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  • Page 1 User manual Built In Electric Oven...
  • Page 2 Dear Customer Thank you for choosing one of our high quality products. With this appliance you will experience the perfect combination of functional design and cutting edge technology. Convince yourself that our appliances are engineered to deliver the best per formance and control indeed we are setting the highest standards of excel lence.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Contents Operating Instructions Safety instructions Description of the Appliance General Overview Control Panel Oven Features Oven Accessories Before using for the first time Setting and changing the current time Initial cleaning Operating the Oven The Electronic Oven Control Speedcook Oven Functions Inserting the Oven Shelf and the Roasting Pan Attaching/Removing the Grill Pan Handle...
  • Page 4 Contents Defrosting Defrosting table Drying Making Preserves Cleaning and care Outside of the appliance Oven interior Accessories Pyrolytic cleaning Shelf Support Rails Oven Lighting Oven door Oven door glass What to do if … Electrical Connection Disposal Installation Instructions Safety information for the installer Guarantee/Customer Service Service and Spare Parts...

  • Page 5: Operating Instructions

    Operating Instructions Operating Instructions Safety instructions This appliance conforms with the following EU Directives: – 73/23/EEC dated 19.02.1973 Low Voltage Directive – 89/336/EEC dated 03.05.1989 EMC Directive inclusive of Amending Directive 92/31/EEC – 93/68/EEC dated 22.07.1993 CE Marking Directive Electrical safety •...

  • Page 6: How To Avoid Damage To The Appliance

    Safety instructions How to avoid damage to the appliance • Do not line the oven with aluminium foil and do not place baking trays, pots, etc. on the oven floor, as the heat that builds up will damage the oven enamel. •...

  • Page 7: Description Of The Appliance

    Description of the Appliance Description of the Appliance General Overview Control panel Door handle Full glass door...

  • Page 8: Control Panel

    Description of the Appliance Control Panel Oven display Function buttons Oven Oven Features Top heat and heating elements Oven lighting Shelf positions Meat probe socket Oven lighting Fan heating element Bottom heat Oven shelf runners, removable...

  • Page 9: Oven Accessories

    Description of the Appliance Oven Accessories Shelf For dishes, cake tins, items for roasting and grilling. Roasting Pan For baking and roasting or as a pan for col lecting fat. Grill pan with handle Support for the grill tray as a collecting vessel for fat.

  • Page 10: Before Using For The First Time

    Before using for the first time Before using for the first time Setting and changing the current time The oven only operates when the time has been set. When the appliance is connected to the electrical supply or when there has been a power cut, Time flashes automatically.

  • Page 11: Initial Cleaning

    Before using for the first time Initial cleaning Clean the oven before using it for the first time. Important: Do not use caustic or abrasive cleaning agents! These can damage the oven surfaces. For the metal surfaces, use commercially available cleaning agents. 1.

  • Page 12: Operating The Oven

    Operating the Oven Operating the Oven The Electronic Oven Control Temperature/Time Clock functions/Operating time Oven Functions Heat indicator On/Off Clock functions Meat probe Oven function selection Selector buttons General instructions • Always switch the appliance on first by pressing the On/Off button. •...

  • Page 13: Selecting The Oven Function

    Operating the Oven Selecting the oven function 1. Switch on the appliance with the On/Off button. 2. Press the button repeatedly until the desired oven function appears. • A suggested temperature appears on the temperature display. • If the suggested temperature is not changed within approx.

  • Page 14: Switching Off The Oven

    Operating the Oven Switching off the oven Switch off the appliance using the On/Off button. Cooling fan The fan switches on automatically in order to keep the appliance’s surfaces cool. When the oven is switched off, the fan continues to run to cool the appliance down, then switches itself off automatically.
  • Page 15 Operating the Oven Residual heat indicator When the oven function has been switched off, the bars that are still lit indi cate the remaining residual heat in the oven.

  • Page 16: Speedcook

    Operating the Oven Speedcook After an oven function is selected, with the use of the additional function Speedcook the empty oven can be pre heated in a relatively short time. Important: Do not put the food to be cooked into the oven, until Speedcook is completed and the oven is operating using the desired function.

  • Page 17: Oven Functions

    Operating the Oven Oven Functions The oven has the following functions: Oven function Heating element/fan Full Width Dual For grilling flat food items in large Grill, top heat Grill quantities and for toasting. Single Economy For grilling flat food items arranged Grill Grill in the middle of the grill and for...

  • Page 18: Inserting The Oven Shelf And The Roasting Pan

    Operating the Oven Inserting the Oven Shelf and the Roasting Pan Shelf runner safety and anti tip device As a shelf runner safety device all insertable components have a small curved in dentation at the bottom on the right and left hand edge. Always insert insertable components so that this indentation is at the back of the oven interior.

