Set the required preset COOK programme. undercooked when using the preset Select weight of food.
  • Page 25: Keep Warming

    Keep Warming In the following example I will show you how to keep warming at the temperature of 90°C for 30 minutes. Press STOP/CLEAR. Turn MODE until display shows “60°C”. The oven has a temperature range of The following indication is displayed: “ “.
  • Page 26: Thai Auto Menu

    Thai In the following example I will show you how to cook 0.3 kg of Stir-fried Seabass with Onion. Auto Menu Press STOP/CLEAR. Press THAI AUTO MENU. Thai Auto Menu are programmed. Thai Auto Menu allows you to cook most of The following indication is displayed: “...
  • Page 27 THAI AUTO MENU GUIDE Weight Category Function Utensil Instructions Limit Thai tc-1 Stir-fried 0.6kg Turn food over 1. Remove the head, tentacles and ink-sac from the squid. Pull off and discard the mottled Auto Menu Squid with Crispy tray skin. Slice flesh to stripe and cut into cubes, drain. Curry 2.
  • Page 28 THAI AUTO MENU GUIDE Weight Category Function Instructions Utensil Limit Thai tc-5 Fish ball 1.0kg 1. Squeeze the featherback fish with a touch of salt and water, until it becomes sticky. Microwave-safe Auto Menu and Thai Set aside. bowl (2.5L) Herbs Spicy 2.
  • Page 29 THAI AUTO MENU GUIDE Weight Category Function Instructions Utensil Limit Thai tc-9 Pandanus 0.5kg 1. Mix eggs, coconut sugar and pandanus leaves by hand, strain and set aside. Stir well Auto Menu Leaves Microwave-safe 2. Mix water with agar-agar powder, heat in the microwave oven for 2 minutes until boil. Flavor Jelly bowl Take out side and stir then heat again until dissolve.
  • Page 30 THAI AUTO MENU GUIDE Weight Category Instructions Function Utensil Limit tc-13 Teriyaki 0.45kg 1. Clean chicken and use fork stab chicken breasts, marinate with half Teriyaki sauce for Thai Turn food over Chicken 30 minutes. Crispy tray Auto Menu with Rice On the High rack 2.
  • Page 31 THAI AUTO MENU GUIDE Weight Category Function Instructions Utensil Limit tc-17 Grilled Fish 0.35kg 1. Clean fish by clear all entrails, drain. Rub with salt, stuff with herb crushed and Crispy tray Thai with lemongrasses, kaffir lime leaves. Wrap around fish by pandanus leaves. On the high rack Auto Menu Pandanus...
  • Page 32 THAI AUTO MENU GUIDE Weight Category Function Instructions Utensil Limit tc-21 Chicken 6 wings 1. Clean chicken wings, drain. Marinate with salt, pepper for 15 minutes. Crispy tray Thai Wings with On the high rack 2. Pour oil for deep-frying in the strong glass blow, heat in the microwave oven until hot. Auto Menu Chinese Add chicken wings, heat again until turn to golden brown color and well done, drain.
  • Page 33 THAI AUTO MENU GUIDE Weight Category Function Instructions Utensil Limit tc-25 Steamed 1. Whip egg with water, add spinach, minced pork, minced shrimp, stir well. Crispy tray Thai 1cup Egg with Steam cover 2. Season with pepper and soy sauce, stir well. Auto Menu 0.09kg / 1cup...
  • Page 34 THAI AUTO MENU GUIDE Weight Category Function Instructions Utensil Limit tc-29 Steamed 0.27kg 1. Pound coriander root, garlic and pepper until fine, mix with minced pork, season with Crispy tray Thai Minced Pork soy sauce, add spring onion, carrot and chilies. Mix well, place to a cup for steam. Steam cover Auto Menu with Salted...
  • Page 35: Auto Roast

    Auto Roast In the following example I will show you how to cook 1.4 kg of roast beef. Press STOP/CLEAR. Press AUTO ROAST . The following indication is displayed: “ “. 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.
  • Page 36: Auto Roast

    AUTO ROAST GUIDE Weight Category Instructions Function Utensil Food Temp. Limit Ar 1 Roast beef 0.5~1.5 kg Low rack Refrigerated Brush the meat with oil. Auto Roast on the crisp tray Place on the low rack on the crisp tray. When beep sounds, turn food over.
  • Page 37: Steam Chef

    Steam In the following example I will show you how to cook 0.6 kg of fish fillet. Chef The feature allows you steamed cook. Press STOP/CLEAR. CAUTION: 1. Always use oven gloves when removing a STEAMER from the oven. It’s very hot. 2.
  • Page 38 STEAM CHEF GUIDE Weight Utensil Instructions Function Category Food Temp. Limit SC 1 Crustacea 0.1~0.4 kg Steam water bowl Refrigerated Clean the food. such as shrimp, crab. Steam chef Steam plate ( make sure it is under 25cm length) Steam cover Pour 300ml tap water into the steam water bowl.
  • Page 39: Steam Chef

