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Safety
Precautions before using
• Unpack all the materials.
• The installation and connecting of the applian
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ce have to be done by approved specialists.
The manufacturer can not be responsible for
damage caused by building-in or connecting
errors.
• To be used, the appliance must be well-equi
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pped and installed in a kitchen unit and an
adapted and approved work surface.
• This domestic appliance is exclusively for the
cooking of food, to the exclusion of any other
domestic, commercial or industrial use.
• Remove all labels and self-adhesives from the
ceramic glass.
• Do not change or alter the appliance.
• The cooking plate can not be used as freestan
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ding or as working surface.
• The appliance must be grounded and connec
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ted conforming to local standards.
• Do not use any extension cable to connect
it.
• The appliance can not be used above a dis
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hwasher or a tumble-dryer: steam may da
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mage the electronic appliances.
Using the appliance
• Switch the heating zones off after using.
• Keep an eye on the cooking using grease or
oils: that may quickly ignite.
• Be careful not to burn yourself while or after
using the appliance.
• Make sure no cable of any fixed or moving
appliance contacts with the glass or the hot
saucepan.
• Magnetically objects (credit cards, floppy
disks, calculators) should not be placed near
to the engaged appliance.
• Do not place any metallic object except hea
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ting containers. In case of untimely engaging
or residual heat, this one may heat, melt or
even burn.
• Never cover the appliance with a cloth or a
protection sheet. This is supposed to beco-
me very hot and catch fire.
• This appliance is not intended for use by per
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sons (including children) with reduced physi
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cal, sensory or mental capabilities, or lack of
experience and knowledge, unless they have
been given supervision or instruction concer-
ning use of the appliance by a person respon
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sible for their safety.
• Children should be supervised to ensure that
they do not play with the appliance.
• Metallic objects such as knives, forks, spoons
and lids should not be placed on the hob
surface since they can get hot.
Precautions not to damage the appliance
• Raw pan bottoms or damaged saucepans
(not enamelled cast iron pots,) may damage
the ceramic glass.
• Sand or other abrasive materials may da
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mage ceramic glass.
• Avoid dropping objects, even little ones, on
the vitroceramic.
• Do not hit the edges of the glass with sauce
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pans.
• Make sure that the ventilation of the appli
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ance works according to the manufacturer’s
instructions.
• Do not put or leave empty saucepans on the
vitroceramic hobs.
• Sugar, synthetic materials or aluminium
sheets must not contact with the heating
zones. These may cause breaks or other al
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terations of the vitroceramic glass by coo
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ling: switch on the appliance and take them
immediately out of the hot heating zone (be
careful: do not burn yourself).
• Never place any hot container over the con
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trol panel.
• If a drawer is situated under the embedded
appliance, make sure the space between the
