AEG-Electrolux EVY8740AAX User Manual

EVY8740AA

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EN STEAMER 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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

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

11. HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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CARE AND CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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

• Only a qualified person must install this appliance and
replace the cable.

• 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.

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• Do not use harsh abrasive cleaners or sharp metal

• To remove the shelf supports first pull the front of the

scrapers to clean the glass door since they can scratch
the surface, which may result in shattering of the glass.

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 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.

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 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.

• 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.

– 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.

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• 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
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.

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• Only use lamps with the same specifi­cations.

2.5 Disposal

WARNING!

Risk of injury or suffocation.

3. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

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3

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3.1 Accessories

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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

7

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).

Sponge

For absorbing the remaining water from
the steam generator.

4. BEFORE FIRST USE

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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.

Refer to chapter "Care and Clean­ing".

4.2 Setting and changing the
time

After the first connection to the mains, all
symbols in the display are on for some

5. CONTROL PANEL

5.1 Electronic programmer

1 112 3 4 65 7 8 9 10

seconds. For the subsequent few sec­onds the display shows the software ver­sion.
After the software version goes off, the
display shows h and 12:00.

Setting the time of day:

1.

Touch or to set the hours.

2.

Touch .

3.

Touch or to set the minutes.

4.

Touch or .
The Temperature / Time display shows
the new time.

Changing the time of day

You can change the time of day only
when the appliance is off. Touch

flashes in the display. To set the new time
of day, use the above procedure.

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Use the sensor fields to operate the appli­ance.

Sensor

Function Description

Field

1

2

3

4

ON / OFF To activate and deactivate the appliance.

OPTIONS To set an oven function, an automatic

OVEN LIGHT To activate or deactivate the oven lamp.

TEMPERATURE To set and see the cavity temperature.

programme or a cleaning function.

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Sensor

Function Description

Field

5

MY FAVOURITE

PROGRAMME

6

7

8

9

10

11

- DISPLAY Shows the current settings of the appli-

UP To move up in the menu.

DOWN To move down in the menu.

CLOCK To set the clock functions.

MINUTE MINDER To set the Minute Minder.

OK To confirm a selection or setting. To

5.2 Display

AB C

To store your favourite programme. Use
it to have access to your favourite pro­gramme directly or when the appliance is
deactivated.

ance.

move down in the menu.

A)

Full Steam function symbol

B)

Number of the oven function / pro­gramme

C)

Indicators for the clock functions (refer
to the table "Clock functions")

D)

Clock / residual heat display (also Mi-

DE

nute Minder and Time of Day)

E)

Temperature / time display

5.3 Other indicators in the display

Symbols Name Description

/

/

Automatic pro­gramme

My favourite pro­gramme

kg / g An automatic programme with weight input

h / min

Heat-up / residual
heat indicator

Temperature

You can choose an automatic programme.

The favourite programme operates.

operates.

A clock function operates.

Shows the temperature level in the appli­ance.

You can examine or change the tempera­ture.

Symbols Name Description

5.4 Heat up indicator

If you activate an oven function, the bars

come on in the display. The bars

6. DAILY USE

Minute minder

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The minute minder function operates.

show that the temperature in the appli­ance increases or decreases.
When the appliance is at the set tempera­ture, the bars go off the display.

WARNING!

Refer to the Safety chapters.

To operate the appliance you can use:

• The manual mode - to set a heating

function, the temperature and the cook­ing time manually.

• automatic programmes - to prepare

a dish when you do not have knowl­edge or experience in cooking.

6.1 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 800 ml of
water.

The water supply is sufficient for ap­proximately 50 minutes.

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. The display
shows the Full Steam function

4.

Touch to set the DURATION or
END function (refer to "Setting the
END" or "Setting the DURATION").
The first steam shows after approxi­mately 2 minutes. An acoustic signal
sounds when the appliance is ap­proximately at the set temperature.
The signal sounds again at the end of
the cooking time.

5.

Touch to deactivate the acoustic
signal and the appliance.

.

When the steam generator is
empty, an acoustic signal sounds.

When the appliance becomes cool, soak
up all remaining water from the steam
generator with the sponge. If necessary,
clean the steam generator with vinegar.
Let the appliance dry fully with the door
open.

6.2 Changing the temperature

Touch / to change the tempera­ture in steps of 5 °C.
When the appliance is at the set tempera­ture, an acoustic signal sounds three
times and the Heat up indicator goes out.

6.3 Checking the temperature

You can see the temperature in the appli­ance when the function or programme
operates.

1.

Touch . The Temperature / Time

display shows the temperature in the

appliance. If you want to change the

oven temperature, touch

time and use

2.

Touch to go back to the set tem-

perature or the display shows it auto-

matically after five seconds.

or .

one more

6.4 Energy saving

The appliance contains fea­tures which help you save en­ergy during everyday cooking:

Residual heat:

•
– When the heating function or

programme operates, the
heating elements are deacti­vated 10% earlier (the lamp