AEG EKC54503OS, EKC54503OW User Manual

EKC54503O
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EN COOKER USER MANUAL
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CONTENTS
1. SAFETY INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4. BEFORE FIRST USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6. HOB - HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
7. HOB - CARE AND CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
8.
OVEN - DAILY USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
9. OVEN - CLOCK FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
10.
OVEN - USING THE ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
11. OVEN - HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
12.
OVEN - CARE AND CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
13. WHAT TO DO IF… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
WE’RE THINKING OF YOU
Thank you for purchasing an Electrolux appliance. You’ve chosen a product that brings with it decades of professional experience and innovation. Ingenious and stylish, it has been designed with you in mind. So whenever you use it, you can be safe in the knowledge that you’ll get great results every time.
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CUSTOMER CARE AND SERVICE
We recommend the use of original spare parts. When contacting Service, ensure that you have the following data available. The information can be found on the rating plate. Model, PNC, Serial Number.
Warning / Caution-Safety information
General information and tips
Environmental information
Subject to change without notice.
1. SAFETY INFORMATION
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.
1.1 Children and vulnerable people safety
WARNING!
Risk of suffocation, injury or permanent disability.
• This appliance can be used by children aged from 8 years and above and persons with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities or lack of experience and knowledge if they are supervised by an adult or a per­son who is responsible for their safety.
• Do not let children play with the appliance.
• Keep all packaging away from children.
• Keep children and pets away from the appliance when it operates or when it cools down. Accessible parts are hot.
• If the appliance has a child safety device, we recom­mend that you activate it.
• Cleaning and user maintenance shall not be made by children without supervision.
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1.2 General Safety
• The appliance and its accessible parts become hot during use. Do not touch the heating elements.
• Do not operate the appliance by means of an external timer or separate remote-control system.
• Unattended cooking on a hob with fat or oil can be dangerous and may result in fire.
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• Never try to extinguish a fire with water, but switch off
• Do not store items on the cooking surfaces.
• Do not use a steam cleaner to clean the appliance.
• Metallic objects such as knives, forks, spoons and lids
• If the glass ceramic surface is cracked, switch off the
• Be careful, when you touch the storage drawer. It can
• Do not use harsh abrasive cleaners or sharp metal
the appliance and then cover flame e.g. with a lid or a fire blanket.
should not be placed on the hob surface since they can get hot.
appliance to avoid the possibility of electric shock.
get hot.
scrapers to clean the glass door since they can scratch the surface, which may result in shattering of the glass.
2.
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
2.1 Installation
WARNING!
Only a qualified person must in­stall this appliance.
• Remove all the packaging.
• Do not install or use a damaged appli-
ance.
• Obey the installation instruction sup-
plied with the appliance.
• Always be careful when you move the
appliance because it is heavy. Always wear safety gloves.
• Do not pull the appliance by the handle.
• Keep the minimum distance from the
other appliances and units.
• Make sure that the appliance is installed
below and adjacent safe structures.
• The sides of the appliance must stay
adjacent to appliances or to units with the same height.
• Do not install the appliance on a plat-
form.
• 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.
Electrical connection
WARNING!
Risk of fire and electrical shock.
• All electrical connections should be made by a qualified electrician.
• The appliance must be earthed.
• Make sure that the electrical information on the rating plate agrees with the pow­er supply. If not, contact an electrician.
• Always use a correctly installed shock­proof socket.
• Do not use multi-plug adapters and ex­tension cables.
• Make sure not to cause damage to the mains plug and to the mains cable. Contact the Service or an electrician to change a damaged mains cable.
• Do not let mains cables to come in touch with the appliance door, specially when the door is hot.
• The shock protection of live and insula­ted parts must be fastened in such a way that it cannot be removed without tools.
• Connect the mains plug to the mains socket only at the end of the installa­tion. Make sure that there is access to the mains plug after the installation.
• If the mains socket is loose, do not connect the mains plug.
• Do not pull the mains cable to discon­nect the appliance. Always pull the mains plug.
• Use only correct isolation devices: line protecting cut-outs, fuses (screw type fuses removed from the holder), earth leakage trips and contactors.
• The electrical installation must have an isolation device which lets you discon­nect the appliance from the mains at all poles. The isolation device must have a contact opening width of minimum 3 mm.
2.2 Use
WARNING!
Risk of injury, burns or electric shock.
