I 603 B - Cooker CATA - Free user manual and instructions

USER MANUAL I 603 B CATA

· activation normale des touches (son bref).

isque!quelconque.THIS APPLIANCE IS CONCEIVED FOR DOMESTIC USE ONLY. THE MANUFACTURER SHALL NOT IN ANY WAY BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR WHATEVER INJURIES OR DAMAGES ARE CAUSED BY INCORRECT INSTALLATION OR BY UNSUITABLE, WRONG OR ABSURD USE.

The manufacturer declares that this product meets all the

essential requirements for low voltage electrical material set

out in European directive 2006/95/EEC of 12 December 2006

and for electromagnetic compatibility as required by

European directive 2004/108/EEC of 15 December 2004.

Operating Principle (Fig. 1)

It exploits the electromagnetic properties of most cooking

The coil (inductor) which produces the electromagnetic field

is operated and controlled by the electronic circuit.

The heat is transmitted to food by the cooking vessel itself.

The cooking process takes place as described below.

- loss of heat is minimum (high efficiency)

- the system stops automatically when the vessel is removed

or even just lifted from the hob

- the electronic circuit guarantees maximum flexibility and

5 electronic circuit

6 Zone selection lights

All operations relative to installation (electric connection)

should be carried out by skilled personnel in conformity with

As for the specific instructions see part pertaining to

Switching the Touch Control ON/OFF “Z”

After mains voltage is applied the control initializes for

approx. 1 second before it is ready for operation. After a

reset all displays and LEDs glow for approx. 1 second. When

this time is over all displays and LEDs extinguish and the

control is in the stand-by mode.

Press the ON/OFF (1) button to switch the touch control on.

The cooking zone displays show a static “0“.

If a cooking zone is in the “hot“ status, the display shows a

static “H“ instead of “0“. The bottom right dot is blinking in

1 second intervals on all cooking zone displays to indicate

that no cooking zone is selected at the moment.

After switching-ON the electronic control remains activated

for 20 seconds. If no cooking zone or timer selection follows

within this period of time, the electronic control

automatically switches back into the stand-by-mode.

The control can only be switched-ON if it identifies the

ON/OFF key alone being operated. Should it recognize key

activation other than that, the control remains in the

If the child safety feature is active when switching on, all

cooking zones show “L“, (LOCKED). If the cooking zones are

in a “hot“ status, the display shows “L“ and “H“ in

alternation. When the Touch Control is ON it can be

OFF at any time by operating the ON/OFF key. This is also

valid if the control has been locked (activated child safety

The ON/OFF key has always priority in the switch-OFF

Automatic switch-OFF When the control is ON it automatically switches-OFF after

20 seconds if no cooking zone or select key has been

operated within this period of time. If case of a cooking zone

selection, the automatic switch- OFF time is composed of 10

seconds deselection time for a cooking zone at setting“0“

and 10 seconds switch-OFF time.

Switching a cooking zone ON and OFF First place the pan in the chosen cooking zone. If the pan is

not present the system cannot be switched on the

If the touch control is switched on, the cooking zone can be

selected by pressing the button (4) of the corresponding

The display (5) of the zone selected lights up, while the

remaining displays are dimmed. if the cooking zone is “hot”,

“H” and “0” are alternately displayed.

Press the PLUS (3) or MINUS (2) button to select a setting

and the zone will begin to heat up.

Once the cooking zone has been selected, the setting can be

selected by keeping the PLUS (3) button pressed down. The

setting begins at level 1 and increases by 1 level every 0.4

seconds. When setting “9” is reached, the setting will not be

If the setting level has been selected using the MINUS (2)

button, the start level is “9“ (maximum level). Keep the

button pressed down to lower the active level by 1 every 0.4

seconds. When setting “0” is reached, there will be no

further setting changed. The setting can only be changed by

pressing the MINUS (2) or PLUS (3) button again.

