AEG C91900KFE-N User manual

C91900KFE-N
Glaskeramik-Kochfeld
Ceramic glass hob
Glaskeramische kookplaat
Taque de cuisson vitrocéramique
Montage- und Gebrauchsanweisung
Installation and Operating Instructions
Montage- en gebruikshandleiding
Instructions de montage et mode d’emploi

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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 refer-
ence. Pass them on to possible new owners of the appliance.
The following symbols are used in the text:
1Safety instructions
Warning: Information concerning your personal safety.
Important: Information on how to avoid damaging the appliance.
3Information and practical tips
2Environmental 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 cus-
tomer 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
Operating Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
The Key Features of Your Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Description of the Appliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Cooking zones and control panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Digital Displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Cooking Zone Safety Cut-out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Before Using for the First Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Initial Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Operating the Hob. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Touch Control Sensor Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Switching On the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Switching Off the Appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Cooking Zone Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Heat Setting Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Switching the Triple Ring Cooking Zone On and Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Switching the Casserole Zone On and Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Switching off a Cooking Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Residual Heat Indicator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Cooking with the Automatic Warm up Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Cooking without the Automatic Warm up Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Locking/Unlocking the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Power Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Uses, Tables and Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Pans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Advice on Cooking with and without Automatic Warm up . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Cleaning and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Hob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
What to do if … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Rectifying faults. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

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Installation Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Regulations, Standards, Directives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Safety Instructions for the Installer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Electrical Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

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Operating Instructions
1Safety
The safety aspects of this appliance comply with accepted technical
standards and the German Appliance Safety Law. However, as manufac-
turers we also believe it is our responsibility to familiarise you with the
following safety instructions.
Electrical Safety
•The installation and connection of the new appliance must only be
carried out by qualified personnel.
•Repairs to the appliance are only to be carried out by approved serv-
ice engineers. Repairs carried out by inexperienced persons may cause
injury or serious malfunctioning. If your appliance needs repairing,
please contact your local customer center or your dealer.
3Please follow these instructions, otherwise the warranty will not cover
any damage that may occur.
•Flush-mounted appliances may only be operated following installa-
tion in suitable installation cabinets and workplaces which conform
to the relevant standards. This ensures sufficient protection against
contact for electrical units as required by the VDE [Association of
German Electrical Engineers].
•If your appliance malfunctions or if fractures, cracks or splits appear:
–switch off all cooking zones,
–disconnect the hob from the electricity supply.
Child Safety
The cooking zones will become hot when you cook. Therefore, always
keep small children away from the appliance.

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Safety During Use
•This appliance may only be used for normal cooking and frying in the
home. It is not designed for commercial or industrial purposes.
•Do not use the hob to heat the room.
•Take care when plugging electric appliances into mains sockets near
the hob. Connection leads must not come into contact with the hot
surface.
•Overheated fats and oils catch fire quickly. You should supervise
cooking when preparing foods in fat or oil (e.g. chips).
•Switch off the cooking zones after use.
Safety When Cleaning
•For safety reasons do not clean the appliance with a steam jet or high
pressure cleaner.
•Clean the hob in accordance with the maintenance and cleaning in-
structions in this manual.
How to avoid damage to the appliance
•Do not use the cooking area as a worktop or storage space.
•The frameless edge of the glass ceramic surface is susceptible to
knocks. Please be careful when moving pots and pans around.
•Do not have the cook zones on with empty pans, or with no pots or
pans on them.
•Ceramic glass is very tough, and impervious to sharp temperature
changes, but is not unbreakable. It can be damaged if particularly
hard or sharp objects fall on to it.
•Do not use pots made of cast iron, or which have damaged bases with
rough edges or burrs. Moving these around may cause scratches.
•If sugar or a mixture containing sugar falls onto a hot cooking zone
and melts, remove immediately, while still hot, using a kitchen scrap-
er. If left to cool down, it may damage the surface when removed.
•Keep objects or materials liable to melt away from the ceramic glass
surface, for example, artificial materials, aluminium foil, or cooking
wraps. If any other materials or foodstuffs are melting on the ceramic
glass surface, these should also be cleaned away immediately, using a
kitchen scraper.

