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MICROWAVE OVEN
OWNER’S MANUAL & COOKING GUIDE
PLEASE READ THIS OWNER’S MANUAL
THOROUGHLY BEFORE OPERATING.
MV1615W
MV1615B
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Thank you for purchasing a GoldStar 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 GoldStar (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 A
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Popcorn..............................................................15 PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID POSSIBLE Beverage............................................................15 EXPOSURE TO EXCESSIVE MICROWAVE Potato.................................................................15 ENERGY..............................................................2 Pizza ..................................................................15 Cook......................................................
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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. • Install or locate this appliance only in accordance - Do not heat any types of baby bottles or baby with the provided installation instructions. food. Uneven heating may occur and possibly • This appliance should be serviced only by qualified cause personal injury. service personnel. Contact the nearest authorized - Do not heat small-necked containers, such as service facility for examination, repair, or adjustment. syrup bottles. • Liquids, s
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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 Window with Glass Turntable Vent Grille Metal Shield Cooking Guide Door Handle Metal Rack Door Safety Lock System Oven Control Panel Cooktop/Countertop Light Grease Filter - 7 -
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INFORMATION OVEN CONTROL PANEL 1 2 4 3 7 5 9 6 10 8 12 11 14 13 15 16 17 19 18 21 20 24 22 26 25 23 - 8 -
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INFORMATION 1. DISPLAY: The Display includes a clock and 14. CUSTOM SET: Touch this pad to change the indicators to tell you time of day, cooking time oven’s default settings for sound, clock, display settings and cooking functions selected. speed and defrost weight. 2. POPCORN: Touch this pad when popping popcorn 15. CLOCK: Touch this pad to enter the time of day. in your microwave oven. 16. HOLD WARM: Touch this pad to keep hot, cooked 3. PIZZA: Touch this pad to reheat 1 to 3 slices. foods
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OPERATION LEARN ABOUT YOUR MICROWAVE 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. CLOCK LIGHT TIMER This oven includes a 24 hour clock. You can set the LIGHT to turn on and off automatically at any time you want. The light comes on at the same Example: To set 8:00 AM. time every day until reset. 1. Touch STOP/CLEAR. Example: Turn on 2:00 AM, turn off 7:0
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OPERATION FAN HI / LOW / OFF HELP The FAN moves steam and other The HELP pad display feature information and helpful vapors from the surface cooking. hints. Press HELP, then select a key pad. Touch once for High fan speed, twice for Low fan speed, or Example: To learn about POPCORN. a three times to turn the fan off. 1. Touch STOP/CLEAR. NOTE: If the temperature gets too hot around the microwave oven, the fan in the vent hood will automatically turn on at the LOW setting to cool
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OPERATION Ez On CUSTOM SET A time-saving pad, this simplified control lets you You can change the default values for beep sound, clock, display speed and defrost weight. quickly set and start microwave cooking without the See following chart for more information. need to touch START. Example: To set Ez On for 2 minutes. CUSTOM NUMBER NUMBER RESULT Touch Ez On SET 4 times. 1 Sound ON Sound ON/OFF The oven begins cooking 1 control and display shows time 2 Sound OFF counting down. 1 Clock ON Cl
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OPERATION MORE / LESS COOKING AT LOWER POWER LEVELS By using the MORE or LESS Keys, all of the pre-programmed cook and time cook and etc. can be HIGH power cooking does not always give you the adjusted to cook food for a longer or shorter time. best results with foods that need slower cooking, such as roasts, baked goods, or custards. Your oven has 9 Pressing MORE will add 10 seconds of the cooking time power settings in addition to “HIGH”. each time you press it. Pressing LESS will subtract 1
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OPERATION COOKING GUIDE FOR “LOWER POWER LEVELS” The nine power levels in addition to “HIGH” allow you examples of foods best cooked at each level, and the to 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, POWER LEVEL MICROWAVE OUTPUT USE • Boil water. 10 100% • Cook ground beef. “HIGH” • Make candy. • Cook fresh fruits and vegetables. • Cook fish, and poultry. • Preheat browning dish. • Reheat me
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OPERATION POPCORN BEVERAGE BEVERAGE lets you heat up to 2 beverages. POPCORN lets you pop 1.75, 3.0, and 3.5 ounce NOTE: bags of commercially packaged microwave popcorn. • Reheat times based on an 8 ounce cup. Pop only one package at a time. If you are using a • Beverage heated with the beverage feature may be very hot. microwave popcorn popper, follow manufacturer’s • Remove the container with care. instructions. • Beverage may be very hot, remove from oven with care. To correctly set your micr
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OPERATION COOK COOK provides four preset categories for cooking. Example: To cook 2 cups of Rice. 4. Enter quantity/servings. 1. Touch STOP/CLEAR. Number of Category cups Fresh 1 - 4 cups 2. Touch COOK. vegetable Frozen 1 - 4 cups vegetable 3. Choose food category. 1 - 2 cups Rice Touch pad Category Casserole 1 - 4 cups number Fresh 1 When the cook time is over, you vegetable will hear four beeps and END will display. Frozen 2 vegetable 3 Rice Casserole 4 COOKING GUIDE FOR “COOK” CATEGORY QUANTI
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OPERATION REHEAT REHEAT provides four preset categories for reheating. Example: To reheat 3 cups of Casserole. 4. Enter quantity/servings. 1. Touch STOP/CLEAR. Number of Category cups/Items 2. Touch REHEAT. Dinner plate 1 - 2 servings Soup/sauce 1 - 4 cups 3. Choose food category. Casserole 1 - 4 cups Touch pad Category number 1 - 4 pieces Roll/Muffin Dinner Plate 1 When the cook time is over, Soup/Sauce 2 you will hear four beeps and Casserole 3 END will display. 4 Roll/Muffin COOKING GUIDE F
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OPERATION Weight conversion chart AUTO DEFROST Your microwave oven is preset with three defrost You are probably used to food weights as being in sequences. Using AUTO DEFROST is the best way to pounds and ounces that are fractions of a pound (for defrost frozen foods. The Auto Defrost Sequence example 4 ounces equals 1/4 pound). Table below provides some basic guidelines for using However, in order to enter food weight in AUTO the three defrost sequences. DEFROST, you must specify pounds and t
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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 Remove thawed portions with MEAT Do not defrost less than 1/4 lb. (bulk) fork. Turn over. Return Freeze in doughnut shape. remainder to oven. Ground beef MEAT Separate and rearrange. Do not defrost less than two oz.patties. (patties) Depress cen
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OPERATION AUTO DEFROST CHART (continued) Poultry setting FOOD SETTING SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS AT BEEP CHICKEN POULTRY Turn over (finish defrosting Place chicken breast-side-up on a microwavable breast-side down). Cover roast rack. Finish defrosting by immersing in cold warm areas with aluminum Whole water. Remove giblets when chicken is partially foil. defrosted. Turn over. Cover warm Cut-up Place on a microwavable roasting rack. areas with Finish defrosting by immersing in cold water. aluminum