  • Page 19: Attaching/Removing The Grill Pan Handle

    Operating the Oven Attaching/Removing the Grill Pan Handle The handle is particularly useful for removing the grill pan and tray more easily from the hot oven. Attaching the handle Insert the handle at an angle from above into the recess in the side of the grill pan (1) press and hold the release button, lift the handle gently and then lower it (2) let go of the release button.

  • Page 20: Meat Probe

    Operating the Oven Meat probe For switching off the oven when the temperature at the centre of a roast reach es a set temperature. There are two temperatures to be set: – The oven temperature: See Roasting Table – The core temperature: See Meat probe Table Important: Only the meat probe supplied may be used.
  • Page 21 Operating the Oven 5. Select the desired oven function and temperature. As soon as the core temperature set is reached, an audible signal sounds and the oven switches itself off automatically. 6. To switch off the signal, press any button. Warning: The meat probe is hot.

  • Page 22: Clock Functions

    Operating the Oven Clock Functions Clock functions Time display Time Cook time/End time/Operating time Clock functions Meat probe Selector buttons Countdown To set a countdown. A signal sounds after the time has elapsed. This function does not affect the operation of the oven. Cook time To set how long the oven is to be in use.

  • Page 23: How To Use The Clock Functions

    Operating the Oven How to use the clock functions • After a clock function has been selected, the corresponding function flashes for about 5 seconds. During this period, the desired times can be set or modi fied using the button. •...
  • Page 24 Operating the Oven Countdown 1. Press the Select button repeatedly un til Countdown flashes. 2. Set the desired Countdown using the button. After about 5 seconds the display shows the time remaining. Countdown lights up. When 90% of the time set has elapsed, an audible signal sounds.
  • Page 25 Operating the Oven Cook time 1. Select the oven function and temperature. 2. Press the Select button repeatedly un til Cook time flashes. 3. Set the desired cooking time using the button (max. 09.59 hours). Cook time lights up. When the time has elapsed, “00.00” and Cook time flash.
  • Page 26 Operating the Oven End time 1. Select the oven function and temperature. 2. Press the Select button repeatedly un til End time flashes. 3. Using the button set the desired switch off time. End time lights up and the cook time calculated is displayed.
  • Page 27 Operating the Oven Cook time and End time combined Cook time and End time can be used at the same time, if the oven is to be automatically switched on and off at a later time. 1. Select the oven function and temperature. 2.

  • Page 28: Other Functions

    Operating the Oven Other functions Switching off the display You can save energy by switching off the clock display. Switching off the clock display 1. If required, switch off the appliance using the On/Off button. 2. Press the Select button and the button at the same time until the display goes out.

  • Page 29: Child Safety Device

    Operating the Oven Child safety device As soon as the child safety device is set, the appliance can no longer be switched Activating the child safety device 1. If necessary, switch on the appliance using the On/Off button. No oven function must be selected. 2.

  • Page 30: Oven Safety Cut Out

    Operating the Oven Oven safety cut out If not switched off after a certain time, or if the temperature is not modified, the oven switches off automatically. The last temperature set flashes in the temperature display. The oven switches off when the oven temperature is: 30 120°C after 12,5 hours...

  • Page 31: Usage, Tables And Tips

    Usage, Tables and Tips Usage, Tables and Tips Baking Oven function: Ventitherm ® Precision Fan Cooking or Conventional Cooking Baking tins • For Conventional Cooking dark metal and non stick tins are suitable. • For Ventitherm ® Precision Fan Cooking bright metal tins are also suitable.
  • Page 32 Usage, Tables and Tips General Instructions • Insert the tray with the bevel at the front. • With Conventional Cooking or Ventitherm ® Precision Fan Cooking can also bake with two tins next to one another on the oven shelf at the same time.

  • Page 33: Baking Tables

    Usage, Tables and Tips Baking Tables Cakes, Shelf Tempera Time Oven functions Biscuits, Bread, Pies position ture ºC Hr. : Min. Using cake tins Cakes in Pound Cake tins Pizza Setting 150 160 1:00 1:10 Sandcakes/Cakes in loaf tins Pizza Setting 150 160 1:15 1:30 Madeira cake...
  • Page 34 Usage, Tables and Tips Cakes, Shelf Tempera Time Oven functions Biscuits, Bread, Pies position ture ºC Hr. : Min. Bread Wholemeal bread Conventional Cooking 220 240 0:40 0:45 White bread Conventional Cooking 210 230 0:40 0:45 1) Pre heat oven Baking on more than one oven level Ventitherm ®...

