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OPERATION
Switching on
Introduction
The ceramic hob is fitted with a residual heat
indicator, a timer (if present), a (childproof)
lock, an automatic cooking-time limiter and a
double cooking zone (if present). On this page
and the following ones, you can read how to
use these facilities.
Switching on
1 Put a pan on a cooking zone.
2 Press the on/off button.
The light above the button lights up.
The hob is now in the stand-by setting. The
cooking zones can now be operated. If you do
not operate the hob within 5 seconds, the hob
will switch itself off again. The light goes out.
During the cooking process the on/off button
can be used as an emergency switch-off.
Press the button and the appliance will switch
off immediately.
Setting the power level
The cooking zones have 9 settings.
1 Press the + button for the cooking zone
concerned.
The hob goes directly to setting 6.
Press the – button for the cooking zone
concerned.
The hob goes directly to setting 1.
2 Select a higher or lower setting by pressing
the + or – buttons again.
The display shows the setting selected.
You can see which setting to select in the
cooking tables on page 24.
Switching on double-ring zone
(if present)
Switching on
Once the zone has been switched on at
setting 9, press the + button again.
The light above the button lights up. The outer
ring is switched on.
You cannot use the outer ring on its own.
Switching off
Switch back to 0 with the – button.
The cooking zone is switched off.
Residual-heat indicator
The indicator shows that the cooking zone is
still hot, and goes out as soon as the glass top
reaches a safe temperature.
Residual heat is indicated by an H in the
display of the appropriate cooking zone.
Timer (if present)
You can have the rear right cooking zone
switched off by the cooking timer. You are
then using the timer as an automatic cooking
device.
1 Put a pan on the rear right cooking zone.
2 Press the on/off button.
3 Set the power level required.
4 Set the timer.
The cooking time is set using the
7
and
3
buttons (max. 99 minutes).
The number of minutes selected is shown
in the display. A blinking dot indicates that
the timer has been activated.
At the end of the cooking time, you hear a
beep.
The zone switches off.
Switch the beep off at the end of the cooking
time by pressing the clock’s
3
button.
Press the clock's
7
button to set a new
cooking time.
The other zones cannot be switched off by the
cooking timer. You can use the cooking timer
as an egg timer. In this case, the cooking
timer only gives a sound signal at the end of
the cooking time.
Switch the cooking timer off by pressing the
7
button for a few seconds (in the ‘0’ minute
setting).
(Childproof) lock
During the cooking process it is possible to fix
the current settings by using the lock. The
light above the button lights up.
The lock can also be used as a childproof
lock.
Locking
Switch the appliance off. Press the button
with the key symbol once.
The light above the button lights up.
Unlocking
Press the key symbol (± three seconds) until
the light above the button goes out.
The appliance's controls will now respond
again.
The on/off button continues to work
(emergency switch-off) even when other
settings have been fixed using the locking
function.
