PART 1 - User Guide
important safety instructions
Intended use
• This cooktop is intended for use in households and similar environments.
• This cooktop is not intended for outdoor use.
• This cooktop is not to be used in mobile locations such as ships.
• Use the cooktop only in household-type situations for the preparation and warming of food.
All other types of use are not permitted.
• Never Use Your Appliance for Warming or Heating the Room.
• Individuals who are incapable of using the appliance safely because of their physical, sensory
or mental capabilities or their lack of experience or knowledge must not use this appliance
without supervision or instruction by a responsible person.
• Clean Cook-Top With Caution - If a wet sponge or cloth is used to wipe spills on a hot
cooking area, be careful to avoid steam burn. Some cleaners can produce noxious fumes
if applied to a hot surface.
Children at the cooktop
• Do Not Leave Children Alone - Children should not be left alone or unattended in area
where appliance is in use. They should never be allowed to sit or stand on any part of the
appliance.
• Children under 8 years of age must be kept away from the cooktop unless they are under
constant supervision.
• Children 8 years and older must only be allowed to use the cooktop 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.
• The cooktop is hot during use and remains so for some time after being switched off. Keep
children away from the appliance until it has cooled down enough that there is no longer
any danger of burning.
• Risk of suffocation! Children could wrap themselves in packaging materials (e.g. foil) or
pull it over their heads during play and suffocate. Keep packaging materials out of the reach
of children.
• CAUTION: Do not store items of interest to children in cabinets above a range or onthe
backguard of a range - children climbing on the range to reach items could beseriously
injured.
• Risk of scalding and burns! ALWAYS turn pot/pan handles inward so that they do not
extend out from the cooktop, where they could be grabbed. This helps reduce the risk of
burns and scalding.
• Use the Child Safety Lock to prevent children from turning the cooktop on. When using the
cooktop, turn on the Control Lock to prevent children from changing the (selected) settings.
(See "Using the cooktop" chapter.)
WARNING!
READ THE OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY
BEFORE USING THE COOKTOP!
THIS APPLIANCE IS INTENDED FOR
RESIDENTIAL COOKING ONLY.
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