LG Q50941C User Manual

OWNER’S MANUAL

CERAMIC-GLASS INDUCTION COOKTOP

Read this owner’s manual thoroughly before operating the appliance
and keep it handy for reference at all times.

HN951VA

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

IMPORTANT SAFETY

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INSTRUCTIONS

INTRODUCTION TO INDUCTION

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COOKING

9 Selecting Cookware

PARTS AND FEATURES

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11 Parts and Features of the Cooktop
12 Touch Control Features

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

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13 Getting Started
13 Changing Cooktop Settings
16 Before Using the Cooktop
16 Setting the Controls
18 Using the Cook Modes
19 Using the Flex Cooking Zones
19 Using the Cook Mode Function
20 Other Functions

CARE AND CLEANING

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23 Cleaning the Cooktop

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

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25 Before You Begin
25 Unpacking the Cooktop
26 Technical Specifications
27 Preparing the Installation Location
28 Dimensions and Clearances
29 Electrical Connections
31 Cooktop Installation
31 Final Check

TROUBLESHOOTING

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32 Before Calling for Service

WARRANTY

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SMART FUNCTIONS

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21 SIGNATURE KITCHEN SUITE Application
22 FCC Notice
22 FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

Read and follow all instructions when using the range to prevent the risk of fire, electric
shock, personal injury, or damage. This guide does not cover all possible conditions that
may occur. Always contact your service agent or manufacturer about problems that you do
not understand.

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This is the safety alert symbol. This symbol alerts you to potential hazards that
can result in property damage and/or serious bodily harm or death.
All safety messages will follow the safety alert symbol and either the word
WARNING or CAUTION. These words mean:

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WARNING

CAUTION

- Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result
in death or serious injury.

Indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result

­in minor or moderate injury.

WARNING

•For your safety, the information in this manual must be followed to minimize the risk of
fire, electric shock, or to prevent property damage, personal injury, or death.

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

•Proper Installation: Be sure your appliance is properly installed and grounded by a

qualified technician in accordance with the National Electrical Code ANSI/NFPA No.
70, latest edition in the United States, and all local code requirements. Install only per
installation instructions.

•Do not attempt to repair or replace any part of your cooktop unless it is specifically
recommended in this manual. All other service should be referred to a qualified technician.

•Remove all tape and packaging wrap before using the appliance. Destroy the carton and
plastic bags after unpacking the appliance.
Never allow children to play with packaging material.

•The safety aspects of this appliance comply with accepted technical standards.

•Know how to disconnect the electrical power to the appliance at the circuit breaker
or fuse box in case of an emergency. Mark the breaker or fuse for ease of identification

and swift action if necessary.

•Do not repair or replace any part of the appliance. All servicing should be done only by
a qualified technician to avoid the risk of personal injury and damage to the appliance.

•Never modify or alter the construction of an appliance such as removal of panels,
wire covers or any other permanent part of the product.

•Storage on appliance: Flammable materials should not be stored near or on the
cooking surface. This includes paper, plastic and cloth items, such as cookbooks,

plasticware and towels, as well as flammable liquids. Do not store explosives, such as
aerosol cans, on or near the appliance. Flammable materials may explode and result in
fire or property damage.

•Do not leave children alone. Children should not be left alone or unattended in the
area where an appliance is in use. They should never be allowed to sit or stand on any

part of the appliance.

•Do not store or use gasoline or other flammable vapors and liquids in the vicinity of
this or any other appliance.

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

CAUTION

•Items of interest to children should not be stored in cabinets above a cooktop or on the
backsplash of a cooktop – children climbing on the cooktop to reach items could be
seriously injured.

WARNING

•Never use your appliance for warming or heating a room.

WARNING

•Persons with a pacemaker or similar medical device should exercise caution using or
standing near an induction unit while it is in operation, as the electromagnetic field may
affect the working of the pacemaker or similar medical device.
It would be advisable to consult your doctor or the pacemaker or medical device
manufacturer about your particular situation.

CAUTION

•DO NOT touch cooking zones or areas near these surfaces. Cooking zones may

be hot from residual heat even though they are dark in color. Areas near the cooking
zones may become hot enough to cause burns. During and after use, do not touch
or let clothing or other flammable materials touch these areas until they have had
sufficient time to cool.

•Never wear loose fitting or hanging garments while using this appliance.

•Always turn off all controls when cooking is completed.

•Never allow children to sit or stand on any parts of the appliance as they could be injured
or burned.

•Wear proper apparel. Loose-fitting or hanging garments should never be worn
while using the appliance. Do not let clothing or other flammable materials contact hot

surfaces.