Switching a cooking zone offSelect the zone to be switched off using the corresponding

button (4). The display (5) of the zone selected lights up,

while the remaining displays are dimmed. Press the Cooking

zone (4) and MINUS (2) buttons at the same time and the

setting level of the zone is changed to 0. Alternatively, the

MINUS button (2) can be used to reduce the setting level to

If a cooking zone is “hot”, “H” and “0” will be alternately

Switching-OFF all cooking zones

Immediate switching-OFF of all cooking zones can be

achieved anytime by means of the ON/OFF key. In the

standby- mode an “H“ appears on all cooking zones which

are “hot“. All other cooking zone displays are not

The output of the cooking zones can be set in 9 steps which

are indicated by the figures “1“ thru “9“ by means of LED

sevensegment-displays. In the cooking zone located on the

front left, when selecting the power level 9 and after 30

operating, the power will decrease slightly for safety

reasons. In case more power is required, select the

After selection of a respective cooking zone, the boost

function can be activated by selecting the power level 9 and

then pressing PLUS (3) button . By means of this function

certain cooking zones are enabled to receive power over the

nominal (the number of boostable cooking zone depends on

the power available on a partial modules which is to be lees

than total hob power ). If the desired cooking zone has the

capacity to activate the booster, the display shows a “P“

symbol. In case the available power is not enough the

cooking stage display flashes for 3 seconds on the cooking

zone which needs to be reduced and which requires

automatic adjustment.

The boosting time is limited to 5 min to protect cooking

utensils. After the booster is switched off automatically, the

cooking zone continues operation on power level “9”. The

booster can be reactivated after some minutes.

In case that the pan is removed from the cooking zone

during boosting, the boosting function remains active and

boosting time continues.

The power management is based on on the principle that the

last entry is requested by the induction as top priority. That

means that previous actions and settings also made for the

other cooking zones are reversed automatically, if necessary.

If induction identifies the necessity of reducing power at a

cooking zone, the selected cooking stage flashes on that

cooking zone providing a correction period of 3 sec before

the power is reduced automatically to a minimum cooking

If the setting is adjusted within the correction period, the

power management checks the settings again. Should a new

setting lead to further power reduction, the correction period

starts again. If no automatic correction needs being made to

the cooking zone setting, the flashing stops immediately and

the original value remains as a steady display indication.

Should the situation change again on the power reduced

cooking zone, no automatic power increase is effected.

Residual heat indicator

It is meant to indicate to the user that the glass ceramic has

a dangerous touch temperature in the circumference of a

cooking zone. The temperature will be determined following

a mathematical model and the remaining residual heat will

be indicated by means of “H” on the corresponding 7-

segmentdisplay. Heating-up and cooling down will be

calculated dependent on

· the selected setting („0“ to „9“)

After switching-OFF the cooking zone the respective display

shows “H” until the assigned cooking zone temperature is

mathematically in a uncritical level. (≤ 60°C).

Automatic power OFF function (operating time limitation)

Dependent on the selected setting, every cooking zone will

be switched-OFF after a defined maximum operation time if

no operation of the assigned cooking zone follows within

this time period. Every change of the cooking zone condition

(by means of the PLUS-, MINUS- key) puts back the

maximum operation time of this cooking zone to the initial

value of the operating time limitation.

Protection against unintended switching-ON

· If the electronic control realizes a continuous operation of

keys for approx. 10 seconds, it switches OFF automatically.

The control sends out an audible failure signal for 10

seconds, so that the user can remove the object which has

been mistakenly placed onto the operation surface. The

displays show the failure code “ E R 0 3 “ . If the failure

carries on for more than 10 seconds, only the code “E R 0 3

“ will be displayed as long as the failure will be recognized

by the electronic control. If the cooking zone is in the “hot”

status, “H“ will appear on the display in alteration with the

· If no cooking zone will be activated within 20 seconds after

switching-ON by means of the Power-key, the control

switches back from the ON-condition into the stand-by-

· When the control is switched- ON the ON/OFF-key has

priority over all other keys, so that the control can be

switched-OFF anytime, even in case of multiple or

continuous operation of keys.

· In the stand-by mode a continous operation will not be

signalized. However, before the electronic control can be

switched-ON again, it has to recognize that all keys are not

Key lock (child safety feature)

◊ Child safety feature:

After switching-ON the control the child safety feature can be

activated. To achieve this it is necessary to simultaneously

operate the front right cooking zone- select-key and the

MINUS-key and then press the front right cooking-zone-

select key again. There will be an “L”, meaning LOCKED

(child safety feature against unintended switching-ON). If a

cooking zone is in the “hot” condition, “L” and “H” will be

displayed in alternation.

