AEG 840E User Manual

Der umschaltbare Elekiro-Einbauherd
COMPETENCE 840 E

The Convertible Build-In Electric Cooker

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para montaje empotrado

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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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64-67

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74-76
77-79

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85-87

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98-102

Special accessories

What to do if...

Customer services

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104/105

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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.

\K

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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Boiling/frying

table for the

automatic hob

Switch setting Suitable for

9 Boiling up iarge quantities of water.

Boiiing noodles

7-8 Deep fat frying of chipped potatoes.

Fast frying of meat, e.g. goulash.
Fritting of e.g. potatoes.

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6-7 Frying of meat, schnitzels. Cordon Bleu,

4-5 Cooking large quantities of food,

Frying filiets, steaks

cutlets, pancakes, meatballs. Making roux.
Light frying of sausages, liver, eggs.
Deep-frying of doughnuts

single-portion meais and soups.
Steaming of potatoes. Making gravy

3-4

2-3 Creeing of rice and milk puddings

1-2

0 Afterheat, off-position

Steaming of vegetables or stewing of meat.
Making rice pudding

(stir occasionally).

Steaming of smaii quantities of potatoes
or vegetables.
Heating of ready meals

Omelette, custard, sauce hollandaise.

Keeping food warm. Melting of butter,

chocoiate, gelatine

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Oven

Before using for the first time, please note the section describing

precleaning of the oven and the safety instructions for the user.
You can operate my oven with either traditional top and bottom heat,
hot air, microwave, or in two (three) grilling modes, exactly as you
wish and according to your recipe, since I have the practical type of
convertible oven. You will find more detailed instructions under the
methods of preparation.

The correct ovenware for your oven with microwave.

Combination mode (i. e. top/bottom heat, hotair. Infratherm grilling

with microwave).

■ The ovenware must be sufficiently temperature-resistant.

■ Glass, ceramics, porcelain, earthware (though without silver,

gold, platinum, or other metal coatings).

■ Aluminium foil (Important: when used with your microwave, alu

minium foil must have a distance of at least 2 cm to the cooking
space wall/door. Only use to protect projecting parts, e. g. the
edges or drumsticks of poultry, against overcooking.

ing table.)

■ Roasting bags (please follow the respective manufacturer’s

instructions when using).

■ Grid with drip-pan (accessory).
Microwave solo mode (i.e. without heating).

Defrosting:

■ Glass, ceramics, porcelain, earthware (though without silver,

gold, platinum, or other metal coatings).

■ Plastic ovenware (please follow the respective manufacturer’s

instructions when using).

■ Paper cups

■ Paper plates

■ Parchment paper

■ Cardboard

■ Aluminium containers of ready meals (Important: when used

with your microwave, aluminium toil must have a distance of at

least 2 cm to the cooking space wall/door.) Remove the lid be

forehand! Defrost ready meals on porcelain or glass plates.

■ Roasting bags (please follow the respective manufacturer’s

instructions when using).

See cook

General

Heating:

■ Glass, ceramics, porcelain, earthware (though without silver,

gold, platinum, or other metal coatings).

■ Plastic ovenware (please follow the respective manufacturer’s
instructions when using).

■ Paper cups (risk of fire if subjected to prolonged heating!)

■ Paper plates (risk of fire if subjected to prolonged heating!)

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■ Parchment paper (risk of fire if subjected to prolonged
heating!)

■ Cardboard (risk of fire if subjected to prolonged heating!)

■ Aluminium containers of ready meals (Important: when used

with your microwave, aluminium foil must have a distance of at
least 2 cm to the cooking space wall/door.) Remove the lid
beforehand!

■ Roasting bags (please follow the respective manufacturer’s

instructions when using).

Cooking;

■ Glass, ceramics, porcelain, earthware (though without silver,

gold, platinum, or other metal coatings).

■ Plastic ovenware (please follow the respective manufacturer’s

instructions when using).

■ Aluminium containers of ready meals (Important: when used

with your microwave, aluminium foil must have a distance of at
least 2 cm to the cooking space wall/door.) Remove the lid be
forehand! Cook ready meals on porcelain or glass plates.

■ Roasting bags (please follow the respective manufacturer’s in

structions when using).

