Electrolux GK69TSIO User manual

GK69TSIO
EN Hob User Manual

CONTENTS
1. SAFETY INFORMATION....................................................................................2
2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS..................................................................................4
3. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION................................................................................ 7
4. DAILY USE......................................................................................................... 9
5. HINTS AND TIPS............................................................................................. 13
6. CARE AND CLEANING....................................................................................15
7. TROUBLESHOOTING......................................................................................15
8. INSTALLATION................................................................................................ 17
9. TECHNICAL DATA...........................................................................................20
10. ENERGY EFFICIENCY.................................................................................. 21
11. GUARANTEE ................................................................................................ 22
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
Always use original spare parts.
When contacting our Authorised Service Centre, ensure that you have the
following data available: Model, PNC, Serial Number.
The information can be found on the rating plate.
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 for any injuries or damages that are the
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result of incorrect installation or usage. Always keep the
instructions in a safe and accessible location for future
reference.
1.1 Children and vulnerable people safety
•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 the use of the appliance in a
safe way and understand the hazards involved.
•Do not let children play with the appliance.
•Keep all packaging away from children and dispose of
it appropriately.
•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, this should
be activated.
•Children shall not carry out cleaning and user
maintenance of the appliance without supervision.
•Children aged 3 years and under must be kept away
from this appliance when it is in operation at all times.
1.2 General Safety
•WARNING: The appliance and its accessible parts
become hot during use. Care should be taken to avoid
touching heating elements. Children less than 8 years
of age shall be kept away unless continuously
supervised.
•Do not operate the appliance by means of an external
timer or separate remote-control system.
•WARNING: Unattended cooking on a hob with fat or
oil can be dangerous and may result in fire.
•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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•CAUTION: The cooking process has to be supervised.
A short term cooking process has to be supervised
continuously.
•WARNING: Danger of fire: Do not store items on the
cooking surfaces.
•Metallic objects such as knives, forks, spoons and lids
should not be placed on the hob surface since they
can get hot.
•Do not use a steam cleaner to clean the appliance.
•After use, switch off the hob element by its control and
do not rely on the pan detector.
•If the glass ceramic surface / glass surface is cracked,
switch off the appliance and unplug it from the mains.
In case the appliance is connected to the mains
directly using junction box, remove the fuse to
disconnect the appliance from power supply. In either
case contact the Authorised Service Centre.
•If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by
the manufacturer, an authorized Service or similarly
qualified persons in order to avoid a hazard.
•WARNING: Use only hob guards designed by the
manufacturer of the cooking appliance or indicated by
the manufacturer of the appliance in the instructions
for use as suitable or hob guards incorporated in the
appliance. The use of inappropriate guards can cause
accidents.
2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
2.1 Installation
WARNING!
Only a qualified person must
install this appliance.
WARNING!
Risk of injury or damage to
the appliance.
• Remove all the packaging.
• Do not install or use a damaged
appliance.
• Follow the installation instruction
supplied with the appliance.
• Keep the minimum distance from the
other appliances and units.
• Always take care when moving the
appliance as it is heavy. Always use
safety gloves and enclosed footwear.
• Seal the cut surfaces with a sealant to
prevent moisture to cause swelling.
• Protect the bottom of the appliance
from steam and moisture.
• Do not install the appliance adjacent
to a door or under a window. This
prevents hot cookware to fall from the
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appliance when the door or the
window is opened.
• Each appliance has cooling fans on
the bottom.
• If the appliance is installed above a
drawer:
– Do not store any small pieces or
sheets of paper that could be
pulled in, as they can damage the
cooling fans or impair the cooling
system.
– Keep a distance of minimum 2 cm
between the bottom of the
appliance and parts stored in the
drawer.
2.2 Electrical Connection
WARNING!
Risk of fire and electric
shock.
• All electrical connections should be
made by a qualified electrician.
• The appliance must be earthed.
• Before carrying out any operation
make sure that the appliance is
disconnected from the power supply.
• Make sure that the parameters on the
rating plate are compatible with the
electrical ratings of the mains power
supply.
• Make sure the appliance is installed
correctly. Loose and incorrect
electricity mains cable or plug (if
applicable) can make the terminal
become too hot.
• Use the correct electricity mains
cable.
• Do not let the electricity mains cable
tangle.
