Robam HS44-W211 User manual

Ceramic Hob
Model: HS44-W211
User Manual
Before operating this unit, please read the user manual completely and keep it.
If the manual is lost, you can send e-mail to ov[email protected], request for
an electronic manual.

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Contents
Notice........................................................................3
Product Overview and Parameters.................................10
How to choose right cookware.......................................11
Use Instruction...........................................................13
Cooking Guidelines......................................................19
Care and Cleaning.......................................................21
Technical Specification.................................................22
Installation instruction.................................................23

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Dear Users,
Let us take this opportunity to thanks for your
buying of ROBAM ceramic hob. We recommend
that before the installation and using. Please
read this manual and save it for your future
reference. ROBAM is a professional enterprise in
China’s household appliances and kitchenware.
It’s famous with advanced design, high efficiency,
saving energy and safety.
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.

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• Failure to use caution could result in injury or
cuts.
Important safety instructions
•This appliance is not intended for use by
persons (including children) with reduced
physical,sensory or mental capabilities, or lack
of experience and knowledge, unless they have
been given supervision or instruction
concerning use of the appliance by a person
responsible for their safety.
•Children should be supervised to ensure that
they do not play with the appliance.
•This appliance just for household use only.
•WARNING: If the surface is cracked, switch off
the appliance to avoid the possibility of electric
shock.
•During use the appliance becomes hot. Care
should be taken to avoid touching heating
elements inside the oven.
•Metallic objects such as knives, forks, spoons
and lids should not be placed on the hotplate
since they can get hot.
•The appliance must not be installed behind a
decorative door in order to avoid overheating.
•If the manual is lost, you can send e-mail to
[email protected], request for an
electronic manual.
• No combustible material or products should be

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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.
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
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

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surface.
• Never leave any objects or utensils on the
appliance.
• 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 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.
• 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

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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 environment; -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.
•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
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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.
•The appliance is not intended to be operated by
means of an external timer or separate
remote-control system.
Congratulations
on the purchase of your new Ceramic 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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Product Overview and Parameters
Top View
Control Panel
1. Max. 2200(1000) W zone
2. Max. 2200(1000) W zone
3. Glass plate
4. Control panel
1. Heating zone selection controls
2. Timer control
3. Power/Timer regulating controls
4. Keylock control
5. ON/OFF control
6. Dual zone control
7. Stop&Go control

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How to choose right cookware
•Ceramic hob cooking is based on infrared heating technology, the nickel chrome wires of
the hob would radiate heat and give out the infrared to warm up the food. The ceramic
cooker hob centers on customers and adopts personalized design. The hob has safe and
reliable performances, making your life comfortable and enabling to fully enjoy the pleasure
from life.
•Ceramic hobs do not pick pot. You can use any kind of pot or pan, such as copper pots,
wok, stainless steel, cookware, glass pot, casserole and ceramic pot.
Before using your New Ceramic Hob
• Read this guide, taking special note of the ‘Safety Warnings’ section.
• Remove any protective film that may still be on your ceramic 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.
• Do not use cookware with jagged edges or a curved base.

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• Make sure that the base of your pan is smooth, sits flat against the glass, and is the same
size as the cooking zone. Always centre your pan on the cooking zone.
• Always lift pans off the ceramic hob – do not slide, or they may scratch the glass.

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Use Instruction
Using your Ceramic 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. Put a suitable pan on the cooking zone that you hope 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 the indicator next to the key
will flash.
4. Set a power level by touching the “-”, “+”, or slide along the “—”control, or just touch any
point of the “—”.
Or
Or
5. Activate dual zone by pressing
Select the heat setting zone, then press the dual ring button to active the dual zone.Repeat
step 5 if you want to deactive the function.

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When you have finished cooking
1. Turn the whole cooktop off by touching the ON/OFF control.
2. Beware of hot surfaces
• “H” showing means the 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.
Using the Pause function- STOP+GO
Pause function can be used at any time during cooking. It allows to stop using and come
back to it.
1. Make sure the cook zone is working.
2. Touch the button STOP+GO, the cooking zone indicator will show “ll”.
And then the operation of the hob will be deactivate within the scope of all cooking zones,
except the STOP+GO, on/off and lock keys.
3. To cancel the pause status, touch the button STOP+GO, then the cooking zone will go
back to the power stage which you set before.

