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Operating the appliance
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Operating the Appliance
Operating the appliance
This chapter explains how to set a cooking zone. The
table shows heat settings and cooking times for various
meals.
Setting a cooking zone
Use the control knob to select the heat setting you
require.
Note: Only use cookware with a suitable diameter. The
base of the cookware should not protrude over the
marked cooking zones.
Notes
▯
To protect the fragile parts of your appliance from
overheating and electrical overloading, the cooktop
may temporarily reduce the power automatically.
▯
In order to prevent the appliance from producing
excess noise, the cooktop may temporarily reduce the
power automatically.
Selecting a Heat Setting
Push in the control knob and turn it to the heat setting
you require.
The selected heat setting will be lit on the cooking zone
display. The illuminated ring around the control knob will
be lit.
Switching Off the Cooking Zone
Turn the control knob to the 0 position.
The residual heat indicator will be lit, and the illuminated
ring around the control knob will flash until the cooking
zone has cooled down.
Note: If there is no cookware on the cooking zone or if
the cookware is not detected, the selected heat setting
will flash and the illuminated ring around the control knob
will be lit orange. After approx. 30 seconds, the cooking
zone will switch off.
In this case, the illuminated ring around the control knob
will flash. Turn the control knob back to position 0; the
illuminated ring will stop flashing.
Changing the shade of orange for the illuminated ring
The illuminated ring on the control knob lights up orange
during operation. You can choose between two shades.
1.
Carry out the following operating steps one after the
other without interruption.
2.
Push in the control knob and turn it anti-clockwise to
Ž
. Keep the control knob pressed in.
3.
Turn the control knob clockwise to position 1. Keep
the control knob pressed in.
4.
Turn the control knob anti-clockwise to position 0.
The
t
symbol will be lit. The illuminated ring around
the control knob will be lit yellow.
5.
Push in the control knob and turn it clockwise to
ª
.
After approx. five seconds, the illuminated ring around
the control knob lights up green. The color has
changed.
6.
To change the setting back, push in the control knob
in and turn it anti-clockwise to position 0 and then
back to
ª
.
The control knob lights up yellow.
7.
To save the setting, exit the menu in the same way:
Push in the control knob and turn it anti-clockwise to
Ž
. Turn the control knob clockwise to position 1. Turn
the control knob anti-clockwise to position 0.
The illuminated ring around the control knob goes out.
The settings have been saved.
0 Cooking zone off
Heat setting 1 Lowest setting
Heat setting 12 Highest setting