Hoover HGM600X User Manual

Cooker Hood

Instruction Manual

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Content

1…………………………………..………………………………Safety instructions

2…………………………………..………………………………Installation

3…………………………………..………………………………Start using your cooker hood

4…………………………………..………………………………Troubleshooting

5…………………………………..………………………………Maintenance and cleaning

6…………………………………..………………………………Environment protection

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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

This manual explains the proper installation and use of your cooker hood,

please read it carefully before using even if you are familiar with the product.
The manual should be kept in a safe place for future reference.

These instructions shall also be available in an alternative format, e.g. on a

website or on request from the user in a format such as a DVD.

Never to do:

● Do not try to use the cooker hood

without the grease filters or if the filters
are excessively greasy!

●Do not install above a cooker with a

high level grill.

●Do not leave frying pans unattended

during use because overheated fats or
oils might catch fire.

●Never leave naked flames under the

cooker hood.

●If the cooker hood is damaged, do not

attempt to use.

●Do not flambé under the cooker hood.

●CAUTION: Accessible parts may

become hot when used with cooking
appliances.

●The minimum distance between the

supporting surface for the cooking
vessels on the hob and the lowest part
of the cooker hood. (When the cooker
hood is located above a gas appliance,
this distance shall be at least 65 cm)

●The air must not be discharged into a

flue that is used for exhausting fumes
from appliances burning gas or other
fuels.

Always to do:

● Important! Always switch off the

electricity supply at the mains during
installation and maintenance such as
light bulb replacement.

●The cooker hood must be installed in

accordance with the installation
instructions and all measurements
followed.

●All installation work must be carried

out by a competent person or qualified
electrician.

●Please dispose of the packing material

carefully. Children are vulnerable to it.

● Pay attention to the sharp edges

inside the cooker hood especially
during installation and cleaning.

●When the cooker hood is located

above a gas appliance,the minimum
distance between the supporting
surface for the cooking vessels on the
hob and the lowest part of the cooker
hood that distance must be:
Gas cookers: 75 cm
Electric cookers: 65 cm

Coal or oil cookers: 75 cm

●Make sure the ducting has no bends

sharper than 90 degrees as this will
reduce the efficiency of the cooker
hood.

●Warning: Failure to install the screws

or fixing device in accordance with
these instructions may result in
electrical hazards

●Warning: Before obtaining access to

terminals, all supply circuits must be
disconnected.

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Always to do:

Always to do:

●Always put lids on pots and pans

when cooking on a gas cooker.

●When in extraction mode, air in the

room is being removed by the cooker
hood. Please make sure that proper
ventilation measures are being
observed. The cooker hood removes
odours from room but not steam.

●Cooker hood is for domestic use only.

●If the supply cord is damaged, it must

be replaced by the manufacturer, its
service agent or similarly qualified
persons in order to avoid a hazard.

●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
have been given supervision or
instruction concerning use of the
appliance in a safe way and
understand the hazards involved.
Children shall not play with the
appliance. Cleaning and user
maintenance shall not be made by
children without supervision.

●Warning: Before obtaining access to

terminals, all supply circuits must be
disconnected.

● Caution: The appliance and its

accessible parts can become hot
during operation. Be careful to avoid
touching the heating elements.
Children younger than 8 years old
should stay away unless they are
under permanent supervision.

● There shall be adequate ventilation of

the room when the cooker hood is
used at the same time as appliances
burning gas or other fuels.

●There is a fire risk if cleaning is not

carried out in accordance with the
instructions

●Regulations concerning the discharge

of air have to be fulfilled.

●Clean your appliance periodically by

following the method given in the
chapter MAINTENANCE.

●For safety reason, please use only the

same size of fixing or mounting screw
which are recommended in this
instruction manual.

●Regarding the details about the

method and frequency of cleaning,
please refer to maintenance and
cleaning section in the instruction
manual.

●Cleaning and user maintenance shall

not be made by children without
supervision.

●When the cooker hood and

appliances supplied with energy other
than electricity are simultaneously in
operation, the negative pressure in the
room must not exceed 4 Pa (4 x 10-5
bar).

●WARNING: Danger of fire: do not

store items on the cooking surfaces.

●A steam cleaner is not to be used.

●NEVER try to extinguish a fire with

water, but switch off the appliance and
then cover flame e.g. with a lid or a
fire blanket.

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