This course of operation has to take place within a period of

10 seconds, no other key than described above may be

operated. Otherwise the input will be interrupted because of

incompleteness, the cook top will not be locked then. The

electronic control remains in a locked condition until it getsunlocked, even if the control has been switched-OFF and -ON

in the meantime. Also a reset of the control (after a voltage

drop) does not cancel the key lock.

Unlocking for cooking purposes:

To unlock and operate the control it is required to operate

the front right cooking- zone select- key and the MINUS-key

simultaneously. “L“ (LOCKED) in the display extinguishes

and all cooking zones show “0“ with a blinking dot. Should a

cooking zone be “hot”, “H” is displayed instead of the static

“0”. After switching- OFF the control, the child safety feature

Cancelling the key lock:

After switching-ON the control the child safety feature can be

deactivated. Here it is necessary to simultaneously operate

the front right cooking-zone-select key and the MINUS-key

and then operate the MINUS-key alone. If all steps have been

carried out in the right order within 10 seconds the key lock

gets cancelled and the control is OFF. Otherwise the input

will be considered incomplete, the control remains locked

and switches-OFF after 20 seconds. After a renewed

switching-ON by means of the ON/OFF key all displays show

„0“, the display dots are blinking and the control is ready for

cooking. If a cooking zone is in “hot” mode, “0” and “H” will

be alternately displayed.

Audible signal (buzzer)

While the control is in operation the following activities will

be signaled by means of a buzzer:

· normal key activation with a short sound signal.

· continuous operation of keys over a longer period of time

(_10 seconds ) with a longer, intermittent sound signal.

Timer function (optional)

The timer function is realized in two versions:

· Stand-alone timer 1..99 min: sound signal when the time is

over (= minute minder). This function is only available when

the cooktop is not in operation, i.e. when there is no

· Cooking zone timer 1..99 min: sound signal when the time

is over, four cooking zones can be programmed

Timer as minute minder (stand-alone):

· If the control is ON and no cooking zone selected, the

standalone-timer can be used by simultaneously operating

MINUS (2) and PLUS (3) keys.

· Adjustment range (0-99min), it can be set in 1-minute

steps with any key, starting at 1 up to 99 (end stop) with the

minus-key starting at 99 down to 0 (end stop)

· Continuous activation of the plusor minus-key results in a

dynamic increase of the adjustment speed up to maximum

value without sound signal.

· when the plus- or minus key is released in the meantime,

the adjustment speed starts again from a (low) initial value.

· adjustment can be made with a continously activated plus-

or minus-key or by tip-operation (with sound signal) After

the timer is set the time runs down according to the

adjustment. When the time is over there is a sound signal

and the timer display blinks.

The sound signal will be stopped

· automatically after 2 minutes and/or

· by operating any key. Then the blinking of the timer display

stops and the display extinguishes.

Switching-OFF/changing the timer

· The timer can be changed or switched-off anytime by

simultaneously operating MINUS (2) and PLUS (3) keys.

(with sound signal). The timer will be switched off by

counting down to “0” with the minus-key. For 6 seconds the

timer display remains at “0“ before it will be switched-off.

· If the control will be switched- ON by means of the Power-

key, the stand-alone timer will be switched-off also.

Timer programming on cooking zones

When the control is switched- ON an independent timer can

be programmed for every cooking zone.

· By selecting a cooking zone with the cooking-zone-

selectkey (4), then selecting the setting and, finally,

operating MINUS (2) and PLUS (3) keys simultaneously, the

timer can be programmed as a switch-off function for a

· During timer programming, the pilot light (6) of the

selected cooking zone blinks.

· When the timer has run down, there is a sound signal and

the timer display shows “00“ statically, the assigned cooking

zone timer LED blinks. The programmed cooking zone will

be cut off and „H“ will be displayed if the coking zone is hot,

otherwise a stroke will show in the cooking zone display.

The sound signal and the blinking of the timer LED will be

· automatically after 2 minutes

· by operating any key.

The timer display extinguishes.

· The basic behaviour follows the description of the “minute

minder” (stand-alone-timer).