    STEAM CHEF GUIDE Weight Category Function Utensil Food Temp. Instructions Limit Steam chef SC 5 Broccoli 0.2~0.6 kg Steam water bowl Room Same as above. Steam plate Steam cover SC 6 Green bean 0.1~0.3 kg Steam water bowl Room Pour 300ml tap water into the steam water bowl. Place the steam plate Steam plate on the steam water bowl.
  • Page 40: Crisp Cook

    Crispy Cook In the following example I will show you how to cook 0.4 kg of frozen pizza. Press STOP/CLEAR. Press CRISP COOK. This feature allows you to crisp cook. The following indications are displayed: “ “. For the best result, use the following accessories.
  • Page 41 CRISPY COOK GUIDE Weight Instructions Function Category Utensil Food Temp. Limit Crispy cc 1 Frozen Pizza 0.3~0.5 kg Crisp tray Frozen This function is for cooking frozen pizza. Cook on the high rack Remove all packaging and place it on the crisp tray on the high rack. After cooking, let stand for 1-2 minutes.
  • Page 42 * CRISPY COOK (CC2/C C 4/CC5) RECIPE Ingredients Recipe 1 pizza crust Place the crust onto the crisp tray and prick the surface with a fork. Fresh pizza 60g pizza sauce Put the pizza sauce, 50g grated cheese, peppers, onions, ham and 100g grated cheese onto 150g grated cheese the crust.
  • Page 43: Auto Defrost

    Auto The temperature and density of food varies, I would recommend that the food be checked before cooking begins. Pay particular attention to large joints of meat and chicken, some foods should not be completely thawed before cooking. For Defrost example fish cooks so quickly that it is sometimes better to begin cooking while still slightly frozen.
  • Page 44: Defrosting Guide

    Defrosting Guide * Food to be defrosted should be placed in a suitable microwave proof container and placed uncovered on the glasstray. * If necessary, shield small areas of ment or poultry with flat pieces of aluminum foil. This will prevent thin areas from becoming warm during defrosting. Ensure the foil does not touch the oven walls.
  • Page 45: Combi Defrost

    Combi The temperature and density of food varies, I would recommend that the food be checked before cooking begins. Pay particular attention to large joints of meat and chicken, some foods should not be completely thawed before cooking. For example fish cooks so quickly that it is sometimes better to begin cooking while still slightly frozen. Defrost This will require a standing time to allow the centre to thaw.
  • Page 46 Defrosting Guide * If necessary, shield small areas of meat or poultry with flat pieces of aluminum foil. This will prevent thin areas from becoming warm during defrosting. Ensure the foil does not touch the oven walls. * Separate items like minced meat, chops, sausages and bacon as soon as possible. When BEEP sounds, turn food over.
  • Page 47: Ez Clean

    In the following example I will show you how to remove smells from the oven. Clean Press STOP/CLEAR The oven has a special function to Turn MODE until display shows “230˚C” remove smells in the oven. The following indication is displayed: “ “.
  • Page 48: Microwave-Safe Utensils

    Microwave-Safe Utensils Never use metal or metal trimmed utensils in using microwave function Paper Paper plates and containers are convenient and safe to use in using Microwaves cannot penetrate metal. They will bounce off any metal object in microwave function, provided that the cooking time is short and foods to be the oven and cause arcing, an alarming phenomenon that resembles cooked are low in fat and moisture.
  • Page 49: Food Characteristics & Microwave Cooking

    Food Characteristics & Microwave Cooking Keeping an eye on things Bone and fat content of food The recipes in the book have been formulated with great care, but your success in preparing Bones conduct heat and fat cooks more quickly than meat. Care must be taken when them depends on how much attention you pay to the food as it cooks.
  • Page 50 Food Characteristics & Microwave Cooking Stirring To Clean Your Oven 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 1.
  • Page 51: Questions & Answers

    Questions & Answers Q What’s wrong when the oven light will not glow? Q Why doesn’t my oven always cook as fast as the cooking guide says? A There may be several reasons why the oven light will not glow. A Check your cooking guide again to make sure you’ve followed directions Either the light bulb has blown or the electric circuit has failed.
  • Page 52: Test Dishes In Accordance With En 60705

    Test Dishes In Accordance With EN 60705 Function Meal Microwave watlage Heating Notes setting temperature in ° Place a flat plate on the center of the glass tray. Microwave Meat 200W, 10~11min. Turn after half of total cooking time. Defrosting Or Auto key function Or use the “...
  • Page 53: Technical Specifications

    Technical Specifications Technical specification MC8189HRC Power Input 220V/50Hz Output 1000W (IEC60705 rating standard) Microwave Frequency 2450 MHz Outside Dimension 474 mm(W) X 380 mm(H) X 564 mm(D) 2850 watt Max. Power 1500 watt Microwave Consumption Grill 1150(Max.2500) watt 1350(Max.2500) watt Convection Max.2850 watt...

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