• Never cover the appliance with a cloth or a protection sheet.
This is supposed to become very hot and catch fire.
• This appliance is not intended for use by persons (including
children) with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities,
or lack of experience and knowledge, unless they have been
given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance
by a person responsible for their safety.
• Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play
with the appliance.
• Cleaning and user maintenance shall not be made by children.
• Metallic objects such as knives, forks, spoons and lids should
not be placed on the hob surface since they can get hot.
• WARNING: The appliance and its accessible parts become hot
during use. Care should be taken to avoid touching heating
elements. Children shall be kept away unless continuously
supervised.
Precautions to prevent damage to the appliance
• Raw pan bottoms or damaged saucepans (not enamelled cast
iron pots,) may damage the ceramic glass.
• Sand or other abrasive materials may damage ceramic glass.
• Avoid dropping objects, even little ones, on the vitroceramic.
• Do not hit the edges of the glass with saucepans.
• Make sure that the ventilation of the appliance works according
to the manufacturer's instructions.
• Do not put or leave empty saucepans on the vitroceramic hobs.
• Sugar, synthetic materials or aluminium sheets must not
contact with the heating zones. These may cause breaks or
other alterations of the vitroceramic glass by cooling: switch on
the appliance and take them immediately out of the hot heating
zone (be careful: do not burn yourself).
• WARNING: Unattended cooking on a hob with fat or oil can be
dangerous and may result in fire.
• CAUTION: The cooking process has to be supervised. A short
term cooking process has to be supervised continuously.
• WARNING: Danger of fire: do not store items on the cooking
surface.
• Never place any hot container over the control panel.
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