AEG Electric hob HC452021EB User Manual

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							CONTENTS
1. SAFETY INFORMATION...........................................................................................2
2.  SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS.......................................................................................... 4
3.  PRODUCT DESCRIPTION........................................................................................ 7
4.  DAILY USE..................................................................................................................9
5.  HINTS AND TIPS..................................................................................................... 11
6.  CARE AND CLEANING.......................................................................................... 12
7.  TROUBLESHOOTING............................................................................................. 13
8.  INSTALLATION....................................................................................................... 15
9.  TECHNICAL DATA.................................................................................................. 17
10.  ENERGY EFFICIENCY.......................................................................................... 18
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Thank you for choosing this AEG product. We have created it to give you
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Always use original spare parts.
When contacting our Authorised Service Centre, ensure that you have the
following data available: Model, PNC, Serial Number.
The information can be found on the rating plate.
 Warning / Caution-Safety information
 General information and tips
 Environmental information
Subject to change without notice.
1.  SAFETY INFORMATION
Before the installation and use of the appliance, carefully read the supplied instructions. The
manufacturer is not responsible for any injuries or damages that are the result of incorrect installation or
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							usage. Always keep the instructions in a safe andaccessible location for future reference.1.1  Children and vulnerable people safety
•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 have been given supervision or
instruction concerning the use of the appliance in a
safe way and understand the hazards involved.
• Do not let children play with the appliance.
• Keep all packaging away from children and dispose of
it appropriately.
• 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, this should
be activated.
• Children shall not carry out cleaning and user
maintenance of the appliance without supervision.
• Children aged 3 years and under must be kept away
from this appliance when it is in operation at all times.
1.2  General Safety
•
WARNING: The appliance and its accessible parts
become hot during use. Care should be taken to
avoid touching heating elements. Children less than 8
years of age shall be kept away unless continuously supervised.
• Do not operate the appliance by means of an external
timer or separate remote-control system.
• WARNING: Unattended cooking on a hob with fat or
oil can be dangerous and may result in fire.
• 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.
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							•CAUTION: The cooking process has to be supervised.
A short term cooking process has to be supervisedcontinuously.
• WARNING: Danger of fire: Do not store items on the
cooking surfaces.
• Metallic objects such as knives, forks, spoons and lids
should not be placed on the hob surface since they
can get hot.
• Do not use a steam cleaner to clean the appliance.
• If the glass ceramic surface / glass surface is cracked,
switch off the appliance to avoid the possibility ofelectric shock.
• If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by
the manufacturer, an authorized Service or similarly qualified persons in order to avoid a hazard.
• WARNING: Use only hob guards designed by the
manufacturer of the cooking appliance or indicated by the manufacturer of the appliance in the instructionsfor use as suitable or hob guards incorporated in the appliance. The use of inappropriate guards can cause
accidents.2.  SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS2.1  InstallationWARNING!
Only a qualified person must
install this appliance.WARNING!
Risk of injury or damage to
the appliance.
• Remove all the packaging.
• Do not install or use a damaged appliance.
• Follow the installation instruction supplied with the appliance.
• Keep the minimum distance from the other appliances and units.
• Always take care when moving the appliance as it is heavy. Always use
safety gloves and enclosed footwear.
• 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
prevents hot cookware to fall from the
appliance when the door or the
window is opened.
• If the appliance is installed above drawers make sure that the space,between the bottom of the appliance
and the upper drawer, is sufficient for
air circulation.
• The bottom of the appliance can get hot. Make sure to install a non-
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							2.2 Electrical ConnectionWARNING!
Risk of fire and electrical
shock.
• All electrical connections should be
made by a qualified electrician.
• The appliance must be earthed.
• Before carrying out any operation make sure that the appliance isdisconnected from the power supply.
• Make sure that the electrical information on the rating plate agrees
with the power supply. If not, contact
an electrician.
• Make sure the appliance is installed correctly. Loose and incorrect
electricity mains cable or plug (if
applicable) can make the terminal
become too hot.
• Use the correct electricity mains cable.
• Do not let the electricity mains cable tangle.
• Make sure that a shock protection is installed.
• Use the strain relief clamp on the cable.
