Rubine RCE-ASTER72-BL User manual

Ceramic Hob
ASTERRCE- -BL72
ASTER72 TIMER SWITCH SWITCHLOCK ON/OFF TIMER ON/OFF

Content
1. Foreword ........................................................................................ 3
1.1 Safety Warnings ......................................................................... 3
1.1.1 Important safety instructions.......................................... 3
1.2 Installation ................................................................................ 5
1.2.1 Electrical Shock Hazard.................................................. 5
1.2.2 Cut Hazard................................................................... 5
1.2.3 Important safety instructions.......................................... 5
1.3 Operation and maintenance.......................................................... 6
1.3.1 Electrical Shock Hazard.................................................. 6
1.3.2 Health Hazard .............................................................. 6
1.3.3 Hot Surface Hazard ....................................................... 6
1.3.4 Cut Hazard................................................................... 6
2. Product Introduction....................................................................... 7
2.1 Top View ................................................................................... 7
2.2 Control Panel ............................................................................. 7
2.3 Product Information .................................................................... 8
2.4 Working Principle ........................................................................ 8
2.5 Before using your New Ceramic Hob .............................................. 8
2.6 Technical Specification................................................................. 8
3. Operation of Product ....................................................................... 8
3.1 Touch Controls ........................................................................... 8
3.2 Choosing the right Cookware........................................................ 9
3.3 How to use ................................................................................ 9
3.3.1 Start cooking................................................................ 9
3.3.2 Finish cooking..............................................................10
3.3.3 Locking the Controls.....................................................10
3.3.4 Timer control...............................................................11
3.3.5 Switch Control .............................................................11
3.3.6 Over-Temperature Protection ...........................................12
3.3.7 Residual Heat Warning..................................................12
3.3.8 Default working times...................................................12
4. Cooking Guidelines........................................................................ 12
4.1 Cooking Tips .............................................................................12
4.1.1 Simmering, cooking rice................................................12
4.1.2 Searing steak ..............................................................12
4.1.3 For stir-frying ..............................................................13
5. Heat Settings ................................................................................ 13
6. Care and Cleaning ......................................................................... 13
7. Hints and Tips ............................................................................... 14
8. Installation ................................................................................... 15
8.1 Selection of installation equipment ...............................................15
8.2 Cautions...................................................................................17
8.3 Connecting the hob to the mains power supply ..............................17

1. Foreword
1.1 Safety Warnings
Your safety is important to us. Please read this information
before using your cooktop.
1.1.1 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 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.
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Do not stand on your cooktop.
Do not use pans with jagged edges or drag pans across the
Ceramic 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
Ceramic 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.
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.
Keep the appliance and its cord out of reach of children less
than 8 years
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.
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.
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Failure to install the appliance correctly could invalidate any
warranty or liability claims.
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.
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 Ceramic 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.
1.3.4 Cut Hazard
The razor-sharp blade of a cooktop scraper is exposed when
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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.
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.
2. Product Introduction
2.1 Top View
2.2 Control Panel
1. Max. 1800 W zone
2. Max. 1200 W zone
3. Glass plate
4. ON / OFF
5. Control panel
1. ON/OFF control
2. Power / Timer regulating controls
3. Switch
4. Timer control
5. Key lock control
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TIMER SWITCH SWITCHLOCK ON/OFF TIMER ON/OFF
TIMER SWITCH SWITCHLOCK ON/OFF TIMER ON/OFF

2.3 Product Information
The microcomputer ceramic cooker hob can meet different kinds of cuisine demands because of
resistance wire heating, micro-computerized control and multi-power selection, really the optimal choice
for modern families.
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.
2.4 Working Principle
This ceramic cooker hob directly employs resistance wire heating, and adjust the output power by the
power regulation with the touch controls.
2.5 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.
2.6 Technical Specification
Cooking Hob
RCE-ASTER72-BL
Cooking Zones
2 Zones
Supply Voltage
220-240V~ 50/60Hz
Installed Electric Power
2700-3300 W
Product Size D×W×H(mm)
700*430*73
Building-in Dimensions A×B (mm)
670*400
Weight and Dimensions are approximate. Because we continually strive to improve our products we may
change specifications and designs without prior notice.
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.
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3.2 Choosing the right Cookware
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. Always centre your pan on the cooking zone.
Always lift pans off the ceramic hob –do not slide, or they may scratch the glass.
3.3 How to use
The method of working for 1# cooking zone is the same as the 2#; Now we give an example to tell how
to use the 1# cooking zone ;
3.3.1 Start cooking
After power on, the buzzer beeps once, all the indicators light up for 1 second then go out, indicating that
the ceramic hob has entered the state of standby mode.
Touch the ON/OFF control. all the indicators show “-“
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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.
Select a heat setting by touching the “-”or “+”control.
•If you don’t choose a heat setting within 1 minute, the
ceramic 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.
•By holding down either of these buttons, the value will
adjust up or down.
3.3.2 Finish cooking
Turn the cooking zone off by scrolling down to “0”
Turn the whole cooktop off by touching the ON/OFF
control
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.
3.3.3 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 lock control
The timer indicator will show “ Loc ”
To unlock the controls
Make sure the ceramic hob is turned on
Touch and hold the lock control for a while.
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