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IV. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE
USER
1. COOKTOP USE
GAS MODELS
Lighting cooktop burners
The gas cock control knob has 4 positions:
Off position
pilot ignition
max. flame
min. flame
H
Lighting
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Press and turn knob “H” to “pilot on”.
Press the knob down fully and hold a flame to the pilot in
order to light. Hold the knob down for about 20 seconds;
when released, the pilot flame must remain lit. If it does
not, repeat the operation.
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To light the main burner, turn the knob from “pilot on” to
“max. flame”.
•
For the minimum flame, turn the knob from “max. flame”
to “min. flame”.
Turning off
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Turn the knob from “max. flame” or “min. flame” to “pilot
on”.
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To shut off the pilot, press the knob lightly and turn it to
“off”.
NB
: Incorrect positioning of the flame spreader can create
problems in combustion.
•
Before lighting the burners make sure the flame spreaders
are turned to the stop position.
1.2. ELECTRIC MODELS
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Equipped with rapid heating electric hot-plates each of
2.6 kW power.
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To ensure long life of the hot-plates, observe the following:
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use flat-bottomed pots;
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do not leave the hot-plates switched on without pots
or with empty pots.
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do not spill cold liquids on the hot-plate when hot.
H
Switching on
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Turn the appliance on at the main switch.
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Turn control knob “B” of the required hot-plate, to one of
the six available positions marked on the control panel,
bearing in mind that “1” corresponds to minimum power
and “6” corresponds to maximum power.
Lighting up of green indicator “A” signals that the
corresponding hot-plate is on.
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To adjust hot-plate heat, turn the knobs firstly to “6”; on
reaching maximum cooking or boiling temperature, turn
the knob to a lower setting.
Turning off
Turn the control knobs to “0”.