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My fume outlet in the cooking area (see illustration) can be opened
or closed with the push-button. Please press my push-button only
when the hobs are not operational to exolude the possibility of burn

ing. Should you operate my push-button when the hobs are hot,
however, we recommend you to use an object such as e. g. a cook
ing spoon to open or close.

This enables you to control the humidity in my oven during bak
ing or roasting and thus save yourself energy or even the need
to add water.

Closed: Push-button released, red edge visible

- Fume
outlet

Open;

During preheating and during the first third ofthe time when baking
bread or breadrolls, you should close my fumeoutletto obtain better
rising and browning.
During roasting.youshouldalsokeepmyfumeoutletoiosed, unless

you want to achieve a crispy meat surface, as e. g. during the grilling

of poultry.
The tables on baking and roasting contain more detailed instruo­tions.

Push-button pressed

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- Cooking

functions

My cooking function options:

Top and bottom heat

In this mode, the heat uniformly radiates from above and below.
Your roast turns out nicely crispy and succulent. You should
always roast or bake only atone level, however, to ensure uniform
application of heat.

Hot air
A fan ensures continuous circulation of uniformly hot air. Your
cake receives the same intensity of heat from all sides, enabling
you to roast, bake, and stew at max. three levels.
You save time and also power owing to the low temperatures

used.

■ Infratherm grilling
The grill attachment and fan are together in action!
This enables you to grill or roast larger joints of meat and poultry

at one level. This cooking function is also ideal for “au gratin’’
cooking and crisping-over.

Flat grilling

The grill attachment is fully utilized in this mode, e. g. for succulent

steaks and schnitzels or for slices of halibut and salmon.

Double-circuit grill
Use my large grilling area® for high-speed grilling ortoasting of
larger quantities.

For smaller quantities, e. g. grilled steaks or possibly 4 slices of
toast, it is sufficient to switch on my small grilling area (economy
grill) 0.

Pyrolytic cleaning
During pyrolytic seif-cleaning, the residues of roasting, grilling, or
baking are converted into a loose dust which you can easily wipe
out of my oven.
For safety reasons, the door is locked during the cleaning
sequence.

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A

(where featured)

(where featured)

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Microwave combination modes (where featured)

Microwave with hot air
This combination option enables you to prepare pastries and
soufflés very quickly at one level. ____

Microwave
This combination option is especially well-suited for items such

as leek puddings, cheese cakes, etc.

Microwave
A combination especially'well-suited for roasting and grilling.

Microwave
The combination option especially well-suited fore. g. the grilling

of thick pieces, such as roast beef, chicken pieces, etc. or for the

crisping-over of vegetables.

Microwave solo mode (where featured)

Microwave solo mode

This four-setting operating mode is outstandingly suitable forthe

cooking of vegetables, poaching offish, and defrosting of frozen

foods.

Microwave solo mode
The single-setting operating mode forfast defrosting of meat and
fruit.

with top and bottom heat

with infratherm griiling

with flat grilling

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- Shelf

levels

In the door of my baking carriage there are insertion hooks for my

accessories. These accessories - combination grid, drip-pan, or

baking sheets - can be inserted at 4 levels.

- Grease filter

The grease filter supplied protects my fan against soiling. It must

always be inserted when

- I am heated by hot air |X]and meat is being roasted in uncovered
pans or on the grid (i.e. do not insert when baking!);

- during infratherm grilling in the drip-pan or grilling in an unco

vered pan.
How to insert my grease filter:
Hold the grease filter by the grip and insert both retaining rings (see
illustrations) from above downwards into the openings on the oven
rear wall. Make sure that the grease filter exactly closes the opening.

The grease filter must be cleaned from time to time. Briefly boil it with

dishwasher cleaner or soft soap.

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My electronic timer only switches the oven automatically on and off.

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[§\ Entry of the time for the short-term alarm (up to 23 hours and

59 minutes in advance)

0 Manual or automatic operation ot oven

0 Entry of the time for the roasting or baking duration

(up to 23 hours and 59 minutes in advance)

0 Entry ot the clock time for the roasting or baking time end

(up to 23 hours and 59 minutes in advance)

\& Knob for time entries

@ Display symbol showing as long as time elapses

My symbols
have the
following
meanings:

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How to

program:

automatic

switch-off of

my oven

You shouid

aiso be aware

of the

foilowing

- Set my heating mode switch to the corresponding symbol and
the oven temperature switch to the neoessary temperature.

