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Using your Ceramic Hob
To start cooking
After power on, the buzzer beeps once, all the indicators light
up for 1 second then go out, indicating that the ceramic hob has
entered the state of standby mode.
1 Touch the ON/OFF control. all the indicators show
“-“
2 Place a suitable pan on the cooking zone that you wish to
use.
Make sure the bottom of the pan and the surface of the
cooking zone are clean and dry.
3 Touching the heating zone selection control
4 Select a heat setting by touching the
“-“ or “+” control.
If you don’t choose a heat setting within 1 minute, the ceramic
hob will automatically switch off. You will need to start again at
step 1.
You can modify the heat setting at any time during cooking.
By holding down either of these buttons, the value will adjust
up or down.
When you have finished cooking
1 Touching the heating zone selection control that you wish to
switch off
2 Turn the cooking zone off by scrolling down to
“0“ or touch-
ing
“-“ and ”+” control together.
3 Turn the whole cooktop off by touching the ON/OFF control.
Beware of hot surfaces
“H” will show which cooking zone is hot to touch. It will disap-
pear when the surface has cooled down to a safe temperature. It
can also be used as an energy saving function if you want to heat
further pans, use the hotplate that is still hot.
Locking the Controls
• You can lock the controls to prevent unintended use (for
example children accidentally turning the cooking zones on).
• When the controls are locked, all the controls except the
ON/OFF control are disabled.
To lock the controls
Touch the keylock control. The timer indicator will show
“Lo“
To unlock the controls
1 Make sure the ceramic hob is turned on.
2 Touch and hold the keylock control for a while.
3 You can now start using your ceramic hob.
When the hob is in the lock mode, all the controls are dis-
able except the ON/OFF, you can always turn the ceramic
hob off with the ON/OFF control in an emergency, but you
shall unlock the hob first in the next operation.
Over-Temperature Protection
A temperature sensor equipped can monitor the temperature
inside the ceramic hob. When an excessive temperature is moni-
tored, the ceramic hob will stop operation automatically.
Residual Heat Warning
When the hob has been operating for some time, there will be
some residual heat. The letter
“H” appears to warn you to keep
away from it.
Auto Shutdown
Another safety feature of the hob is auto shut down.
This occurs whenever you forget to switch off a cooking zone. The
default shutdown times are shown in the table below:
Power level
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Default working timer (hour)
8 8 8 4 4 4 2 2 2
Using the Timer
You can use the timer in two different ways:
• You can use it as a minute minder. In this case, the timer
will not turn any cooking zone off when the set time is up.
• You can set it to turn one cooking zone off or more than one
after the set time is up.
• You can set the timer for up to 99 minutes.
Using the Timer as a Minute Minder
If you are not selecting any cooking zone
1 Make sure the cooktop is turned on.
Note: you can use the minute minder even if you’re not
selecting any cooking zones.
2 Touch the timer control, the timer indicator show
“--”
3 Adjust the timer setting by touch the
“-“ or “+” controls.
The minute minder indicator will start flashing and will show
in the timer display.
Hint: Touch the
“-“ or “+” control of the timer once to
decrease or increase by 1 minute.
Touch and hold the
“-“ or ”+” control of the timer to de-
crease or increase by 10 minutes.
If the setting time exceeds 99 minutes, the timer will auto-
matically return to 0 minute.
4 Touching the
”-“ and “+” together, the timer is cancelled,
and the
”--“ will show in the minute display.
5 When the time is set, it will begin to count down imme-
diately. The display will show the remaining time and the
timer indicator will flash for 5 seconds.
6 Buzzer will beep for 30 seconds and the timer indicator
shows
“- - “ when the setting time finished.
