AEG HK834060XB User manual

HK834060XB EN HOB USER MANUAL

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CONTENTS
4 Safety information
5 Installation instructions
7 Product description
8 Operating instructions
11 Helpful hints and tips
12 Care and cleaning
12 What to do if…
13 Environment concerns
The following symbols are used in this
user manual:
Important information concerning
your personal safety and information
on how to avoid damaging the
appliance.
General information and tips
Environmental information
Subject to change without notice
Contents 3

SAFETY INFORMATION
For your safety and correct operation of the appliance, read this manual carefully before
the installation and use. Always keep these instructions with the appliance also if you
move or sell it. The users must fully know the operation and safety functions of the appli-
ance.
Children and vulnerable people safety
WARNING!
Do not let persons, children included, with reduced physical sensory, reduced mental func-
tions or lack of experience and knowledge to use the appliance. They must have supervi-
sion or instruction for the operation of the appliance by a person who is responsible for
their safety.
• Keep all packaging away from children. There is the risk of suffocation or injury.
• Keep the children away from the appliance during and after the operation, until the
appliance is cold.
WARNING!
Activate the child safety device to prevent small children and pets from an accidental
activation of the appliance.
Safety during operation
• Remove all packaging, stickers and layers from the appliance before the first use.
• Set the cooking zones to "off" after each use.
• The Risk of burns! Do not put cutlery or saucepan lids on the surface that you cook, as
they can become hot.
WARNING!
Fire risk! Too hot fats and oils can occur with ignition very quickly.
Correct operation
• Always monitor the appliance during operation.
• The appliance is only for domestic use!
• Do not use the appliance as a work or a storage surface.
• Do not put or keep very flammable liquids and materials, easy fusible objects (made of
plastic or aluminium) on or near the appliance.
• Be careful when you connect the appliance to the near sockets. Do not let the electric-
ity bonds touch the appliance or hot cookware. Do not let the electricity bonds to tangle.
How to prevent a damage to the appliance
• If the objects or cookware fall on the glass ceramic, the surface can be damaged.
• Cookware made of cast iron, cast aluminium or with damaged bottoms can cause
scratch of the glass ceramic. Do not move them on the surface.
• Do not let cookware boil dry to prevent the damage to cookware and glass.
4Safety information

• Do not use the cooking zones with empty cookware or without cookware.
• Do not put the aluminium foil on the appliance.
WARNING!
If there is a crack on the surface, disconnect power supply to prevent the electrical
shock.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
Before the installation , note down the serial number (Ser. Nr.) from the rating plate.
The rating plate of the appliance is on its lower casing.
HK834060XB 949 595 010 00
58 HBD 47 AO
220-240 V 50-60-Hz
7,1 kW
AEG
The Safety Instructions
WARNING!
You must read these!
Make sure that the appliance is not damaged because of transportation. Do not connect
a damaged appliance. If it is necessary, speak to the supplier.
Only an authorised servicing technician can install, connect or repair this appliance. Use
only original spare parts.
Only use the built-in appliances after you assemble the appliance into correct built-in
units and work surfaces that align to the standards.
Do not change the specifications or change this product. Risk of injury and damage to
the appliance.
Fully obey the laws, ordinances, directives and standards in force in the country where
you use the appliance (safety regulations, recycling regulations, electrical safety rules etc.)!
Keep the minimum distances to other appliances and units!
Install shock protection, for example install the drawers only with a protective floor di-
rectly below the appliance!
Keep safe the cut surfaces of the worktop from moisture with a correct sealant!
Seal the appliance to the work top with no space between with a correct sealant!
Keep safe the bottom of the appliance from steam and moisture, e.g. from a dishwasher
or oven!
Do not install the appliance adjacent to doors and below windows! If not, when you
open the doors or windows they can push off hot cookware from the appliance.
WARNING!
Risk of injury from electrical current. Carefully obey the instructions for electrical connec-
tions.
• The electrical mains terminal is live.
• Make electrical mains terminal free of voltage.
• Install correctly to give shock protection.
• Loose and incorrect plug and socket connections can make the terminal become too hot.
Installation instructions 5

