AEG 840E User Manual
Der umschaltbare Elekiro-Einbauherd
COMPETENCE 840 E
The Convertible Build-In Electric Cooker
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Operating Instructions
Instrucciones para el uso
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Hello
Allow me to introduce myself: I am your new AEG cooking appli
ance. From now on, I should like to make boiling and baking more
pleasurable for you. Not simply because of my attractive appear
ance, but also thanks to my “intrinsic qualities”. I am economical in
terms of energy consumption, easy to operate, and simple to care
for. If you carefully read and follow my operating instructions before
first use, you are sure to experience a good deal of joy when using
me to boil, bake, roast, and grill your food.
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Contents
Safety instructions
For the installer
For the user
Appliance description
Features
First use
Operating the switches
Switching on the eleotronic timer
Precleaning the oven
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56-58
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Hobs
Hob user protection
Features
General
Operating the hobs
Variable oven
General
Fume extraction
Heating modes
Electronic timer for the oven
Switching on and off
Oven space divider
Baking
Baking by microwave
Roasting and steaming
Roasting and steaming by microwave
Flat grilling
Special preparation methods with hot air
- Menu cooking
■ - Bottling
Microwave
- Defrosting
Cleaning and care
Cooking area
Oven
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Special accessories
What to do if...
Customer services
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Safety instructions
For the The safety requirements oblige manufacturers to give the following
installer instructions;
For installation in a kitchen unit, my attached installation instructions
must be noted.
For the Introduction to microwaves
user What are microwaves?
Microwaves are electromagnetic waves in a specific frequency
range, such as daylight or radio waves, though with the difference
that the wavelength is different. Radio waves are emitted into the
atmosphere and can cover large distances. As soon as they reach a
radio receiver, the energy received is converted into sounds. Microwaves are only emitted inside your appliance.
When they reach the food, the energy received is converted into
heat. The microwaves are alternately positive and negative and
affect the water molecules of the food like a magnet. The very rapidly
progressing polarity change of the microwave causes vibration of
the molecules and thereby friction which heats the food from inside.
This enables food to be cooked.
The golden rules for trouble-free and safe working with your microwave cooker are:
1. Switch on the microwave only when food has been placed in the
cooking space.
2. Always keep your cooker clean, especially in the vicinity of the
door seals and door seal surfaces.
3. Never damage:
■ the door
■ the door hinges
■ the door seals and their surfaces
■ the door frame
(e.g. never jam anything between door and frame)
Clean the doorseals and their surfaces (also the doorframe) with
a mild detergent and hot water.
Note:
Should the door seals and door seal surfaces be damaged, the
cooker should not be operated until it has been repaired by the
AEG Service Centre or by an AEG-trained electrician!
4. Only use suitable ovenware.
You will find instructions on page 81.
5. When heating liquids, please always additionally place a tea
spoon in the container to avoid delayed boiling.
During delayed boiling, the boiling temperature is attained
without typical steam bubbles rising.
Even when the container is only slightly shaken, the liquid
may then suddenly vigorously boil over or spurt.
Risk of scalding!
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6. Food with a “skin” or “peel”, such as potatoes, tomatoes,
sausages, and the like should be pierced with a fork so that
any steam present can escape and the food will not burst.
7. Babyfood in jars or bottles should basically be heated
without a lid or top and well stirred or shaken after heating to
ensure uniform distribution of the heat. Before giving your
child the babyfood, please check the temperature.
8. Please note that, at high power and time settings, the ovenware heats up. Therefore use protective mittens suitable for
handling hot pans.
9. Never use your microwave cooker:
■ to boil eggs in their shells, since they will otherwise burst!
■ to heat large quantities of cooking oil (fondue, deep-frying)
and drinks containing a high percentage of alcohol (dan
ger of spontaneous combustion!)
■ to heat unopened cans, bottles, etc.
■ to dry animals, textiles, and paper
■ if no food has been placed in the cooking space.
10. Use your appliance only as instructed by the manufactu rer and
as indioated in the tables. Never overcook your food by excessive
times and excessive power settings (especially food with a high
sugar content). Speoific areas of the food will otherwise dry out
and may ignite.
Important note:
When operating your microwave cooker, please always use the
combination grid and suitable ovenware, such as heat-resistant
glass containers or the ovenware from our range of accessories.
You will find instructions on page 81.
AEG electrical appliances comply with the valid safety require
ments. Never use your microwave cooker if it no longer ope
rates in a trouble-free manner. To ensure the safety of your
appliance, you should have repairs, especially on live parts, car
ried out only by AEG trained electricians. In the event of a fault,
you must therefore contact your retailer or our service centre
direct. Improper repairs may place the user at serious risk (an
exception is given on page 100 under Cooking space lighting).