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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 key lock control
the timer indicator will show “ Lo “
To unlock the controls
1. Make sure the Ceramic hob is turned on.
2. Touch and hold the key lock control for a
while.
3. You can now start using your ceramic 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 ceramic hob. When
an excessive temperature is monitored, the ceramic hob will stop operation automatically.
Residual Heat Warning
When the hob has been operating for some time, there will be some residual
heat. The letter “H” appears to warn you to keep away from it.
Auto Shutdown Protection
Another safety feature of the hob is auto shut down. This occurs whenever you forget to
switch off a cooking zone. The default shutdown times are shown in
the table below:
Power level
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Default
working
timer (hour)
8
8
8
8
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
Using the Timer
You can use the timer in two different ways:

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• 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.
Touch 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.
Touch and hold the “-“ or “+” control to decrease or increase by 10 minutes.
4. When the time is set, it will begin to count down immediately. The display will show the
remaining time and the timer indicator will flash for 5 seconds.
5. Buzzer will beep for 30 seconds and the timer indicator shows “-
- “ when the setting time finished.
NOTE: The cooker will continue to cook, this timer function is a
minute minder only, it does not turn the cooktop ON or OFF.
Setting the timer to turn one cooking zone off
Cooking zones set for this feature will:
1. Touch the heating zone selection control that you want to set the timer
for. (e.g. zone 1#)

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2. Touch 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 will decrease or increase by 1 minute.
Touch and hold the ”-“ or “+” control will decrease or increase by 10 minutes.
4. Touch the “-“ control, if the “00” will show in the minute display, the timer is cancelled.
5. When the time is set, it will begin to count down immediately. The
display will show the remaining time and the timer indicator flash for 5
seconds.
NOTE: The red dot next to power level indicator will illuminate indicating
that zone is selected.
6. When cooking timer expires, the corresponding cooking zone will be switch off
automatically.
Other cooking zone will keep operating if they are turned on
previously.

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Setting the timer to turn more than one cooking zone
off
1. If more than one heating zone use this function, the timer indicator will show the lowest
time.
(e.g. zone 1# setting time of 3 minutes, zone 2# setting time of 6 minutes, the timer
indicator shows “3”.)
NOTE: The red dot next to power level indicator will flash.
(set to 3 minutes)
(set to 6 minutes)
2. When cooking timer expires, the corresponding cooking zone will be
switch off automatically.
NOTE: If you want to change the time after the timer is set, you have to start from step 1.

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Cooking Guidelines
Take care when frying as the oil and fat heat up very quickly, particularly if you’re
using PowerBoost. At extremely high temperatures oil and fat will ignite
spontaneously and this presents a serious fire risk.
Cooking Tips
• When food comes to the boil, reduce the temperature setting.
• Using a lid will reduce cooking times and save energy by retaining the heat.
• Minimise the amount of liquid or fat to reduce cooking times.
• Start cooking on a high setting and reduce the setting when the food has heated through.
Simmering, cooking rice
• Simmering occurs below boiling point, at around 85˚C, when bubbles are just rising
occasionally to the surface of the cooking liquid. It is the key to delicious soups and tender
stews because the flavours develop without overcooking the food. You should also cook
egg-based and flour thickened sauces below boiling point.
• Some tasks, including cooking rice by the absorption method, may require a setting higher
than the lowest setting to ensure the food is cooked properly in the time recommended.
Searing steak
To cook juicy flavor some steaks:
1. Stand the meat at room temperature for about 20 minutes before cooking.
2. Heat up a heavy-based frying pan.
3. Brush both sides of the steak with oil. Drizzle a small amount of oil into the hot pan and
then lower the meat onto the hot pan.
4. Turn the steak only once during cooking. The exact cooking time will depend on the
thickness of the steak and how cooked you want it. Times may vary from about 2 – 8
minutes per side. Press the steak to gauge how cooked it is – the firmer it feels the more
‘well done’ it will be.
5. Leave the steak to rest on a warm plate for a few minutes to allow it to relax and become
tender before serving.
For stir-frying
1. Choose a ceramic compatible flat-based wok or a large frying pan.
2. Have all the ingredients and equipment ready. Stir-frying should be quick. If cooking
large quantities, cook the food in several smaller batches.
3. Preheat the pan briefly and add two tablespoons of oil.

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4. Cook any meat first, put it aside and keep warm.
5. Stir-fry the vegetables. When they are hot but still crisp, turn the cooking zone to a
lower setting, return the meat to the pan and add your sauce.
6. Stir the ingredients gently to make sure they are heated through.
7. Serve immediately.
Heat Settings
The settings below are guidelines only. The exact setting will depend on several factors,
including your cookware and the amount you are cooking. Experiment with the cooktop to
find the settings that best suit you.
Heat setting
Suitability
1 - 2
• Delicate warming for small amounts of food
• Melting chocolate, butter, and foods that burn quickly
• Gentle simmering
• Slow warming
3 - 4
• Reheating
• Rapid simmering
• Cooking rice
5 - 6
• Pancakes
7 - 8
• Sauteing
• Cooking pasta
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• Stir-frying
• Searing
• Bringing soup to the boil
• Boiling water