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BEFORE SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS
Pan Sensing
Figure 6: Pan sensing conditions
• Cookware centered correctly
on cooking zone.
• Flat pan bottom and straight
sides.
• Pan rests completely and is
level on the cooktop
surface.
• Pan is properly balanced.
• Pan bottom rests on cooktop
edge.
• Cookware not centered on
cooking zone.
• Curved or warped pan bottoms
or sides.
• Heavy handle tilts pan.
• Cookware base material has
good magnetic characteristics.
• Cookware base material is
non-magnetic.
Magnet
Sticks
Magnet
Falls
Figure 6 shows conditions that can prevent pan
detection.
Minimum and Maximum Pan Size
The cooktop graphics are guides to minimum and
maximum pan size for each cooking zone. For best
results, use cookware that matches the size of the
cooking zone.
The inner ring on each cooking zone indicates the
smallest pan size for the zone (Figure 8).
The outer ring on the cooktop graphic indicates the
largest pan size for that zone (Figure 9).
Cookware that is too small for a zone may not activate
the cookware detection sensor. Cookware that is much
larger than a cooking zone will still cook, but may be
slower and uneven. If your cookware is not a perfect
match, it is best to use a zone a little smaller than the
bottom of the cookware.
Figure 7: Zone one min / max pan size
Figure 8: Zone two min / max pan size
When the cooktop is on, the cooking zones auto-
matically detect when cookware is placed on the
zone. The control for that zone will light up, making
it easy to know which section of the control to use
for that cooking zone.
If you remove a pan from an active cooking zone, the
zone will turn off after 30 seconds.
If the cooktop does not detect cookware in any zone
for 30 seconds, the whole cooktop will turn off .
Figure 9: Cookzone sizes, 4 zones
Figure 10: Cookzone sizes, 5 zones
5” / 125mm
5” / 125mm
6.5” / 165mm
6.5” / 165mm
6.5” / 165mm
6.5” / 165mm
5” / 125mm
5” / 125mm
4.3” / 110mm
