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
5. HOB - DAILY USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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.
Welcome to Electrolux.
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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
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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
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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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