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For the - If you use my variable oven, my heated partition should only
user be placed in my oven complete (lower part with heating ele
ment and cover).
- When you use me to prepare your food, my hobs and the oven
door become hot. Therefore keep small children well away from
me.
- This especially applies when you are grilling or pyrolytically
cleaning my oven (if available).
- Overheated fats and oils rapidly ignite. When using me to pre
pare food in fat or oil (e.g. chipped potatoes), please remain
nearby.
- Do not use me to heat your room.
- Take care when connecting electrical appliances to plug sockets
in the cooker vicinity. Connection leads should not come within
reach of hot hobs/cooking zones or get trapped under the hot
oven door.
- To avoid damage to my glass-ceramic surface, you should not
use my cooking area as a storage area.
- My glass-ceramic cooking area (if available) is extremely resis-
. tant, though not unbreakable. It may be damaged by any sharp
or hard objects falling on to the cooking surface.
Should any fractures, cracks, or other defects appear, I must be
separated from the mains supply by the device required on the
fixed wiring side. Before doing so, please switch my 4 hob
switches to 0.
- Never line my oven floor with aluminium foil and never place any
pan, pot, etc. on my floor, since the oven enamel will otherwise be
damaged by the heat congestion caused.
- Fruit juices dripping from the oven sheet leave stains that you will
find hard to remove.
- I comply with radio interference suppression specifications
EN 55014 (previously EC Directive 82/499) and as appropriate
with EN 60555 relating to the Retroactive Effect on the Mains
Supply.
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Appliance description
A Switch for oven cooking functions, illuminated
B Switch for oven temperatures, iliuminated
C Combination button for switching my microwave on and off
during combined operation
D Oven pilot lamp (red) lights up when my oven is heating
E Electronic timer with time of day display, short-term alarm, and
automatic switch-on/off for oven only
F Pilot lamp (red) for user protection display
G User protection button
H Switch for front LH Automatic 2000 hob, illuminated
I Switch for rear LH Automatic 2000 hob, illuminated
J Switch for front RH Automatic 2000 hob, illuminated
K Switch for rear RH Automatic 2000 hob, illuminated
L Handle for opening my oven door
Features
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First use
Operating My switch A can be turned both right and left from any position,
the switches Further information on this feature is given in the “Hobs” and “Oven”
sections.
You must be a little more careful with my switches B forthe oven tem
peratures and H, I, J, and K for the automatic hobs.
You can only turn switch B as far as the flat grilling symbol 0 and
switches H, I, J, and K only to the right (clockwise) to their fullest
extent.
They are reset by turning to the left.
If you switch on my switch A, it and switch B are illuminated.
Press my combination button C whenever you want to use one
of my cooking functions (top/bottom heat, hot air, or Infratherm
grilling) together with the microwave.
When the combination button C is pressed, the microwave sym
bol 0 lights up above it
The hob switches are individually illuminated after being switched
on.
When the cooking sequence has ended, switch off my microwave
by repressing button C. The pilot lamp with the microwave symbol
0 goes out
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As soon as I am connected to the mains supply (and also after each
power failure), the display in my electronic timer flashes 00.00.
Switching on
the electronic
timer for the
oven only
Only when you have set me to the corresponding time of day am I ready to operate.
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Press knob E [^, which will retract for operation (but can be
pressed back in if not needed).
Press buttons Aand В 0 at the same time, hold them in posi
tion, and set the actual time of day with my knob E
The time of day appears for you in display F.
- The red triangle above button D [£| for automatic operation
flashes. It is cancelled by pressing button D.
Only now is my oven ready to operate.
Setting the
time of day
You shold
also be aware
of the
following
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Setting the
short-term
alarm (no
switch
function)
[6^
Press button A[^j, hold it in position, and set the required time.
with my knob E The duration appears in display F. The red
triangle above the symbol l5l appears throughout the duration.
The time of day reappears in display F after release of button A.
To request the remaining time, press my button A The
remaining operating time now appears in display F.
You should
also be aware
of the
following
Precleaning
the
oven
At the end, an audible tone sounds for around two minutes. You can prematurely cancel it by pressing button A [§].
The red triangle above button A[0]flashes, it is cancelled by press
ing button A.
. Before using my oven for the first time, please clean all accessories
(baking sheet, drip-pan, combination grid, etc.) with warm
washing-up liquid suds. Then switch my heating mode switch to the
top and bottom heat symbol § and my temperature switch to
250°C and thus operate my empty oven with the door closed If
possible for 1 hour.
The odour occurring is not harmful to the health. To avoid any nuis
ance, you should ventilate your room well during this time.
