AEG Induction hob HK854400FB User Manual

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							CONTENTS
1.SAFETY INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
2.SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
3.PRODUCT DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
4.DAILY USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
5.HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
6.CARE AND CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
7.TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
8.INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
9.TECHNICAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
10. GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND - GUARANTEE/CUSTOMER SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
11.EUROPEAN GUARANTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
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CUSTOMER CARE AND SERVICE
We recommend the use of original spare parts.
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 use an external timer or a sep-
arate remote-control system to oper-
ate the 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 there is a crack on the surface, dis-
connect power supply to prevent the
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.
• Do not try to extinguish a fire with wa-
ter. Disconnect the appliance and cov-
er the flame with a lid or a fire blanket.
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.
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							• 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
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
3.1 General overview
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1Induction cooking zone
2Induction cooking zone
3Induction cooking zone
4Control panel
5Induction cooking zone
3.2 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.
2To lock / unlock the control panel.
3Timer indicators of cooking
zones To show for which cooking zone you set
the time.
4The timer displayTo show the time in minutes.
5To activate the Power function.
6A heat setting displayTo show the heat setting.
7A control barTo set a heat setting.
8 / To increase or decrease the time.
9To set a cooking zone.
10To activate and deactivate the STOP
+GO function.
3.3 Heat setting displays
DisplayDescription
The cooking zone is deactivated.
 - The cooking zone operates.
The  function operates.
The Automatic Heat Up function operates.
Power function operates.
 + digitThere is a malfunction.
 /  / OptiHeat Control (3 step Residual heat indicator) : con-
tinue cook / stay warm / residual heat.
Lock / The Child Safety Device operates.
Not correct cookware or too small or no cookware on
the cooking zone.
The Automatic Switch Off function operates.
3.4 OptiHeat Control (3 step
Residual heat indicator)
WARNING!
     The risk of burns
from residual heat!OptiHeat Control shows the level of the
residual heat. The induction cooking
zones make the heat necessary for cook-
ing directly in the bottom of the cook-
ware. The glass ceramic is hot from the
heat of the cookware.
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							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.). An
acoustic signal sounds some time and
the appliance deactivates. Remove the
object or clean the control panel.
• The appliance becomes too hot (e.g.
when, a saucepan boils dry). Before
you use the appliance again, wait for
the cooking zone to cool down.
• You use incorrect cookware. The sym-
bol 
 comes on and the cooking
zone deactivates automatically after 2
minutes.
• You do not deactivate a cooking zone
or change the heat setting. After some
time 
 comes on and the appliance
deactivates. See below.
• The relation between heat setting and
times of the Automatic Switch Off
function:
•
 ,  -  — 6 hours
•
 -  — 5 hours
•
 -  — 4 hours
•
 -  — 1.5 hours
4.3 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. The display shows the heat setting.
4.4 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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4.5 Power function
The Power function makes more power
available to the induction cooking zones.
The Power function can be activated for
a limited period of time ( see Technical
Information chapter). After that, the in-
duction cooking zone automatically sets
back to highest heat setting. To activate,
touch 
 ,  comes on. To deactivate,
change the heat setting.
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							4.6 Power management
The power management divides the
power between two cooking zones in a
pair (see the illustration). The power
function increases the power to the max-
imum level for one cooking zone in the
pair. The power in the second cooking
zone automatically decreases. The heat
setting display for the reduced zone
changes between two levels.
4.7 Timer
Count Down Timer
Use the Count Down Timer to set how
long the cooking zone operates for only
this one time.
Set the Count Down Timer after the
selection of the cooking zone.
You can set the heat setting before or af-
ter you set the timer.
•
To set the cooking zone: touch 
again and again until the indicator of a
necessary cooking zone comes on.
•To activate the Count Down Timer:
touch 
 of the timer to set the time (
00 - 99 minutes). When the indicator
of the cooking zone start to flash slow,
the time counts down.
•To see the remaining time: set the
cooking zone with 
 . The indicator
of the cooking zone starts to flash
quickly. The display shows the remain-
ing time.
•To change the Count Down Timer:
set the cooking zone with 
 . Touch
 or  .
•To deactivate the timer: set the
cooking zone with 
 . Touch  . The
remaining time counts back to 
00 .
The indicator of the cooking zone
goes out. To deactivate you can also
touch 
 and  at the same time.When the countdown comes to an
end, the sound operates and 
00 flash-
es. The cooking zone deactivates.
•
To stop the sound: touch 
CountUp Timer ( The count up
timer)
Use the CountUp Timer to monitor how
long the cooking zone operates.
•To set the cooking zone (if more
than 1 cooking zone operate ) :
touch 
 again and again until the in-
dicator of a necessary cooking zone
comes on.
•To activate the CountUp Timer:
touch 
 of the timer  comes on.
When the indicator of the cooking
zone starts to flash slow, the time
counts up. The display switches be-
tween 
 and counted time (minutes).
•To see how long the cooking zone
operates: set the cooking zone with
 . The indicator of the cooking zone
starts to flash quickly. The display
shows the time that the cooking zone
operates.
•To deactivate the CountUp Timer:
set the cooking zone with 
 and
touch 
 or  to deactivate the timer.
The indicator of the cooking zone
goes out.
Minute Minder
You can use the timer as a Minute Mind-
er while the cooking zones do not oper-
ate. Touch 
 . Touch  or  of the
timer to set the time. When the time
comes to an end, the sound operates
and 
00 flashes.
•
To stop the sound: touch 
4.8 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.
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							•
To activate this function touch  .
The symbol 
 comes on.
•
To deactivate this function touch 
 .
The heat setting that you set before
comes on.
4.9 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 start this function touch 
 . The sym-
bol 
 comes on for 4 seconds.
The Timer stays on.
To stop this function touch 
 . The heat
setting that you set before comes on.
When you stop the appliance, you also
stop this function.
4.10 The Child Safety Device
This function prevents an accidental op-
eration of the appliance.
To activate The Child Safety Device
•
Activate the appliance with 
 . Do
not set the heat settings.
•
Touch 
 for 4 seconds. The symbol
 comes on.
•
Deactivate the appliance with 
 .
To deactivate The Child Safety Device
•
Activate the appliance with 
 . Do
not set the heat settings. Touch 
for 4 seconds. The symbol  comes
on.
•
Deactivate the appliance with 
 .
To override The Child Safety Device
for only one cooking time
•
Activate the appliance with 
 . The
symbol 
 comes on.•
Touch 
 for 4 seconds. Set the heat
setting in 10 seconds. You can oper-
ate the appliance.
• When you deactivate the appliance
with 
 , The Child Safety Device op-
erates again.
4.11 OffSound Control
(Deactivation and activation of
the sounds)
Deactivation of the sounds
Deactivate the appliance.
Touch 
 for 3 seconds. The displays
come on and go out. Touch 
 for 3 sec-
onds. 
 comes on, the sound is on.
Touch 
 ,  comes on, the sound is
off.
When this function operates, you can
hear the sounds only when:
•
you touch 
• the Minute Minder comes down
• the Count Down Timer comes down
• you put something on the control pan-
el.
Activation of the sounds
Deactivate the appliance.
Touch 
 for 3 seconds. The displays
come on and go out. Touch 
 for 3 sec-
onds. 
 comes on, because the sound
is off. Touch 
 ,  comes on. The
sound is on.
5. HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS
INDUCTION COOKING ZONES For induction cooking zones a strong
electro-magnetic field creates the heat
in the cookware very quickly.
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