AEG IAE84411FB Hob User Manual

: June 6, 2024
: AEG

IAE84411FB
EN User Manual
Hob USER
MANUAL

SAFETY INFORMATION

Before the installation and use of the appliance, carefully read the supplied instructions. The manufacturer is not responsible for any injuries or damages that are the result of incorrect installation or usage. Always keep the instructions in a safe and accessible location for future reference.

Children and vulnerable people safety

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 the use of the appliance in a safe way and understand the hazards involved.
Children between 3 and 8 years of age and persons with very extensive and complex disabilities shall be kept away from the appliance unless continuously supervised.
Children of less than 3 years of age should be kept away from the appliance unless continuously supervised.
Do not let children play with the appliance.
Keep all packaging away from children and dispose of it appropriately.
Keep children and pets away from the appliance when it operates or when it cools down. Accessible parts are hot.
If the appliance has a child safety device, it should be activated.
Children shall not carry out cleaning and user maintenance of the appliance without supervision.

General Safety

WARNING: The appliance and its accessible parts become hot during use. Care should be taken to avoid touching heating elements.
Do not operate the appliance by means of an external timer or separate remote-control system.
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.
CAUTION: The cooking process has to be supervised.
A short-term cooking process has to be supervised continuously.
WARNING: Danger of fire: 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 the appliance before installing it in the built-in structure.
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 and unplug it from the mains.
In case the appliance is connected to the mains directly using a junction box, remove the fuse to disconnect the appliance from the power supply. In either case, contact the Authorised Service Centre.
If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer, an authorized Service or similarly qualified persons in order to avoid a hazard.
WARNING: Use only hob guards designed by the manufacturer of the cooking appliance or indicated by the manufacturer of the appliance in the instructions for use as suitable or hob guards incorporated in the appliance. The use of inappropriate guards can cause accidents.

SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Installation

WARNING!
Only a qualified person must install this appliance.

WARNING!
Risk of injury or damage to the appliance.

Remove all the packaging.
Do not install or use a damaged appliance.
Follow the installation instructions supplied with the appliance.
Keep the minimum distance from other appliances and units.
Always take care when moving the appliance as it is heavy. Always use safety gloves and enclosed footwear.
Seal the cut surfaces with a sealant to prevent moisture to cause swelling.
Protect the bottom of the appliance from steam and moisture.
Do not install the appliance adjacent to a door or under a window. This prevents hot cookware from falling from the appliance when the door or the window is opened.
Each appliance has cooling fans on the bottom.
If the appliance is installed above a drawer:
Do not store any small pieces or sheets of paper that could be pulled in, as they can damage the cooling fans or impair the cooling system.
Keep a distance of a minimum of 2 cm between the bottom of the appliance and parts stored in the drawer.
Remove any separator panels installed in the cabinet below the

Electrical Connection

WARNING!
Risk of fire and electric shock.

All electrical connections should be made by a qualified electrician.
The appliance must be earthed.
Before carrying out any operation make sure that the appliance is disconnected from the power supply.
Make sure that the parameters on the rating plate are compatible with the electrical ratings of the mains power
Make sure the appliance is installed correctly. Loose and incorrect electricity mains cable or plug (if applicable) can make the terminal become too hot.
Use the correct electricity mains
Do not let the electricity mains cable
Make sure that shock protection is
Use the strain relief clamp on the
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
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.
The shock protection of live and insulated parts must be fastened in such a way that they cannot be removed without tools.
Connect the mains plug to the mains socket only at the end of the Make sure that there is access to the mains plug after the installation.
If the main socket is loose, do not connect the main plug.
Do not pull the main cable to disconnect the appliance. Always pull the mains plug.
Use only correct isolation devices: line protecting cut-outs, fuses (screw type fuses removed from the holder), earth leakage trips, and contractors.
The electrical installation must have an isolation device that lets you disconnect the appliance from the mains at all poles. The isolation device must have a contact opening width of a minimum 3 mm.

Use

WARNING!
Risk of injury, burns, and electric shock.

Remove all the packaging, labeling, and protective film (if applicable) before first use.
This appliance is for household use
Do not change the specification of this
Make sure that the ventilation openings are not blocked.
Do not let the appliance stay unattended during operation.
Set the cooking zone to “off” after each use.
Do not rely on the pan detector.
Do not put cutlery or saucepan lids on the cooking zones. They can become
Do not operate the appliance with wet hands or when it has contact with
Do not use the appliance as a work surface or as a storage surface.
If the surface of the appliance is cracked, disconnect immediately the appliance from the power supply. This to prevent an electrical shock.
Users with a pacemaker must keep a distance of a minimum of 30 cm from the induction cooking zones when the appliance is in operation.
When you place food into hot oil, it may splash.

