AEG-Electrolux FM7531K-AN User Manual
FM 7531 K-AN
User manual Ceramic glass hob
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Dear Customer
Thank you for choosing one of our high-quality products.
With this appliance you will experience the perfect combination of functional
design and cutting edge technology.
Convince yourself that our appliances are engineered to deliver the best performance and control - indeed we are setting the highest standards of excellence.
In addition to this you find environmental and energy saving aspects as an integral part of our products.
To ensure optimal and regular performance of your appliance please read this
instruction manual carefully. It will enable you to navigate all processes perfectly and most efficiently.
To refer to this manual any time you need to, we recommend you to keep it in a
safe place. And please pass it to any future owner of the appliance.
We wish you much joy with your new appliance.
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Warning! This must be read! Important advice for the safety of persons and
information on avoiding damage to the appliance
3 General information and advice
2 Information on environmental protection
z Dangerous voltage
Contents
Operating Instructions 4
Safety instructions 4
Description of the Appliance 6
Cooking surface layout 6
Control panel layout 7
Touch Control sensor fields 9
Displays 10
Residual heat indicator 10
Operating the appliance 11
Switching the appliance on and off 11
Setting the heat setting 11
Deactivating pan recognition 11
Switching outside rings on and off manually 12
Switching the STOP+GO function on and off 12
Using the automatic warm-up function 13
Using the child safety device 14
Using the timer 15
Automatic switch off 19
Tips on Cooking and Frying 20
Cookware 20
Energy saving 21
Examples of cooking applications 22
Cleaning and Care 23
3Contents
What to do if … 24
Disposal 26
Installation Instructions 27
Safety instructions 27
Assembly 28
Installing more than one Frontline hob 32
Rating Plate 36
Guarantee/Customer Service 37
Service 42
Operating Instructions4
Operating Instructions
1 Safety instructions
Please comply with these instructions. If you do not, any damage resulting is not
covered by the warranty.
Correct use
• This appliance is not intended for use by children or other persons whose
physical, sensory or mental capabilities or lack of experience and knowledge
prevents them from using the appliance safely without supervision or instruction by a responsible person to ensure that they can use the appliance safely.
• Do not leave the appliance unattended during operation.
• This appliance should be used only for normal domestic cooking and frying of
food.
• The appliance must not be used as a work surface or as a storage surface.
• Additions or modifications to the appliance are not permitted.
• Do not place or store flammable liquids, highly inflammable materials or fusi-
ble objects (e.g. plastic film, plastic, aluminium) on or near the appliance.
Children’s safety
• Small children must be kept away from the appliance.
• Only let bigger children work on the appliance under supervision.
• To avoid small children and pets unintentionally switching the appliance on,
we recommend activation of the child safety device.
General safety
• The appliance may only be installed and connected by trained, registered
service engineers.
• Built-in appliances may only be used after they have built in to suitable builtin units and work surfaces that meet standards.
• In the event of faults with the appliance or damage to the glass ceramic
(cracks, scratches or splits), the appliance must be switched off and disconnected from the electrical supply, to prevent the possibility of an electric
shock.
• Repairs to the appliance must only be carried out by trained registered service
engineers.
5Safety instructions
Safety during use
• Overheated fats and oils can ignite very quickly. Warning! Fire hazard!
• There is the risk of burns from the appliance if used carelessly.
• Remove stickers and film from the glass ceramic.
• Cables from electrical appliances must not touch the hot surface of the appli-
ance or hot cookware.
• Switch the cooking zones off after each use.
Safety when cleaning
• For cleaning, the appliance must be switched off and cooled down.
• For safety reasons, the cleaning of the appliance with steam jet or high-pres-
sure cleaning equipment is not permitted.
How to avoid damage to the appliance
• The glass ceramic can be damaged by objects falling onto it.
• The edge of the glass ceramic can be damaged by being knocked by the cook-
ware.
• Cookware made of cast iron, cast aluminium or with damaged bottoms can
scratch the glass ceramic if pushed across the surface.
• Objects that melt and things that boil over can burn onto the glass ceramic
and should be removed straightaway.
• To avoid damaging cookware and glass ceramics, do not allow saucepans or
frying pans to boil dry.
• Do not use the cooking zones with empty cookware or without cookware.
Description of the Appliance6
Description of the Appliance
Cooking surface layout
Double ring cooking zone
700/1700W
Frontline strip
Single cooking zone
1200W
Control panel
Double ring cooking zone
700/1700W
Triple cooking zone
800/1600/2300W
Control panel layout
Left-hand side
7Description of the Appliance
STOP+GO pilot light
Heat setting
indicator
Heat setting
selection
STOP+GO
Warm up pilot
light
Double ring
pilot light
Outside ring
On/Off
Automatic warm-
up function
Timer indicator Double ring
pilot light
Warm up
pilot light
Timer selection Automatic
warm-up
function
Timer Outside ring
On/Off
Heat setting
indicator
Pan recognition
pilot light
Pan recognition
Heat setting selection
Description of the Appliance8
Right-hand side
Warm up pilot
Heat setting
indicator
Heat setting
selection
Automatic warm-
up function
light
Triple ring pilot light Heat setting
Timer indicator
Timer selection Automatic
Timer
Middle /outside ring
On/Off
Warm up
pilot light
warm-up
indicator
On/Off pilot
light
On/Off
Heat setting
selection
9Description of the Appliance
Touch Control sensor fields
The appliance is operated using Touch Control sensor fields. Functions are controlled by touching sensor fields and confirmed by displays and acoustic signals.
