EN User Manual Hob KFA78DIM
www.aeg.com CONTENTS 1. SAFETY INFORMATION.................................................................................................3 2. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS................................................................................................ 4 3. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION.............................................................................................. 6 4. DAILY USE...................................................................................................................
ENGLISH 1. 3 SAFETY INFORMATION Before the installation and use of the appliance, carefully read the supplied instructions. The manufacturer is not responsible if an incorrect installation and use causes injuries and damages. Always keep the instructions with the appliance for future reference. 1.
www.aeg.com • • • • • • 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 to avoid the possibility of electric shock.
ENGLISH • 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.
www.aeg.com • 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.
ENGLISH 7 3.2 Control panel layout 1 2 3 4 10 5 6 9 8 7 Use the sensor fields to operate the appliance. The displays, indicators and sounds tell which functions operate. Sensor Function field Comment 1 ON / OFF 2 Lock / The Child Safety De- To lock / unlock the control panel. vice 3 STOP+GO To activate and deactivate the function. - Heat setting display To show the heat setting. - Timer indicators of cooking To show for which zone you set the time.
www.aeg.com Display Description Power function operates. + digit There is a malfunction. / OptiHeat Control (3 step Residual heat indicator): continue cooking / keep warm / residual heat. / Lock / The Child Safety Device function operates. Incorrect or too small cookware or no cookware on the cooking zone. Automatic Switch Off function operates. 3.4 OptiHeat Control (3 step Residual heat indicator) WARNING! / / There is a risk of burns from residual heat.
ENGLISH 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 Automatic Heat Up If you activate this function you can get a necessary heat setting in a shorter time. The function sets the highest heat setting for some time and then decreases to the correct heat setting. To activate the function the cooking zone must be cold. To activate the function for a cooking zone: touch ( comes on).
www.aeg.com . The indicator of the cooking zone goes out. Minute Minder You can use this function as a Minute Minder when the hob is activated and the cooking zones do not operate (the heat setting display shows . Touch or of the timer to set the time. When the time comes to an end, the sound operates and 00 flashes. To stop the sound: touch This function prevents an accidental operation of the hob. To activate the function: activate the hob with . Do not set the heat setting. for 4 seconds.
ENGLISH 11 • Each phase has a maximum electricity loading of 3700 W. • The function divides the power between cooking zones connected to the same phase. • The function activates when the total electricity loading of the cooking zones connected to a single phase exceeds 3700 W. • The function decreases the power to the other cooking zones connected to the same phase. • The heat setting display of the reduced zones changes between two levels. 5. HINTS AND TIPS WARNING! Refer to Safety chapters. 5.
www.aeg.com 5.4 Examples of cooking applications The relation between the heat setting and the cooking zone consumption of power is not linear. When you increase the heat setting, it is not proportional to the increase of the cooking zone Heat setting consumption of power. It means that the cooking zone with the medium heat setting uses less than a half of its power. The data in the table is for guidance only. Use to: Time (min) Hints Keep cooked food warm.
ENGLISH 13 • Remove when the hob is sufficiently cool: limescale rings, water rings, fat stains, shiny metallic discoloration. Clean the hob with a moist cloth and some detergent. After cleaning, rub the hob dry with a soft cloth. • Use a special scraper for the glass. 6.2 Cleaning the hob • Remove immediately: melted plastic, plastic foil, and food with sugar. If not, the dirt can cause damage to the hob. Put the special scraper on the glass surface at an acute angle and move the blade on the surface.
www.aeg.com Problem Possible cause Remedy Residual heat indicator does not come on. The zone is not hot because If the zone operated suffiit operated only for a short ciently long to be hot, speak time. to an Authorised Service Centre. Automatic Heat Up function does not operate. The zone is hot. Let the zone become sufficiently cool. The highest heat setting is set. The highest heat setting has the same power as the function. The heat setting changes between two levels.
ENGLISH Problem comes on. 15 Possible cause Remedy There is an error in the hob because a cookware boils dry. Automatic Switch Off and the overheating protection for the zones operate. Deactivate the hob. Remove the hot cookware. After approximately 30 seconds, activate the zone again. If the cookware was the problem, the error message goes out. Residual heat indicator can stay on. Let the cookware become sufficiently cool. Check if your cookware is compatible with the hob.
www.aeg.com 8.5 Assembly min. 500mm min. 50mm min. 2mm min. 2 mm A min. 2 mm B < 20 mm B > 20 mm min. 500 mm B 57 mm 41 mm 31 mm A 12 mm 28 mm 38 mm A min 30 mm min. 500 mm A 12 mm 28 mm 38 mm B 57 mm 41 mm 31 mm min. 38 mm min. 2 mm R 5mm min.
ENGLISH 17 min. 12 mm min. 2 mm 8.6 Protection box If you use a protection box (an additional accessory), the front airflow space of 2 mm and the protective floor directly below the hob are not necessary. The protection box accessory may not be available in some countries. Please contact your local supplier. You can not use the protection box if you install the hob above an oven. 9. TECHNICAL INFORMATION 9.1 Rating plate Modell KFA78DIM Typ 58 GBD C2 AU Induction 7.4 kW Ser.Nr. .................
www.aeg.com 9.2 Cooking zones specification Cooking zone Nominal power Power function (maximum heat [W] setting) [W] Power function Cookware diammaximum dura- eter [mm] tion [min] Left front 1800 2800 10 145 - 180 Left rear 1800 2800 10 145 - 180 Middle front 1400 2500 4 125 - 145 Right rear 2400 3700 10 210 - 300 The power of the cooking zones can be different in some small range from the data in the table. It changes with the material and dimensions of the cookware.
ENGLISH 11. CH 19 GUARANTEE Customer Service Centres Point of Service Industriestrasse 10 5506 Mägenwil Le Trési 6 1028 Préverenges Via Violino 11 6928 Manno Morgenstrasse 131 3018 Bern Zürcherstrasse 204E 9000 St. Gallen Seetalstrasse 11 6020 Emmenbrücke St. Jakob-Turm Birsstrasse 320B 4052 Basel Comercialstrasse 19 7000 Chur Spare parts service Industriestrasse 10, 5506 Mägenwil, Tel. 0848 848 111 Specialist advice/Sale Badenerstrasse 587, 8048 Zürich, Tel.
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