•Do not use water or flour on grease fires. Smother the fire with a pan lid, or use baking
soda, a dry chemical or foam-type extinguisher.

•When heating fat or grease, watch it closely. Fat or grease may catch fire if allowed to
become too hot.

•Use only dry pot holders. Moist or damp pot holders on hot surfaces may result in burns
from steam. Do not let pot holders touch hot surface units. Do not use a towel or other
bulky cloth instead of a pot holder.

•Do not heat unopened food containers. A buildup of pressure may cause the container
to burst and result in injury.

ELECTRICAL SAFETY

WARNING

• If the surface is cracked, switch off the appliance to avoid the possibility of electric
shock. Do not reuse your COOKTOP until the glass surface has been changed.

•When using the COOKTOP, never use aluminum foil, products wrapped in aluminum
foil, or deep-frozen food in aluminum cookware.

•If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer, its service
agent or similarly qualified persons in order to avoid a hazard.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

•The installation and connection of the new appliance must only be carried out by qualified
personnel.

•Flush-mounted appliances may only be operated following installation in suitable cabinets
and workplaces which conform to the relevant standards. This ensures sufficient protection
against electric shock as required by certification agencies.

•If your appliance malfunctions or fractures, switch off all cooking zones, and contact the
Signature Kitchen Suite Customer Information Center for service.

CHILD SAFETY

WARNING

•This appliance is not intended for use by young children or infirm persons unless they
have been adequately supervised by a responsible person to ensure that they can use
the appliance safely.

•Young children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.

•Accessible parts may become hot during use. Young children should be kept away.

SAFETY DURING USE

•This appliance may only be used for normal cooking and frying in the home. It is not

designed for commercial or industrial purposes.

•Do not use the cooktop to heat the room.

•Take care when plugging in electric appliances near the cooktop. Cords must not

come into contact with the hot surface. This could cause damage to the cooktop and cable
insulation.

•Overheated fats and oils catch fire quickly.

You should supervise cooking when preparing foods in fat or oil.

•After use, switch off the hob element by its control and do not rely on the pan
detector.

•Always keep the control display panel clean and dry.

Do not let liquids or grease remain on the cooktop display area. Spilled or burnt-on foods
can activate or deactivate the appliance. Clean the display area thoroughly to resume
normal operation of the appliance.

•Never place combustible items on the cooktop.

•Never keep any combustible items or aerosol cans in a drawer located under the
cooktop.

•Avoid placing metal cooking utensils on the cooking surface areas. Metal objects

can become hot and cause burns.

•Clean the appliance regularly to keep all parts free of grease that could catch fire.
Exhaust fan ventilation hoods and grease filters should be kept clean. Do not allow grease
to accumulate on hood or filter. Greasy deposits in the fan could catch fire. Refer to hood
manufacturer's instructions for cleaning.

•Use Proper Pan Sizes. This appliance is equipped with one or more surface units of
different size.

•Select utensils having flat bottoms large enough to cover the cooking zones. The
pan detection sensors will not allow the affected cooking zones to operate without a pan
present.

•Do not place any object on or near the display area in order to prevent accidental
activation of the cooktop controls.

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

•Cookware handles should be turned inward and not extend over adjacent surface
units. To reduce the risk of burns, ignition of flammable materials, and spillage due to

unintentional contact with the cookware, the handles of cookware should be positioned so
that they are turned inward, and do not extend over adjacent surface units.

•Never leave prepared food on the cooking zones. Boilovers cause smoking and greasy
spillovers that may ignite, or a pan that has boiled dry may melt or become damaged.

•Protective liners: Do not use aluminum foil to line any part of the cooktop. Only use
aluminum foil as recommended after the cooking process, if used as a cover to be placed
over the food. Any other use of aluminum foil may result in the risk of electric shock, fire or
short circuit.

•Glazed cookware: Only certain types of glass, glass/ceramic, ceramic, earthenware,
or other glazed cookware are suitable for rangetop service without breaking due
to the sudden change in temperature. Check the manufacturer’s recommendations for

cooktop use.

•Ventilating hood: The ventilating hood above the cooking surface should be cleaned
frequently, so the grease from cooking vapors does not accumulate on the hood or
filter.

•Do not clean or operate a broken cooktop. If cooktop should break, cleaning solutions

and spillovers may penetrate the broken cooktop and create a risk of electric shock.
Contact a qualified technician immediately.

•Clean cooktop with caution. Do not use sponges or cloth to wipe spills on a hot cooking
area. Use a proper metal scraper.

•Do not place hot cookware on cold cooktop glass. This could cause glass to break.

•Do not slide pans across the cooktop surface. They may scratch the cooktop surface.

