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• 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.
• Never use your appliance for warming or
heating the room.
•
After use, always turn off the cooking zo
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nes 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 cooking 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 seri-
ously injured.
• Do not leave children alone or unatten-
ded 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 surroun-
dings.
• Do not repair or replace any part of the
appliance unless specifically recommen
-
ded 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 glass.
• If the power supply cable is damaged,
it must only be replaced by a qualified
technician.
• This appliance is intended to be used in
household and similar applications such
as: staff kitchen areas in shops, offices
and other working environments; -farm
houses; -by clients in hotels, motels and
other residential type environments ;
-bed and breakfast type environments.
• WARNING:
The appliance and its acces-
sible 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 super-
vised.
• 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 super-
vision or instruction concerning use of
the appliance in a safe wayand under-
stand the hazards involved.
• Children shall not play with the appli-
ance. 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 appli
-
ance 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.
• A steam cleaner is not to be used.
• The appliance is not intended to be ope-
rated by means of an external timer or
separate remote-control system.
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