Hoover HIFS85MCTT User manual

Instruction Manual For Induction Hob
ENGLISH
Manuale di istruzioni per piano cottura a induzione
ITALIAN
Manual de instruções para placa de indução
PORTUGUÊS
Bedienungsanleitung für Induktionskochfeld
DEUTSCH
Brugervejledning til induktionskogeplade
DANSK
Induktiokeittotason käyttöopas
SUOMI
Bruksanvisning for induksjonskokeplate
NORSK
Bruksanvisning för induktionshäll
SVENSKA
MODELL: HIFS85MCTT
Thank you for purchasing the Hoover induction hob. Please read this instruction manual
carefully before using the hob and keep it in a safe place for future reference.

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Safety Warnings
Your safety is important to us. Please read this
information before using your cooktop.
Installation
Electrical Shock Hazard
• Disconnect the appliance from the mains
electricity supply before carrying out any work
or maintenance on it.
• Connection to a good earth wiring system is
essential and mandatory.
• Alterations to the domestic wiring system must
only be made by a qualified electrician.
• Failure to follow this advice may result in
electrical shock or death.
Cut Hazard
• Take care - panel edges are sharp.
• Failure to use caution could result in injury or
cuts.
Important safety instructions
• Read these instructions carefully before
installing or using this appliance.
• No combustible material or products should be

placed on this appliance at any time.
• Please make this information available to the
person responsible for installing the appliance
as it could reduce your installation costs.
• In order to avoid a hazard, this appliance must
be installed according to these instructions for
installation.
• This appliance is to be properly installed and
earthed only by a suitably qualified person.
• This appliance should be connected to a circuit
which incorporates an isolating switch
providing full disconnection from the power
supply.
• Failure to install the appliance correctly could
invalidate any warranty or liability claims.
Operation and maintenance
Electrical Shock Hazard
• Do not cook on a broken or cracked cooktop. If
the cooktop surface should break or crack, switch
the appliance off immediately at the mains power
supply (wall switch) and contact a qualified
technician.
• Switch the cooktop off at the wall before
cleaning or maintenance.
• Failure to follow this advice may result in
electrical shock or death.
Health Hazard
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• This appliance complies with electromagnetic
safety standards.
• However, persons with cardiac pacemakers or
other electrical implants (such as insulin
pumps) must consult with their doctor or
implant manufacturer before using this
appliance to make sure that their implants will
not be affected by the electromagnetic field.
• Failure to follow this advice may result in death.
Hot Surface Hazard
• During use, accessible parts of this appliance
will become hot enough to cause burns.
• Do not let your body, clothing or any item other
than suitable cookware contact the Induction
glass until the surface is cool.
• Metallic objects such as knives, forks, spoons
and lids should not be placed on the hob surface
since they can get hot
• Keep children away.
• Handles of saucepans may be hot to touch.
Check saucepan handles do not overhang other
cooking zones that are on. Keep handles out of
reach of children.
• Failure to follow this advice could result in
burns and scalds.
Cut Hazard
• The razor-sharp blade of a cooktop scraper is
exposed when the safety cover is retracted. Use
with extreme care and always store safely and
out of reach of children.
• Failure to use caution could result in injury or

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cuts.
Important safety instructions
• Never leave the appliance unattended when in
use. Boilover causes smoking and greasy
spillovers that may ignite.
• Never use your appliance as a work or storage
surface.
• Never leave any objects or utensils on the
appliance.
• Do not place or leave any magnetisable objects
(e.g. credit cards, memory cards)or electronic
devices (e.g. computers, MP3 players) near the
appliance, as they may be affected by its
electromagnetic field.
• Never use your appliance for warming or
heating the room.
• After use, always turn off the cooking zones
and the cooktop as described in this manual (i.e.
by using the touch controls). Do not rely on the
pan detection feature to turn off the cooking
zones when you remove the pans.
• Do not allow children to play with the appliance
or sit, stand, or climb on it.
• Do not store items of interest to children in
cabinets above the appliance. Children climbing
on the cooktop could be seriously injured.
• Do not leave children alone or unattended in
the area where the appliance is in use.
• Children or persons with a disability which

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limits their ability to use the appliance should
have a responsible and competent person to
instruct them in its use. The instructor should be
satisfied that they can use the appliance without
danger to themselves or their surroundings.
• Do not repair or replace any part of the
appliance unless specifically recommended in the
manual. All other servicing should be done by a
qualified technician.
• Do not use a steam cleaner to clean your
cooktop.
• Do not place or drop heavy objects on your
cooktop.
• Do not stand on your cooktop.
• Do not use pans with jagged edges or drag pans
across the Induction glass surface as this can
scratch the glass.
• Do not use scourers or any other harsh
abrasive cleaning agents to clean your cooktop,
as these can scratch the Induction glass.
• 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 is intended to be used in
household and similar applications such as:
-staff kitchen areas in shops, offices and other
working environments; -farm houses; -by
clients in hotels, motels and other residential
type environments; -bed and breakfast type
environments.