•Do not let pans boil dry. This may cause permanent damage in the form of breakage,

fusion, or marking that can affect the ceramic-glass cooktop. (This type of damage is not
covered by your warranty.)

•Never leave surface units unattended at high heat settings. Boilover causes smoking
and greasy spillovers that may ignite.

•Do not use water on grease fires. Use baking soda or a dry chemical or foam-type
extinguisher to smother fire or flame.

•Always turn off all controls when cooking is completed.

•Use only dry potholders.
Moist or damp pot holders on hot surfaces may result in burns from steam.
Do not let the pot holder touch hot heating elements. Do not use a towel or other bulky
cloth.

SAFETY WHEN CLEANING

•Always switch off the appliance before cleaning.

•For safety reasons, do not clean the appliance with a steam jet or high-pressure
cleaner.

•Clean the cooktop in accordance with the maintenance and cleaning instructions in
this manual.

•Do not use harsh abrasive cleaners or rough metal scrapers to clean the cooktop
glass since they can scratch the surface, which may result in shattering of the
glass.

•Clean cooktop cautiously. Do not use sponges or cloth to wipe spills on a hot cooking

area. Use a proper metal scraper.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

COOK MEAT AND POULTRY THOROUGHLY

•Cook meat and poultry thoroughly-meat to at least an INTERNAL temperature of 160°F
and poultry to at least an INTERNAL temperature of 180°F. Cooking to these temperatures
usually protects against food-borne illnesses.

HOW TO AVOID DAMAGE TO THE APPLIANCE

•Prior to using the cooktop for the first time, apply the recommended cooktop cleaning
cream to the ceramic surface. Buff with a non-abrasive cloth or pad. This will make
cleaning off cooking soil easier.
The special cooktop cleaning cream leaves a protective finish on the glass to help prevent
scratches and abrasions.

•Do not use the cooktop as a worksurface or storage space.

•Please be careful at the edges when moving pots and pans.

•Do not operate the cooking zones with empty pots or pans.

•Do not turn on the cooking zones with no pots or pans on the element.

•Ceramic glass is very tough, and impervious to sharp temperature changes but is not
unbreakable. It can be damaged if hard or sharp objects fall on it.

•Be very cautious if using pots made of cast iron, or other pots with rough edges or burrs.
Moving these can cause scratches on glass.

•If sugar or a mixture containing sugar falls onto a hot cooking zone and melts, remove
immediately, while still hot. If left to cool down, it may damage the surface when removed.

•Do not slide metal or glass across the cooktop surface.

•Keep meltable objects or materials away from the ceramic glass surface, for example,
plastic utensils, aluminum foil, or cooking wraps.
If any materials or foodstuffs melt on the ceramic-glass surface, these should be cleaned
up immediately.

NOTE

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There is a risk of burning yourself when the glass scraper is used on a hot cooking zone!

•Do not use cookware with any dirt buildup on the bottom.

•Do not use cookware with rough or uneven bottoms. This cookware can mark and scratch
the cooktop surface.

•Refer to the owner's manual for proper cleaning and maintenance of the cooktop.

•Do not use the glass cooktop surface as a cutting board.

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

DISPOSAL OF OLD APPLIANCES

To protect the environment, it is important that worn-out appliances are disposed of in the
correct manner.

•The appliance must not be disposed of with household rubbish.

•You can obtain information about collection dates or public refuse disposal sites from your
local government offices or state environmental protection agency.

CAUTION

Before disposing of old appliances please make them inoperable so they cannot be a
source of danger. To do this, have a qualified person disconnect the appliance from the
house circuitry.

Read and follow this safety information carefully.

SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS

INTRODUCTION TO INDUCTION COOKING

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INTRODUCTION TO
INDUCTION COOKING

How Induction Cooking Works

An induction coil beneath
the ceramic glass cooking
surface generates magnetic
fields, which act directly on
the base of the pots and
pans.

Instead of heating the ceramic glass, this method
heats the base of the pan immediately, saving time
and energy. Since the heat required for cooking is
generated directly in the base of the pan, the cooking
zone itself warms up only slightly. The cooktop
does become hot when heat is transferred from the
cookware.

NOTE

If there is no pot or pan on the cooking zone,
there is no energy transfer and the surface
remains cool. This prevents the cooking zones
from being switched on accidentally.

IMPORTANT

•Remove all tape and packaging wrap before using
the appliance. Destroy the carton and plastic bags
after unpacking the appliance. Never allow children
to play with packaging materials.

•Electromagnetic fields can affect electronic circuits
and interfere with portable radios and phones.