- Press my button B 0, hold it depressed, and enterthe required
duration with knob E When my button Bis released, the time
of day reappears in display F.

- The red triangles above the symbols Q and'[§ show until the
duration has elapsed.

My oven switches immediately on and automatically off after the elapsed duration.

At the end, an audible signal sounds for around two minutes. You can prematurely cancel it by pressing my button B

When the roasting or baking process has ended, set my heating
mode switch to 0 and the oven temperature switch to the Off
position.

- The red triangle above button D[fl]flashes. It is cancelled by pres
sing my button D.

My oven is ready to operate manually again.

You can request the remaining duration and end at any time dur
ing the automatic sequence. To do this, press either my button B 0
or C 0.
If you want to cancel automatic operation, press my button D 0, and
set my heating mode and oven temperature switches to the 0 and
Off position respectively.

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Set my heating mode and temperature switches as described
above.
Press my button B hold it depressed and enter the required
duration with knob E^, and then, by pressing my button CRi|,
set the time to the point when the food being roasted or baked
should be ready.
When my buttons B @ and C 0 are released, the time of day

reappears In display F.
The red triangles above the symbols 0,0, and 0 show until
the duration has elapsed.

My oven automatically switches on (end less duration) and off

at the time set by you.

At the end, an audible signal sounds for around two minutes. You can prematurely cancel it by pressing my button B 0.

When the roasting and baking process has ended, set my heat

ing mode switch to 0 and the oven temperature switch to the Off
position.

- The red triangle above button Dlashes. It is cancelled by pres
sing my button D.

My oven is ready to operate manually again.

You can request the remaining duration and end at any time dur

ing the automatic sequence. To do this, press either my button B 0
or C 0.

, If you wantto cancel automatic operation, press my button □[§], and

set my heating mode and oven temperature switches to the 0 and
Off position respectively.

Automatic
switch-on

and -off of
my oven

You should
also be aware
of the
following

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Switching on

and off

First decide with which heating mode you wantto use my oven. Then
set my switches - heating modes - to the correspond i ng symbol, for
example E'for hot air. Then turn my oven temperature switch to the
necessary tern peratu re. Tu rn th is switch to the right to a h ig her tem
perature. The red pilot lamp shows as long as the oven is being heat
ed and goes out as soon as the set temperature is attained. It comes
back on when the oven Is being reheated.
If you want to switch in my microwave, press my-microwave button

My pilot lamp lights up.
With electronic timer: for defrosting Щуои can have the microwave
switched off by my timer (see electronic timer).

If you preheat my oven (see corresponding note in the Tables), do
not insert the food to be baked/roasted until the red pilot lamp first
goes out. Preheating is done without microwaves.

To utilize the afterheat, you should switch off my oven around

5-10 minutes before the end of the baking/roasting time. To do this,

turn my oven temperature switch to the left to the Off position and the

heating mode switch to 0.

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Important instructions on ovenware for microwave use

■ All ovenware must be free from metal coatings, such as gold

rims, silver decorations, or chrome-plated metal rings.

■ Only use plastics, unless they are specially intended for micro­wave cooking, for brief defrosting or heating. They may cause fire
on a long setting!

■ Only use paper and board for brief heating or cooking. They may
also cause fire on a long setting!

■ Aluminium foil may be used to cover sensitive, projecting parts,
e.g. the edges or drumsticks of poultry. Caution: Make sure that

there is a minimum distance of 2 cm to the door or side wall.

The correct ovenware for microwave soio microwave combina
tion modes

Ovenware

Glass, heatproof
Glass-ceramic X

Defrosting

Microwave s
Heating

X X

X X X

Operating

olo

Cooking

X X

Porcelain, heatproof X X X
Earthenware

X X

X X

Plastics o o - -

Heat-resistant plastics

specially intended for

microwave use
Keep-fresh foil

X X X

- -

- -

Paper, board o o - -

Grid

X

X X X

Drip-pan - - ­Baking sheet - -

Aluminium foil o o

-

o o

Aluminium containers

for menu cooking o

Metal bakeware - -

o o o

- -

modes

Combination
modes

X

o

X

X

X = suitable

- = unsuitable
O = suitable In certain circumstances (see instructions)

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Variable oven

My oven size (small oven) is arranged for everyday use.

