AEG-Electrolux B3141-1-M User Manual
COMPETENCE B3141-1
Pyrolytic Self-Cleaning Electric Oven
Operating Instructions
Dear customer,
Please read these operating instructions carefully.
Pay particular attention to the section “Safety information” on the first
few pages. Please retain these operating instructions for later reference. Pass them on to possible new owners of the appliance.
The following symbols are used in the text:
1 Safety instructions
Warning: Information concerning your personal safety.
Important: Information on how to avoid damaging the appliance.
3 Information and practical tips
2 Environmental information
1. These numbers indicate step by step how to use the appliance.
2. …
3. …
These operating instructions contain information on steps you can take
yourself to rectify a possible malfunction. Refer to the section “What to
do if...”.
In the event of any technical problems please contact your nearest customer service centre at any time. (Addresses and telephone numbers
may be found in the appendix under "Customer Service Centres“).
You should also refer to the section "Service".
Printed on recycled paper.
Thinking ecologically means acting ecologically …
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Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Description of the Appliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
General Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Oven Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Oven accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Before Using for the first time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Setting the Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Initial Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Using the Oven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Switching the Oven On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Oven Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Inserting the Shelf and Universal Baking Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Clock Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Switching Off the Time Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Oven safety cut-out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Uses, Tables and Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Baking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Baking Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Tips for Baking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Pies and Gratin Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Frozen Ready Meals Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Roasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Table for Roasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Grilling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Grilling Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Defrosting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Defrosting table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Preserving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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Cleaning and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Exterior of the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Oven Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Pyrolytic cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Shelf Support Rails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Oven Lighting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Oven Door. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Oven door glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
What to do if ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Oven Interior Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Regulations, Standards, Directives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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1 Safety
Electrical Safety
• The appliance may only be connected by a registered specialist.
• In the event of any faults or damage to the appliance: remove fuses
or switch off.
• It is not permissible to clean the appliance with a steam or high
pressure cleaner for safety reasons!
• Repairs to the appliance may only be carried out by specialists. Re-
pairs carried out by inexperienced persons may cause injury or serious
malfunctioning. If your appliance needs repairing, please contact
your local AEG Service Force Centre or your specialist dealer.
Child Safety
• Never leave children unsupervised when the appliance is in use.
Safety whilst Using
• This appliance is intended to be used for cooking, frying and baking
food in the home.
• Take care when connecting electric appliances to sockets nearby. Do
not allow connecting leads to come into contact with hot rings or to
catch beneath the hot oven door.
• Warning: Risk of burns! The interior of the oven becomes hot dur-
ing use.
• Using ingredients containing alcohol in the oven may create an alcohol-air mixture that is easily ignited. In this case, open the door carefully. Do not have embers, sparks or naked flames in the vicinity when
opening the door.
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To Avoid Damaging Your Appliance
• Do not line your oven with aluminium foil and do not place a baking
tray or dish on the oven floor, otherwise the oven enamel will be
damaged by the resulting build up of heat.
• Juice from fruit that drips from baking trays will leave marks that
cannot be removed. For very moist cakes, use the universal baking
tray.
• Do not put any weight on the oven door when it is open.
• Never pour water directly into the hot oven. The enamel may be dam-
aged.
• Using force, especially on the edges of the front glass panel, may
break the glass.
• Do not store inflammable objects in the oven. They may ignite when
the oven is switched on.
• Do not store moist food in the oven. The enamel may be damaged.
2 Disposal
Disposing of the packaging material
All materials used can be fully recycled.
Plastics are marked as follows:
• >PE< for polyethylene, as used for the outer wrapping and the bags
inside.
• >PS< for polystyrene foam, e.g., as used for the padding materials.
They are completely free of CFCs.
Disposal of old appliances
1 Warning: Before disposing of old appliances please make them inoper-
able so that they cannot be the source of danger.
To do this, disconnect the appliance from the mains supply and remove the mains lead.
To protect the environment, it is important that worn out appliances
are disposed of in the correct manner.
• The appliance must not be disposed of with household rubbish.
• You can obtain information about collection dates or public refuse
disposal sites from your local refuse department or council.
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Description of the Appliance
General Overview
Control panel
Door
handle
Full glass
door
Control Panel
Oven Power Indicator Temperature Pilot Light
Oven Functions
Time display
Clock function buttons
Temperature selector
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Oven Features
Shelf positions
Oven accessories
Combination shelf
For dishes, cake tins, items for
roasting and grilling.
