AEG KE8404001M User Manual

KS8400501 EN User manual

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CONTENTS

1. SAFETY INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

3. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

4. BEFORE FIRST USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

5. CONTROL PANEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

6. DAILY USE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

7. CLOCK FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

8. AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

9. USING THE ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

10. ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

11. HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

12. CARE AND CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

13. WHAT TO DO IF… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

14. INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

15. GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND - GUARANTEE/CUSTOMER SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

16. EUROPEAN GUARANTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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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

• 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.

• Do not use a steam cleaner to clean the appliance.

• Before maintenance cut the power supply.

• Do not use harsh abrasive cleaners or sharp metal
scrapers to clean the glass door since they can

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scratch the surface, which may result in shattering of
the glass.

• To remove the shelf supports first pull the front of the
shelf support and then the rear end away from the
side walls. Install the shelf supports in the opposite
sequence.

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 han-

dle.

• Keep the minimum distance from the

other appliances and units.

• Make sure that the appliance is instal-

led below and adjacent safe struc­tures.

• The sides of the appliance must stay

adjacent to appliances or to units with
the same height.

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 informa-

tion on the rating plate agrees with
the power supply. If not, contact an
electrician.

• Always use a correctly installed shock-

proof 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 or explosion.

• 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.

• 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 the appliance as a work
surface or as a storage surface.

• Always keep the appliance door
closed when the appliance is in opera­tion.

• Open the appliance door carefully.
The use of ingredients with alcohol
can cause a mixture of alcohol and air.

• Do not let sparks or open flames to
come in contact with the appliance
when you open the door.

• Do not put flammable products or
items that are wet with flammable
products in, near or on the appliance.

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.

– do not put water directly into the hot
appliance.

– do not keep moist dishes and food
in the appliance after you finish the
cooking.

ENGLISH 5

– be careful when you remove or in­stall the accessories.

• Discoloration of the enamel has no ef­fect on the performance of the appli­ance. It is not a defect in the sense of
the warranty law.

• Use a deep pan for moist cakes. Fruit
juices cause stains that can be perma­nent.

Steam Cooking

WARNING!

Risk of burns and damage to the
appliance.

• Do not open the appliance door dur­ing steam cooking. Steam can release.

2.3 Care and Cleaning

WARNING!

Risk of injury, fire or damage to
the appliance.

• Before maintenance, deactivate the
appliance and disconnect the mains
plug from the mains socket.

• Make sure the appliance is cold. There
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

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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.

3. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

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• 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.

Control panel

1

Electronic programmer

2

Water drawer

3

Lamp

4

4

5

Steam generator with cover

5

Shelf support, removable

6

Shelf positions

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3.1 Accessories

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Wire shelf

For cookware, cake tins, roasts.

Steam set

One unperforated and one perforated
food container.
The steam set drains the condensing wa­ter away from the food during steam
cooking. Use it to prepare food that
should not be in the water during the
cooking (e.g. vegetables, pieces of fish,
chicken breast). The set is not suitable
for food that needs to soak in the water
(e.g. rice, polenta, pasta).

4. BEFORE FIRST USE

ENGLISH 7

Sponge

For absorbing the remaining water from
the steam generator.

WARNING!

Refer to the Safety chapters.

If the heating element hangs
down, push it to the top of the
appliance above the supports
which are on the inner walls of
the appliance.

4.1 Initial Cleaning

• Remove all parts from the appliance.

• Clean the appliance before first use.

5. CONTROL PANEL

5.1 Electronic programmer

Refer to chapter "Care and
Cleaning".

4.2 First Connection

When you connect the appliance to the
mains or after the power cut, you have to
set the language, the display contrast,
the display brightness and the time of

the day. Press
Press OK to confirm.

or to set the value.

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Use the sensor fields to operate the appliance

Num-

ber

Sen-

field

1

Function Comment

sor

Display It shows the settings of the appliance.

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Num-

ber

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3

4

5

6

7

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10

11

Sen-

sor

field

Function Comment

On / off To activate and deactivate the appliance.