Th is means that you can roast joi nts or pou Itry u p to a size of around
2 kg and bake at max. 2 levels.

When you use me in this way, you make the following savings in
comparison with conventional ovens:

Energy, time, and my cleaning is also easier for you, since you
can detach the cover of my heated partition for cleaning.
While you are cooking in my upper oven, you can use the lower
part for warming of crockery.
My lower oven is also suitable for the storage of unused acces
sories.

if you are roasting large joints or poultry - such as a goose or

turkey - or baking at 3 levels,
enlarge my oven.

detach my heated partition to

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If you remove my heated partition to enlarge my oven orfor cleaning,

set my cooking function switch and oven temperature switch to
0 and the Off position respectively. To remove my shelf, slightly lift
this forward (front side of oven) and at the same time pull it for
wards out of my oven!

To remove
the shelf

For your safety, my plug socket on the oven back panel is automati
cally closed when you take out the heated parition.

Important: Never insert my heated partition without a cover!

You should
also be aware
of the
following

83

Baking at one or more levels.

In the size-reduced oven, you can simultaneously bake on 2 baking
sheets and in the large oven on 3 baking sheets.
You can obtain additional baking sheets and grids as special
accessories. See page 103.

84

Bakeware: Baking
You can use me to bake cakes either in baking forms or on bak- - with top/
ing sheets. The material from which the bakeware is made is bottom heat
extremely important.

The most important differences:

1. Black sheet baking forms, coated baking forms, or gold bak
ing forms are the best, since they absorb heat and transfer itto

the dough most rapidly, implying for you shorter baking times
and lower power consumption.

2. White sheet, baking forms reflect the heat, i.e. they repel it.

Cakes which you bake in such forms have a longer baking
time, do not become so nicely brown, and require a longer

baking time. When baking with top/bottom heat, you should

therefore nof use white sheet baking forms.

3. In the combination mode of top/bottom heat with micro-

wave @ (where featured). This cooking function is suitable
for baking flans with a fruit topping and filling (cream or cof­tage cheese) as well as cakes with a low flour content

(sponge, nut cakes).

It Is not recommended to use this cooking function for baking
with a high flour content (large cakes, almond cakes, or

bread).
Use only glass, ceramic, porcelain, or heat-resistant plastic
bakeware (without metal decorations).

Never use any metal bakeware!

The accessories provided are an exception!

Recommendations

Apart from cheesecakes, sponge cakes, and bread, I recom

mend hot air for everything else. It Is more advantageous than by

top and bottom heat.

In this heating mode, I bake at several levels simultaneously ­quickly and economically - to save you time. I also bake different
cakes at the same time, e. g. fruit cakes and almond cakes or
large cakes and tartlets. You need only make sure that the pres
cribed temperatures for the various items roughly coincide.
You should also take note that more steam arises when several
baking sheets are Inserted at any one time. This especially
applies to fruit cakes. In the case of very moist fruit, e. g. damsons,
therefore bake on only two sheets at most at any one time.

Baking
— with hot air

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When using hot air [5 and microwave [s] combination mode

(if available).

This operating mode is suitable for the baking of cakes with fruit
topping and cream or cottage cheese filling as well as for cakes
with a low flour content (sponge and nut cakes).
It is not recommended to use th is operating mode for cakes with a
higher flour content (large cakes, almond cakes, or bread).
Use only glass, ceramic (glass-ceramic), porcelain, or heatproof
plastic bakeware (without metal decorations).

Never use any metal bakeware!
My supplied accessories are an exception!

Baking times and temperatures
During baking with hotair, it is also not necessary to preheat me
for most types of cakes. Exceptions are indicated in the attached,
baking table.
If you want to bake different types of cakes at the same time, the
prescribed temperatures should coincide. The baking times can

be adapted by subsequent insertion or removal of items. During
the initial period, the baking table will be of great assistance to
you.
The recommended temperatures and times given in the
attached table are guidance values. Deviations may possibly
occur in practice.
When baking several cakes on baking sheets or in forms, you
should prolong the time indicated in the table for one sheet or
form by around 10-20 minutes.

Hotair® and microwave5 combination mode (ifavailable).

In this operating mode, you can operate my oven only atoneshelf

level.