Top heat and heating elements
Oven lighting
Fan
Bottom Heat
Oven shelf runners, removable
Universal baking tray
For moist cakes, juicy roasts or as
a
baking sheet or collecting vessel for
fat.
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Before Using for the first time
Setting the Time
3 The oven will only function if the time is set.
The set time function indicator will
flash after the appliance has been
connected to the mains or following
a power failure.
Use the + or - buttons to set the
current time.
After approx. 5 seconds the function indicator will stop flashing and
the clock will show the set time.
The appliance is ready for use.
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Initial Cleaning
Before using the oven for the first time you should clean it thoroughly.
1 Caution: Do not use any caustic, abrasive cleaners! The surface could
be damaged.
3 To clean metal fronts use commercially available cleaning agents.
1. Turn the oven function switch to oven lighting L.
2. Remove all accessories and the shelf support rails and wash them with
warm water and washing up liquid.
3. Then wash out the oven with warm water and washing-up liquid, and
dry.
4. Wipe the front of the appliance with a damp cloth.
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Using the Oven
The oven is equipped with retractable buttons for “Oven functions”
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and “Temperature selection”. To use, press the relevant button.
The button then sticks out.
Switching the Oven On and Off
Oven Power Indicator
Oven Functions
1. Turn the oven function selector to the desired function.
2. Turn the temperature selector to the desired temperature.
The yellow ON indicator light remains lit as long as the oven is in operation.
The red temperature indicator light remains lit as long as the oven is
heating.
3. To switch off the oven, turn the oven function selector and temperature selector to the OFF position.
Temperature Pilot Light
Temperature selector
3 Cooling fan
When the oven is switched on, the fan comes on automatically to keep
the surfaces the appliance cool. When the oven is switched off, the fan
continues to operate to cool the appliance down, then switches itself
off.
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Oven Functions
The oven has the following functions:
L Oven lighting
With this function you can illuminate the oven interior, e.g., for cleaning.
The heating element is not in use.
¤ Hot air
For baking on up to two shelf positions.
Set oven temperatures 20-40 °C lower than when using conventional.
Conventional is used and in addition the fan is switched on.
¡ Conventional
For baking or roasting on one level.
The conventional heating elements are in use.
» Rotitherm
For grilling larger pieces of meat or poultry on one level. This function
is suitable for soufflés and 'au gratin'.
The grill heating element and Top Heat operate alternately when the
fan is on.
º Dual grill
For grilling larger quantities of flat foods such as steaks, escalopes or
fish, or for toasting.
Top heat and the grill heating element are in use.
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¸ Grill
For grilling flat foods placed on the middle of the shelf such as steaks,
escalopes or fish, or for toasting.
The grill heating element is in use.
U Bottom Heat
For crisping cakes that require a crisp base.
The bottom heating element is in use.
A Defrost
To begin to thaw and to defrost such items as flan, butter, bread, fruit
or other frozen foods.
For this function the fan operates without heating.
P Pyroluxe
For pyrolytic self-cleaning.
During this process splashes and deposits are burned in the oven and
can be washed off once the oven has cooled.
The oven is heated to approx. 500 °C.
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Inserting the Shelf and Universal Baking Tray
3 Anti-tip device
All slide-in units have a small bulge on the left and right. This bulge is
an anti-tip device and must always point to the rear of the oven.
Tray or universal baking tray:
The anti-tip device must point towards the rear of the oven.
Inserting shelf:
Insert the shelf unit with both guide
rails pointing upwards. The anti-tip
device must point downwards and
be positioned to the rear of the
oven compartment.
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Inserting shelf and tray:
When the shelf unit and universal
baking tray are used together, carefully place the shelf anti-tip device
in the bulges on the tray.
Clock Functions
Time Display Function IndicatorsFunction Indicators
Button
-
Selector
Button
Countdown G
To set a countdown. A signal sounds after the time has elapsed.
This function does not affect the functioning of the oven.
Cook time d
To set how long the oven is to be in use.
End time e
To set when the oven is to switch off again.
Time W
To set, change or check the time.
(See also section “Before Using for the First Time”.)
Button
+
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