When I have cooled down, please also clean my oven with warm
washing-up liquid suds.
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The user protection feature is intended to protect my hobs against
any unauthorized use (child safety through two independent opera
tions).
3 hours afterthe last operation of a hob switch, all hobs are automati
cally switched off.
If cooking is to proceed beyond this time, please press the user but
ton with the hob switch switched on. The red pilot lamp comes on.
Hob user
protection
Owing to the safety precautions noted, please proceed as foi- Switching
lows when using my hobs: on the hob
- Press user protection button user
- Red pilot lamp comes on protection
- Switch oa required hob(s) immediately thereafter.
When cooking is to be ended, switch my hob switch(es) to the zero
position.
Switching
off the hob
user
protection
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Hobs
Features
High-speed
hob
Glass-ceramic
hob
Depending on the features of the cooking area coordinated with me,
you will find fhe following types of hobs:
My cast iron hob is disfinguished from standard cast iron hobs by its
higher power. It therefore cooks faster. It is set as usual. ■
The following are arranged below the extremely temperature-resis
tant glass-ceramic glass depending on cooking area model:
■ Single-circuit hob
This hob is simply controlled by the coordinated switch arranged in
the control panel.
■ Double-circuit hob
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Only when the coordinated switch arranged in the control panel is
switched on can the second hob circuit then be switched in with the
contact switch.
Both heating circuits are controlled and switched off by the switch in
the control panel.
Frying zone
My heating system has a circular arrangement and is controlled by
the coordinated switch arranged in the control panel, whereas the
heating system for the frying zone is switched in with the contact
switch.
Both heating circuits are switched off by the switch in the control
panel.
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Halogen hob
This hob is heated by a special high-intensity halogen lamp con
trolled by the coordinated switch arranged in the control panel.
■ Warming zone
My zone intended for warming of crockery and food is switched both
on and off by the contact switch.
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■ User guidance
Five symbols are coordinated with each of my hobs. Their iight sig
nais indicate the setting on which specific cooking sequences can
be performed.
The symbois have the foilowing meanings:
Bringing to the boil and
heavy frying
\Mj Frying
l^r Steaming/boiling
IrrrT Creeing
l=r Meiting
Please also follow the table when setting the automatic hobs.
■ Residual heat indicator
A light signal is coordinated with each of my glass-ceramic hobs,
coming on when the hob is hot. The lamp goes out when the hob has
cooled.
■ Oven fume (steam) outlet
The fume from my oven can escape through my cooking area
openings at the rear. You will find more detailed instructions in the
section describing the oven fume outlet on page 73.
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General The better the pot, the better the cooking result.
Cookware ■ You can tell good cookware by the pot bottom and not by the
material from which the pot is made.
■ The bottom should be as thick and flat as possible. It should also
not be rough (as e.g. on cast-iron pots), since scratches arise
when the pot is shifted.
■ The pot bottom and hob must be of equal size. Please make sure
that your cookware stands in the centre of the hob.
My hobs should always be clean, since soiled hobs and cook
ware bottoms not only damage my glass-ceramic cooking area
(if available), but also increase power consumption.
Make good use of the atterheat by switching off the hob just before
cooking ends.
You waste energy e.g. if...
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Pot
too small
Pot lid
not closed
Pot bottom
uneven
Pot too large
(glass-ceramic)
After switching on a hob, you will hear me buzz. This is a special fea
ture of my radiant heating system not implying any impairment of
function!
Never place food in aluminium foil or plastic containers on my hot
cooking area. That has an extremely detrimental effect on the glassceramic cooking surfacel
When starting to fry, set the switch referring to the hob to 9 until the
fat is hot. Then place the food to be fried i n the pan and tu rn the switch
back to 6 or higher as necessary.
When starting to boil, set the switch referring to the hob to 9. To sim
mer, turn the switch back to 1 to 5 as necessary.
Intermediate settings, e. g. 3* (or *2 only with electronic indicator),
are at all times possible.
When starting to boil within the 1-8 region (not on setting 9), my
automatic system relieves you of the needto switchoverto my sim
mering region if you turn the knob clockwise beyond setting 9 as far
as letter A (the pilot lamp monitoring the boiling-up sequence
comes on - if available) and then set it back to the required simmer
ing region (1-8).
Operating
the hob
- Important
note before
starting
- Boiling/
frying on the
automatic hob
My automatic system selects for you the boiling-up time at the
start of cooking and then itself switches back the power corre
sponding to the simmering setting selected.
The automatic system can be cancelled by turning to 0.
You can also use my automatic hobs withoutthe automatic system.
You should then switch me on only as far as setting 9.
The following table shows you examples of the suitability of switch
settings 1 to 9.
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