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USE
The induction cooking system is based on the physical pheno-
menon of magnetic induction. The main characteristic of this
system is the direct transfer of energy from the generator to
the pot.
Advantages:
When compared to electric hobs, your induction hob is:
- Safer: lower temperature on the glass surface.
- Faster: shorter food heating times.
- More accurate: the hob immediately reacts to your com-
mands
- More efficient: 90% of the absorbed energy is transformed
into heat.
- Moreover, once the pot is removed from the hob, heat trans-
mission is immediately interrupted, avoiding unnecessary heat
losses.
COOKING CONTAINERS
Use only pots bearing the symbol
IMPORTANT
To avoid permanent damage to the hob surface, DO NOT
USE:
- containers with less than perfectly flat bottoms.
- metal containers with enamelled bottoms.
- containers with a rough base, to avoid scratching the hob
surface.
- never place hot pots and pans on the surface of the hob's
control panel
- do not slide pans across the cooking surface.
PRE-EXISTING CONTAINERS
Induction cooking uses magnetism to generate heat. Contai-
ners must therefore contain iron. Check if the pot material is
magnetic using a magnet. Pots are not suitable if they are not
magnetically detectable.
RECOMMENDED PAN BOTTOM DIAMETERS
IMPORTANT
If the pots are not correctly sized, the cooking zones will not
turn on.
For details of the minimum pot diameter that needs to be
used on each zone, see the illustrated part of this manual.
ENERGY SAVING
Recommendations for best results:
- Use pots and pans with a bottom diameter equal to that of
the cooking zone.
- Use only pots and pans with flat bottoms.
- Where possible, keep the lid on pots during cooking
- Cook vegetables, potatoes, etc. with a minimal amount of
water to reduce cooking time.
- Use a pressure cooker, as it further reduces the energy con-
sumption and cooking time.
- Place the pot in the centre of the cooking zone outlined on
the hob.
USING THE COOKTOP
Before you begin, it is important to know:
All functions of this hob are designed in order to comply with
the most stringent safety regulations.
For this reason:
- Some functions will not be activated, or will be automatically
deactivated, in the absence of pots on the burners or when
they are poorly positioned.
- In other cases the activated functions will be automatically de-
activated after a few seconds when the specific function requires
a further setting that has not been selected (e.g.: "Turn the hob
on" without "Selecting the cooking zone" and the "Operating
temperature", or the "Lock Function" or the "Timer" function).
IIMPORTANT
In the case (for example) of prolonged use, the cooking zone
may not immediately shut down because it is in the coo-
ling phase; the " " symbol will appear on the cooking zone
display to indicate the execution of this phase. Wait for the
display to turn off before approaching the cooking zone.
COOKING ZONE DISPLAY
The cooking area display indicates:
Cooking zone on
Power level
Residual heat Indicator
Pot detector
Temperature manager function active
Pause function
Automatic heat UP function
COOKTOP CHARACTERISTICS
• Safe activation
The product is activated only in the presence of pots on the
cooking zone: the heating process does not start or is inte-
rrupted if there are no pots, or if these are removed.
• Pot detector
The product automatically detects the presence of pots on
the cooking zones.
• Safety shut down
For safety reasons, each cooking zone has a maximum opera-
ting time, which depends on the maximum power level set.
• Residual heat indicator
When one or more cooking zones shut down, the presence of
residual heat is indicated by a visual signal on the correspon-
ding zone display, by way of the "
Note: Before activating any functions, the desired zone must
be activated.
• Power-on
Press (touch) ON/OFF. The indicator light will turn on to in-
dicate that the cooktop is ready for use. Press again to turn off
Note: This function has priority over the others.
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" symbol.