• Make sure the mains cable or plug (if applicable) does not touch the hot
appliance or hot cookware, when you
connect the appliance to the near
sockets
• Do not use multi-plug adapters and extension cables.
• Make sure not to cause damage to the mains plug (if applicable) or to themains cable. Contact our Authorised
Service Centre or an electrician to change a damaged mains cable.
• The shock protection of live and insulated parts must be fastened in
such a way that it cannot be removed without tools.
• Connect the mains plug to the mains socket only at the end of the
installation. Make sure that there is
access to the mains plug after the
installation.
• If the mains socket is loose, do not connect the mains plug.
• Do not pull the mains cable to disconnect the appliance. Always pull
the mains plug.
• Use only correct isolation devices: line protecting cut-outs, fuses (screw typefuses removed from the holder), earth
leakage trips and contactors.
• The electrical installation must have an isolation device which lets you
disconnect the appliance from the
mains at all poles. The isolation
device must have a contact opening
width of minimum 3 mm.2.3  UseWARNING!
Risk of injury, burns and
electrical shock.
• Remove all the packaging, labelling and protective film (if applicable)
before first use.
• Use this appliance in a household environment.
• Do not change the specification of this appliance.
• Make sure that the ventilation openings are not blocked.
• Do not let the appliance stay
unattended during operation.
• Set the cooking zone to “off” after each use.
• Do not put cutlery or saucepan lids on the cooking zones. They can become
hot.
• Do not operate the appliance with wet hands or when it has contact withwater.
• 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.
• When you place food into hot oil, it may splash.
WARNING!
Risk of fire and explosion
• Fats and oil when heated can release flammable vapours. Keep flames orheated 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
remnants, can cause fire at a lower
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							temperature than oil used for the first
time.
• Do not put flammable products or items that are wet with flammableproducts in, near or on the appliance.WARNING!
Risk of damage to the
appliance.
• Do not keep hot cookware on the control panel.
• Do not put a hot pan cover on the glass surface of the hob.
• Do not let cookware to boil dry.
• Be careful not to let objects or cookware fall on the appliance. The
surface can be damaged.
• Do not activate the cooking zones with empty cookware or without
cookware.
• Do not put aluminium foil on the appliance.
• Cookware made of cast iron, aluminium or with a damaged bottom
can cause scratches on the glass /
glass ceramic. Always lift these
objects up when you have to move them on the cooking surface.
• This appliance is for cooking purposes only. It must not be used for
other purposes, for example room heating.
2.4  Care and cleaning
• Clean regularly the appliance to
prevent the deterioration of the
surface material.
• Deactivate the appliance and let it
cool down before you clean it.
• Disconnect the appliance from the electrical supply before maintenance.
• 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 any abrasive products,
abrasive cleaning pads, solvents or
metal objects.2.5  DisposalWARNING!
Risk of injury or suffocation.
• Contact your municipal authority for information on how to discard the
appliance correctly.
• Disconnect the appliance from the mains supply.
• Cut off the mains electrical cable close to the appliance and dispose of
it.
2.6  Service
• To repair the appliance contact an
Authorised Service Centre.
• Use original spare parts only.
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							3. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION3.1  Cooking surface layout1Cooking zone2
Control panel
3.2 Control panel layout
Use the sensor fields to operate the appliance. The displays, indicators and sounds tell
which functions operate.
Sensor
fieldFunctionComment1ON / OFFTo activate and deactivate the hob.2Lock / The Child Safety De-
viceTo lock / unlock the control panel.3STOP+GOTo activate and deactivate the function.4-Heat setting displayTo show the heat setting.5-Timer indicators of cooking
zonesTo show for which zone you set the time.6-Timer displayTo show the time in minutes.7CountUp TimerTo show that the function operates.ENGLISH7120/175/210mm
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fieldFunctionComment8Count Down Timer / Mi-
nute MinderTo show that the function operates.9-To activate and deactivate the outer ring.10-To select the Timer function.11-To select the cooking zone.12 /-To increase or decrease the time.13Automatic Heat UpTo activate and deactivate the function.14-Control barTo set a heat setting.3.3  Heat setting displaysDisplayDescriptionThe cooking zone is deactivated. - The cooking zone operates.STOP+GO function operates.Automatic Heat Up function operates. + digitThere is a malfunction. /  / OptiHeat Control (3 step Residual heat indicator): continue cooking /
keep warm / residual heat.Lock / The Child Safety Device function operates.Automatic Switch Off function operates.3.4  OptiHeat Control (3 step
Residual heat indicator)WARNING!
