• Never cover the appliance with a cloth or a protection sheet. This is
supposed to become very hot and catch fire.
• 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.
Precautions not to damage 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: Danger of fire: do not store items on the cooking
surface.
• Never place any hot container over the control panel.
• If a drawer is situated under the embedded appliance, make sure
the space between the content of the drawer and the inferior part of
the appliance is large enough (2 cm). This is essential to guaranty a
correct ventilation.
• Never put any inflammable object (ex. sprays) into the drawer
situated under the vitroceramic hob. The eventual cutlery drawers
must be resistant to heat.
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