• A qualified electrician must install the connections in the clamps correctly.
• Use a strain relief clamp on cable.
• Use the correct mains cable of type H05BB-F Tmax 90°C (or higher) for a single phase
or two phase connection.
• Replace the damaged mains cable with a special cable (type H05BB-F Tmax 90°C; or
higher). Speak your local Service Centre.
The appliance must have the electrical installation which lets you disconnect the appli-
ance from the mains at all poles with a contact opening width of minimum 3 mm.
You must have correct devices to isolate: line protecting cut-outs, fuses (screw type
fuses removed from the holder), earth leakage trips and contactors.
Assembly
min. 500 mm
min.
50 mm
min.
50 mm 600mm
490+1mm 750+1mm
==
R 5mm
min.
25 mm
min.
20 mm
min.
28 mm
6Installation instructions

If you use a protection box (the additional acces-
sory), the protective floor directly below the ap-
pliance is not necessary.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
General overview
120/210
mm
145
mm
145
mm
265
mm
170
mm
1 2
4 35
1Cooking zone 1200 W
2Oval cooking zone 1500/2400 W
3Cooking zone 1200 W
4Control panel
5Double cooking zone 750/2200 W
Control panel layout
Use the sensor fields to operate the appliance. The displays indicators and sounds tell
which functions operate.
sensor field function
1
It activates and deactivates the appliance
2
It locks/unlocks the control panel
3
A heat setting display It shows the heat setting
4
Cooking zones' indicators of timer It shows for which cooking zone you set the time
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
91011 8
Product description 7

sensor field function
5
The timer display It shows the time in minutes
6
/ It increases or decreases the heat setting
7
It activates and deactivates the outer ring
8
/ It increases or decreases the time
9
It selects the cooking zone
10
It activates and deactivates the outer ring
11
It activates and deactivates the STOP+GO function
Heat setting displays
Display Description
The cooking zone is deactivated.
-
-
The cooking zone operates.
The function operates.
The Automatic Heat Up function operates.
There is a malfunction.
A cooking zone stays hot (residual heat).
Lock / the Child Safety Device operates.
The Automatic Switch Off operates.
Residual heat indicator
WARNING!
The risk of burns from residual heat!
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
Activation and deactivation
Touch for 1 second to activate or deactivate the appliance.
Automatic Switch Off
The function deactivates the appliance automatically if:
• All cooking zones are deactivated .
• You do not set the heat setting after you activate the appliance.
• You spill something or put something on the control panel for more than 10 seconds,
(a pan, a cloth, etc.). The sound operates some time and the appliance deactivates. Re-
move the object or clean the control panel.
8Operating instructions

• You do not deactivate a cooking zone or change the heat setting. After some time
comes on and the appliance deactivates. See the table.
The times of Automatic Switch Off
Heat setting , - - -
The cooking
zone deactivates
after
6 hours 5 hours 4 hours 1.5 hours
The heat setting
Touch to increase the heat setting. Touch to decrease the heat setting. The display
shows the heat setting. Touch and at the same time to deactivate the cooking zone.
Activation and deactivation of the outer rings
You can adjust the surface you cook to the dimension of the cookware.
To activate the outer ring touch the sensor field / . The indicator comes on. For
more outer rings touch the same sensor field again. The subsequent indicator comes on.
Do the procedure again to deactivate the outer ring. The indicator goes out.
Automatic Heat Up
You can get a necessary heat setting in a shorter
time if you activate the Automatic Heat Up func-
tion. This function sets the highest heat setting
for some time (see the illustration), and then de-
creases to the necessary heat setting.
To start the Automatic Heat Up function the cook-
ing zone must be cold (no in the display).
Touch of the cooking zone again and again
until the necessary heat setting comes on. After
3 seconds comes on in the display.
To stop the function touch .
STOP+GO
The function sets all cooking zones that operate to the lowest heat setting ( ).
When operates, you cannot change the heat setting.
The function does not stop the timer function.
•To activate this function touch . The symbol comes on.
•To deactivate this function touch . The heat setting that you set before comes on.
Timer
Use the Count Down Timer to set how long the cooking zone operates for only this one
time.
Set the Timer after the selection of the cooking zone.
You can set the heat setting before or after you set the timer.
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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Operating instructions 9

