5
General Safety Warnings
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.
• 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 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 competent 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 glass surface as this can scratch the glass.
• Do not use scourers or any other harsh abrasive
cleaning agents to clean your cooktop, as these can
scratch the ceramic glass.
• 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.
• This appliance is intended to be used in a domestic
household environment only! Commercial use of any
kind is not covered under the manufacturer’s warranty!
• WARNING:
The appliance and its accessible parts
become hot during use.
• Care should be taken to avoid touching heating
elements.
• Children less than 8 years of age shall be kept away
unless continuously supervised.
• This appliance can be used by children aged from
8 years and above and persons with reduced physical,
sensory or mental capabilities or lack of experience
and knowledge if they have been given supervision or
instruction concerning use of the appliance in a safe
way and understand the hazards involved.
• Children shall not play with the appliance. Cleaning
and user maintenance shall not be made by children
without supervision.
• WARNING:
Unattended cooking on a hob with fat
or oil can be dangerous and may result in fire.
NEVER try to extinguish a fire with water, but
switch off the appliance and then cover flame e.g.
with a lid or a fire blanket.
• WARNING:
Danger of fire: do not store items on the
cooking surfaces.
• WARNING:
If the surface is cracked, switch off the
appliance to avoid the possibility of electric shock,
for hob surfaces of glass-ceramic or similar material
which protect live parts.
• A steam cleaner is not to be used.
• The appliance is not intended to be operated by
means of an external timer or separate
remote-control system.
• CAUTION:
The cooking process has to be
supervised. A short term cooking process has to be
supervised continuously.
• Power cord can’t accessible after installation.