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.
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
• Remove stickers and film from the glass ceramic.
• There is the risk of burns from the appliance if used carelessly.
• Cables from electrical appliances must not touch the hot surface of
the appliance or hot cookware.
• Overheated fats and oils can ignite quickly. When cooking with fat or
oil (e.g. chips) do not leave the appliance unattended.
• 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.
• Do not use the cooking zones with empty cookware or without cookware.
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Description of the Appliance
Cooking surface layout
Singlecooking zone
1200W
Control panel
Triple cooking zone
800/1600/2300W
Control panel layout
Cooking zone indicators
Timer function
Timer
Display
Heat setting selection
Outside/middle ring
Triple ring pilot light
On/Off
Multi-purpose zone
1400/2200W
Control panel
Single cooking zone
1800W
On/Off
with power indicator
STOP+GO
with pilot light
Outside ring
On/Off
Multi-purpose
zone pilot light
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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.