•To set the cooking zone: touch again and again until the indicator of a necessary
cooking zone comes on.
•To activate or change the Timer: touch or of the timer to set the time (
00
-
99
minutes). When the indicator of the cooking zone starts to flash slow, the time
counts down.
•To deactivate the Timer: set the cooking zone with and touch to deactivate
the Timer. The remaining time counts back to
00
. The indicator of the cooking zone
goes out.
•To see the remaining time: set the cooking zone with . The indicator of the cook-
ing zone starts to flash quickly. The display shows the remaining time.
When the time comes to an end, the sound operates and
00
flashes. The cooking zone
deactivates.
•To stop the sound: touch
You can use the Timer as a minute minder while the cooking zones do not operate.
Touch . Touch or to set the time. When the time comes to an end, the sound
operates and
00
flashes
•To stop the sound: touch
Lock
You can lock the control panel, but not . It prevents an accidental change of the heat
setting.
To start this function touch . The symbol comes on for 4 seconds.
The Timer stays on.
To stop this function touch . The heat setting that you set before comes on.
When you stop the appliance, you also stop this function.
The child safety device
This function prevents an accidental operation of the appliance.
To activate the child safety device
•Activate the appliance with . Do not set the heat settings .
•Touch for 4 seconds. The symbol comes on.
• Deactivate the appliance with .
To deactivate the child safety device
•Activate the appliance with . Do not set the heat settings . Touch for 4 sec-
onds. The symbol comes on.
• Deactivate the appliance with .
To override the child safety device for only one cooking time
• Activate the appliance with . The symbol comes on.
•Touch for 4 seconds. Set the heat setting in 10 seconds. You can operate the appli-
ance.
• When you deactivate the appliance with , the child safety device operates again.
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HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS
Cookware
• The bottom of the cookware must be as thick and flat as possible.
• Cookware made of enamelled steel and with aluminium or copper bottoms can cause
the colour change on the glass-ceramic surface.
Energy saving
• If it is possible, always put the lids on the cookware.
• Put cookware on a cooking zone before you start it.
• Stop the cooking zones before the end of the cooking time to use residual heat.
• The bottom of pans and cooking zones must have the same dimension.
The examples of cooking applications
The data in the table is for guidance only.
Heat
setting
Use to: Time Hints
1 Keep cooked foods warm as re-
quired
Put a lid on a cookware.
1-2 Hollandaise sauce, melt: butter, choco-
late, gelatine
5-25
min
Mix from time to time.
1-2 Solidify: fluffy omelettes, baked eggs 10-40
min
Cook with a lid on.
2-3 Simmer rice and milkbased dishes, heat-
ing up ready-cooked meals
25-50
min
Add the minimum two times as
much liquid as rice, mix milk
dishes part procedure through.
3-4 Steam vegetables, fish, meat 20-45
min
Add some tablespoons of liquid
4-5 Steam potatoes 20-60
min
Use max. ¼ l water for 750 g of po-
tatoes
4-5 Cook larger quantities of food, stews
and soups
60-150
min
Up to 3 l liquid plus ingredients
6-7 Gentle fry: escalope, veal cordon bleu,
cutlets, rissoles, sausages, liver, roux,
eggs, pancakes, doughnuts
as re-
quired
Turn halfway through
7-8 Heavy fry, hash browns, loin steaks,
steaks
5-15
min
Turn halfway through
9Boil large quantities of water, cook pasta, sear meat (goulash, pot roast), deep fry chips
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Information on acrylamides
Important! According to the newest scientific knowledge, if you brown food (specially
the one which contains starch), acrylamides can pose a health risk. Thus, we recommend
that you cook at the lowest temperatures and do not brown food too much.
CARE AND CLEANING
Clean the appliance after each use.
Always use cookware with clean bottom.
WARNING!
The sharp objects and abrasive cleaning agents can cause damage to the appliance.
