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Q: What does this function symbol on my Cylinda convection oven mean?

On the right hand knob, there are eight options including 0 (off):

Oven function symbols

#2 has always been puzzling me and I've assumed the rest mean something like the list below. Please tell me if I'm wrong about these too as I remember hearing some ovens have a "back element" for use with the fan.

  1. Light only
  2. Fan with ???
  3. Fan with only the exposed grill/broil element. (AKA "Pizza mode")
  4. Fan with only the bottom element.
  5. Fan with top and bottom elements without the exposed grill/broil element? (I'm not actually sure about this one. I guess this could mean something like "back element only", if there is a back element in this)
  6. Only the exposed grill/broil element.
  7. Top and bottom elements without the exposed grill/broil element.

My best guess for #2 has been that it's similar to the the S (super?) function on some ovens (all heating elements including the broiler at the same time, for rapid preheating of the oven itself) but I'm not sure as I don't know where the oven's user manual is and can't find a model name or number in order to find it online. (No Cylinda oven manual I've found online feature symbol #2 or anything similar to it)

In my experience, option #5 heats the oven up faster than #7 so I have used #5 for preheating, but I haven't actually tested whether this is actually true or not. It would be nice to know whether #2 is the function specifically for this use.

EDIT: I found the model number, it's A46010003. This only led me to a spare parts website, but that site had the name CYLINDA IB 30 beside the number. With this name, I was able to find a Swedish-only user manual (pdf) with the exact symbols.
The functions according to that manual (and some quick maths) get us to:

Symbol Name kW Top Grill Bottom Fan Back
#7 över/undervärme 2.1 [series- -series] ON
#6 grill 2.1 ON
#5 varmluft 2.35 ON ON
#4 pizza 3.35 ON ON ON
#3 varmluftsgrill 2.1 ON ON
#2 upptining/torkning 0.515 [series- -series- -series] ON

With limited Swedish proficiency I gathered that #2 is for drying stuff with the door left slightly ajar, and that #5 is True Convection in its strictest sense, using just the back heating element.



Answer

TL;DR

The other symbols are fairly industry-standard, even though specific names will change based on where you live & who manufactured the oven.

I believe symbol #2 is similar to #4, with the distinction that #2 is designed to be used when cooking multiple things on multiple racks of the oven, where #4 is designed to bake a single item in the center of your oven.

Longer version

I thought this was interesting, so I did some flipping through some manuals I found online (mostly this Cylinda and this miele). I still didn't see anything that looks exactly like #2 in your question, but I have some guesses.

I think those seven settings equate to:

  1. Oven Light
  2. Forced Air
  3. Convection/Fan Broil/Grill
  4. "Intensive"
  5. Convection/Fan Bake
  6. Broil/Grill
  7. Conventional Oven

Some of these are brand-specific mode names, so digging a little deeper into the manuals: