AEG 318V User Manual

COMPETENCE 318 V

Free-Standing Slot-in Electric Cooker

Instruction Book

Congratulations!

You are now the owner of a high quality, efficient and exoiting
cooking appliance,

From now on cooking should not only be made easier, but we be
lieve you wiil find the new cooker a joy to use. The cooker wiil pro
vide you with very good cooking resuits, is easy to use and main
tain, if you take a iittie time to study the information contained in
the instruction bookiet, as weii as in the lead-in pages of the ac
companying recipe book. With just a iittie care the appliance wiii
retain its superb appearance for many years to come.

You must read these instructions prior to using the appli
ance and retain them for future reference.

Printed on recycled paper.

AEG - putting words into action.

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Contents

Safety instructions

For the installer
For the user

Appliance description

Features

First use

Operating the controls 9
Switching on the electronic timer 9
Precleaning the ovens 10

Operating the electronic timer for both ovens 10-13

Hob

Features 14
Vapour Vent 15
General 16
Operating the plates 17

How to use the ovens

General 18
Flow to use the cooking functions for the ovens 18/19
Switching on and off 20
Baking 21/22
Roasting and stewing 23/24
Grilling ^ 25/26
Specialised applications of the hot air oven
“ Menu cooking 27

- Defrosting 28

- Bottling 29

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Cleaning and care

Hob 30
Ovens 31-35

Optional extras 36/37

What to do if... 38

Service 39

Safety Instructions

For the

electrical

installer.

To comply wiih safety regulations manufacturers have to draw
your attention to the following:

- According to the technical connection conditions of the elec
tricity board serving your area, the appliance may only be
connected to the mains supply by an approved electrical
installer.

In the. fixed connection, a device allowing the appliance to be
isolated on all poles from the mains supply with a contact open
ing width of at least 3 mm must be provided. Suitable isolating
devices, are line protection switches, fuses (to be removed
from the holder), FI switches and confactors.

Please note that in the case of built-in furniture units the plastic
coating or the veneer must be applied with a heat resistant ad
hesive (100 'C). If the plastic coating and the adhesive are not
heat resistant, it is possible for the coating to deform or be
come detached, particularly along the edges of the built-in fur
niture units.

- in respect of fire protection, the appliance conforms to type Y
(EC 335-2-6). Only appliances of this type may be installed on
one side of adjacent upright kitchen housings or walls,

The distance between a hob and fume extractor hood
must be of the extent indicated in the installation in­stmctions of the fume extractor hood.

The height can be adjusted up from 90 cm to 91 cm or 92 cm
or down from 90 cm to 85 cm to line up with your kitchen furni
ture.
Remove the fixing screws in the plinth, adjust plinth to the
height required and refit screws.
To compensate for uneven floor conditions, you may like to
consider placing a foot (available from AEG Spare Parts De
partment) next to the rear castor.

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Electrical connection

Local and national electrical regulations must be observed,
All instructions given by the Electricity Board must be followed

carefully when connecting the oven to the mains supply.
This is a job for a qualified and approved electrician. The appli

ance is rated for 240 volts single phase and must be permanently
connected.

The cooker must be installed in such a way that it can be easily
disconnected from the mains supply before servicing, e.g., by an
adjacent cooker control unit.

Sufficient cable should be left to enable the appliance to be re
moved from the housing unit whilst still connected to the mains
supply.

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WARNING - THIS APPLIANCE MUST BE EARTHED!

Voltage and current

Please ensure that the voltage and current indicated on the rating
plate agrees with the voltage of your electricity supply. 220-240
volts i.e., 220-240 V a.c.

1. Open the cover of the terminal box sideways as illustrated in
fig. G.

For the

electrical

installer

2. Pass cable through the grorrmnet in the lower back panel and
the cable clamp.

3. Connect the wires to the terminals in accordance with the dia
gram. Ensure that links are correctly positioned between ter
minals (5 or 6 way terminal block). The length of the earth con
ductor must be adequate to ensure that in case of the cable
clamp breaking the earth wire is subject to mechanic strain
only after the live wires.

4. Tighten the cable clamp screw.

51 Close the cover of the terminal box,

6. When pushing the cooker into its permanent position' make
sure that the mains cable is neither kinked nor trapped under
the appliance.

After installation there must be no acess to live parts

When you use the appliance to prepare your food, the
oven doors and cooking plates become hot. Therefore
keep small children well away from the appliance.
This especially applies when you are griiiing or
pyrolyticaiiy cieaning the oven (where appiicabie).