•Do not put magnetically active objects (e.g., credit
cards, computer diskettes, cassettes) on or near
the ceramic glass surface while one or more
induction cooking zones are in use.

•Do not put any metallic objects (e.g., spoons, pan
lids) on the cooking zones as they can become hot
when the cooking zones are in use.

Selecting Cookware

The magnetic cooking zone sensors located below
the cooktop surface require the use of cookware
made with magnetic material in order to start the
heating process on any of the cooking zone.
When purchasing pans, look for cookware specifically
labeled by the manufacturer for use with induction
cooktops.

Pots and Pans

•In principle, all pots and pans with magnetic bases
are suitable. These include steel, enameled steel,
as well as cast-iron pots and pans.

•High grade steel pans with a mixed metal base
(sandwich base, e.g. Tefal
copper base) are suitable for induction only if the
manufacturer has expressly marked them as such.
In that case they have a magnetic material in the
base.

•If you wish to use a special type of pan (e.g., a
pressure cooker, simmering pan, wok), please
follow the manufacturer’s instructions and do not
use a very thin pan.

NOTE

Some cookware can produce noises when used
on induction cooking zones. This is not a fault in
the cooktop, and its function will not be impaired
in any way as a result.

Suitability Test

If you are not sure if a pot or pan is suitable for use
with your induction cooktop, you can find out with a
few simple tests:

•Place a pot filled with a little water (1/8ʺ–1/4ʺ) on
the cooking zone. Set the cooking zone to full
power (power level 9). If the pan is suitable, the
base should heat up within a few seconds and the
water should rapidly boil.

•You can also check
cookware suitability with
a magnet. If the magnet
remains fixed to the
base of the pan, the pan
is suitable for induction
cooking.

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with an aluminum/

CAUTION

Keep an eye on cookware to avoid burns or
boilovers. Cookware will heat within seconds, and
water will come to a boil very rapidly.

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INTRODUCTION TO INDUCTION COOKING

Use Flat-Bottomed Cookware

Cookware must fully contact
the surface of the cooking
element. Use flat-bottomed
pans sized to fit the cooking
element and amount of food
being prepared. Check for
flatness by rotating a ruler
across the bottom of the
cookware.

Avoiding Scratches

Use heavier gauge stainless steel cookware on your
ceramic cooktop surface. This will help reduce the
possibility of developing scratches on the ceramic
surface.
Low-quality cookware can scratch the cooktop
surface.

Cookware should always be lifted over the ceramic
cooktop surface to prevent scratching.
Sliding any type of cookware over the ceramic
cooktop can affect the overall appearance of the
cooktop. Over time, sliding ANY type of cookware
over the ceramic cooktop may alter the overall
appearance of the cooktop. Eventually, the buildup of
scratches can make cleaning the surface difficult and
degrade the overall appearance of the cooktop.

Scratches can also result from grains of sand (e.g.,
after washing vegetables) which are dragged with the
pot across the cooking surface.

For Best Results:

Always follow the recommendations for proper
cookware type and size. In addition:

•Do not use dirty pans with grease buildup. Always
use pans that are easy to clean after cooking, and
make sure that the bottoms of the pans are clean
and dry.

•When cooking with large amounts of liquid, use
large pots so that nothing can boil over.

•Do not let pans boil dry. This may cause permanent
damage in the form of breakage, fusion, or marring
that can affect the ceramic cooktop. (This type of
damage is not covered by your warranty.)

•Match the pan size and cooking zone to the amount
of food being prepared.

Tips for Saving Energy:

•Always position pots and pans before switching on
the cooking zone.

•Dirty cooking zones and cookware use more
electricity.

•Whenever possible, place lids firmly on pots and
pans so that they are completely covered.

•Switch off the cooking zones before the end of the
cooking time to use the residual heat for keeping
food warm or to melt food.

•The base of the pot should be the same size as the
cooking zone.

•Using a pressure cooker shortens cooking times by
up to 50%.

PARTS AND FEATURES

Parts and Features of the Cooktop

Throughout this manual, features and appearance may vary from your model.

Induction Cooktop

Dual Cooking Zone
11" / 7" (280 / 178 mm)

PARTS AND FEATURES

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Single Cooking Zone

8" × 7" (216×180 mm)

Flexible Cooking Zone

8" × 14" (216×360 mm)

Single Cooking Zone

8" × 7" (216×180 mm)

Electronic touch controls

Single Cooking Zone
8" × 7" (216×180 mm)

Flexible Cooking Zone

8" × 14" (216×360 mm)

Single Cooking Zone
8" × 7" (216×180 mm)

CAUTION

Burn Hazard: The cooking zones may appear cool when turned ON and after they have

been turned OFF.