WARNING!
Risk of fire and explosion

Fats and oil when heated can release flammable vapors. Keep flames or heated objects away from fats and oils when you cook with them.
The vapors that very hot oil releases can cause spontaneous combustion.
Used oil, that can contain food remnants, can cause fire at a lower temperature than oil used for the first
Do not put flammable products or items that are wet with flammable products in, near, or on the appliance.

WARNING!
Risk of damage to the appliance.

Do not keep hot cookware on the control panel.
Do not put a hot pan cover on the glass surface of the hob.
Do not let cookware boil dry.
Be careful not to let objects or cookware fall on the appliance. The surface can be damaged.
Do not activate the cooking zones with empty cookware or without
Do not put aluminum foil on the
Cookware made of cast iron, aluminum, 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.

Care and cleaning

Clean the appliance regularly to prevent the deterioration of the surface material.
Deactivate the appliance and let it cool down before you clean it.
Disconnect the appliance from the electrical supply before maintenance.
Do not use water spray and steam to clean the appliance.
Clean the appliance with a moist soft cloth. Only use neutral detergents. Do not use any abrasive products, abrasive cleaning pads, solvents, or metal objects.

Service

To repair the appliance contact the Authorised Service Centre. Use original spare parts only.
Concerning the lamp(s) inside this product and spare part lamps sold separately: These lamps are intended to withstand extreme physical conditions in household appliances, such as temperature, vibration, humidity, or are intended to signal information about the operational status of the appliance. They are not intended to be used in other applications and are not suitable for household room illumination.

Disposal

WARNING!
Risk of injury or suffocation.

Contact your municipal authority for information on how to discard the appliance correctly.
Disconnect the appliance from the main supply.
Cut off the mains electrical cable close to the appliance and dispose of it.

INSTALLATION

WARNING!
Refer to Safety chapters.
3.1 Before the installation Before you install the hob, write down the information below from the rating plate.
The rating plate is on the bottom of the hob.
Serial number ………………………

Built-in hobs

Only use the built-in hobs after you assemble the hob into correct built-in units and work surfaces that align to the standards.

Connection cable

For a single-phase or two-phase connection, use the cable type: H05BB-F or H03V2V2-F which withstands a temperature of 70°C or higher.
To replace the damaged main cable, use the cable: H05BB-F or H03V2V2F which withstands a temperature of 70°C or higher.

Assembly

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If the appliance is installed above a drawer, the hob ventilation can warm up the items stored in the drawer during the cooking process.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Cooking surface layout

Control panel layout

Use the sensor fields to operate the appliance. The displays, indicators, and sounds tell which functions operate.

| Sen‐ sor field| Function| Comment
---|---|---|---
1| | ON / OFF| To activate and deactivate the hob.
2| | Lock / Child Safety Device| To lock/unlock the control panel.

3

| | SenseBoil®| To activate and deactivate the function. The indicators above the symbol show the progress of the function.

4

|

ΙΙ

| Pause| To activate and deactivate the function.
5|

–

| Heat setting display| To show the heat setting.

6

|

–

| Timer indicators of cooking zones| To show for which zone you set the time.
| Sen‐ sor field| Function| Comment
---|---|---|---
7|

–

10

|

±

| –| To increase or decrease the time.
11|

P

| PowerBoost| To activate the function.

12

|

–

| Control bar| To set a heat setting.

Heat setting displays

| Description
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The cooking zone is deactivated.
The cooking zone operates.
Pause operates.
SenseBoil® operates.
Automatic Heat Up operates.
PowerBoost operates.
There is a malfunction.
OptiHeat Control (3 steps Residual heat indicator): continue cooking/keep warm / residual heat.
Lock / Child Safety Device operates.
Incorrect or too small cookware or no cookware on the cooking zone.
Automatic Switch Off operates.

OptiHeat Control (3 step

Residual heat indicator)

WARNING!

There is a risk of burns from residual heat.

The indicators show the level of the residual heat for the cooking zones you are currently using. The indicators may also come on for the neighbouring cooking zones even if you are not using them.

DAILY USE

WARNING!
Refer to Safety chapters.

