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MICROWAVE OVEN
OWNER'S MANUAL & COOKING GUIDE
PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL
THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING.
LMV1976ST P/NO. 3828W5A3420
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Thank you for purchasing an LG microwave oven. Model No: Please record the model number and serial number of this unit for future reference. We also Serial No: suggest you record the details of your contact Dealer: with LG (LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.) concerning this unit. Dealer Phone No: Staple your receipt here to prove your Customer Relations retail purchase. LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. Service Division Bldg. #3 201 James Record Rd. Huntsville, AL 35824-0126 PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIB
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Sensor Operating Instructions....................... PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE 15 Sensor Cooking Guide.................................. EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE 15 Adding or subtracting Cook Time.................. ENERGY............................................................... 2 16 Popcorn......................................................... 16 Pizza ............................................................. TABLE OF CONTENTS ...........................
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SAFETY IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The safety instructions below will tell you how to use your oven and avoid harm to yourself or damage to your oven. • Suitable for use above both gas and electric cooking WARNING - To reduce the risk of burns, equipment 36 inches wide or less. electric shock, fire, injury to persons, or exposure to excessive microwave energy. • Do not use this oven for commercial purposes. It is made for household use only. • Read all the instructions before using your oven.
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SAFETY • To avoid improperly cooking some foods. browning dish. If you use a browning dish - Do not heat any types of baby bottles or baby incorrectly, you could damage the oven floor. food. Uneven heating may occur and possibly • Install or locate this appliance only in accordance cause personal injury. with the provided installation instructions. - Do not heat small-necked containers, such as syrup bottles. • This appliance should be serviced only by qualified - Do not deep-fat fry in your m
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INFORMATION Please read this owner’s manual. It will tell you how GROUNDING INSTRUCTIONS to use all the fine features of this microwave oven. This appliance must be grounded. If an electrical short circuit occurs, grounding reduces the risk of LOCATION OF MODEL NUMBER electric shock by providing an escape wire for the To request service information or replacement parts, electric current. The cord for this appliance has a the service center will require the complete model grounding wire with a g
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INFORMATION MICROWAVE OVEN FEATURES Model and Serial Number Plate Vent Grille Two-position Door Handle Metal Rack Window with Cooking Guide Metal Shield Door Safety Lock System Oven Control Grease Filter Panel Glass Turntable Cooktop/Countertop Light Defrosting Rack - 7 -
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INFORMATION 1. DISPLAY: The Display includes a clock and 13. NUMBER: Touch number pads to enter cooking indicators to tell you time of day, cooking time time, power level, quantities, or weights. settings and cooking functions selected. 14. KITCHEN TIMER: Touch this pad to set the kitchen 2. POPCORN: Touch this pad when popping popcorn timer. in your microwave oven. The oven’s sensor will tell 15. CLOCK: Touch this pad to enter the time of day. the oven how long to cook depending on the amo
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OPERATION VENT HI-LOW-OFF LIGHT HI-LOW-OFF Touch LIGHT pad once for bright The VENT moves steam and other light, twice for night light, or three vapors from the cooking surface. times to turn the light off. Touch VENT once for High fan speed, twice for Low fan speed, or three times to turn the fan off. LIGHT TIMER You can set the LIGHT to turn on and off automatically NOTE: If the temperature gets too hot around the at any time you want. The light comes on at the same microwave oven, the fan in