 /  /  There is a risk of
burns from residual heat.
The indicator shows the level
of the residual heat.
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							4. DAILY USEWARNING!
Refer to Safety chapters.4.1  Activating and
deactivating
Touch  for 1 second to activate or
deactivate the hob.
4.2  Automatic Switch Off
The function deactivates the hob
automatically if:
• all cooking zones are deactivated,
• you do not set the heat setting after you activate the hob,
• you spill something or put something on the control panel for more than 10seconds (a pan, a cloth, etc.). An
acoustic signal sounds and the hob
deactivates. Remove the object or
clean the control panel.
• you do not deactivate a cooking zone or change the heat setting. After
some time 
 comes on and the hob
deactivates.
The relation between the heat setting and the time after which the hob
deactivates:
Heat settingThe hob deacti-
vates after, 1 - 36 hours4 - 75 hours8 - 94 hours10 - 141.5 hour4.3  The heat setting
To set or change the heat setting:
Touch the control bar at the correct heat setting or move your finger along thecontrol bar until you reach the correctheat setting.
4.4  Activating and
deactivating the outer rings
You can adjust the surface you cook to the dimension of the cookware.
Use sensor field: 
To activate the outer ring:  touch the
sensor field. The indicator comes on.
To activate more outer rings:  touch the
same sensor field again. The subsequent indicator comes on.
To deactivate the outer ring:  touch the
sensor field until the indicator goes out.
When you activate the zone
but do not activate the outer
ring the light that comes out
from the zone may cover the
outer ring. It does not mean
that the outer ring is
activated. To see if the ring
is activated check the
indicator.4.5  Automatic Heat Up
Activate this function to get a desired
heat setting in a shorter time. When it is on, the zone operates on the highest
setting in the beginning and then
continues to cook at the desired heating
setting.
To activate the function the
cooking zone must be cold.
To activate the function for a cooking
zone:  touch 
 ( comes on).
Immediately touch a desired heat
setting. After 3 seconds 
 comes on.
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							To deactivate the function: change the
heat setting.4.6  Timer Count Down Timer
You can use this function to set how long
the cooking zone should operate for a single cooking session.
First set the cooking zone then set the
function. The selection of the Timer
function is possible for cooking zones
that are active and after the heat setting
is set.
To set the cooking zone:  touch 
again and again until the indicator of a
necessary cooking zone comes on. When
this function is active, 
 comes on.
To activate the function:  touch 
 of
the timer to set the time ( 00 - 99
minutes). When the indicator of the cooking zone starts to flash slowly 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 remaining time.
To change the time:  set the cooking
zone with 
. Touch  or .
To deactivate the function:  set the
cooking zone with 
 and touch . The
remaining time counts back to  00. The
indicator of the cooking zone goes out.
When the time comes to an
end, the sound operates and 
00  flashes. The cooking
zone deactivates.
To stop the sound:  touch .
 CountUp Timer (The count up
timer)
You can use this function to monitor how
long the cooking zone operates.
To set the cooking zone (if more than
1 cooking zone operates):  touch 
again and again until the indicator of a
necessary cooking zone comes on. When
this function is active, 
 comes on.
To activate the function:  touch . The
symbol 
 goes out and  comes on.
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 how
long the zone operates. During the first
minute the display shows the time in
seconds. After the first minute the
display shows the time in minutes.
To deactivate the function:  set the
cooking zone with 
 and touch  or
. The symbol  goes out and comes on.
If two functions operate at
the same time, the display
shows the CountUp Timer
function first. Minute Minder
You can use this function as a  Minute
Minder  when the hob is activated and
the cooking zones do not operate (the
heat setting display shows 
).
To activate the function:  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 
.
The function has no effect
on the operation of the
cooking zones.4.7  STOP+GO
This function sets all cooking zones that
operate to the lowest heat setting.
When the function operates, you cannot
change the heat setting.
The function does not stop the timer
functions.
To activate the function:  touch 
. comes on.
To deactivate the function:  touch 
.
The previous heat setting comes on.
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