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2Disposal
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
1Warning: 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 re-
move 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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The Key Features of Your Appliance
•Glass ceramic cooking surface: The appliance has a glass ceramic
cooking surface and 5 rapid response cooking zones. The particularly
powerful radiant heater elements significantly shorten the amount of
time taken for the zones to heat up.
•Sensor fields: Your appliance is operated using Touch Control sensor
fields.
•Cleaning: The advantage of the ceramic glass cooking surface and
the sensor fields is their accessibility for cleaning. The smooth, flat
surface is easy to clean.
•On/Off sensor field: The “On/Off” sensor field provides the appliance
with a separate mains switch. Touching this switches the power sup-
ply on or off completely.
•Control and function indicators: Digital indicators or control lamp
provide information about settings made, functions activated, as well
as any residual heat of the corresponding cooking zone.
•Safety cut-out: A safety cut-out ensures that all cooking zones
switch off automatically after a period of time if the setting has not
been changed.
•Keep warm setting: 1is the setting for keeping foods warm.
•Residual heat indicator: An hfor residual heat is shown in the dis-
play if the cooking zone becomes so hot that there is a risk of burn-
ing.
•Frying zone: The hob has a special frying zone. This can be set to ei-
ther the round or the oval shape, for example when using a fryer.
•Triple ring cooking zone: The hob features a triple-ring cooking
zone. This zone can be set to different sizes, for example to fit smaller
pots. This will save power.
•Timer: All zones can be automatically switched off using the inte-
grated timer. When the end of the cooking time has been reached,
the cooking zone switches off.
•Power Management: When the front left, rear right and front right
cooking zones are used simultaneously the hob control automatically
brings about the optimal distribution of heating power (see section
“Power Management”).

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Description of the Appliance
Cooking zones and control panel
Triple ring cooking zone
2700W
Casserole zone
2200W
Single ring cooking zone
1200W
Single ring cooking zone
1800W Control Panel Single ring cooking zone
1800W
Cooking zone selection with
displays for heat setting/
residual heat
Booster button
Mains button
On/Off
Lock
„Timer“ with control display
Heat setting
selector

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Digital Displays
The four display fields that are assigned to the four cooking zones dis-
play:
–_, after being switched on and when the safety function causes an
automatic cut-out,
–0when a cooking zone is selected,
–1to 9, depending on the selected heat setting,
–aduring automatic warm up,
–hwhen there is residual heat,
–fwhen there is a fault.
1Cooking Zone Safety Cut-out
If one of the cooking zones is not switched off after a certain time or if
the heat setting is not changed, the corresponding cooking zone
switches itself off automatically.
happears in the ring display for all rings that are switched on, and _
after they have cooled down.
The rings are switched off at:
3If one or more cooking zones switch off before the times indicated see
section “What to do if …”.
Cancelling the Safety Cut-out
To cancel the activated safety cut-out the appliance must be switched
off and then on again using the ON/OFF Isensor field. After this the
cooking zones are again ready for use.
Switching Off for Other Reasons
Liquid that boils over onto the control panel causes all cooking zones to
switch off immediately.
If you place a wet cloth on the control panel it has the same effect. In
both cases the appliance has to be switched on again using the mains
switch Iafter removing the liquid or cloth.
•Heat setting 1 - 2 after 6 hours
•Heat setting 3 - 4 after 5 hours
•Heat setting 5 after 4 hours
•Heat setting 6 - 9 after 1.5 hours

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Before Using for the First Timeme
Initial Cleaning
Wipe the ceramic glass surface with a damp cloth.
1Important: Do not use any caustic, abrasive cleaners! The surface could
be damaged.

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Operating the Hob
3When a cooking zone is switched on, it may hum briefly. This is a char-
acteristic of all ceramic glass cooking zones and does not impair either
the function or the life of the appliance.
Touch Control Sensor Field
To operate the Touch Control sensor field place your finger from above
flat onto the required field until the appropriate displays come on or go
out or the required function is carried out.
Switching On the Appliance
The entire appliance is switched on using the “On/Off” Isensor field.
Touch the “On/Off” sensor field for approx. 2 seconds.
The digital displays will show _and the decimal point will flash.
3Once the “On/Off” sensor field has been operated to switch on the ap-
pliance, one of the cooking zones must be selected within approx.
10 seconds using the cooking zone selection buttons. Otherwise the ap-
pliance switches off again for safety reasons.

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Switching Off the Appliance
To switch off the appliance completely activate the “On/Off” Isensor
field.
Touch the “On/Off” sensor field for approx. 1 second.
3When an individual cooking zone or the entire hob is switched off, any
residual heat is shown with an h(for “Hot”) in the digital display for
the appropriate cooking zones.
Cooking Zone Selection
To select the required cooking zone touch the corresponding sensor
field for approx. one second.
A zero with a decimal point will light up in the appropriate cooking
zone display window 0.
3The decimal point indicates that settings may only be made for this
cooking zone.

