AEG EHC724BA User Manual
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Ceramic glass hob
EHC326BA
EHC724BAEHC724BA
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Contents
Safety instructions 2
Product description 4
Operating instructions 6
Helpful hints and tips 10
Cleaning and care 11
Safety instructions
Before the installation and use of the appliance, carefully read the supplied instructions. The manufacturer is not responsible if
an incorrect installation and use causes injuries and damages. Always keep the instructions with the appliance for future reference.
CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE
PEOPLE SAFETY
Warning! Risk of suocation, injury or
permanent disability.
t Do not let persons, children included,
with reduced physical sensory, reduced
mental functions or lack of experience
and knowledge use the appliance. They
must have supervision or instruction for
the operation of the appliance by a person who is responsible for their safety.
t Do not let children play with the appli-
ance.
t Keep all packaging away from children.
t If the appliance has a child safety device,
we recommend that you activate it.
INSTALLATION
Warning! Only a qualied person must
install this appliance.
t Remove all the packaging.
t Do not install or use a damaged appli-
ance.
t Obey the installation instruction supplied
with the appliance.
t Keep the minimum distance from the
other appliances and units.
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Installation Instructions 1
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t Always be careful when you move the
appliance because it is heavy. Always
wear safety gloves.
t Seal the cut surfaces with a sealant to
prevent moisture to cause swelling.
t Protect the bottom of the appliance from
steam and moisture.
t Do not install the appliance adjacent to a
door or under a window. This prevents
hot cookware to fall from the appliance
when the door or the window is opened.
t If the appliance is installed above drawers
make sure that the space, between the
bottom of the appliance and the upper
drawer, is sucient for air circulation.
t The bottom of the appliance can get hot.
We recommend to in stall a non-combustile separation panel under the appliance
to prevent access to the bottom.
Electrical connection
Warning! Risk of re and electrical
shock.
t All electrical connections must be made
by a qualied electrician.
t Before every wiring make sure the main
terminal of the appliance is not live.
t Make sure the appliance is installed cor-
rectly. Loose and incorrect plug and
socket can make the terminal become
too hot.
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Make sure that a shock protection is in-
stalled.
Do not let the electricity bounds touch
the appliance or hot cookware, when you
connect the appliance to the near sock-
ets.
Do not let the electricity bounds tangle.
Use a strain relief clamp on cable.
Use the correct mains cable.
Make sure not to cause damage to the
mains plug and to the mains cable. Con-
tact 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 minimum 3
mm.
Use only correct isolation devices: line
protecting cut-outs, fuses (screw type
fuses removed from the holder), earth
leakage trips and contractors.
USE
Warning! Risk of injury, burns or
electric shock.
Use this appliance in a household envi-
ronment.
Do not change the speci cation of this
appliance.
Do not use an external timer or a sepa-
rate remote-control system to operate
the appliance.
Do not let the appliance stay unattended
during operation.
Do not operate the appliance with wet
hands or when it has contact with water.
Do not put cutlery or saucepan lids on
the cooking zones. They can become
hot.
Set the cooking zone to “o ” after each
use. Do not rely on the pan detector.
Do not use the appliance as a work sur-
face or as a storage surface.
If there is a crack on the surface, discon-
nect power supply to prevent the electri-
cal shock.
Warning! Risk of re or explosion.
Fats and oil when heated can release
ammable vapours. Keep ames 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 remnants,
can cause re at a lower temperature
than oil used for the rst time.
Do not put ammable products or items
that are wet with ammable products in,
near or on the appliance.
Warning! Risk of damage to the
appliance.
Do not keep hot cookware on the control
panel.
Do not let cookware to boil dry.
Be careful not let objects or cookware fall
on the appliance. The surface can be
damaged.
Do not activate the cooking zones with
empty cookware or without cookware.
Do not put aluminium foil on the appli-
ance.
Cookware made of cast iron, aluminium
or with a damaged bottom can cause
scratches on the glass ceramic. Always
lift these objects up when you have to
move them on the cooking surface.
CARE AND CLEANING
Warning! Risk of damage to the
appliance.
Clean regularly the appliance to prevent
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 objects.
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Product description
Cooking surface layout
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EHC326BA
Cooking zone 18 00 W
1
Cooking zone 1200 W
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Control panel layout
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3 Glass bar
4 Control panel
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Cooking zone 18 00 W
1
Cooking zone 1200 W
2
3 Glass bar
4 Control panel
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sensor eld function
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A heat setting display.
Cooking zones' indicators of timer.
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The timer display.
It activates and deactivates the appliance.
It locks/unlocks the control panel.
It activates and deactivates STOP+GO function.
It shows the heat setting.
It shows for which of the cooking zones you
the time.
set
It shows the time in minutes.
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A control bar.
Heat setting displays
Display Description
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digit
+
/ /
It shows that the CountUp Timer function
s.
ate
oper
It shows that the Minute minder /
.
the CountDown
It activates
Timer function operates.
automatic heat-up function
the
It increases or decreases the time.
