Start-up and use
! The first time you use your appliance, heat the empty
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oven with its door closed at its maximum temperature
for at least half an hour. Ensure that the room is well
ventilated before switching the oven off and opening
the oven door. The appliance may produce a slightly
unpleasant odour caused by the burning away of
protective substances used during the manufacturing
process.
Starting the oven
1. Select the desired cooking mode by turning the
SELECTOR knob.
2. The oven will start the preheating phase, on the
control panel the indicator light PREHEATING will
blink.
3. Select the desired temperature with the
THERMOSTAT knob. See the Cooking advice table for
cooking modes and the suggested cooking
temperatures ( see Cooking Modes ).
4. When preheating is finished, the COOKING UNDER
WAY indicator light will stay on: place the food in the
oven.
5. You may do the following during cooking:
- change the cooking mode by turning the SELECTOR
knob
- change the temperature by turning the
THERMOSTAT knob
- stop cooking by turning the SELECTOR knob to the
"0" position.
6. In case of a blackout, if the oven was already
operating, an automatic system within the appliance
will reactivate the cooking mode from where it was
interrupted as long as the temperature did not drop
below a certain level.
! There is no preheating in the BARBECUE mode.
! Never put objects directly on the oven bottom to
avoid damaging the enamel coating.
! Always place cookware on the rack(s) provided.
Cooling ventilation
In order to cool down the external temperature of the
oven, some models are fitted with a cooling fan that
blows out air between the control panel and the oven
door.
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Once the cooking has been completed, the cooling
fan remains on until the oven has cooled down
sufficiently. In the BAKING mode, the cooling fan goes
on only when the oven is hot. At the beginning of the
FAST CLEAN modes, the cooling fan operates at low
speed.
! Once the cooking has been completed, the cooling
fan remains on until the oven has cooled down
sufficiently.
Oven light
It goes on when selecting
knob. It stays on when a cooking mode is selected.
When a FAST CLEAN mode is selected the oven light
turns off automatically.
How to use the timer
1. To set the buzzer, turn the TIMER knob clockwise
almost one complete revolution.
2. Turn the knob anticlockwise to set the desired time:
align the minutes shown on the knob with the indicator
on the control panel.
3. The timer operates in minutes: when the selected
time has elapsed, a buzzer will sound.
! The timer does not turn the oven on or off.
Using the cooking timer*
1. To set the buzzer, turn the COOKING TIMER knob
clockwise almost one complete revolution.
2. Turn the knob anticlockwise to set the desired time:
align the minutes shown on the COOKING TIMER
knob with the indicator on the control panel.
3. When the selected time has elapsed, a buzzer
sounds and the oven turns off.
4. When the oven is off the cooking timer can be used
as a normal timer.
! To use the oven manually, in other words when you
do not wish to use the end of cooking timer, turn the
COOKING TIMER knob until it reaches the 9 symbol.
* Only available on certain models
with the SELECTOR
*