• Make sure that a shock protection is
installed.
• Use the strain relief clamp on the
cable.
• Make sure the mains cable or plug (if
applicable) does not touch the hot
appliance or hot cookware, when you
connect the appliance to the near
sockets.
• Do not use multi-plug adapters and
extension cables.
• Make sure not to cause damage to
the mains plug (if applicable) or to the
mains cable. Contact our Authorised
Service Centre or an electrician to
change a damaged mains cable.
• 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.
2.3 Use
WARNING!
Risk of injury, burns and
electrical shock.
• Remove all the packaging, labelling
and protective film (if applicable)
before first use.
• 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.
• Set the cooking zone to “off” after
each use.
• Do not rely on the pan detector.
• Do not put cutlery or saucepan lids on
the cooking zones. They can become
hot.
• Do not operate the appliance with wet
hands or when it has contact with
water.
• Do not use the appliance as a work
surface or as a storage surface.
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• If the surface of the appliance is
cracked, disconnect immediately the
appliance from the power supply. This
to prevent an electrical shock.
• Users with a pacemaker must keep a
distance of minimum 30 cm from the
induction cooking zones when the
appliance is in operation.
• When you place food into hot oil, it
may splash.
WARNING!
Risk of fire and explosion
• Fats and oil when heated can release
flammable vapours. Keep flames or
heated objects away from fats and
oils when you cook with them.
• The vapours that very hot oil releases
can cause spontaneous combustion.
• Used oil, that can contain food
remnants, can cause fire at a lower
temperature than oil used for the first
time.
• 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.
• Do not keep hot cookware on the
control panel.
• Do not put a hot pan cover on the
glass surface of the hob.
• Do not let cookware to boil dry.
• Be careful not to let objects or
cookware fall on the appliance. The
surface can be damaged.
• Do not activate the cooking zones
with empty cookware or without
cookware.
• Do not put aluminium foil on the
appliance.
• Cookware made of cast iron,
aluminium or with a damaged bottom
can cause scratches on the glass /
glass ceramic. Always lift these
objects up when you have to move
them on the cooking surface.
• This appliance is for cooking
purposes only. It must not be used for
other purposes, for example room
heating.
2.4 Care and cleaning
• Clean regularly the appliance to
prevent the deterioration of the
surface material.
• Deactivate the appliance and let it
cool down before you clean it.
• Disconnect the appliance from the
electrical supply before maintenance.
• Do not use water spray and steam to
clean the appliance.
• Clean the appliance with a moist soft
cloth. Only use neutral detergents. Do
not use any abrasive products,
abrasive cleaning pads, solvents or
metal objects.
2.5 Disposal
WARNING!
Risk of injury or suffocation.
• Contact your municipal authority for
information on how to discard the
appliance correctly.
• Disconnect the appliance from the
mains supply.
• Cut off the mains electrical cable
close to the appliance and dispose of
it.
2.6 Service
• To repair the appliance contact an
Authorised Service Centre.
• Use original spare parts only.
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3. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
3.1 Cooking surface layout
11
112
2
1Induction cooking zone
2Control panel
3.2 Control panel layout
1 2
9
10
11
3 4 5
6
7
8
Use the sensor fields to operate the appliance. The displays, indicators and sounds
tell which functions operate.
Sen‐
sor
field
Function Comment
1ON / OFF To activate and deactivate the hob.
2Lock / Child Safety De‐
vice
To lock / unlock the control panel.
3- Heat setting and timer
display
To show the heat setting and time in mi‐
nutes.
4- To set the timer function.
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Sen‐
sor
field
Function Comment
5 / - To increase or decrease the time.
6CountUp Timer To show that the function operates.
7Count Down Timer / Mi‐
nute Minder
To show that the function operates.
8PowerBoost To activate and deactivate the function.
9- Control bar To set a heat setting.
10 Hob²Hood To activate and deactivate the manual
mode of the function.
11 Pause To activate and deactivate the function.
3.3 Heat setting displays
Display Description
The cooking zone is deactivated.
- The cooking zone operates.
Pause operates.
Automatic Heat Up operates.
PowerBoost operates.
+ digit There is a malfunction.
/ / OptiHeat Control (3 step Residual heat indicator): continue cook‐
ing / keep warm / residual heat.