It sets the cooking zone for the timer.
It sets the Timer function.
To set the heat setting.
The cooking zone is o
The cooking zone operates
function is on
The automatic heat-up function is on
There is a malfunction
OptiHeat Control (3 step Residual heat indicator): still cooking /
warm / residual heat
keep
Lock/Child safety function is on
The automatic switch
on
is
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OptiHeat Control (3 step Residual heat indicator)
WARNING!
\ \ Risk of burns from residual heat!
OptiHeat Control indicates the level of the residual heat.
Operating instructions
On and O
Touch for 1 second to start or stop the appliance.
Automatic Switch O
The function stops the hob automatically if:
all cooking zones are o .
you do not set the heat setting after you start the hob.
you cover a sensor eld with an object (a pan, a cloth, etc.) for longer than 10 seconds.
The sound operates until you remove the object.
the hob gets too hot (e.g. when a saucepan boils dry). Before you use the hob again, the
cooking zone must be cool.
you do not stop a cooking zone or change the heat setting. After some time
on and the hob stops. See the table.
Automatic Switch O
Heat setting
Stops after 6 hours 5 hours 4 hours 1.5 hours
times
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-
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comes
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The heat setting
Touch the control bar at the heat setting.
Change to the left or the right, if it is necessary.
Do not release before you have a correct heat
setting. The display shows the heat setting.
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The automatic heat up
Automatic heat up function sets the high
est heat setting
for
some time,
and then decreases to the necessary level.
To start function touch the symbol
and then set necessary heat setting.
comes on when the cooking zone
operates on highest heat setting.
To stop the function change heat setting.
The Timer
The Count Down Timer.
Use the Count Down Timer to set how long the cooking zone operates
Set the Count Down Timer after the selection of the cooking zone.
The selection of Timer function is possible for cooking zones that are active and
the heat setting is set.
t To set the cooking zone: touch
necessary cooking zone comes on.
When this function is activated,
t To activate the Count Down Timer: touch
99 minutes). When the indicator of the cooking zone starts to ash slow, the
time counts down.
t To see the remaining time: set the cooking zone with
the cooking zone starts to ash quickly. The display shows the remaining time.
t To change the Count Down Timer:set the cooking zone with
t To deactivate the Count Down Time: set the cooking zone with
remaining time counts back to 00. The indicator of the cooking zone goes out.
When the timer countdown comes to an end, the sound operates and 00 ashes.
The cooking zone deactivates.
t To deactivate the sound: touch
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again and again until the indicator of a
comes on.
of the timer to set the time ( 00 -
. The indicator of
touch or .
. Touch .The
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The Count up timer
Use the Count up timer to monitor how long the cooking zone operates.
t The selection of the cooking zone (if more than 1 cooking zone operates): touch
again and again until the indicator of a necessary cooking zone comes on.
When this function is activated,
t To activate the Count up timer:
Touch
The symbol goes out and
t To see how long the cooking zone operates: set the cooking zone with . The
indicator of the cooking zone starts to ash quickly. The display shows the time
that the
operates for longer period of time.
zone operate
t To deactivate the Count up timer: set the cooking zone with
or
to deactivate the timer. the symbol goes out and
When the two Timer functions operate at the same time, the display shows the
Count Up Timer rst.
The Minute minder.
s. The display shows the time of the cooking zone that
comes on.
comes on.
and touch
comes on.
You can use the timer as a minute minder while the cooking zones do not operate.
Touch
Touch
or of the timer to set the time. When the time comes to an end, the
sound operates and 00 ashes
t To stop the sound: touch
STOP+GO
The function sets all cooking zones that operate to the lowest heat setting - Keep
Warm
(
).
When
The
t To activate this function touch
t To deactivate this function touch
operates, you cannot change the heat setting.
function does not stop the timer function.
. The symbol comes on.
. The heat setting that you set before comes on.
Lock
You can lock the control panel, but not . It prevents an accidental change of the
heat setting.
First set the heat setting.
To start this function touch
The Timer stays on.
To stop this function touch
When you stop the appliance, you also stop this function.
. The symbol come
. The heat setting that you set before comes on.
s on for 1 seconds.
The child safety device
This function prevents an accidental operation of the hob.
Starting the child safety device
t Start the hob with . Do not set the heat settings.
t Touch
t Stop the hob with .
Switching o the child safety device
t Start the hob with . Do not set the heat settings. Touch
The symbol
t Stop the hob with .
Overriding the child safety device for one cooking session
t Start the hob with . The symbol
t Touch
can operate the hob.
t When you stop the hob with , the child safety device operates again.
for 4 seconds. The
comes on.
for 4 seconds. Set the heat setting in less than 10 seconds. You
symbol comes on.
comes on.
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O Sound Control (Deactivation and activation of the sounds)
Deactivation of the sounds
Deactivate the appliance.