Touch the sensor fields from above, without covering other sensor fields.
Sensor field Function
On / Off To switch the appliance on and off
Increase settings To increase heat settings
Reduce settings To reduce heat settings
Automatic warm-up func-
tion
Double ring switch Switches outside ring
Triple ring switch To switch outer rings
Timer Timer selection
Increase settings To increase Timer time
Reduce settings To reduce Timer time
Pan recognition To switch off pan recognition
Stop+Go To switch the Keep Warm setting on/
To switch automatic warm-up function on/off
on and off
on and off
off
Description of the Appliance10
Displays
Display Description
¾ Cooking zone is switched off
u Keep warm setting Keep warm setting /STOP+GO function
is set
¿ - Ç Heat settings Heat setting is set
2 - 6 Heating setting plus
decimal point
e Fault Malfunction has occurred
h Residual heat Cooking zone is still hot
l Child safety device Child safety device is engaged
_ Automatic switch off Switch off is active.
Intermediate heat setting is set
Residual heat indicator
1 Warning! Risk of burns from residual heat. After being switched off, the cook-
ing zones need some time to cool down. Look at the residual heat indicator h .
3 Residual heat can be used for melting and keeping food warm.
11Operating the appliance
Operating the appliance
Switching the appliance on and off
Control panel Display Pilot light
Switch on Touch for 2 seconds ¾ / h lights up
Switch off Touch for 1 second h / none goes out
3 After switching on, within approx. 10 seconds a heat setting or a function must
be set, otherwise the appliance automatically switches itself off.
Setting the heat setting
Control panel Indicator
To increase Touch u to Ç
To decrease Touch Ç to ¾
To switch off Touch and at the same time ¾
Deactivating pan recognition
Using sensors under the cooking field the appliance recognises the what the
cookware is made of and the size of the bottom of the pots and pans. If the pots
and pans are big enough, the outer rings of multi-ring zones and multi-purpose
zones automatically switch on.
3 Pan recognition is always active after the appliance is switched on.
Pan recognition Pilot light
To switch off Touch for 1 second goes out
3 Pan recognition is deactivated for this use of the appliance, until the appliance
is next switched off again.
Operating the appliance12
Switching outside rings on and off manually
By switching the outside rings on or off, the heating surfaces can be manually
matched to the size of the cookware.
3 Pan recognition must be switched off.
3 Before an outside ring can be switched on, the corresponding inside ring must
be switched on.
Double ring cooking
zones
To switch on outside ring Touch for 1-2 seconds is lit
To switch off outside ring Touch for 1-2 seconds goes out
Triple cooking zone Sensor panel Power indicator
To switch on middle ring Touch for 1-2 seconds. One power indicator is lit.
To switch on outside ring Touch for 1-2 seconds. Two power indicators are lit.
To switch off outside ring Touch for 1-2 seconds.
To switch off middle ring Touch for 1-2 seconds. First power indicator goes out.
Sensor field Pilot light
Switching the STOP+GO function on and off
The STOP+GO function simultaneously switches all cooking zones that are
switched on to the keep warm setting and then back to the heat setting that
was previously set.
Control panel Display
To switch on Touch u
To switch off Touch heat setting that was previously
set (not automatic warm up function)
Second power indicator goes
out.
3 Timer functions are not stopped by STOP+GO.
3 STOP+GO locks the whole control panel except the sensor field .
Using the automatic warm-up function
All cooking zones are equipped with an automatic warm-up function. The automatic warm-up function sets the cooking zone to the highest setting for a certain period of time and then automatically switches back to the cooking setting
that was originally set.
13Operating the appliance
Automatic warm-up
Sensor field Power indicator
function
To switch on Touch for 1 second is lit throughout the
automatic warm up period
To switch off Touch for 1 second goes out
3 If during the automatic warm up a higher heat setting is selected, e.g. from Á
to Ã, the automatic warm up is adjusted.
The length of time that the automatic warm up function operates depends on
the heat setting selected.
Heat
setting
v 0:30
1 1:00
2 1:40 2. 2:40
3 4:50 3. 5:30
4 6:30 4. 8:10
5 10:10 5. 12:20
6 2:00 6. 2:30
7 3:30
8 4:30
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Length of the
automatic warm up
[min:sec]
Intermediate heat
setting
Length of the
automatic warm up
[min: sec]
Operating the appliance14
Using the child safety device
The child safety device prevents unintentional use of the appliance.
3 The child safety device can only be switched on and off, if the appliance is
switched on, but no cooking zone has a heat setting set.
Activating the child safety device
Step Control panel Indicator/Signal
1. Switch on the appliance
(Do not set a heat setting)
2. Touch l
Appliance switches off. The child safety device is activated.
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3 If you want to use a locked cooking zone (indicator l), an acoustic signal
sounds.
Overriding the child safety device
The child safety device can be released in this way for a single cooking session; it
remains activated afterwards.
Step control panel Indicator/Signal
1. Switch on the appliance l
2. and touch any one of the
cooking zones
Until the appliance is next switched off, it can be used as normal.
acoustic signal
3 After overriding the child safety device, a heat setting or a function must be set within
approx. 10 seconds, otherwise the appliance automatically switches itself off.
Deactivating the child safety device
Step Control panel Indicator/Signal
1. Switch on the appliance l
2. Touch 0 lights up
Appliance switches off. The child safety device is deactivated.
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