Overheated fat and cooking oil may ignite. Prepare foods re
quiring fat or oil (chips) only under constant supervision.
Do not use the appliance to heat your room.
Take-care when using small electrical appliances near the
cooker. Connection leads should not come in contact with hot
hobs/cooking zones or get trapped in the hot oven door.
Do not use the ceramic hob as a table top.
The ceramic hob is very durable but under certain circum
stances it can break, e. g., heavy or pointed objects dropping
onto the surface.
In case of breakage or cracks, do not use the hob. Turn all the
controls for the hob to 0 and isolate the appliance from the
electrical supply.
Do not line the oven base with aluminium foil or place any other
cooking utensil on the base, as this will trap heat resulting in
damage to the enamel interior. This invalidates the warranty.
The cooling fan, where featured in ovens and cookers, can
continue'to run although all oven switches are turned off. It will
switch itself off automatically. The cooling fan can also come
on automatically although the oven is switched off if the residu
al heat in the oven is too high. The fan switches itself off auto
matically.
The vitreous enamel in your oven is very durable. However vit
reous enamel is adversely affected by fruit acids (rhubarb,
lemon, etc.) and tea which will discolour and dull the enamel.
The performance of the oven is not affected. To prevent spill
age of the above coming in contact with the enamel, place the
cooking container on a baking sheet.

Do not place the grill/meat pan on the cooking plate to
make gravy. The direct heat will weaken the pan base result

ing in warping and twisting of the pan when next used as a
meat or grill pan.
The appliance complies with radio interference suppression
specifications EN 55014 (previously EEC Directive 87/308)
and as appropriate with EN 60555 relating to the Retroactive
Effect of the Mains Supply.

For the
user

Appliance description

Features A Temperature control for main oven

B Thermostat control light (red) is on when main oven

is heating

C Pilot light (yeilow) is on when the appliance is switched on
D Cooking method selector for secondary oven

E Thermostat control light (red) is on when secondary oven

is heating

F Temperature control for secondary oven
G Electronic dock with minute minder, and auto-timer for

both ovens

H Control knob for 210 mm diameter plate, front left
I Control knob for 145 mm diameter plate, rear left

J Control knob for 180 mm diameter plate, rear right

K Control knob for 145 mm diameter plate, front right

L Handles to open the oven doors
The vapours from the two ovens are vented from the rear

of the hob up to a cooker hood above (where fitted).

First use

The contrai knobs (D, H, I, J and K) can be turned clockwise or

anti-clockwise to any position. Further information to this can be
found in the “hob” and “oven" sections:
However, the oven temperature control knobs (A) and (F) must
be turned clockwise to set and anti-clockwise to turn off.

As soon as the appliance is connected to the mains supply {and
also after apower cut), the indicator in the electronic timer flashes

When you have set the correct time of day the appliance is ready to operate.

Press knob Eto release. (This does not apply to appliances
with an enamelled control panel.)
When finished with knob E H press to retract. (This does not
apply to appliances with an enamelled control panel).
Press buttons B 0 and C Q at the same time, hold them in
position, and set the actuai time of day by turning the knob E

Operating
the control
knobs

Switching
on the
electronic
timer

Setting the
time of day

The time of day appears for you in display F. Now the oven is ready to operate.

You should

also be aware
of the
following:

Pre-cleaning

the ovens

Before using the ovens for the firsf time, dean all accessories
(shelf supports, wire shelves and pans) with warm water and
washing-up liquid. Then switch both the ovens either to the con
ventional or the hot air cooking method (as appropriate) and se
lect the highest temperature and leave both ovens on for at least
one hour with both oven doors closed.
During this period there is an unavoidable odour which is not
harmful to your health. We recommend that the room is well

ventilated for your convenience.

When the ovens have cooled down, dean any parts not lined with
catalytic self-cleaning panels with water and washing-up
liquid.

Operating the electronic timer

1 1 I L

o ^ è 0

Setting

the minute

minder

You should

also be aware

of the

following:

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Press button A [^, hold it in position and set the required time
with knob E ¡^. The duration appears in display F.
The time of day reappears in display F after release of button
A.
To check the cooking time, press button A [^, The remaining
cooking time now appears in display F.

When the selected time has elapsed you will hear an aud

ible signal which will switch off automatically after approx
imately 2 minutes. To switch this off manually press button
ATÓI.

The electronic timer is designed to switch the ovens on and off automatically.

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Setting the minute minder
{up to 23 hours 59 minutes)

g] Manual or automatic operation of the oven

0 Setting the cooking duration of the oven

(up to 23 hours 59 minutes)

0 Setting the end of the cooking duration

(up to 23 hours 59 minutes in advance)

Rotary control for time selections

0 AUTO is iliuminated during time controlled cooking

The symbols
have
the following
meanings:

s

D

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How to

programme

the oven

to switch off

automatically

Select the cooking method and temperature as required,
Press button B 0. bold It depressed, and enter the required

duration with knob E j^. The cooking duration appears in dis

play F and symbol H is illuminated. When button B is released
the time of day appears in display F.

Symbol shows throughout time controlled cooking.

You should

be aware off

the following:

The oven immediately switches on and automatically off
after the elapsed duration.
At the end, an audible signal sounds for about two minutes
and symbol S flashes. By pressing button D [0] the oven
is switched from automatic to manual operation. Symbol
0 goes out.
After time controlled cooking, set the cooking method se
lector and temperature control to the off position.

The oven is ready to operate manually again.

You can check on the remaining cooking duration and the

cooking end at any time during time controiied cooking by

pressing either button В 0 or C 0. '
If you want to cancel automatic operation, press button В 0 and
turn knob E ^ until 0.00 appears in the display F, Then set the

cooking method selector to the 0 and oven temperature control

to the off position.

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