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•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.
•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: 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.
•WARNING: Danger of fire: do not store items on
the cooking surfaces.
• Warning: If the surface is cracked, switch off
the appliance to avoid the possibility of electric
shock, for hob surfaces of glass-ceramic or
similar material which protect live parts
•A steam cleaner is not to be used.

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•The appliance is not intended to be operated by
means of an external timer or separate
remote-control system.
CAUTION: The cooking process has to be
supervised. A short term cooking process has to
be supervised continuously.
WARNING: In order to prevent tipping of the
appliance, this stabilizing means must be
installed. Refer to the instructions for
installation.
WARNING: Use only hob guards designed bythe
manufactuer of the cooking appliance or
indicated by the manufacture of the appliance in
the instruction for use as suitable or hob guards
incorporated in the appliance. The use of
inappropriate guards can cause accidents.
This appliance incorporates an earth connection
for functional purposes only.
Congratulations on the purchase of your new Induction Hob.
We recommend that you spend some time to read this Instruction / Installation
Manual in order to fully understand how to install correctly and operate it.
For installation, please read the installation section.
Read all the safety instructions carefully before use and keep this Instruction /
Installation Manual for future reference.

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1. Timer control
2. ON/OFF control
3. Power regulating key/booster function control
4. keylock control
5. Keep warm function
6.Pause function control
7. Flex zone
Product Overview
Top View
Control Panel
1.2000 W zone, boost to 2600W
2.1500 W zone, boost to 2000W
3.2000 W zone, boost to 2600W
4.1500 W zone, boost to 2000W
5. 2000 W zone, boost 2600W
6. Flex zone, 2800W boost 3500W
7. Glass plate
8. Control panel

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iron pot
magnetic circuit
ceramic glass plate
induction coil
induced currents
A Word on Induction Cooking
Induction cooking is a safe, advanced, efficient, and economical cooking
technology. It works by electromagnetic vibrations generating heat directly in the
pan, rather than indirectly through heating the glass surface. The glass becomes
hot only because the pan eventually warms it up.
Before using your New Induction Hob
• Read this guide, taking special note of the ‘Safety Warnings’ section.
• Remove any protective film that may still be on your Induction hob.
Using the Touch Controls
• The controls respond to touch, so you don’t need to apply any pressure.
• Use the ball of your finger, not its tip.
• You will hear a beep each time a touch is registered.
• Make sure the controls are always clean, dry, and that there is no object (e.g. a
utensil or a cloth) covering them. Even a thin film of water may make the
controls difficult to operate.

