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• However, persons with cardiac pacemakers or other electri-
cal implants (such as insulin pumps) must consult with their
doctor or implant manufacturer before using this appliance
to make sure that their implants will not be affected by the
electromagnetic field.
• Failure to follow this advice may result in death.
Hot Surface Hazard
• During use, accessible parts of this appliance will become
hot enough to cause burns.
• Do not let your body, clothing or any item other than suit-
able cookware contact the ceramic glass until the surface is
cool.
• Never leave metal objects (such as kitchen utensils) or
empty pans on the cooktop as they can become hot very
quickly.
• Beware: magnetisable metal objects worn on the body may
become hot in the vicinity of the cooktop. Gold or silver
jewellery will not be affected.
• Keep children away.
• Handles of saucepans may be hot to touch. Check saucepan
handles do not overhang other cooking zones that are on.
Keep handles out of reach of children.
• Failure to follow this advice could result in burns and scalds.
Cut Hazard
• The razor-sharp blade of a cooktop 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. Boilover
causes 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.
• Do not place or leave any magnetisable objects (e.g. credit
cards, memory cards) or electronic devices (e.g. computers,
MP3 players) near the appliance, as they may be affected by
its electromagnetic field.
• Never use your appliance for warming or heating the room.
• After use, always turn off the cooking zones and the cooktop
as described in this manual (i.e. by using the touch controls).
Do not rely on the pan detection feature to turn off the cook-
ing zones when you remove the pans.
• 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 cooktop 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 compe-
tent 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 cooktop.
• Do not place or drop heavy objects on your cooktop.
• Do not stand on your cooktop.
• Do not use pans with jagged edges or drag pans across the
ceramic glass surface as this can scratch the glass.
• Do not use scourers or any other harsh abrasive clean-
ing agents to clean your cooktop, as these can scratch the
ceramic glass.
• If the power supply cable is damaged, it must only be
replaced by a qualified technician.
• Do not operate your cooktop by means of an external timer
or separate remote-control system.
• This appliance is intended to be used in household and simi-
lar applications such as: -staff kitchen areas in shops, offices
and other working environments; -farm houses; -by clients
in hotels, motels and other residential type environment;
-bed and breakfast type environment.
• Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not
play with the appliance.
• 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.
• After use, switch off the hob element by its control and do
not rely on the pan detector
• If the surface is cracked, switch off the appliance to avoid
the possibility of electric shock.
• The appliance is not intended to be operated by means of an
external timer or separate remote-control system.
• Means for disconnection must be incorporated in the fixed
wiring in accordance with the wiringrules.
DISPOSAL:
Do not dispose this product as unsorted municipal waste. Collec-
tion of such waste separately for special treatment is necessary.
This appliance is labeled in compliance with European direc-
tive 2002/96/EC for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
(WEEE).
By ensuring that this appliance is disposed of correctly, you will
help prevent any possible damage to the environment and to hu-
man health, which might otherwise be caused if it were disposed
of in the wrong way.
The symbol on the product indicates that it may not be treated as
normal household waste. It should be taken to a collection point
for the recycling of electrical and electronic goods.