  • Page 35: Table: Desserts

    Usage, Tables and Tips Tips on Baking Baking results Possible cause Remedy The cake is not browned Wrong shelf level Place cake on a lower shelf enough at the bottom The cake sinks (becomes Oven temperature too high Use a slightly lower temperature soggy, lumpy, streaky) setting Baking time too short...

  • Page 36: Table For Bakes And Gratins

    Usage, Tables and Tips Hot Air Fan Baking table Temperature Time Type of baking Shelf position °C Hr: Mins. Pizza (thin crust) 180 200 20 30 Pizza (with a lot of topping) 180 200 20 30 Tarts 180 200 45 60 Spinach flan 160 180 45 60...

  • Page 37: Frozen Ready Meals Table

    Usage, Tables and Tips Frozen Ready Meals Table Food to be Shelf Temperature Oven function Time cooked position °C as per manufac as per manufac Conventional Frozen pizza turer’s instruc turer’s instruc Cooking tions tions Chips Rotitherm Roasting 200 220 15 25 mins.

  • Page 38: Roasting

    Usage, Tables and Tips Roasting Oven function: Ventitherm ® Precision Fan Cooking , Conventional Cooking or Rotitherm Roasting Roasting dishes • Any heat resistant ovenware is suitable for roasting. (Please read the manu facturer's instructions.) • Large roasting joints can be cooked directly in the tray or on the shelf with the tray placed below •...

  • Page 39: Table: Meat, Roasting, Casseroles

    Usage, Tables and Tips Table: Meat, roasting, casseroles Shelf Tempera Time Meat Oven functions position ture °C Hr. : Min. Pork Shoulder; leg; rolled; Rotitherm 170 180 0:30 0:35 boned spare rib; Roasting per 450 g/1 lb plus loin of pork 30 35 mins Beef Inexpensive cuts...

  • Page 40: Table: Roasting, Casseroles, Au Gratin

    Usage, Tables and Tips Table: Roasting, casseroles, au gratin Poultry, Game, Quantity Oven function Shelf Tempera Time Fish, Vegetables approx. position ture °C Hr. : Min. Casseroles, miscellaneous Casseroles 1 kg/2 lbs Ventitherm ® 2:30 3:00 Precision Fan Cooking 1 kg/2 lbs Convention 160 170 al Cooking...

  • Page 41: Meat Probe Table

    Usage, Tables and Tips Poultry, Game, Quantity Oven function Shelf Tempera Time Fish, Vegetables approx. position ture °C Hr. : Min. Vegetables Stuffed pepper/ Ventitherm ® 180 190 0:30 1:00 aubergines Precision Fan Cooking Au gratin dishes Rotitherm 180 190 0:15 0:45 Roasting Meat Probe Table...

  • Page 42: Slow Cook

    Usage, Tables and Tips Slow Cook Oven function: Slow Cook With the Slow Cook oven function, meat becomes beautifully tender and re mains particularly succulent. We recommend Slow Cook for lean, tender pieces of meat and fish. Slow Cook is not suitable for e.g. pot roast or fatty roast pork. The oven heats up to the selected or pre set temperature.

  • Page 43: Grill Sizes

    Usage, Tables and Tips Grill sizes Oven function: Single Economy Grill or Full Width Dual Grill with maximum temperature setting Important: Always grill with the oven door closed. The empty oven should always be pre heated with the grill functions for 5 minutes.

  • Page 44: Defrosting

    Usage, Tables and Tips Defrosting Oven function: Fan Controlled Defrosting (no temperature setting) • Unpack the food and place it on a plate on the oven shelf. • Do not cover with a plate or bowl, as these can substantially lengthen the de frosting time.

  • Page 45: Drying

    Usage, Tables and Tips Drying Oven function: Ventitherm ® Precision Fan Cooking • Use oven shelves covered with greaseproof paper or baking parchment. • You get a better result if you switch the oven off halfway through the drying time, open the door and leave the oven to cool down overnight. •...

  • Page 46: Making Preserves

    Usage, Tables and Tips Making Preserves Oven function: Base Heat Finishing • For preserving, use only commercially available preserve jars of the same size. • Jars with twist off or bayonet type lids and metal tins are not suitable. • When making preserves, use the first shelf position from the bottom. •...

  • Page 47: Cleaning And Care

    Cleaning and care Cleaning and care Warning: For cleaning, the appliance must be switched off and cooled down. Warning: For safety reasons, do not clean the appliance with steam jet or high pressure cleaning equipment. Important: Do not use any abrasive cleaners, sharp scrapers or abrasive items.