• Use this appliance in a household envi­ronment.
• Do not change the specification of this appliance.
• Make sure that the ventilation openings are not blocked.
• Do not let the appliance stay unatten­ded during operation.
• Deactivate the appliance after each use.
• Internally the appliance becomes hot when in operation. Do not touch the heating elements that are in the appli­ance. Always use oven gloves to re­move or put in accessories or oven­ware.
• Be careful, when you open the appli­ance door while the appliance is in op­eration. Hot air can release.
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• Do not operate the appliance with wet hands or when it has contact with wa­ter.
• Do not apply pressure on the open door.
• Do not use an external timer or a sepa­rate remote-control system to operate the appliance.
• Always keep the appliance door closed when the appliance is in operation.
• Do not put cutlery or saucepan lids on the cooking zones. They become hot.
• Set the cooking zone to “off” after use.
• Do not use the appliance as a work surface or as a storage surface.
• If the surface of the appliance is cracked, disconnect immediately the appliance from the power supply. This to prevent an electrical shock.
WARNING!
Risk of fire or explosion.
• Fats and oil when heated can release flammable vapours. Keep flames or heated objects away from fats and oils when you cook with them.
• The vapours that very hot oil releases can cause spontaneous combustion.
• Used oil, that can contain food rem­nants, can cause fire at a lower temper­ature than oil used for the first time.
• Do not put flammable products or items that are wet with flammable products in, near or on the appliance.
• Do not let sparks or open flames to come in contact with the appliance when you open the door.
• Open the appliance door carefully. The use of ingredients with alcohol can cause a mixture of alcohol and air.
• Do not try to extinguish a fire with wa­ter. Disconnect the appliance and cover the flame with a lid or a fire blanket.
WARNING!
Risk of damage to the appliance.
• To prevent damage or discoloration to the enamel:
– Do not put ovenware or other objects
in the appliance directly on the bot­tom.
– Do not put aluminium foil directly on
the bottom of the appliance.
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• Discoloration of the enamel has no ef-
• Use a deep pan for moist cakes. Fruit
• Do not keep hot cookware on the con-
• Do not let cookware to boil dry.
• Be careful not to let objects or cook-
• Do not activate the cooking zones with
• Do not put aluminium foil on the appli-
• Cookware made of cast iron, aluminium
2.3 Care and Cleaning
• Before maintenance, deactivate the ap-
• Make sure the appliance is cold. There
– do not put water directly into the hot
appliance.
– do not keep moist dishes and food in
the appliance after you finish the cooking.
– be careful when you remove or install
the accessories.
fect on the performance of the appli­ance. It is not a defect in the sense of the warranty law.
juices cause stains that can be perma­nent.
trol panel.
ware fall on the appliance. The surface can be damaged.
empty cookware or without cookware.
ance.
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.
WARNING!
Make sure to install a stabilizing means in order to prevent tipping of the appliance. Refer to Installa­tion chapter.
WARNING!
Risk of injury, fire or damage to the appliance.
pliance and disconnect the mains plug from the mains socket.
is the risk that the glass panels can break.
• Replace immediately the door glass panels when they are damaged. Con­tact the Service.
• Be careful when you remove the door from the appliance. The door is heavy!
• Clean regularly the appliance to prevent the deterioration of the surface material.
• Remaining fat or food in the appliance can cause fire.
• Clean the appliance with a moist soft cloth. Only use neutral detergents. Do not use abrasive products, abrasive cleaning pads, solvents or metal ob­jects.
• If you use an oven spray, obey the safe­ty instructions on the packaging.
• Do not clean the catalytic enamel (if ap­plicable) with any kind of detergent.
2.4 Internal light
• The type of light bulb or halogen lamp used for this appliance, is only for household appliances. Do not use it for house lighting.
WARNING!
Risk of electrical shock.
• Before replacing the lamp, disconnect the appliance from the power supply.
• Only use lamps with the same specifi­cations.
2.5 Disposal
WARNING!
Risk of injury or suffocation.
• Disconnect the appliance from the mains supply.
• Cut off the mains cable and discard it.
• Remove the door catch to prevent chil­dren and pets to get closed in the ap­pliance.
3. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
3.1 General overview
1 2 3 1654
4
11
10
3.2 Cooking surface layout
3 2
1
1 2
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Knobs for the hob
1
Temperature indicator
2
Knob for the oven temperature
3
Electronic programmer
4
7
8
9
Knob for the oven functions
5
Hob control indicator
6
Heating element
7
Oven lamp
8
Fan and heating element
9
Rating plate
10
Shelf positions
11
140 mm
120/180 mm
180 mm
140 mm
4
3.3 Accessories
Oven shelf
• For cookware, cake tins, roasts.
Flat baking tray
4. BEFORE FIRST USE
WARNING!
Refer to the Safety chapters.
Cooking zone 1200 W
1
Cooking zone 1800 W
2
Cooking zone 1200 W
3
Residual heat indicator
4
Cooking zone 700 / 1700 W
5
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For cakes and biscuits.
Storage drawer
• Below the oven cavity is the storage
drawer.
CAUTION!
To open the oven door, always hold the handle in the centre.
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4.1 Initial Cleaning
• Remove all parts from the appliance.
• Clean the appliance before first use.
CAUTION!
Do not use abrasive cleaning agents! This can damage the sur­face. Refer to chapter "Care and Cleaning".
After approximately five seconds, the flashing stops and the display shows the time of day you set.
To change the time, press again and again until the indicator for the Time of Day function flash­es. You must not set the Duration
or End function at the same
time.
4.2 Setting the time
You must set the time before you operate the oven.
When you connect the appliance to the electrical supply or after a power cut, the indicator for the Time of Day function flashes. Press the + or - button to set the correct time.
5. HOB - DAILY USE
WARNING!
Refer to the Safety chapters.
5.1 Heat settings
Con-
trol
knob
0
Off position
Double zone switch
1 - 9 Heat settings
(1 - lowest heat setting, 9 ­highest heat setting)
Function
4.3 Preheating
Preheat the empty appliance to burn off the remaining grease.
1.
Set the function and the maximum temperature.
2.
Let the appliance operate for one hour.
3.
Set the function . The maximum temperature for this function is 210 °C.
4.
Let the appliance operate for ten mi­nutes.
5.
Set the function and the maximum temperature.
6.
Let the appliance operate for ten mi-
nutes. Accessories can become hotter than usu­ally. The appliance can emit an odour and smoke. This is normal. Make sure that the airflow is sufficient.
1.
Turn the knob to a necessary heat
setting. The hob control indicator
comes on.
2.
To complete the cooking process,
turn the knob to the 0position.
Use the residual heat to decrease energy consumption. Deactivate the cooking zone approximately 5
- 10 minutes before the cooking process is completed.
5.2 Using the double zone
CAUTION!
To activate the double zone, turn the knob clockwise. Do not turn it through the stop position.
1.
Turn the knob clockwise to position
9.
2.
Turn the knob slowly to the symbol
until you can hear a click.
The two cooking zones are on.
3.
To set the necessary heat setting re­fer to "Heat settings".
5.3 Residual heat indicator
The residual heat indicator comes on when a cooking zone is hot.
6. HOB - HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS
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WARNING!
Risk of burns from residual heat!
6.1 Cookware
• The bottom of the cookware must be as thick and flat as possible.
• Cookware made of enamelled steel and with aluminium or copper bottoms can cause dis­coloration on glass ceramic sur­face.
6.2 Energy saving
• If possible, always put the lids on the cookware.
Heat set-
Use to: Time
• Put cookware on a cooking zone before you start it.
• Stop the cooking zones before the end of the cooking time to use residual heat.
• The bottom of pans and cook­ing zones must have the same dimension.
6.3 Examples of cooking applications
The data in the table is for guidance only.
Hints
(min)
ting
0 Off position
1 Keep cooked foods warm as re-
Cover
quired
1 - 2 Hollandaise sauce, melt: butter,
5 - 25 Mix occasionally
chocolate, gelatine
1 - 2 Solidify: fluffy omelettes, baked
10 - 40 Cook with a lid on
eggs
2 - 3 Simmer rice and milkbased
dishes, heating up ready-cooked meals
25 - 50 Add at least twice as much
liquid as rice, stir milk dishes part way through
3 - 4 Steam vegetables, fish, meat 20 - 45 Add a few tablespoons of liq-
uid
4 - 5 Steam potatoes 20 - 60 Use max. ¼ l water for 750 g
of potatoes
4 - 5 Cook larger quantities of food,
stews and soups
60 ­150
Up to 3 l liquid plus ingredi­ents
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