Lock / Child Safety Device operates.
Incorrect or too small cookware or no cookware on the cooking
zone.
Automatic Switch Off operates.
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3.4 OptiHeat Control (3 step
Residual heat indicator)
WARNING!
/ / There is a risk of
burns from residual heat.
The indicator shows the
level of the residual heat.
The induction cooking zones make the
heat necessary for cooking process
directly in the bottom of the cookware.
The glass ceramic is heated by the heat
of the cookware.
4. DAILY USE
WARNING!
Refer to Safety chapters.
4.1 Activating and deactivating
Touch for 1 second to activate or
deactivate the hob.
4.2 Automatic Switch Off
The function deactivates the hob
automatically if:
• all cooking zones are deactivated,
• you do not set the heat setting after
you activate the hob,
• you spill something or put something
on the control panel for more than 10
seconds (a pan, a cloth, etc.). An
acoustic signal sounds and the hob
deactivates. Remove the object or
clean the control panel.
• the hob gets too hot (e.g. when a
saucepan boils dry). Let the cooking
zone cool down before you use the
hob again.
• you use incorrect cookware. The
symbol comes on and the cooking
zone deactivates automatically after 2
minutes.
• you do not deactivate a cooking zone
or change the heat setting. After some
time comes on and the hob
deactivates.
The relation between the heat setting
and the time after which the hob
deactivates:
Heat setting The hob deacti‐
vates after
, 1 - 3 6 hours
Heat setting The hob deacti‐
vates after
4 - 7 5 hours
8 - 9 4 hours
10 - 14 1.5 hour
4.3 The heat setting
To set or change the heat setting:
Touch the control bar at the correct heat
setting or move your finger along the
control bar until you reach the correct
heat setting.
4.4 Using the cooking zones
Place the cookware in the centre of the
selected zone. Induction cooking zones
adapt to the dimension of the bottom of
the cookware automatically.
You can cook with large cookware
placed on two cooking zones at the
same time. The cookware must cover the
centres of both zones.
4.5 Automatic Heat Up
Activate this function to get a desired
heat setting in a shorter time. When it is
on, the zone operates on the highest
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setting in the beginning and then
continues to cook at the desired heating
setting.
To activate the function the
cooking zone must be cold.
To activate the function for a cooking
zone: touch ( comes on).
Immediately touch a desired heat setting.
After 3 seconds comes on.
To deactivate the function: change the
heat setting.
4.6 PowerBoost
This function makes more power
available to the induction cooking zones.
The function can be activated for the
induction cooking zone only for a limited
period of time. After this time the
induction cooking zone automatically
sets back to the highest heat setting.
Refer to “Technical
information” chapter.
To activate the function for a cooking
zone: touch . comes on.
To deactivate the function: change the
heat setting.
4.7 Timer
You can set one timer function for each
cooking zone separately. To set a timer
function for the zones on the left side use
the timer on the left, for the zones on the
right, the timer on the right.
Count Down Timer
Use this function to specify how long a
cooking zone should operate during a
single cooking session.
First set the heat setting for the cooking
zone and then set the function.
To activate the function or change the
time: touch quickly again and again
until the indicator of a given zone
lights up on the display. Then touch
or to set the time (00 - 99 minutes).
The function starts automatically after 4
seconds. comes on the display.
To activate the timer function for the
second zone in a pair touch 3 times
quickly.
When the time comes to an end, a signal
sounds and 00 flashes. Touch to stop
the signal.
To see the remaining time: touch .
To deactivate the function: choose the
desired zone touching and then touch
. The remaining time counts back to
00. The symbol goes out.
CountUp Timer (The count up
timer)
You can use this function to monitor how
long a cooking zone operates.
To activate the function: for the first
zone in a pair touch twice quickly.
The function starts automatically when
lights up. To activate the function for
the second zone in a pair touch 4
times quickly.
To see how long the cooking zone
operates: touch . The display shows
the time, at first in seconds then in
minutes.
To deactivate the function: choose the
desired zone touching and then touch
. The symbol goes out.
Minute Minder
You can use this function as a Minute
Minder when the hob is activated but the
cooking zones do not operate.
To activate the function: touch quickly
again and again until the indicator of a
given zone lights up on the display.
Touch or to set the time. The
function starts automatically after 4
seconds. comes on the display.
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