Nordmende HCI901FL User manual

Induction Hob
Instruction Manual / Installation Manual
MODEL: HCI901FL
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1. Foreword .................................................................................................... 4
1.1 Safety Warnings............................................................................ 4
1.2 Installation.................................................................................... 4
1.2.1 Electrical Shock Hazard ............................................4
1.2.2 Cut Hazard................................................................. 4
1.2.3 Important safety instructions ..................................... 4
1.3 Operation and maintenance.......................................................7
1.3.1 Electrical Shock Hazard ......................................... 7
1.3.2 Health Hazard......................................................... 7
1.3.3 Hot Surface Hazard................................................. 8
1.3.4 Cut Hazard.............................................................. 8
1.3.5 Important safety instructions .................................. 8
2. Product Introduction.................................................................................. 11
2.1 Top View.................................................................................. 11
2.2 Control Panel.............................................................................. 11
2.3 Working Theory....................................................................... 12
2.4 Before using your New Induction Hob....................................12
2.5 Technical Specification............................................................... 12
3. Operation of Product ................................................................................. 13
3.1 Touch Controls ........................................................................ 13
3.2 Choosing the right Cookware..................................................... 13
3.3 How to use............................................................................... 14
3.3.1 Start cooking......................................................... 14
3.3.2 Finish cooking .........................................................16
3.3.3 Using the Boost function......................................... 17
3.3.4 FLEXIBLE AREA................................................... 18
3.3.5 Locking the Controls ............................................... 20
3.3.6 Timer control ........................................................... 20
3.3.7 Default working times .......................................... 24
4 Cooking Guidelines....................................................................................... 24
4.1 Cooking Tips .............................................................................. 24
4.1.1 Simmering, cooking rice.......................................... 25
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4.1.2 Searing steak............................................................ 25
4.1.3 For stir-frying........................................................... 25
4.2 Detection of Small Articles......................................................... 26
5 Heat Settings.................................................................................................. 26
6 Care and Cleaning......................................................................................... 27
7 Hints and Tips................................................................................................ 28
8 Failure Display and Inspection...................................................................... 29
9. Installation................................................................................................. 30
9.1 Selection of installation equipment ......................................... 30
9.2 Before installing the hob, make sure that ................................32
9.3 After installing the hob, make sure that................................... 33
9.4 Before locating the fixing brackets.......................................... 33
9.5 Adjusting the bracket position................................................. 33
9.6 Cautions................................................................................... 34
9.7 Connecting the hob to the mains power supply.......................... 35
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1. Foreword
1.1 Safety Warnings
Your safety is important to us. Please read this
information before using your cooktop.
1.2 Installation
1.2.1 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.
1.2.2 Cut Hazard
•Take care - panel edges are sharp.
•Failure to use caution could result in injury or
cuts.
1.2.3 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.
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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.
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.
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.
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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
Metallic objects such as knives, forks, spoons
and lids should not be placed on the hob
surface since they can get hot
A steam cleaner is not to be used.
Do not use a steam cleaner to clean your
cooktop.
The appliance is not intended to be operated
by means of an external timer or separate
remote-control system.
WARNING: Danger of fire: do not store items
on the cooking surfaces.
The cooking process has to be supervised. A
short term cooking process has to
be supervised continuously.
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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1.3 Operation and maintenance
1.3.1 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.
1.3.2 Health Hazard
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.
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1.3.3 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.
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.
1.3.4 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
cuts.
1.3.5 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.
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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
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.
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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.
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.
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 repair or replace any part of the
appliance unless specifically recommended
in the manual. All other servicing should be
done by a qualified technician.
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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.
2. Product Introduction
2.1 Top View
2.2 Control Panel
1. max. 1800/2300 W zone
2. max. 1800/2300 W zone
3. max. 3000/3600 W zone
4. max. 2200/3000 W zone
5. max. 1800/2300 W zone
6. max. 1800/2300 W zone
7. max. 3000/3600 W zone
8. Control panel
1. Heating zone selection controls
2. Timer control
3. Boost control
4. keylock control
5. ON/OFF control
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2.3 Working Theory
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.
2.4 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.
2.5 Technical Specification
Cooking Hob
HCI901FL
Cooking Zones
5 Zones
Supply Voltage
220-240V~ 50Hz or 60Hz
Installed Electric Power
9400W
Product SizeD×W×H(mm)
900X520X60
iron pot
magnetic circuit
ceramic glass plate
induction coil
induced currents
Building-in Dimensions A×B (mm)
874X494
Weight and Dimensions are approximate. Because we continually strive to
improve our products we may change specifications and designs without prior
notice.
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3. Operation of Product
3.1 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.
3.2 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. Follow the steps under ‘To start cooking’.
3. 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.
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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.Pot less than 140 mm could be undetected by the hob. Always centre
your pan on the cooking zone.
Always lift pans off the Induction hob –do not slide, or they may scratch the
glass.
3.3How to use
3.3.1 Start cooking
1. Touch the ON/OFF control for a while.
After power on, the buzzer beeps once, all displays
show “ –“ or “ – –“, indicating that the induction
hob has entered the state of standby mode.
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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. Touching the heating zone selection control ,
and a indicator next to the key will flash
4. Adjust heat setting by touching the slider control.
•If you don’t choose a heat setting within
1 minute, the Induction hob will
automatically switch off. You will need to
start again at step 1.
•You can modify the heat setting at any time
during cooking.
If the display flashes alternately with the heat
setting
•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 centered 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 2 minutes if no suitable pan is
placed on it.
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3.3.2 Finish cooking
1. Touching the heating zone selection
control that you wish to switch off
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2. Turn the cooking zone off by touching the slider
to ””. Make sure the displayshows”0”
3. Turn the whole cooktop off by touching the
ON/OFF control.
4. Beware of hot surfaces
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.
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3.3.3 Using the Boost function
Actived the boost function
1. Touching the heating zone selection control
2. Touching the boost control “”, the zone indicator show “b”and the power
reach Max.
Cancel the Boost function
1. Touching the heating zone selection control
that you wish to cancel the boost function
2. Touching the "Boost" control to cancel
the Boost function, then the cooking zone will
revert to its original setting.
•The function can work in any cooking zone
• The cooking zone returns to its original setting after 5 minutes.
•If the original heat setting equals 0, it will return to 9 after 5 minutes.
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3.3.4 FLEXIBLE AREA
• This area can be used as a single zone or as two different zones, accordingly
to the cooking needs anytime.
• Free area is made of two independent inductors that can be controlled
separately.
As big zone
1. To activate the free area as a single big zone, simply press the
dedicated key.
2. Adjust heat setting by touching the slider control.
3. As a big zone, we suggest the used as the follow:
Cookware: 250mm or 280mm diameter cookware (Square or Oval
cookware are acceptable)
We don’t recommend other operations except for above mentioned three
operations because it might effect the heating of appliance
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As two independent zones
To use the flexible area as two different zones, you can have two choices of
heating.
(a) Put a pan on the right up side or the right down side of the flexible zone.
(b)Put two pans on both sides of the flexible zone.
Notice: Make sure the pan is bigger than 12cm.
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3.3.5 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.
3.3.6 Timer control
You can use the timer in two different ways:
•You can use it as a minute minder. In this case, it will not turn any cooking
zone off when the set time is up.
•You can set it to turn one or more cooking zones off after the set time is up.
•You can set the timer up to 99 minutes.
a) Using the Timer as a Minute Minder
If you are not selecting any cooking zone
1. Make sure the cooktop is turned on.
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