Choosing the right Cookware
• Only use cookware with a base suitable for induction
cooking. Look for the induction symbol on the
packaging or on the bottom of the pan.
• You can check whether your cookware is suitable by carrying out
a magnet test. Move a magnet towards the base of the pan. If it
is attracted, the pan is suitable for induction.
• If you do not have a magnet:
1. Put some water in the pan you want to check.
2. If does not flash in the display and the water is heating, the pan is suitable.
• Cookware made from the following materials is not suitable: pure stainless steel, aluminium or
copper without a magnetic base, glass, wood, porcelain, ceramic, and earthenware.
Do not use cookware with jagged edges or a curved base.
Make sure that the base of your pan is smooth, sits flat against the glass, and is
the same size as the cooking zone. Use pans whose diameter is as large as the
graphic of the zone selected. Using a pot a slightly wider energy will be used at its
maximum efficiency. If you use smaller pot efficiency could be less than expected.
Always centre your pan on the cooking zone.
Always lift pans off the Induction hob – do not slide, or they may scratch the glass.
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Pan dimensions
The cooking zones are up to a limit, automatically adapted to the diameter of the
pan. However the bottom of this pan must have a minimum of diameter according
to the corresponding cooking zone. To obtain the best efficiency of your hob,
please place the pan in the centre of the cooking zone.
The base diameter of induction cookware
Cooking zone
Minimum (mm)
1, 2, 3, 4(180mm)
120
5 (210mm)
140
Flex zone
240 or 160*270
The above may vary according to the quality of the pan used.
Using your Induction Hob
To start cooking
1. Touch the ON/OFF control.
After power on, the buzzer beeps once, all displays
show “ – “ or “ – – “, indicating that the induction
hob has entered the state of standby mode.
2. Place a suitable pan on the cooking zone that
you wish to use.
• Make sure the bottom of the pan and the surface
of the cooking zone are clean and dry.
3.Set a power level by touching the slider, or slide along the “—”control, or just
touch any point of the “—”.
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Or
a.If you don’t set the power within 1 minute, the induction hob will
automatically switch off. You will need to start again at step 1.
b. You can modify the heat setting at any time during cooking.
c. If slide along the “—”, power will vary from stage 1 to stage 9.
If the display flashes alternately with the heat
setting
This means that:
• you have not placed a pan on the correct cooking zone or,
• the pan you’re using is not suitable for induction cooking or,
• the pan is too small or not properly centred on the cooking zone.
No heating takes place unless there is a suitable pan on the cooking zone.
The display will automatically turn off after 1 minutes if no suitable pan is placed
on it.
When you have finished cooking
1. Turn the cooking zone off by slide along the “—” to the left point, and then hold
for 1 second.
Make sure the power display shows “0”, then shows “H”.
and then
3. Turn the whole cooktop off by touching the ON/OFF control.
4. Beware of hot surfaces
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‘H’ will show which cooking zone is hot to touch. It will disappear when the
surface has cooled down to a safe temperature. It can also be used as an
energy saving function if you want to heat further pans, use the hotplate that
is still hot.
In case of a power interruption while "H" is on, please pay attention to not touch
the cooking surface even if "H" is no longer shown when the power is back.
Using the Power Management
Using power management you can set the total power to 2.5kW/ 3.0kW/ 4.5kW/
6.5kW and 7.4kW. The default total power setting is the maximum power level.
Setting the total power level to fit your requirement
1. Make sure the cooktop is turned off.
Note: you can only set power management when the cooktop is turned off.
2. Touch the button “Pause function” and hold for 5 seconds. You can
hear the buzzer beeps one time.
3. After you hear the beep, touch “+” and “-” button at the same time and hold for
3 second, the timer indicator will show flashing previous total power level, e.g.
‘2.5’. Touch and hold ” +” and ”-” for 1 second again to switch to other power level,
for example 3.0. When the power that you want is flashing, touch the button
“Pause function” and hold for 5 seconds. The buzzer will beep 10 times. It
means you have finished the setting.
Note:
1. After step 2, you must touch the “+” and “-” within 3 seconds after you hear
the beep. Otherwise you will need to start again from step 2.
2. Once finish setting, wait till the end of 10 beeps. Do not touch any button during
this period. Otherwise the setting will be invalid.
Power management Rules
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If total power exceeds the limitation of 2.5kw, 3.0kw, 4.5kw, 6.5kw,7.4kw,
(depending on which level you’ve set), you are not able to increase power stage
of any zone.
If you increase it, the cooktop will beep 3 times and indicator will show a flashing
‘Pn’. Thus you need to decrease power stage of other zones before increasing the
power of objective zone.
Power Limitation in centre and right zones
•Cooking zones are divided into two groups. Each group has a maximum
electricity loading of 3600 W.
•The limitation decreases the power to the other cooking zones.
•The heat setting display of the reduced zones changes between two levels.
e. g. if all zones are on, the biggest power level of three zones are decrease to
7-level, 7-level, 7-level.
In Group a both two zones can work at level 9 at the same time because they
are 3500 W in total.
In Group b if 3 zones are working, the max power level which each zone can
reach is 7. If the rear zone of the Group b is turned off, the other two zones can
reach at maximum power level 8.
If you want one of the zone of Group b works at the highest power level, only 2
zones should be tuned on. The hob automatically reduces the power of the first
zone you turned on.
Using the Boost
Boost is the function that one zone rising to a larger power in one second and