  • Page 48: Pyrolytic Cleaning

    Cleaning and care Pyrolytic cleaning Warning: The oven gets very hot during this process. Keep small children away. Important! All removable parts including the side rails must be removed from the oven before using the pyroluxe function. If you use the oven shelf runners that are available as special accessories, these must be removed before pyrolytic cleaning.

  • Page 49: Shelf Support Rails

    Cleaning and care Shelf Support Rails The shelf support rails on the left and right hand sides of the oven can be re moved for cleaning the side walls. Removing the shelf support rails First pull the front of the rail away from the oven wall (1) and then unhook at the back (2).

  • Page 50: Oven Lighting

    Cleaning and care Oven Lighting Warning: There is a danger of electric shock! Prior to changing the oven light bulb: – Switch off the oven! – Disconnect from the electricity supply. Place a cloth on the oven floor to protect the oven light and glass cover. Replacing the oven light bulb/cleaning the glass cover 1.

  • Page 51: Oven Door

    Cleaning and care Oven door For easier cleaning of the oven interior the oven door of your appliance can be taken off its hinges. Removing the oven door from its hinges 1. Open the oven door as far as it will go. 2.
  • Page 52 Cleaning and care Hanging the oven door back on its hinges 1. From the handle side take hold of the oven door with a hand on each side and hold at an angle of approx. 45°. Position the recesses on the bottom of the oven door on the hinges on the oven.

  • Page 53: Oven Door Glass

    Cleaning and care Oven door glass The oven door is fitted with four panels of glass mounted one behind the other. The inner panels can be removed for cleaning. Important Rough handling, especially around the edges of the front panel, can cause the glass to break.
  • Page 54 Cleaning and care Cleaning the door glass panels Clean the door glass panels thoroughly with a solution of water and washing up liquid. Then dry them carefully. Putting the door glass panels back. 1. From above insert the door glass panels one after the other into the door profile at the bottom edge of the door at an angle and lower them.
  • Page 55 Cleaning and care 3. Open the oven door as far as it will go. 4. Fold up the clamping levers (A) on both door hinges back into their original posi tions. 5. Close the oven door.

  • Page 56: What To Do If

    What to do if … What to do if … Problem Possible cause Remedy The oven does not heat up The oven is not switched on Switch the oven on The clock is not set Set the current time on the clock The required settings have not Check the settings...
  • Page 57 What to do if … If you are unable to remedy the problem by following the above sugges tions, please contact your local Service Force Centre. Warning! Repairs to the appliance are only to be carried out by qualified service engineers.

  • Page 58: Electrical Connection

    Electrical Connection Electrical Connection The oven is designed to be connected to 230 240V~(50Hz) electricity supply. The oven has an easily accessible terminal block which is marked as follows: Letter L Live terminal Letter N Neutral terminal Earth terminal This oven must be earthed! The cable used to connect the oven to the electrical supply must comply to the specifications given below.

  • Page 59: Disposal

    Disposal Disposal Packaging material The packaging materials are environmentally friendly and can be recycled. The plastic components are identified by markings, e.g. >PE<, >PS<, etc. Please dis pose of the packaging materials in the appropriate container at your local waste disposal facilities.

  • Page 60: Installation Instructions

    Installation Instructions Installation Instructions Attention: The new appliance may only be installed and connected by a regis tered expert. Please comply with this. If you do not, any damage resulting is not covered by the warranty. Safety information for the installer •...
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  • Page 64: Guarantee/Customer Service

    Guarantee/Customer Service Standard guarantee conditions We, AEG Electrolux, undertake that if within 12 months of the date of the pur chase this AEG Electrolux appliance or any part thereof is proved to be defective by reason only of faulty workmanship or materials, we will, at our option repair...

  • Page 65: European Guarantee

    Guarantee/Customer Service European Guarantee This appliance is guaranteed by Electrolux in each of the countries listed at the back of this user manual, for the period specified in the appliance guarantee or otherwise by law. If you move from one of these coun tries to another of the countries listed below the appliance guarantee will move with you subject to the fol lowing qualifications: •...
  • Page 66 Guarantee/Customer Service Vennootsweg 1, 2404 CG Nederland +31 17 24 68 300 Alphen aan den Rijn Norge +47 81 5 30 222 Risløkkvn. 2 , 0508 Oslo Österreich +43 18 66 400 Herziggasse 9, 1230 Wien Polska +48 22 43 47 300 ul.

  • Page 67: Service And Spare Parts

    Please note that a valid purchase receipt or guarantee documentation is required for in guarantee service calls. Customer Care For general enquiries concerning your AEG appliance, or for further information on AEG products please contact our Customer Care Department by letter or telephone at the address below or visit our website at www.aeg.co.uk.
  • Page 68 www.aeg-electrolux.co.uk...

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