AEG Induction hob HK683320XG User Manual

							HK683320XGEN User manual 
						

							CONTENTS
1.SAFETY INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
2.SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
3.PRODUCT DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
4.DAILY USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
5.HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
6.CARE AND CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
7.TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
8.INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
9.TECHNICAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
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CUSTOMER CARE AND SERVICE
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When contacting Service, ensure that you have the following data available.
The information can be found on the rating plate. Model, PNC, Serial Number.
Warning / Caution-Safety information
General information and tips
Environmental information
Subject to change without notice.
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							1. SAFETY INFORMATION
Before the installation and use of the appliance, careful-
ly read the supplied instructions. The manufacturer is
not responsible if an incorrect installation and use cau-
ses injuries and damages. Always keep the instructions
with the appliance for future reference.
1.1 Children and vulnerable people safety
WARNING!
Risk of suffocation, injury or permanent disability.
• This appliance can be used by children aged from 8
years and above and persons with reduced physical,
sensory or mental capabilities or lack of experience
and knowledge if they are supervised by an adult or a
person who is responsible for their safety.
• Do not let children play with the appliance.
• Keep all packaging away from children.
• Keep children and pets away from the appliance
when it operates or when it cools down. Accessible
parts are hot.
• If the appliance has a child safety device, we recom-
mend that you activate it.
• Cleaning and user maintenance shall not be made by
children without supervision.
1.2 General Safety
• The appliance and its accessible parts become hot
during use. Do not touch the heating elements.
• Do not operate the appliance by means of an exter-
nal timer or separate remote-control system.
• Unattended cooking on a hob with fat or oil can be
dangerous and may result in fire.
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							• Never try to extinguish a fire with water, but switch off
the appliance and then cover flame e.g. with a lid or a
fire blanket.
• Do not store items on the cooking surfaces.
• Do not use a steam cleaner to clean the appliance.
• Metallic objects such as knives, forks, spoons and lids
should not be placed on the hob surface since they
can get hot.
• If the glass ceramic surface is cracked, switch off the
appliance to avoid the possibility of electric shock.
• After use, switch off the hob element by its control
and do not rely on the pan detector.
2.  SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
2.1 Installation
WARNING!
Only a qualified person must in-
stall this appliance.
• Remove all the packaging.
• Do not install or use a damaged appli-
ance.
• Obey the installation instruction sup-
plied with the appliance.
• Keep the minimum distance from the
other appliances and units.
• Always be careful when you move the
appliance because it is heavy. Always
wear safety gloves.
• Seal the cut surfaces with a sealant to
prevent moisture to cause swelling.
• Protect the bottom of the appliance
from steam and moisture.
• Do not install the appliance adjacent
to a door or under a window. This pre-
vents hot cookware to fall from the ap-
pliance when the door or the window
is opened.
• If the appliance is installed above
drawers make sure that the space, be-
tween the bottom of the applianceand the upper drawer, is sufficient for
air circulation.
• Make sure that the ventilation space of
2 mm, between the worktop and the
front of the below unit, is free. The
warranty does not cover damages
caused by the lack of an adequate
ventilation space.
• The bottom of the appliance can get
hot. We recommend to install a non-
combustile separation panel under the
appliance to prevent access to the
bottom.
Electrical connection
WARNING!
Risk of fire and electrical shock.
• All electrical connections must be
made by a qualified electrician.
• The appliance must be earthed.
• Before carrying out any operation
make sure that the appliance is dis-
connected from the power supply.
• Use the correct electricity mains cable.
• Do not let the electricity mains cable
tangle.
• Make sure the mains cable or plug (if
applicable) does not touch the hot ap-
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							pliance or hot cookware, when you
connect the appliance to the near
sockets
• Make sure the appliance is installed
correctly. Loose and incorrect electrici-
ty mains cable or plug (if applicable)
can make the terminal become too
hot.
• Make sure that a shock protection is
installed.
• Use the strain relief clamp on cable.
• Make sure not to cause damage to the
mains plug (if applicable) or to the
mains cable. Contact the Service or an
electrician to change a damaged
mains cable.
• The electrical installation must have an
isolation device which lets you discon-
nect the appliance from the mains at
all poles. The isolation device must
have a contact opening width of mini-
mum 3 mm.
• Use only correct isolation devices: line
protecting cut-outs, fuses (screw type
fuses removed from the holder), earth
leakage trips and contactors.
2.2 Use
WARNING!
Risk of injury, burns or electric
shock.
