AEG Electric hob HK624010FB User Manual

							HK624010FBEN User manual 
						

							CONTENTS
1.SAFETY INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
2.SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
3.PRODUCT DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
4.DAILY USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
5.HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
6.CARE AND CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
7.TROUBLESHOOTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
8.INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
9.TECHNICAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
10. GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND - GUARANTEE/CUSTOMER SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
11.EUROPEAN GUARANTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
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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.
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 appliance
and the upper drawer, is sufficient for
air circulation.
• The bottom of the appliance can get
hot. Make sure to install a non-com-bustile separation panel under the ap-
pliance to prevent access to the bot-
tom.
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-
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
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							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.
• Remove all the packaging, labelling
and protective film (if applicable) be-
fore first use.
• 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 become hot.
• Set the cooking zone to “off” after
use.
• 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 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 to let objects or cook-
ware 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 or 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
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.
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							3. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
45
12
3120/210 mm
180 mm145 mm
145 mm
1Cooking zone
2Cooking zone
3Cooking zone
4Control panel
5Cooking zone
3.1 Control panel layout
1234
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 activate and deactivate the outer
ring.
3Heat setting displayTo show the heat setting.
4 / To increase or decrease the heat set-
tings.
3.2 Heat setting displays
DisplayDescription
The cooking zone is deactivated.
 - The cooking zone operates.
There is a malfunction.
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							DisplayDescription
A cooking zone is still hot (residual heat).
Lock / The Child Safety Device operates.
The Automatic Switch Off operates.
3.3 Residual heat indicator
WARNING!
 The risk of burns from residual
heat!
4. DAILY USE
WARNING!
Refer to the Safety chapters.
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 sound some time and
the appliance 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 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  to increase the heat setting.
Touch 
 to decrease the heat setting.
The display shows the heat setting.
Touch 
 and  at the same time to
deactivate the cooking zone.
4.4 Activation and
deactivation of the outer ring
You can adjust the surface you cook to
the dimension of the cookware.
To activate the outer ring touch the sen-
sor field 
 . The indicator comes on.
Do the procedure again to deactivate
the outer ring. The indicator goes out.
4.5 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 
 of the two front cooking
zones 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 
of the two front cooking zones for 4
seconds. The symbol 
 comes on.
•
Deactivate the appliance with 
 .
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							To override The Child Safety Device
for only one cooking time
•
Activate the appliance with 
 . The
symbol 
 comes on.
•
Touch 
 of the two front cooking
zones for 4 seconds. Set the heat set-ting in 10 seconds. You can operate
the appliance.
• When you deactivate the appliance
with 
 , The Child Safety Device op-
erates again.
5. HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS
5.1 Cookware
Information about the cookware
• The bottom of the cookware must be
as thick and flat as possible.
• Cookware made of enamelled steel
and with aluminium or copper bot-
toms can cause the colour change on
the glass-ceramic surface.
5.2 Energy saving
How to save energy• If it is possible, always put the lids on
the cookware.
• Put cookware on a cooking zone be-
fore you start it.
• Stop the cooking zones before the
end of the cooking time to use residu-
al heat.
• The bottom of pans and cooking
zones must have the same dimension.
5.3 The Examples of cooking
applications
The data in the table is for guidance on-
ly.
Heat
set-
tingUse to:TimeHints
1Keep warm the food you
cookedas re-
quiredPut a lid on a cookware
1-2Hollandaise sauce, melt: butter,
chocolate, gelatine5-25
minMix from time to time
1-2Solidify: fluffy omelettes, baked
eggs10-40
minCook with a lid on
2-3Simmer rice and milkbased
dishes, heating up ready-
cooked meals25-50
minAdd the minimum twice as
much liquid as rice, mix milk
dishes part procedure
through
3-4Steam vegetables, fish, meat20-45
minAdd some tablespoons of
liquid
4-5Steam potatoes20-60
minUse max. ¼ l water for 750 g
of potatoes
4-5Cook larger quantities of food,
stews and soups60-150
minUp to 3 l liquid plus ingredi-
ents
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set-
tingUse to:TimeHints
6-7Gentle fry: escalope, veal cor-
don bleu, cutlets, rissoles, saus-
ages, liver, roux, eggs, pan-
cakes, doughnutsas nec-
essaryTurn halfway through
7-8Heavy fry, hash browns, loin
steaks, steaks5-15
minTurn halfway through
9Boil large quantities of water, cook pasta, sear meat (goulash, pot
roast), deep-fry chips
6. CARE AND CLEANING
Clean the appliance after each use.
Always use cookware with clean bottom.
Scratches or dark stains on the
glass-ceramic cause no effect on
how the appliance operates.
To remove the dirt:
1.–Remove immediately: melted
plastic, plastic foil, and food with
sugar. If not, the dirt can cause
damage to the appliance. Use a
special scraper for the glass . Put
the scraper on the glass surface atan acute angle and move the
blade on the surface .
–Remove after the appliance is
sufficiently cool: limescale rings ,
water rings, fat stains, shiny metal-
lic discolorations. Use a special
cleaning agent for glass ceramic
or stainless steel.2.Clean the appliance with a moist
cloth and some detergent.
3.At the end rub the appliance dry
with a clean cloth.
7. TROUBLESHOOTING
ProblemPossible causeRemedy
You cannot activate the
appliance or operate it.The appliance is not con-
nected to an electrical
supply or it is connected
incorrectly.Check if the appliance is
correctly connected to
the electrical supply (re-
fer to connection dia-
gram).
   Activate the appliance
again and set the heat
setting in less than 10
seconds.
 You touched 2 or more
sensor fields at the same
time.Touch only one sensor
field. 
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							ProblemPossible causeRemedy
 There is water or fat
stains on the control
panel.Clean the control panel.
An acoustic signal
sounds and the appli-
ance deactivates.
An acoustic signal
sounds when the appli-
ance is deactivated.You put something on
one or more sensor
fields.Remove the object from
the sensor fields.
The appliance deacti-
vates.You put something on
the sensor field 
 .
Remove the object from
the sensor field.
The residual heat indica-
tor does not comes on.The cooking zone is not
hot because it operated
only for a short time.If the cooking zone oper-
ated sufficiently long to
be hot, speak to the
service centre.
You cannot activate the
outer ring. Activate the inner ring
first.
The sensor fields be-
come hot.The cookware is too
large or you put it too
near to the controls.Put large cookware on
the rear cooking zones if
necessary.
 comes on.The Automatic Switch
Off operates.Deactivate the appliance
and activate it again.
 comes on.The Child Safety Device
function operates. Refer to the chapter
“Daily Use”. 
 and number comes
on.There is an error in the
appliance.Disconnect the appli-
ance from the electrical
supply for some time.
Disconnect the fuse from
the electrical system of
the house. Connect it
again. If 
 comes on
again, speak to the serv-
ice centre.
If you tried the above solutions and can-
not repair the problem, speak to your
dealer or the customer service. Give the
data from the rating plate, three digit
letter code for the glass ceramic (it is in
the corner of the glass surface) and an
error message that comes on.Make sure, you operated the appliance
correctly. If not the servicing by a cus-
tomer service technician or dealer will
not be free of charge, also during the
warranty period. The instructions about
the customer service and conditions of
guarantee are in the guarantee booklet.
8. INSTALLATION
WARNING!
Refer to the Safety chapters.Before the installation
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