86

Baking at one or more levels

You can also simultaneously bake on 3 baking sheets.
You can obtain additional baking sheets and grids as special acces
sories (see page 103).

87.

Roasting

and steaming

- Heating

mode

Please choose the most favourable heating mode from my vari
ous options:

Top/bottom heat

Hot air

Infratherm grilling

Microwave

The bold type in the attached table gives you the insertion level
and temperature indications.
Recommendations
For all 3 heating modes, the following applies;
Meat and fish should only be roasted in the oven from 1 kg weight.
When preparing roast pork and pork chops with crackling,
always place the scored roast in the upper part of the oven.
When using drip-pans with a grid, liquid should be added where
necessary (e.g. during prolonged roasting times) so that dripping
fat and meat juices do not burn.

(if available).

88

The larger the roast which you entrust to me, the longer must the

roasting or grilling time be set. The roasting/grilling times depend

on the type, quantity, and quality of the meat. In practice, devia
tions from the indications given in the tables and recipes may
therefore arise.

So that any evaporated liquid can be supplemented, I recom

mend you during the roasting time to check your meat/fish from
time to time.
After around half the oooking time, the meat/poultry should be
turned so that it is uniformly browned right round.

Combination operation with microwave (if available)

■ During operation in combination with microwave, the cooking
times are shortened by some 30-50%.
You will find more detailed information on roasting/grilling times
and temperatures in the attached cooking chart booklet.

Note the instructions on the correct ovenware and ovenware
material for microwave.

- Tempera
ture, roasting/
grilling time

89

Flat grilling

Recommen

dations

You can crispily grill all flat pieces of meatand fish which can also be
fried in the pan and are not heavier than 1 kg; steaks, chops, etc. You
should season large pieces of meat/fish shortly before grilling and
small ones shortly afterwards.
Turn the slices of meat/fish after haif the grilling time so thatthe slices
are uniformly grilled on both sides. You need only turn flat slices and

pieces once; larger round pieces should be turned several times.

Please insert my drip-pan and combination grid together in my

2nd level from above.

The indicated grilling times may only be guidance values, since,

precisely during grilling, the times depend on the type and thickness
of the food to be grilled and the degree of cooking.
On appliances with a double-circuit grill [^, you should set the grill

to grill symbol 0 for small amounts and to symbol for larger

amounts.

Fume opening: open

You can clean the drip-pan and grid more easily by soaking

my drip-pan/grid in washing-up liquid suds immediately after
grilling.
Preheat my oven 5 min., and always grill with the oven door
closed. You will thereby save power.

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Type/quantity

Pork chop, pork schnitzel, meatballs.

veal schnitzel, mutton and

lamb chops 2nd 8-10 min. 6- 8 min.
Pork fillet 2nd 10-12 min. 6-10 min.
Frying sausage 2nd 8-10 min. 6- 8 min.
Kebab 2nd 7- 8 min. 5- 6 min.
Fillet steaks.

veal steaks 2nd 6- 7 min. 5- 6 min.

Fillet beef,
roast beef

(around 1 kg)
Slices of liver
Chicken, halved

(around 500 g each)

Fish fillet 2nd 6- 7 min. 4- 5 min.
Trout, around
200-250 g each
Toast
Toasted snacks 2nd 6- 8 min.

*) Remove intermediate floor of variable oven!

Shelf
height for
drip pan/
grid, from
above In
each case

2nd
2nd

3rd*) 10-15 min. 10-12 min.

2nd
2nd 2- 3 min. 2- 3 min.

Grillln

g time

1st side

10-12 min. 10-12 min. n

3- 4 min.

inside outside

4- 7 min.

2nd side

2- 3 min.

3- 6 min.

Insert
grid

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- Menu- ■ When menu cooking, please remove my heatable inter
cooking mediate floor (if available).

in the large ■ Thatisthetrulyamazingfeatureof my hotairoven.Youcancook

oven a complete menu all at once. Fish, meat, and dessert In one se

quence. The fish does not taste of dessert, and the dessert does
not taste of meat. Taste and smell do not mix.

■ The dishes you want to cook should need roughly the same
cooking temperatures.

■ As soon as meat is cooked in an open vessel, please insert the

grease filter.

