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Cut hazard
• The razor-sharp blade of a ceramic hob scraper is exposed when the safety cover is retracted. Use with extreme
care and always store safely and out of reach of children.
• Failure to use caution could result in injury or cuts.
Important safety instructions
• Never leave the appliance unattended when in use. Boilovers can cause smoking and greasy spillovers that may
ignite.
• Never use your appliance as a work or storage surface.
• Never leave any objects or utensils on the appliance.
• Never use your appliance for warming or heating the room.
• After use, always turn off the cooking zones and the hob as described in this manual (i.e. by using the touch
controls).
• Do not allow children to play with the appliance or sit, stand, or climb on it.
• Do not store items of interest to children in cabinets above the appliance. Children climbing on the hob could be
seriously injured.
• Do not leave children alone or unattended in the area where the appliance is in use.
• Children or persons with a disability which limits their ability to use the appliance should have a responsible and
competent person to instruct them in its use. The instructor should be satisfied that they can use the appliance
without danger to themselves or their surroundings.
• Do not repair or replace any part of the appliance unless specifically recommended in the manual. All other
servicing should be done by a qualified technician.
• Do not use a steam cleaner to clean your hob.
• Do not place or drop heavy objects on your hob.
• Do not stand on your hob.
• Do not use pans with jagged edges or drag pans across the glass surface as this can scratch the glass.
• Do not use scourers or any other harsh abrasive cleaning agents to clean your hob, as these can scratch the glass.
• 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.
•This appliance is intended to be used in household and similar applications such as staff kitchen areas in shops,
offices and other working environments; -farm houses; -by clients in hotels, motels and other residential type
environments, for example bed and breakfast type environments.
• WARNING: The appliance and its accessible parts become hot during use.
Care should be taken to avoid touching heating elements.
Children less than 8 years of age shall be kept away unless continuously supervised.
•This appliance can be used by children aged from 8 years and above and persons with reduced physical, sensory or
mental capabilities or lack of experience and knowledge if they have been given supervision or instruction
concerning use of the appliance in a safe way and understand the hazards involved.
•Children shall not play with the appliance. Cleaning and user maintenance shall not be made by children without
supervision.
• WARNING: Unattended cooking on a hob with fat or oil can be dangerous and may result in fire. NEVER try to
extinguish a fire with water, but switch off the appliance and then cover flame e.g. with a lid or a fire blanket.
• WARNING: Danger of fire: do not store items on the cooking surfaces.
• WARNING: If the surface is cracked, switch off the appliance to avoid the possibility of electric shock, for hob
surfaces of glass-ceramic or similar material protect live parts
•A steam cleaner is not to be used.
•The appliance is not intended to be operated by means of an external timer or separate remote-control system.