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Heat Setting Selection
For setting and adjusting the heat setting (1to 9) for the selected
cooking zone.
Use sensor field +to increase the heat setting.
Lower the heat setting with sensor field -.
3If several cooking zones are being used simultaneously, the required
cooking zone must be selected by touching the appropriate sensor field
before adjusting the heat setting. The decimal point in the display
shows which cooking zone has been selected.
Switching the Triple Ring Cooking Zone On and Off
Depending on the size of the pot or pan, when using the triple ring
cooking zone each of the larger cooking rings can be switched on in
turn, in addition to the smallest cooking zone, using the “booster” sen-
sor field on the control panel.
3These can only be activiated if the smaller ring is already switched on.
1. Select the appropriate cooking zone.

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2. Set the required heat setting.
3. Touch the “booster” sensor field.
The middle ring is switched on. The control indicator under the
symbol II is illuminated.
4. Touching the “booster” sensor field again activates the outer heating
ring. The control indicator under symbol III is illuminated.
5. To switch off the outer heating rings touch the “booster” sensor field;
the corresponding outer heating ring is switched off.

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Switching the Casserole Zone On and Off
1. Select the appropriate cooking zone.
2. Set the required heat setting.
3. To switch the casserole zone on or off place your finger flat on the
“booster” touch control sensor field, until the control indicator comes
on or goes off.

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Switching off a Cooking Zone
1. Select the required cooking zone with the cooking zone sensor fields.
2. Touch sensor fields +and -simultaneously to switch off or turn sen-
sor field -back to zero.
3A cooking zone may only be switched off when the decimal point is on
in the cooking zone display.
Residual Heat Indicator
When an individual cooking zone or the entire hob is
switched off, any residual heat is shown with an h(for
“Hot”) in the digital display for the appropriate cooking
zones.
Even after the cooking zone has been switched off, the
residual heat indicator only goes out when the cooking zone is cold.
2You can use the residual heat for melting and keeping food warm.
1Important! As long as the residual heat indicator is illuminated, there
is a risk of burns.
1Important! If the power supply is interrupted the hsymbol will also
go out and information about residual heat will no longer be available.
However, it may still be possible to burn yourself. This can be avoided
by taking care when near the hob.

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Cooking with the Automatic Warm up Function
All four of the hob's cooking zones can be controlled in nine stages and
have an automatic warm up function:
–1, lowest heat setting
–9, highest heat setting
–a, automatic warm up function
When you select the required heat setting using the +sensor field, the
cooking zone will work for a specific time on full power and then
switch automatically to the set heat setting.
The duration of the automatic warm up function depends on the heat
setting selected.
Select the required cooking zone with the cooking zone sensor fields.
Touch sensor field +until it reaches the required heat 1to 8. The set
heat setting will be displayed first. After five seconds a(= automatic
warm up function) will replace the heat setting in the display. At the
end of the warm up time the heat setting will be shown again.
3If during the automatic warm up function you select a higher setting,
eg. from 3to 5, the warm up time is adjusted to match. If you select a
lower setting, the warm up time ends at once.

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2If you start cooking again on a cooking zone that is still warm, the au-
tomatic warm up function uses the residual heat. This saves time and
energy.
3If you again wish to switch on a cooking zone on which hot items are
already standing, you should always select the required heat setting
with the -sensor field. In this way you can avoid making the food boil
over as a result of the extra burst of heat from the automatic warm up.
Cooking without the Automatic Warm up Function
If you wish to use the cooking zone without automatic warm up, select
the required heat setting with the -sensor field.
1. Switch on the appliance and select the desired cooking zone using the
cooking zone selection buttons.
2. Touch sensor field -to select the required heat setting from 9to 1.
3You can adjust the heat setting at any time using the +and -but-
tons, providing the cooking zone has been selected.
Switching off a cooking zone
1. Select the desired cooking zone using the cooking zone buttons.
2. Press the +and -buttons simultaneously to switch off.
1When the rings are still hot cooking should be carried out without au-
tomatic warm up.

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Locking/Unlocking the Control Panel
With the exception of the “On/Off” sensor field the control panel can
be locked at any required time during cooking in order to prevent ad-
justing the settings such as when wiping over with a cloth. This
function is also suitable as a child safety feature.
1. Touch the „lock“ sensor field until the control indicator comes on.
2. To release the lock touch the „lock“ sensor field again continuously un-
til the control indicator goes out.
3Child safety feature! If the hob is completely switched off using the
“On/Off” sensor field while the lock is on, then the lock will still be ac-
tive when the hob is switched on again. To reactivate the cooking
zones, the locking function must be cancelled as described above.