• Use this appliance in a household en-
vironment.
• Do not change the specification of this
appliance.
• Do not let the appliance stay unatten-
ded during operation.
• Do not operate the appliance with wet
hands or when it has contact with wa-
ter.
• Do not put cutlery or saucepan lids on
the cooking zones. They can become
hot.
• Set the cooking zone to “off” after
each use. Do not rely on the pan de-
tector.
• Do not use the appliance as a work
surface or as a storage surface.
• If the surface of the appliance is
cracked, disconnect immediately the
appliance from the power supply. This
to prevent an electrical shock.• Users with a pacemaker must keep a
distance of minimum 30 cm from the
induction cooking zones when the ap-
pliance is in operation.
WARNING!
Risk of fire or explosion.
• Fats and oil when heated can release
flammable vapours. Keep flames or
heated objects away from fats and oils
when you cook with them.
• The vapours that very hot oil releases
can cause spontaneous combustion.
• Used oil, that can contain food rem-
nants, can cause fire at a lower tem-
perature than oil used for the first
time.
• Do not put flammable products or
items that are wet with flammable
products in, near or on the appliance.
WARNING!
Risk of damage to the appliance.
• Do not keep hot cookware on the con-
trol panel.
• Do not let cookware to boil dry.
• Be careful not let objects or cookware
fall on the appliance. The surface can
be damaged.
• Do not activate the cooking zones
with empty cookware or without cook-
ware.
• Do not put aluminium foil on the ap-
pliance.
• Cookware made of cast iron, alumini-
um or with a damaged bottom can
cause scratches on the glass ceramic.
Always lift these objects up when you
have to move them on the cooking
surface.
2.3 Care and Cleaning
WARNING!
Risk of damage to the appliance.
• Clean regularly the appliance to pre-
vent the deterioration of the surface
material.
• Do not use water spray and steam to
clean the appliance.
• Clean the appliance with a moist soft
cloth. Only use neutral detergents. Do
not use abrasive products, abrasive
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							cleaning pads, solvents or metal ob-
jects.
2.4 Disposal
WARNING!
Risk of injury or suffocation.• Contact your municipal authority for
information on how to discard the ap-
pliance correctly.
• Disconnect the appliance from the
mains supply.
• Cut off the mains cable and discard it.
3. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
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180/280 mm1Induction cooking zone
2Induction cooking zone
3Control panel
4Induction cooking zone
3.1 Control panel layout
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Use the sensor fields to operate the appliance. The displays, indicators and
sounds tell which functions operate.
 sensor fieldfunction
1To activate and deactivate the appli-
ance.
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							 sensor fieldfunction
2To activate and deactivate the Bridge
function.
3To lock/unlock the control panel.
4To activate and deactivate the STOP
+GO function.
5To activate the Power Boost function.
6The displayTo show the functions that operate.
7The control barTo set the heat setting.
8To set the timer ( Automatic Counter ,
Power-off timer , Minute Minder ).
9 / To set the settings.
10OKTo confirm the setting.
3.2 Display
Messages in the display and sounds tell
which functions operate.
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1The cooking zones
2The Key lock function operates.
3The  function operates.
4Automatic Counter
5Power-off timer
6Minute Minder
7Minute Minder indicator
The cooking zone in
the displayDescription
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The cooking zone operates. Above: heat setting, be-
low: the timer.
Keep Warm / Stop+Go function operates.
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Power Boost is activated.
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							The cooking zone in
the displayDescription
POWER
Power Boost operates.
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Zone in adjustment.
?
There is no cookware on the cooking zone.
A
The Automatic Heat Up function operates.
 
 
OptiHeat Control. The cooking zone is off. The Di-
mension and colours show the residual heat:
• Big red - still cooking
• Big bright red - keep warm
• Small bright red - still hot
• Small white - the cooking zone is cold
3.3 Residual heat
WARNING!
After, a cooking session the
cooking zone stay hot. The risk of
burns!The induction cooking zones make the
heat necessary for cooking directly in the
bottom of the cookware. The glass ce-
ramic is hot from the heat of the cook-
ware.
4. DAILY USE
4.1 Activation and
deactivation
Touch  for 1 second to activate or de-
activate the appliance.
4.2 Automatic Switch Off
The function deactivates the appliance
automatically if:
• All cooking zones are deactivated.• You do not set the heat setting after
you activate the appliance.
• You spill something or put something
on the control panel for more than 10
seconds, (a pan, a cloth, etc.). The
sound operates some time and the
appliance deactivates. Remove the
object or clean the control panel.