Baked items indicated in the table as having around 20 °C lower

temperatures can be coordinated with the meat dishes (see

attached table on baking, roasting, and steaming). Differences of
around 10 °C can be compensated by shorter or longer cooking

times.
The shelf height must be selected depending on the individual
foods to be cooked. Dishes with shortest cooking times should be
inserted above, if several forms are to be placed above each other, a
grid or drip-pan can be arbitrarily used to hold them.

Menu exampie;

Stuffed peppers with rice and
cottage cheese soufflé.

Ovenware: Fireproof forms

Shelf heights: Rice and cottage cheese soufflé

level 1 from above

Stuffed peppers

level 2 from above

bleating mode: hotair

Temperature: 175-180 °C

Cooking time:

around 1 hour
10 minutes
Afterheat: 5 minutes

Fume opening; open

92

For bottling, use only commercially available bottling jars (jars
with rubber rings and glass lids). Never use jars with screw fittings
or bayonet catches or metal tins. And make sure you use fresh
foodstuffs!
The oven holds 6 bottling jars of I-IV2 litres capacity.
Place 1 cup of hot water in the drip-pan so that the necessary
humidity is retained in the oven.
As the sheif height, use the 4th level from above. The jars should
not touch, must where.ver possible be filled to the same level with
the same contents, and must be securely clamped.
To switch on, turn my heating mode switch to hot air and the
oven temperature switch to 160 °C.

Fume opening: closed
Keep an eye on the food being bottled.
As soon as the liquid in thefirstjars (when bottling fruit or pickled
cucumbers) begins to bubble (after around 45 minutes for 1-litre

jars) switch off the oven, but allow the jars to stand a further
30 minutes orso - around 15 minutes for tender fruit, e.g. straw
berries - in the closed oven.
When bottling vegetables or meat, set back my oven tempera
ture switch to 100 °C as soon as the liquid in thefirstjars begins
to bubble and allow the contents to cook for a further
60-90 minutes. Then switch off the oven with both my switches
and allow the jars to stand afurther 30 minutes in the closed oven.

Bottling

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■ Defrosting
Microwave

solo

Basically the 3rd level from above should be used as the shelf level.

Defrosting

Meat:

Place the frozen, unpacked meat on an inverted plate in a glass or
poroelain oontainer so that the meat juice can freely drip.

Turn during the defrosting time. Cover already defrosted areas

with small pieces of aluminium foil.

Important: During microwave operation, aluminium foil must have a
distance of at ieast 2 cm to the cooking space/door.
Keep foii pieces at least 2 cm away from the cooking space walls
and door. When the defrosting time has elapsed, the pieces of meat,
depending on quaiity, need a differentiy iong standing time.

Butter, pieces of layer cake, cottage cheese:

Remove aluminium packing foil beforehand.
Do not fully defrost in the appliance. Allow the food to attemperate
outside (e.g. for pieces of layer cake and cottage cheese, for
30 minutes to 1 hour depending on quantity).

Fruit:

Carefully turn or stir during the defrosting time.

Ready-cooked dishes:

Never place any aluminium bowls on the grid.
Defrost ready-cooked dishes on porcelain or glass plate. Cover

when defrosting and heat.

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Food to be
detrosted

Quantity

Tips/remarks Setting Time

min.

Standing

time

min.

Defrosting

table

Meat per piece

Steak
Mincemeat

Poultry

Fish fillet
Strawberries,

damsons,
cherries,
red-currants,
apricots, etc.

Raspberries 250 g Cover, stir once

500 g Turn twice, cover

fatty areas with

aluminium foil
200 g Turn once
500 g Divide mincemeat

after 1st half of

defrosting, placing

inside pieces

outside

1000 g Turn, cover

drumsticks with

aluminium foil
400 g Cover
500 g Cover 10-12

[t]

ffl

[t]

[S

ffi ■

10-12

20-30 15-20

20

4- 5
8-10 10-12

8- 9 10-12

7- 8

5-10

10-15

5-10

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Type/quantity

Bread

4 breadrolls

8-10 breadrolls

White bread

(around 150 g)

Wholemeal

bread, mixed
bread, brown
bread, 1 slice
(60-80 g)

Bread
(around 500 g)

Cakes

Dry cake
e.g. Madeira
cake
(around 300 g)

Cake from
baking sheet
(around 350 g)

Fruit cake
baking sheet
(400-450 g)

1 piece cheese
cake or covered
apple tart

Heat Setting Remarks/tips

Power Min. time

Temp.