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OPERATION EZ-ON CUSTOM COOK A time-saving pad, this simplified control lets you CUSTOM COOK lets you recall one cooking instruction quickly set and start microwave cooking without the previously placed in memory and begin cooking need to touch START pad. quickly. Example: To set Ez-On for 2 minutes. Example: To cook for 2 minutes. 1. Touch Ez-On pad 4 times. 1. Touch CUSTOM COOK pad. The oven begins cooking and display shows time counting down. 2. Enter the cook time. NOTE: If you touch Ez-On, i
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OPERATION COOKING AT HIGH COOK COOKING WITH MORE THAN POWER ONE COOK CYCLE For best results, some recipes call for one Power Level Example: To cook food for 8 minutes 30 seconds. for a certain length of time, and another Power Level for another length of time. Your oven can be set to 1. Enter the cook time. change from one to another automatically, for up to three cycles if the first heating cycle is defrost or the last at 0% power. 2. Touch START pad. When the cook time is over, Example: To coo
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OPERATION COOKING GUIDE FOR LOWER POWER LEVELS The nine power levels in addition to HIGH allow you to examples of foods best cooked at each level, and the choose the best power level for the food you are amount of microwave power you are using. cooking. Below are listed all the power levels, MICROWAVE OUTPUT POWER LEVEL USE 10 100% Boil water. Cook ground beef. HIGH Make candy. Cook fresh fruits and vegetables. Cook fish and poultry. Preheat browning dish. Reheat meat slices quic
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OPERATION SENSOR OPERATING SENSOR COOKING GUIDE Appropriate containers and coverings help assure good INSTRUCTIONS Sensor cooking results. Sensor Cook allows you to cook most of your favorite foods without selecting cooking times and power levels. 1. Always use microwavable containers and cover The oven automatically determines required cooking them with lids or vented plastic wrap. time for each food item. When the internal sensor detects a certain amount of humidity coming from the 2. Never us
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OPERATION ADDING OR SUBTRACTING CAUTION COOK TIME If the SENSOR function is too long or too short, you Do not leave microwave oven unattended while popping. When popping commercially packaged can increase or decrease the cook time by 10 seconds popcorn, Remove the rack from the oven; Do not after display the remaining heating time. You can only increase or decrease cook time before cooking starts. place the bag of microwave popcorn on the rack or under the rack. Example: If you want to adjust t
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OPERATION VEGETABLE REHEAT VEGETABLE has preset cook powers for 3 food REHEAT lets you heat foods without needing to categories: Fresh, Frozen, and Canned. program times and Cook Powers. REHEAT has preset Cook Powers for 3 categories: Example: To reheat Frozen Vegetable. Casserole, Dinner Plate, and Soup/Sauce. NOTE: 1. Touch VEGETABLE pad. For best results, cover with vented plastic wrap. Example: To reheat Casserole. 2. Choose food category. Touch pad Category number 1. Touch REHEAT pad. Fre
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OPERATION AUTO DEFROST WEIGHT CONVERSION CHART Your microwave oven is preset with three defrost To enter food weight in AUTO DEFROST, you must sequences. Using AUTO DEFROST is the best way to specify pounds and tenths of a pound. If the weight on defrost frozen foods. The Auto Defrost Sequence Table the food package is in fractions of a pound, you can below provides some basic guidelines for using the use the following chart to convert the weight to three defrost sequences. decimals. Use the DE
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OPERATION AUTO DEFROST CHART Meat setting FOOD SETTING AT BEEP SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS BEEF Meat of irregular shape and large, fatty cuts of meat should have the narrow or fatty areas shielded with foil at the beginning of a defrost sequence. Ground Beef, MEAT Remove thawed portions with fork. Do not defrost less than 1/4 lb. Bulk Turn over. Return remainder to oven. Freeze in doughnut shape. Place on the defrosting rack. Ground Beef, MEAT Separate and rearrange. Do not defrost less than two oz.
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OPERATION AUTO DEFROST CHART (CONTINUED) Poultry setting FOOD SETTING AT BEEP SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS CHICKEN Whole POULTRY Turn over (finish defrosting breast- Place chicken breast-side up on a (up to 6 lbs) side down). Cover warm areas with microwavable roast rack. Finish defrosting by aluminum foil. immersing in cold water. Remove giblets when chicken is partially defrosted. Cut-up Separate pieces and rearrange. Place on the defrosting rack. Turn over. Cover warm areas with Finish defrosting
