Safe use
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Table of contents
Safe use ................................................................ 3
Preventing material damage ............................... 3
Familiarising yourself with your appliance ........ 5
Basic operation .................................................... 5
Cleaning and servicing ........................................ 6
Disposal................................................................ 6
Customer Service................................................. 7
1 Safe use
WARNING ‒ Risk of fire!
Leaving fat or oil cooking on an unattended hob can
be dangerous and may lead to fires.
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Never leave hot oil or fat unattended.
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Never attempt to extinguish a fire using water; in-
stead, switch off the appliance and then cover with
a lid or a fire blanket.
The cooking surface becomes very hot.
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Never place flammable objects on the cooking sur-
face or in its immediate vicinity.
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Never place objects on the cooking surface.
Hob covers can cause accidents, for example due to
overheating, catching fire or materials shattering.
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Do not use hob covers.
Food may catch fire.
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The cooking process must be monitored. A short
process must be monitored continuously.
WARNING ‒ Risk of burns!
The appliance and its parts that can be touched be-
come hot during use, particularly the hob surround, if
fitted.
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Caution should be exercised here in order to avoid
touching heating elements.
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Young children under 8 years of age must be kept
away from the appliance.
Hob protective grilles may cause accidents.
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Never use hob protective grilles.
The appliance becomes hot during operation.
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Allow the appliance to cool down before cleaning.
WARNING ‒ Risk of electric shock!
Incorrect repairs are dangerous.
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Repairs to the appliance should only be carried out
by trained specialist staff.
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Only use genuine spare parts when repairing the
appliance.
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If the power cord of this appliance is damaged, it
must be replaced with a special connection cable,
which is available from the manufacturer or his Cus-
tomer Service.
A damaged appliance is dangerous.
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Never operate a damaged appliance.
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If the surface is cracked, you must switch off the ap-
pliance in order to prevent a possible electrical
shock. To do this, switch off the appliance via the
fuse in the fuse box.
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Set the hotplate control to zero.
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Call customer service.
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Repairs to the appliance must only be carried out
by trained and qualified personnel.
An ingress of moisture can cause an electric shock.
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Do not use steam- or high-pressure cleaners to
clean the appliance.
The insulation on cables of electrical appliances may
melt if it touches hot parts of the appliance.
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Never bring electrical appliance cables into contact
with hot parts of the appliance.
WARNING ‒ Risk of injury!
Saucepans may suddenly jump due to liquid between
the saucepan base and the hotplate.
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Always keep hotplates and saucepan bases dry.
WARNING ‒ Risk of suffocation!
Children may put packaging material over their heads
or wrap themselves up in it and suffocate.
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Keep packaging material away from children.
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Do not let children play with packaging material.
Children may breathe in or swallow small parts, caus-
ing them to suffocate.
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Keep small parts away from children.
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Do not let children play with small parts.
2 Preventing material damage
ATTENTION!
Rough pot and pan bases will scratch the ceramic.
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Check your cookware.
Boiling pans dry may damage cookware or the appli-
ance.
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Never place empty pans on a heated hotplate or al-
low to boil dry.
Incorrectly positioned cookware can cause the appli-
ance to overheat.
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Never place hot pots or pans on the controls or the
hob surround.
Damage can occur if hard or pointed objects fall onto
the hob.
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Do not let hard or pointed objects fall onto the hob.
Non heat-resistant materials will melt on heated hot-
plates.
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Do not use oven protective foil.
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Do not use aluminium foil or plastic containers.