Activating and deactivating

Touch for 1 second to activate or deactivate the hob.

Automatic Switch Off

The function deactivates the hob automatically if:

all cooking zones are deactivated,
you do not set the heat setting after you activate the hob,
you spill something or put something on the control panel for more than 10 seconds (a pan, a cloth, etc.). An acoustic signal sounds and the hob deactivates. Remove the object or clean the control panel.
the hob gets too hot (e.g. when a saucepan boils dry). Let the cooking zone cool down before you use the hob again.
you use incorrect cookware. The symbol comes on and the cooking zone deactivates automatically after 2 minutes.
you do not deactivate a cooking zone or change the heat setting. After some time comes on and the hob deactivates.

The induction cooking zones produce the heat necessary for the cooking process directly in the bottom of the cookware.
The glass-ceramic is heated by the heat of the cookware.

The relation between the heat setting and the time after which the hob deactivates:

Heat setting	The hob deactivates after
1 – 3	6 hours
4 – 7	5 hours
8 – 9	4 hours
10 – 14	1.5 hour

The heat setting

To set or change the heat setting:
Touch the control bar at the correct heat setting or move your finger along the control bar until you reach the correct heat setting.

SenseBoil®

The function automatically adjusts the temperature of the water so that it does not boil over once it reaches the boiling point.

If there is any residual heat on the cooking zone you want to use, an acoustic signal is emitted and the function does not start.

Touch to activate the hob.
Touch to activate the function.
A blinking appears for cooking zones on which you can presently use the function.
Touch the control bar of any available cooking zone for which you want to start the function (between the heat setting 1-14).
The function starts.
If you do not choose any cooking zone within 5 seconds the function does not activate.

Once the function starts the indicators above the symbol come on one after another until the water reaches the boiling point.

When the function detects the boiling point the hob emits an acoustic signal and the heat level automatically changes to 8.
If all cooking zones are already in use or there is some residual heat on all of them, the hob emits a beep sound, the indicators above blink, and the function does not start.

To deactivate the function touch (the function deactivates and the heat setting goes down to 0) or touch the control bar and adjust the heat setting manually.
The Pause function and lifting of the pot deactivate the SenseBoil® function.

Using the cooking zones

Place the cookware in the center of the selected zone. Induction cooking zones adapt to the dimension of the bottom of the cookware automatically.

Automatic Heat Up

Activate this function to get the desired heat setting in a shorter time. When it is on, the zone operates on the highest setting in the beginning and then continues to cook at the desired heating setting.

To activate the function the cooking zone must be cold.

To activate the function for a cooking
zone: touch( comes on).
Immediately touch the desired heat setting.
After 3 seconds comes on.
To deactivate the function: change the heat setting.

PowerBoost

This function makes more power available to the induction cooking zones.
The function can be activated for the induction cooking zone only for a limited period of time. After this time the induction cooking zone automatically sets back to the highest heat setting.
Refer to the “Technical data” chapter.
To activate the function for a cooking
zone: touch. comes on.
To deactivate the function: change the heat setting.

Timer

Count Down Timer
You can use this function to set how long the cooking zone should operate for a single cooking session.
First set the heat setting for the cooking zone then set the function.
To set the cooking zone: touch again and again until the indicator of a necessary cooking zone comes on.

To activate the function: touch the timer to set the time (00 – 99 minutes). When the indicator of the cooking zone starts to flash slowly the time counts down.

To see the remaining time: set the cooking zone with. The indicator of the cooking zone starts to flash quickly.
The display shows the remaining time.
To change the time: set the cooking zone with. Touch or .
To deactivate the function: set the cooking zone with and touch. The remaining time counts back to 00. The indicator of the cooking zone goes out.
When the time comes to an end, the sound operates, and 00 flashes. The cooking zone deactivates.

To stop the sound: touch. CountUp Timer (The count-up timer) You can use this function to monitor how long the cooking zone operates.
To set the cooking zone: touch again and again until the indicator of a necessary cooking zone comes on.
To activate the function: touch the timer. comes on. When the indicator of the cooking zone starts to flash slowly the time counts up. The display switches between and
counted time (minutes).

To see how long the cooking zone
operates: set the cooking zone with. The indicator of the cooking zone starts to flash quickly. The display shows how long the zone operates.

To deactivate the function: set the cooking zone with and touch or. 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 .
.To activate the function: touch. 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.
The function has no effect on the operation of the cooking zones.