For your safety, do not clean the appliance with steam cleaners or high-pressure cleaners.
Scratches or dark stains on the glass-ceramic cause no effect on how the appliance oper-
ates.
To remove the dirt:
1. – Remove immediately: melted plastic, plastic foil, and food with sugar. If not, the
dirt can cause damage to the appliance. Use a special scraper for the glass . Put
the scraper on the glass surface at an acute angle and move the blade on the surface .
–Remove after the appliance is sufficiently cool: limescale rings , water rings, fat
stains, shiny metallic discolorations. Use a special cleaning agent for glass ceramic
or stainless steel.
2. Clean the appliance with a moist cloth and some detergent.
3. At the end rub the appliance dry with a clean cloth.
WHAT TO DO IF…
Problem Possible cause and remedy
You cannot activate the appli-
ance or operate it.
• You touched 2 or more sensor fields at the same time. Only
touch one sensor field.
• There is water or fat stains on the control panel. Clean the
control panel
•The lock or child safety device operates . Stop the func-
tion. See the section "Locking/unlocking the control panel"
and “Child safety device”.
•The STOP+GO function operates . Stop the function. See
the section "Starting the STOP+GO".
• Start the appliance again and set the heat setting in 10 sec-
onds.
The residual heat indicator
does not come on.
The cooking zone is not hot because it operated only for a
short time. If the cooking zone must be hot, speak to the serv-
ice centre.
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Problem Possible cause and remedy
The automatic heat up func-
tion does not activate.
•There is still residual heat on the cooking zone . Let the
cooking zone become sufficiently cool down
• The highest heat setting is set. The highest heat setting has
the same power as the automatic heat up function.
•You set the heat setting with sensor field. Start from
and use only.
A sound operates and appli-
ance starts and stops again. Af-
ter 5 seconds one more sound
operates.
You put something on the . Remove the object from the
sensor field.
comes on. • The Automatic Switch Off operates. Deactivate the appli-
ance and activate it again.
The protection against become too hot of the cooking zone op-
erates. Deactivate the cooking zone and activate it again.
and a number come on. There is an error in the appliance.
Disconnect the appliance from the electrical supply for some
time. Disconnect the fuse from the electrical system of the
house. Connect again. If comes on again, speak to the serv-
ice centre.
If you tried the above solutions and cannot repair the problem, speak to your dealer or
the customer service. Give the data from the rating plate, three digit letter, code for the
glass ceramic (it is in the corner of the glass surface) and an error message that comes on.
Make sure, you operated the appliance correctly. If not the servicing by a customer serv-
ice technician or dealer will not be free of charge, also during the warranty period. The
instructions about the customer service and conditions of guarantee are in the guaran-
tee booklet.
ENVIRONMENT CONCERNS
The symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that this product may not
be treated as household waste. Instead it should be taken to the appropriate collection
point for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment. By ensuring this product is
disposed of correctly, you will help prevent potential negative consequences for the
environment and human health, which could otherwise be caused by inappropriate
waste handling of this product. For more detailed information about recycling of this
product, please contact your local council, your household waste disposal service or the
shop where you purchased the product.
Packaging material
The packaging materials are friendly to the environment and can be recycled. The plastic
components are identified by marking: >PE<,>PS<, etc. Discard the packaging materials
as household waste at the waste disposal facilities in your municipality.
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