Please read these user instructions carefully and keep them to refer to
later.
Please pass the user instructions on to any future owner of the appliance.
The following symbols are used in the text:
1Safety instructions
Warning! Information that affects your personal safety.
Important! Information that prevents damage to the appliance.
Please comply with these instructions. If you do not, any damage re-
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sulting is not covered by the warranty.
5 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
Correct use
• This appliance should be used only for normal domestic cooking and
frying of food.
• The appliance must not be used as a work surface or as a storage surface.
• Additions or modifications to the appliance are not permitted.
• Do not place or store flammable liquids, highly inflammable materials
or fusible objects (e.g. plastic film, plastic, aluminium) on or near the
appliance.
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Children’s safety
• Small children must be kept away from the appliance.
• Only let bigger children work on the appliance under supervision.
• To avoid small children and pets unintentionally switching the appli-
ance on, we recommend activation of the child safety device.
General safety
• The appliance may only be installed and connected by trained, registered service engineers.
• Built-in appliances may only be used after they have built in to suitable built-in units and work surfaces that meet standards.
• In the event of faults with the appliance or damage to the glass ceramic (cracks, scratches or splits), the appliance must be switched off
and disconnected from the electrical supply, to prevent the possibility
of an electric shock.
• Repairs to the appliance must only be carried out by trained registered service engineers.
Safety during use
• Overheated fats and oils can ignite quickly. When cooking with fat or
oil (e.g. chips) do not leave the appliance unattended.
• There is the risk of burns from the appliance if used carelessly.
• Remove stickers and film from the glass ceramic.
• Cables from electrical appliances must not touch the hot surface of
the appliance or hot cookware.
• Switch the cooking zones off after each use.
Safety when cleaning
• For cleaning, the appliance must be switched off and cooled down.
• For safety reasons, the cleaning of the appliance with steam jet or
high-pressure cleaning equipment is not permitted.
How to avoid damage to the appliance
• The glass ceramic can be damaged by objects falling onto it.
• The edge of the glass ceramic can be damaged by being knocked by
the cookware.
• Cookware made of cast iron, cast aluminium or with damaged bottoms can scratch the glass ceramic if pushed across the surface.
• Objects that melt and things that boil over can burn onto the glass
ceramic and should be removed straightaway.
• To avoid damaging cookware and glass ceramics, do not allow saucepans or frying pans to boil dry.
• Do not use the cooking zones with empty cookware or without cookware.
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Description of the Appliance
Cooking surface layout
Single cooking zone
1200W
Triple cooking zone
800/1600/2300W
Control panel layout
Lock
with pilot light
Control panel
Cooking zone indicators
Timer function
Display
Multi-purpose zone
1500/ 2400W
Single cooking zone
1200W
Heat setting selection
Timer display
On/Off
with power indicator
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Outside/middle ring
On/Off
Timer
Triple ring pilot light
Multi-purpose
zone pilot light
Outside ring
On/Off
Touch Control sensor fields
The appliance is operated using Touch Control sensor fields. Functions
are controlled by touching sensor fields and confirmed by displays and
acoustic signals.
Touch the sensor fields from above, without covering other sensor
fields.
¾ Cooking zone is switched off
u Keep warm settingKeep warm setting is set
¿ - ÇHeat settingsHeat setting is set
2 - 6 Heating setting plus
decimal point
a Automatic warm up
function
e FaultMalfunction has occurred
h Residual heatCooking zone is still hot
l Child safety deviceLock/child safety device is en-
_ Safety cut-outSafety cut-out has been activated
Intermediate heat setting is set
Automatic warm-up function is
activated
gaged
Residual heat indicator
1Warning! Risk of burns from residual heat. After being switched off,
the cooking zones need some time to cool down. Look at the residual
heat indicator
h.
3Residual heat can be used for melting and keeping food warm.
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Operating the appliance
Switching the appliance on and off
Control panelDisplayPilot light
Switch onTouch for 2 seconds ¾ / h lights up
Switch offTouch for 1 second h / none goes out
3After switching on, within approx. 10 seconds a heat setting or a func-
tion must be set, otherwise the appliance automatically switches itself
off.
Setting the heat setting
Control panel Indicator
To increaseTouch u to Ç
To decreaseTouch Ç to ¾
To switch offTouch and at the same time¾
3The keep warm setting u lies between ¾ and ¿. It is used to keep
food warm.
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Switching the outside ring on and off
By switching the outside rings on or off, the effective heating surface
can be matched to the size of the cookware.
3Before an outside ring can be switched on, the inside ring must be
switched on.
Triple cooking zoneSensor panelPower indicator
To switch on middle ringTouch for 1-2 seconds.One power indicator is lit.
To switch on outside ringTouch for 1-2 seconds.
To switch off outside ring Touch for 1-2 seconds.
To switch off middle ringTouch for 1-2 seconds.
Roasting zoneSensor panelPower indicator
Two power indicators are
lit.
Second power indicator
goes out.
First power indicator goes
out.
To switch on outside ring
To switch off outside ring Touch for 1-2 secondsgoes out
Touch for 1-2 sec-
onds
is lit
Locking/unlocking the control panel
The control panel, with the exception of the “On/Off” sensor field, can
be locked at any time in order to prevent the settings being changed
e.g. by wiping over the panel with a cloth.
Control panelDisplay
Switch onTouch l (for 5 seconds)
Switch offTouch previously set heat setting
3When you switch the appliance off, the locking function is automati-
cally switched off.
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Using the automatic warm-up function
All cooking zones are equpped with an automatic warm up function
When setting a heat setting using , when starting from
ing zone switches to full power for a certain amount of time and then
automatically switches back to the heat setting set.
¾, the cook-
Control
panel
possible
heat set-
Display
tings
Switch on
(only when starting at
Touch ¿ to Æa (after 5 sec-
onds)
¾)
Switch offTouch Æ to¿ / uÆ to u
Not usedTouch Ç to uÇ to u
3If during the automatic warm up a a higher heat setting is selected,
e.g. from
Á to Ã, the automatic warm up is adjusted.
3If there is still residual heat on the cooking zone (display h), the auto-
matic warm up is not performed.
The length of time that the automatic warm up function operates de-