Pause

This function sets all cooking zones that operate to the lowest heat setting.
When the function operates, all other symbols on the control panels are locked.
The function does not stop the timer functions.

Touch to activate the function. comes on. The heat setting is lowered to 1.
To deactivate the function, touch. The previous heat setting comes on.

Lock

You can lock the control panel while cooking zones operate. It prevents an accidental change of the heat setting.

Set the heat setting first.
To activate the function: touch. comes on for 4 seconds. The Timer stays on .
To deactivate the function: touch .
The previous heat setting comes on.

When you deactivate the hob, you also deactivate this function.

Child Safety Device

This function prevents an accidental operation of the hob.
To activate the function: activate the hob with . Do not set the heat setting. Touch for 4 seconds . comes on. Deactivate the hob with
To deactivate the function: activate the hob with . Do not set the heat setting. Touch for 4 seconds . comes on. Deactivate the hob with
. To override the function for only one cooking time : activate the hob with. comes on. Touch for 4 seconds. Set the heat setting in 10 seconds. You can operate the hob. When you deactivate the hob the function operates again.

OffSound Control (Deactivating and activating the sounds)

Deactivate the hob. Touch for 3 seconds. The display comes on and goes out. Touch for 3 seconds. or come on. Touch of the timer to choose one of the following:

the sounds are off
the sounds are on

To confirm your selection wait until the hob deactivates automatically.

When the function is set to you can hear the sounds only when:

you touch
Minute Minder comes down
Count Down Timer comes down
you put something on the control panel.

Power management

Cooking zones are grouped according to the location and number of the phases in the hob. See the illustration.
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.

Hob²Hood

It is an advanced automatic function that connects the hob to a special hood. Both the hob and the hood have an infrared signal communicator. The speed of the fan is defined automatically on basis of mode setting and temperature of the hottest cookware on the hob. You can also operate the fan from the hob manually.
For most of the hoods, the remote system is originally deactivated. Activate it before you use the function. For more information refer to hood user manual.

Operating the function automatically
To operate the function automatically set the automatic mode to H1 – H6. The hob is originally set to H5. The hood reacts whenever you operate the hob. The hob recognizes the temperature of the cookware automatically and adjusts the speed of the fan.
Automatic modes

| Automatic light| Boil‐ ing 1)| Frying 2)
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Mode H0 Off Off Off
Mode H1 On Off Off
Mode H2 3)| On| Fan speed 1| Fan speed 1
| Automatic light| Boil‐ ing 1)| Frying 2)
---|---|---|---
Model H3| On| Off| Fan speed 1
Model H4| On| Fan speed 1| Fan speed 1
Model H5| On| Fan speed 1| Fan speed 2
Model H6| On| Fan speed 2| Fan speed 3

The hob detects the boiling process and activates fan speed in accordance with automatic mode.
The hob detects the frying process and activates fan speed in accordance with automatic mode.
This mode activates the fan and the light and does not rely on the temperature.

Changing the automatic mode

Deactivate the appliance.
Touch for 3 seconds. The display comes on and goes off.
Touch for 3 seconds.
Touch a few times until comes on.
Touch of the Timer to select an automatic mode.

To operate the hood directly on the hood panel deactivate the automatic mode of the function.

HINTS AND TIPS

WARNING!
Refer to Safety chapters.

Cookware

For induction cooking zones a strong electro-magnetic field creates the heat in the cookware very quickly.

When you finish cooking and deactivate the hob, the hood fan may still operate for a certain period of time. After that time the system deactivates the fan automatically and prevents you from accidental activation of the fan for the next 30 seconds.

Operating the fan speed manually
You can also operate the function manually. To do that touch when the hob is active. This deactivates the automatic operation of the function and allows you to change the fan speed manually. When you press you to raise the fan speed by one. When you reach an intensive level and press again you will set the fan speed to 0 which deactivates the hood fan. To start the fan again with fan speed 1 touch

To activate the automatic operation of the function, deactivate the hob and activate it again.

Activating the light
You can set the hob to activate the light automatically whenever you activate the hob. To do so set the automatic mode to H1 – H6.

The light on the hood deactivates 2 minutes after deactivating the hob.
Use the induction cooking zones with suitable cookware.

Cookware material

correct: cast iron, steel, enameled steel, stainless steel, multi-layer bottom (with a correct marking from a manufacturer).
not correct: aluminum, copper, brass, glass, ceramic, porcelain.