%

200

Ifi

200

a

3-4 Place on grid 5 in

Turn occasion-

5-6

ally appliance

a

- -

200

4-5 See above 5 in

1- Defrost indivi- 2-3 open

dual slices

IV2

covered

-

-

Cover slice 15-20

6-8

surface

4-5 Allow cake to 5-10

dry uncovered
on a plate

-

200

a

a

200

m

FS

(S

3-4

-

7-8

5-6 See above 10

Standing

min.

appliance
5 in

appliance

10 in
appliance

10 in
appliance

96

Cleaning and care

If you have coordinated a glass-ceramic cooking area with me, afew
principles should be observed despite its special virtue of being
easy-care:

1. Never use aggressive cleaners, such as e. g. coarse scouring
agents or abrasive pan cleaners.

2. Always clean the cooking area when it is lightly soiled - prefera
bly after each use.
For this purpose, use a damp cloth and a little washing-up liquid.

Then wipe the cooking area dry with a clean cloth. No cleaner

residues should remain on the surface.

3. Thoroughly clean the whole cooking area once a week. For this
purpose, use “Sidol Stainless Steel Gloss”, “Steel-Fix”, or “WK-

Top”.
Then thoroughly clean the whole cooking area with clean water

and wipe dry with a clean cloth. Please make sure that no cleaner
residues remainonthesurfacelThe cooking area may otherwise
be damaged I

Boiled-over food

First soften with a wet cloth and then remove the food residues with a

glass or razor-blade scraper.

Then clean the cooking area as described under 3.

Burned-on sugar, melted plastic

Remove this at once - when still hot - with a glass scraper. Then
clean the cooking area as described unter 3.
You can prevent damage due to sugar or sugar-containing foods by
caring for your glass-ceramic cooking area with Coilo-ProfiorCera-

fix.

Glass-ceramic
cooking area

- Principles

- Special
soiling

Stains

(Scale stains or mother-of-pearl-like .glossy stains formed during
cooking) are best removed when the hobs are still warm (not hot).
For this purpose, also use “Sidol Stainless Steel Gloss”, “Steel-Fix”,
or “WK-Top”. Proceed exactly as described under 3.

Grains of sand or grit

which fall on to the cooking area may cause scratches when pots

are moved about. Please make sure therefore that no grains or sand
or grit remain on the cooking area.
You oan obtain suitable cleaners, cleansing agents, and a glass
scraper from the AEG Service Centre.

97

Cooking

area with cast

iron hobs

Please clean heavy soiling of the hobs with a fine scouring agent or
sponge. Then lightly heat and allow to dry.
Please note that cleaners are unsuitableforthe stainless steel edge
of the cast iron hob and stainless steel tray, since they cause
scratches.

Thermal loading during cooking may cause slight yellowing of the

stainless steel edge and stainless steel tray. This depends on the
physical nature of the material (its tendency to tarnish).

These discolorations can be easily removed with “WK-Top” or

“Steelfix”.

To care for your hobs, you can occasionally use a little sewing-

machine oil (finally polish with paper) or other cleaners and cleans
ing agents, such as Collo-Elektrol, which you can obtain from the
AEG Service Centre.
Never use butter, bacon, or the like!

Oven

Cleaning

my heated

partition

Normal cleaning
Clean my oven after each use. This makes fat splashes easiest to
remove. For stubborn soiling, use K2r Oven Cleaner, Huy, Collo
Grille Cleaner, or Express Oven Cleaner.

To clean my glass-ceramic ceiling (if avaiiabie), you can

safeiy use oven spray or, for heavy soiling, a giass scraper.

Then wipe with clean \vater to remove all cleaner residues.

Never use aggressive cleaners, such as e.g. coarse scouring
agents or abrasive pan cleaners. You can obtain suitable
cleaners and cleansing agents from the AEG Service Centre.

My heated partition should be removed for cleaning. The upper cov
er can be pulled out forwards and cleaned in the sink.

98

The heating element is clipped on to the lower part and can be

removed by lifting. This allows easier wiping of the lower part.

Important; Never hold or place my heating element and the low
er part of my partition in water or in a dishwasher!

After cleaning and drying, especially the heating element contacts,

re-assemble the partition and slide it into the appropriate shelf level
provided in my oven.

Important: My heated shelf may only be inserted in my oven complete (lower part with heating element and cover)!

99

Cleaning

and

replacing the

light bulb(s)

Important: Switch off my fuses on the fixed wiring side (safety
box) (remove screw-in fuses from holder).

To clean the glass covers and change my light buib(s), the glass
cover should only be removed by hand!

Important: Please never use any tools!

After changing the light bulb(s), clip the protective glass cover

back in position.

Oven

lighting

100

You can illuminate my oven for oleaning. To do this, turn my oven
switch or my heating mode switch to the lamp position gì.

■ Thorough cleaning
For thorough cleaning, you can detach various parts:

To detach the door:
Grip my door with both hands and pull it out of the guide bars

vertically upwards. Do not pull on the door handle!

To re-insert the door;
To insert my door, place it on the guide bars and push it in to its
fullest extent.

Detaching the

baking
carriage door

101

Folding ■ Folding grill combination

grill My top heat grill combination can be folded down for cleaning of

combinaton my oven ceiling.

Place all my switches in the 0 or Off position. Lower my grili­ing attachment oniy when there is no further risk burning.

Turn the 2 retaining hooks towards the centre. The grilling
attachment swivels downwards so that you have easy access for
cleaning of my oven ceiling (see illustrafion).

Important: Never use force when pressing down the griliing
attachment. If force is used, the griiling attachment may
break.

Then press the grilling attachment slightly upwards and swivel back
the retaining hooks so that the grilling attachment holder is located

between the jaws of the retaining hooks.

Cleaning the ■ Grease filter

grease filter Boil the grease filter in water with dishwasher cleaner or soft

soap.

102

Special accessories

60

Second grid to hold bakeware

(baking carriage)
E-No.: 611 898 623

Baking sheet
(baking carriage)
E-No.: 611 898 621

Glass-ceramic roast pan
(for placing on grid)
E-No.: 611 899660

103

What to do if...

Faults

you can rectify

yourself

... the pilot lamps do not show?

... the oven does not heat?

1. You may well have not operated ail relevant switches or

2. the fuse on the fixed wiring side (safety box) has blown.

... the fuses keep blowing?

Please call an approved electrical installer.

... the oven lighting fails?

See Cleaning and care on page 100.

Failure of my oven lamp(s) does not fall under the guarantee.

... the oven cannot be switched on?

Check whether:
... my time of day is flashing 00:00 or 0:00 in the displayl

If yes, reset my time of day.

... the audible tone of my timer is emitting a continuous tone.

Then press the corresponding button to switch it off!

... my timer display does not show, but the pilot lamps of the

appliance still show?

... incorrect indications appear in my display?
... duration and end cannot be entered!

An operating fault has occurred in my timer, or else there has
been a short-term power failure.

Then remove/unscrewthe wiring fuses of the appliance, wait

30 seconds, and then switch on/screw in the wiring fuses
again.
Then reset the time of day in my electronic timer.

104

What to do if my 4 hobs fail?
... forthis case, I have an emergency programme for my LH rear

hob until the customer service engineer called by yourself
arrives.

Important: My hob always operates at full power (1200 W) In the

emergency programme, i.e. It is not controllable. Use my hob only

under supervision.

Switching off the emergency circuit:

■ Firmly press in (switch on) the push-button (iilustration/
arrow) with a pointed object.

■ Switch on the hob switch by turning clockwise.

If, however, you decide to call In the service centre to help with any of
the stated Instructions or on grounds of faulty operation, the service
engineer’s visit cannot be made free of charge even during the gua
rantee period.
AEG electrical appliances comply with the valid safety require
ments. Repairs to electrical appliances should only be performed by
a trained electrician. Improper repairs may place the user at serious
risk.

105

Customer service

If you cannot find any reference to a particular fault in myoperating
instructions, please contact our service centre.
When doing so, quote the E-No. and F-No. of your oven, which you
will find on my rating plate/arrow.

Your indication of these numbers enables the service centre to

make precise identification of the required spare part so that I can

be repaired at the engineer’s first visit. You will thus save yourself
additional costs due to any possible repeated trips by the service
engineer.

So that these numbers are always to hand, you are recommended
to enter them here.

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E-No.

F-No.