Touch
When this function operates, you can hear the sounds only when:
t you touch
t the Minute Minder reaches zero.
t the Count Down Timer reaches zero.
tyou put something on the control panel.
Activation of the sounds
Deactivate the appliance.
Touch
for 3 seconds. The displays come on and go out. Touch
comes on, the sound is on. Touch
for 3 seconds. The displays come on and go out. Touch
comes on, because the sound is o. Touch
comes on, the sound is o.
,
,
comes on. The sound is on.
for 3 seconds.
for 3 seconds.
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Helpful hints and tips
Cookware
•Cookware made of enamelled steel and with aluminium or copper bottoms can cause discoloration on
glass ceramic surface.
Energy saving
setting
1 Keep cooked foods warm as re-
1-3 Hollandaise sauce, melt: butter, choco
1-3 Solidify: uy omelettes, baked eggs 10-40
3-5 Simmer rice and milk based dishes,
5-7 Steam vegetables, sh, meat 20-45
7-9 Steam potatoes 20-60
7-9 Cook larger quantities of food, stews
9-12 Gentle fry: escalope, veal cordon bleu,
12-13 Heavy fry, hash browns, loin steaks,
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Information on acrylamides
Important! According to the newest scientific
knowledge, if you brown food (specially the one which
•The bottom of the cookware must be as thick
and flat as possible.
•If possible, always put the lids on the cookware.
•Put cookware on a cooking zone before you
start it.
Heat
late, gelatine
heating up ready-cooked meals
and soups
cutlets, rissoles, sausages, liver, roux,
eggs, pancakes, doughnuts
steaks
Boil large quantities of water, cook pasta, sear meat (goulash, pot roast), deep fry chips
Use to: Time Hints
•Stop the cooking zones before the end of the cooking
•The bottom of pans and cooking zones must have
time to use residual heat.
the same dimension.
Examples of cooking applications
The data in the table is for guidance only.
quired
5-25
min
min
25-50
min
min
min
60-150
min
as re
quired
5-15
min
contains starch), acrylamides can pose a health risk.
Thus, we recommend that you cook at the lowest
temperatures and do not brown food too much.
Cover
Mix occasionally
Cook with a lid on
Add at least twice as much liquid
as rice, stir milk dishes part way
through
Add a few tablespoons of liquid
Use max. ¼ l water for 750 g of
potatoes
Up to 3 l liquid plus ingredients
Turn halfway through
Turn halfway through
Cleaning and care
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Clean the appliance after each use.
Always use cookware with clean bottom.
Scratches or dark stains on the glassceramic cause no eect 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
appliance. Use a special
for the glass . Put the
the
scraper( option to buy)
scraper
the
glass surface at an acute angle and
move the blade on the surface .
Remove after the appliance is
–
suciently cool: limescale rings ,
water rings, fat stains, shiny metallic
discolorations. Use a special cleaning
agent for glass ceramic or stainless
steel.
2. Clean the appliance with a moist cloth
dishwashing liquid
and
3. At the end rub the appliance dry
with a clean cloth.
detergent.
What to do if ...
Problem Possible cause and remedy
You cannot activate the appliance or operate it.
A Sound operates and the appliance deactivates.
A sound operates when the appliance is deactivated.
The appliance deactivates.
The residual heat indicator
does not comes on.
The Automatic Heat Up function does not operate.
The sensor elds become hot. The cookware is too large or you out it too near to the controls.
comes on
and number comes on.
t Activate the appliance again and set the heat setting in 10 sec-
onds.
t You touched 2 or more sensor elds at the same time. Only
touch one sensor eld.
t The Child Safety Device or the Lock or Stop+Go operates. See
the chapter Operating instruction.
t There is water or fat stains on the control panel. Clean the con-
trol panel.
You put something on one or more sensor elds. Remove the object from the sensor elds.
You put something on the . remove object from the sensor
eld.
The cooking zone is not hot because it operated only for a short
time. If the cooking zone should be hot, speak to the service centre.
t There is still residual heat on the cooking zone. Let the cooking
zone become suciently cool.
t The highest heat setting is set. The highest heat setting has the
same power as the Automatic Heat Up function.
Put large cookware on the rear cooking zones if it is necessary.
The Automatic Switch O operates. Deactivate the appliance and
activate it again.
There is an error in the appliance.
Disconnect the appliance from the electrical supply for some
time. Disconnect the fuse from the electrical system of the house.
Connect again. If
tre.
comes on again, speak to the service cen-
If you tried the above solutions and cannot repair the
problem, speak to your dealer or the Customer Care Department. Give the data from the rating plate, three-digit-
on
letter code for the glass ceramic (it is in the corner of
the cooking surface) and an error message that comes on.
If you operated the appliance incorrectly, the servicing
by a customer service technician or dealer will not be
free of charge, even during the warranty period. The instructions about the customer service and conditions of
guarantee are in the guarantee booklet.
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