• The appliance gets too hot (e.g. when,
a saucepan boils dry). Before you use
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							the hob again, the cooking zone must
be cool.
• You use incorrect cookware. The sym-
bol ? comes on and the cooking zone
deactivates automatically after 2 mi-
nutes.
• You do not deactivate a cooking zone
or change the heat setting. After some
time, the appliance deactivates. See
the table.
• The relation between heat setting and
times of the Automatic Switch Off
function:
– 1 — 3 — 6 hours
– 4 — 7 — 5 hours
– 8 — 9 — 4 hours
– 10 — 14 — 1.5 hours
4.3 Language selection
To change the language, start the appli-
ance with 
 and than touch OK. Set the
language menu with arrows. Touch OK
to confirm. The display shows the list of
languages. Touch 
 or  to set the
language. Touch OK to confirm.
4.4 The heat setting
Touch the control bar at the heat set-
ting. Move your finger along the control
bar to change the setting. Do not re-
lease before you have a correct heat set-
ting.
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4.5 Bridge function
The Bridge function connects two left
side cooking zones and they operate as
one.
First set the heat setting for one of the
left cooking zones.To start the Bridge function touch 
 .
To set or change the heat setting touch
one of the left control sensors.
To stop the Bridge function touch 
 .
The cooking zones operate independ-
ently.
4.6 Automatic Heat Up
You can get a necessary heat setting in a
shorter time if you activate the Automat-
ic Heat Up function. This function sets
the highest heat setting for some time
(see the diagram), and then decreases to
the necessary heat setting.
To start the Automatic Heat Up function
for a cooking zone:
1.Touch  (  comes on in the dis-
play).
2.Immediately touch the necessary
heat setting. After 3 seconds 
comes on in the display.
To stop the function change the heat
setting.
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4.7 Power Boost
Power Boost makes more power availa-
ble to the induction cooking zones. Pow-
er Boost can be activated for a limited
period of time ( see Technical informa-
tion chapter). After that, the induction
cooking zone automatically sets back to
highest heat setting.
To activate the function, touch 
 .  in
the ring comes on. As the zone gets
more hot, the color of the ring changes.
To deactivate, change the heat setting.
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							4.8 Power Boost of the double
ring cooking zone
Power Boost of the inner ring starts
when the appliance senses the cookware
with a smaller diameter than the inner
ring. Power Boost of the outer ring starts
when the appliance senses the cookware
with a larger diameter than the inner
ring.
4.9 Power management
The power management divides the
power between two cooking zones in a
pair (see the illustration). Power Boost in-
creases the power to the maximum level
for one cooking zone in the pair. The
power in the second cooking zone auto-
matically decreases. The heat setting
display for the reduced zone changes
between two levels.
4.10 Timer
There are 3 timer functions: Automatic
Counter , Power-off timer and Minute
Minder . To set the timer function touch
 again and again until the indicator of
a necessary function comes on.
 Automatic Counter
Use this function to monitor how long
the cooking zone operates. It starts au-
tomatically and comes on below heat
setting in the cooking zone on the dis-
play.
•To reset the Automatic Counter ,
touch 
 to get the Automatic Coun-
ter 
 . Then set the cooking zone
from the list with arrows and touch OK
to confirm .
 Power-off timer
Use the Power-off timer to set how long
the cooking zone operates for only this
one time.
Touch 
 two times to get the Power-off
timer . Then set the cooking zone from
the list with arrows and touch OK to con-
firm. Set the time with arrows and touch
OK to confirm. When the time comes to
an end , the zone deactivates.
•
To stop the sound: touch 
 Minute Minder
Touch  three times to get the Minute
Minder . Set the time with arrows. The
Minute Minder indicator comes on.
When the time comes to an end, the
sound operates.
•
To stop the sound: touch 
4.11 STOP+GO
The  function sets all cooking zones
that operate to the lowest heat setting (
 ).
When 
 operates, you cannot change
the heat setting.
The 
 function does not stop the timer
function.
•
To activate this function touch 
 .
The symbol 
 comes on.
•
To deactivate this function touch 
 .
The heat setting that you set before
comes on.
4.12 Lock
When the cooking zones operate, you
can lock the control panel, but not 
 . It
prevents an accidental change of the
heat setting.
First set the heat setting.
To activate this function touch 
 . The
symbol 
 comes on.
The Timer stays on.
To deactivate this function touch 
 .
The heat setting that you set before
comes on.
When you deactivate the appliance, you
also deactivate this function.
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