Full Steam func­tion

To set a heating function or an Assisted
Cooking function. To set the necessary
function, touch the sensor field one or two
times after you activate the appliance. To
activate or deactivate the lamp, touch and
hold the sensor field for 3 seconds (you
can also activate the lamp after you deac­tivate the appliance).

Favourite Pro­gramme

Temperature se­lection

To save your favourite programmes to use
for a different time.

To set the temperature or show the tem­perature in the appliance.

Down key To move down in the menu.

Up key To move up in the menu.

OK To confirm the selection or settings.

Home key To go back one level in the menu. To

show the main menu, touch the field for 3
seconds.

Time and addi­tional functions

To set different functions. When a heating
function operates, touch the sensor field
to set the timer / Duration , Function
Lock , Favourite Programme memory, Set
+ Go or Heat + Hold .

Minute Minder To set the Minute Minder .

5.2 Display

A

Other indicators of display

Symbol Function

Minute Minder The function is active.

B C

DE

Full Steam function

1

Time of day

2

Heat-up indicator

3

Temperature

4

Duration time or end time of a func-

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tion

Symbol Function

6. DAILY USE

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Time of day Shows the current time.
Duration Shows the time required for the cooking cycle.
End Time Shows when the cooking cycle ends.
Calculation Calculates the time of cooking.
Heat-up Indicator Indicates the temperature level in the appli-

ance.

WARNING!

Refer to the Safety chapters.

6.1 Navigating the menus

1.

Activate the appliance.

2.

Press or to select the menu
option.

3.

Press OK to move to the submenu
or accept the setting.

At each point you can go back to the

main menu with

6.2 The menus in overview

Main menu

Symbol Menu item Application

Full Steam

Assisted Cooking

Steam Cleaning

Basic Settings Contains a list of other settings.

Favourite Programme

Refer to Recipe Book for an over­view of the Assisted Cooking
menu.

A heating function for vegetables, fish,
potatoes, rice, pasta or special side ­dishes.

Contains a list of automatic cooking pro­grammes.

Contains the procedure for cleaning with
steam.

Contains a list of favourite cooking pro­grammes made by the user.

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Submenus for: Basic Settings

Symbol Submenu Description

Set Time of Day Sets the current time on the clock.

Time Indication

When ON, the displays shows the current
time when you deactivate the appliance.

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Symbol Submenu Description

Set + Go

When ON, you can activate this function
when you activate the Full Steam function.

Extra time Activates and deactivates the function.

Display Contrast Adjusts the display contrast by degrees.

Display Brightness Adjusts the display brightness by degrees.

Set Language Sets the language for the display.

Buzzer Volume

Adjusts the volume of pre-stones and sig­nals by degrees.

Activates and deactivates the tone of the

Key Tones

touch fields. It is not possible to deacti­vate the tone of the On / Off touch field.

Alarm/Error Tones Activates and deactivates the alarm tones.

Service

Shows the software version and configura­tion.

Factory Settings Reset all settings to factory settings.

5.

6.3 Activating a heating

function

1. Activate the appliance.

2. Press OK to confirm.

3. Set the temperature. Press OK to

confirm.

6.4 Steam cooking

The water drawer cover is in the
control panel.

1.

Press the cover to open the water
drawer.

2.

Fill the water drawer with 700 ml of
water.

The water supply is sufficient for ap­proximately 30 minutes.

CAUTION!

Do not put water directly into the
steam generator!

Use only water as the liquid. Do
not use filtered (demineralised)
or distilled water.

3.

Activate the appliance.

4.

Set the steam heating function and
temperature.

If necessary, set the function Dura­tion

The first steam shows after approxi­mately 2 minutes. An acoustic signal
sounds when the appliance is at ap­proximately the set temperature.

The signal sounds again at the end
of the cooking time.

6.

Deactivate the appliance.

6.5 Heat-up indicator

When you activate a heating function,
the bar on the display comes on. The bar
shows that the temperature increases.

or End Time .

When the steam generator is
empty, an acoustic signal
sounds.
When the appliance is cool, soak
up all remaining water from the
steam generator with the
sponge. If necessary, clean the
steam generator with some vine­gar.
Let the appliance dry fully with
the door open.