lasting for 5 minutes. Thus you can get a more powerful and faster cooking.
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Using the Boost to get larger power
1. Touch the control panel button that you wish to boost, then hold the “b” for 3
second. The power display will show “P” to indicate that the zone is boosting.
2. The Boost power will last for 5 minutes and then the zone will go back to the “9”
power stage.
3. If you want to cancel the Boost during this 5 minutes, touch the “B” button for
twice. The heating zone will go back to “9” power stage. Or slide along the “—” to
the left point, the heating zone will go back to the power stage in which you
touched.
or
Restrictions when using
The five zones were divided into two groups. In one group, if use boost on one
zone, first make sure that the other zone is working on/below power level 5.
In Group b, if one zone is working at boost mode, at the same time there is only
one other zone can work.
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Using the Keep warm
Keep warm is the function that one zone keep a lower power to make the
temperature stable.
Using the Keep warm to get stable temperature
1. Touch the slider of the heating zone that you wish to keep warm, then touch the
keep warm button , the cooking zone indicator will display “A”.
2.If you want to cancel the keep warm, touch the slider of the heating zone, then
touch the button , the heating zone will go back to “0” power stage.
Using the Pause function
Pause function can be used at any time during cooking. It allows to stop the
induction cooktop and come back to it.
1. Make sure the cook zone is working.
2. Touch the button Pause function, the cooking zone indicator will show “ll”.
And then the operation of the induction cooktop will be deactivate within the scope
of all cooking zones, except the Pause, on/off and lock keys.
3. To cancel the pause status, touch the Pause function, then the cooking zone
will go back to the power stage which you set before.
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Flex Zone
•This area can be used as a single zone or as two different zones, accordingly to
the cooking needs anytime.
•Flexible area is made of two independent inductors that can be controlled
separately.
•Important: Make sure to place the cookwares centered on the single cooking
zone. In case of big pot, oval, rectangular and elongated pans make sure to place
the pans centered on the cooking zone covering both cross.
Examples for good and bad pot placements:
As big zone
1. Touch the slider of the heating zone (left side) that you wish to go into
flexizone, then touch the flex zone selection button to activate the flexible
area as a single big zone, the indicator next key will be on.
2. Touch the slide along the “—” control, or just touch any point of the “—” to
adjust the power level.
As two independent zones
1. If you want to cancel the flex zone, touch the slider of the heating zone again,
then touch the flex zone selection button, the indicator next to the flex zone
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button will disappear.
Locking the Controls
• You can lock the controls to prevent unintended use (for example children
accidentally turning the cooking zones on).
• When the controls are locked, all the controls except the ON/OFF control are
disabled.
To lock the controls
Touch the keylock control. The timer indicator will show “ Lo “.
To unlock the controls
1. Make sure the Induction hob is turned on.
2. Touch and hold the keylock control for a while
3. You can now start using your Induction hob.
When the hob is in the lock mode, all the controls are disable except the ON/OFF,
you can always turn the induction hob off with the ON/OFF control in an emergency,
but you shall unlock the hob first in the next operation.
Over-Temperature Protection
A temperature sensor equipped can monitor the temperature inside the Induction
hob. When an excessive temperature is monitored, the Induction hob will stop
operation automatically.
Over-spillage Protection
Over-spillage protection is a safety protection function. It switch off the hob
automatically within 10s if the water flow to the control panel, while buzzer will
beep 1 second.
Detection of Small Articles
When an unsuitable size or non-magnetic pan (e.g. aluminium), or some other
small item (e.g. knife, fork, key) has been left on the hob, the hob automatically
go on to standby in 1 minute. The fan will keep cooking down the induction hob for
a further 1 minute.
Auto Shutdown Protection
Auto shut down is a safety protection function for your induction hob. It shut down
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automatically if ever you forget to turn off your cooking. The default working times
for various power levels are shown in the below table:
Power level
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
A
II
Default working timer
(hour)
8
8
8
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
2
When the pot is removed, the induction hob can stop heating immediately and the
hob automatically switch off after 2 minutes.
People with a heart pace maker should consult with their doctor before
using this unit.
Using the Timer
You can use the timer in two different ways:
• You can use it as a minute minder. In this case, the timer will not turn any
cooking zone off when the set time is up.
• You can set it to turn one cooking zone off after the set time is up.
• You can set the timer up to 99 minutes
Using the Timer as a Minute Minder
If you are not selecting any cooking zone
1. Make sure the cooktop is turned on.
Note: you can use the minute minder even if you’re not selecting any cooking
zone.
2. Touch “-’ or “+” of the timer control, the minder indicator will
start flashing and “30” will show in the timer display.
3. Set the time by touching the “-” or “+” control,
Hint: Touch the “-” or “+” control once to decrease or increase by 1 minute.
Hold the “-” or “+” control of the timer to decrease or increase by 10
minutes.
If the setting time exceeds 99 minutes, the timer will automatically return to 0
minute.
4. Cancel the time by touching the “-” of timer and scrolling down to “0”.
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