- when the hob is in use keep all magnetizable objects away

(credit cards, floppy disks, calculators and so on)

- do not use any alluminium foil or place any foodstuffs

wrapped in alluminium foil directly on the hob

- do not place any metal objects such as knives, forks,

spoons and lids on the hob surface as they will heat up

- when cooking in a non-stick pan without seasoning, do not

exceed 1-2 minutes’ pre-heating time

- when cooking food that may easily stick, start at a low

power output level and then slowly increase while regularly

- after cooking is finished, switch off using the control

provided (turn down to “0”), and do not rely on the pan

- If the surface of the hob is damaged, immediately

disconnect the appliance from the mains to prevent the

possibility of electric shock.

- Never use a steam cleaner to clean the hob.

- This appliance hood is not designed to be used by people

(including children) with reduced physical, sensorial or

mental capacity, or who lack experience or knowledge about

it, unless they have had supervision or instructions on how

to use the hood by someone who is responsible for their

- Children must be supervised to ensure that they do not

play with the appliance.

Cooking vessels (Fig. 3)- a magnet-attracting vessel may be a suitable vessel for

- prefer vessels which are especially declared to be suitable

for induction cooking

- flat- and thickbottomed vessels

- a vessel with the same diameter as zones ensures the

maximum exploitation of power

- a smaller vessel reduces power exploitation, but does not

cause any energy loss We would anyhow not recommend

the use of vessels with diameters smaller than 10 cm.

- stainless-steel vessels with multi-layer or ferritic stainless-

steel bottoms when specifically suited for induction cooking

- cast-iron preferably enamel-bottomed vessels to avoid

scratching the pyroceram surface

- we do not recommend the use of any glass, ceramic,

earthenware, alluminium, copper or non-magnetic

(austenitic) stainlesssteel vessels.

Maintenance (Fig. 4)

By means of a scraper immediately remove any alluminium

foil bits, food spills, grease splashes, sugar marks and other

high sugarcontent food from the surface in order to avoid

Subsequently clean the surface with some towel and

appropriate product, rinse with water and dry by means of a

clean cloth. Under no circumstance should sponges or

abrasive cloths be used; also avoid using aggressive

chemical detergents such as oven sprays and spot

Installer’s Instructions

These Instructions are for the qualified technician, as a guide

to installation, adjustment and maintenance, according to

the laws and standards in force. These operations must

always be carried out when the appliance has been

disconnected from the electric system.

Positioning (Fig. 5)

The fixture is especially designed for fitting into a work-top

as shown in the corresponding figure. Place the supplied

sealing agent along the hob perimeter. Do not install the hob

over an oven; in case you do, make sure of the following:

- the oven is equipped with an appropriate cooling system

- there is no warm-air leakage from the oven towards the

- suitable air-inlets are provided as shown in the figure.

3 Oven or cupboard zone

Electrical connection (Fig. 6)

Prior to carrying out the electrical connection, please ensure

the plant charac- teristics are such as to follow what is

indicated on the matrix plate placed at the bottom of the

- that the plant is fitted with an efficient earth

connection, following the standards and law

provisions in force.

- The earth connection is compulsory in terms of

Should there be no cable and/or plug on the equipment, use

suitable absorption material for the working temperature as

well, as indicated on the matrix plate. Under no

circumstance must the cable reach a temperature above

50°C of the ambient temperature.

Insert in the fixed wiring a mean for disconnection from the

supply mains having a contact separation in all poles that

provide full disconnection under overvoltage category III

conditions, in accordance with the wiring rules. The plug or

omnipolar switch must be easily reached on the installed

This appliance is not intended to be used via an external

timer or a remote control system.

The manufacturers decline any responsibility in the event of

non-compliance with what is described above and the

accident prevention norms not being respected and

To avoid all risk, if the power cable becomes damaged, it

must only be replaced by the manufacturer, by an

authorised service centre, or by a qualified electrician.QUESTO PRODOTTO È STATO CONCEPITO PER UN IMPIEGO DI TIPO DOMESTICO. IL COSTRUTTORE DECLINA OGNI RESPONSABILITÀ NEL CASO DI EVENTUALI DANNI A COSE O PERSONE DERIVANTI DA UNA NON CORRETTA INSTALLAZIONE O DA USO IMPROPRIO, ERRONEO OD ASSURDO.