14 EKE 81.2
Safety instructions
or connection and unction
■ The mains connection, maintenance and repair jobs should only be carried
out by an authorised technician in accordance with the applicable sa ety
standards. Work which has been improperly carried out can endanger your
sa ety.
■ The sur aces o heating- and cooking zones become hot during operation.
There ore: Always keep children away.
or the cooking area
■ Overheated ats and oils may spontaneously ignite. You should there ore
cook ood involving the use o ats and oils, e.g. chipped potatoes, only un-
der supervision. Never extinguish ats or oils with water! Place a lid on the
pan, switch o the cooking zone and take the pan o the hot cooking zone.
■ I cracks, ractures, or any other de ects appear in your glass-ceramic cook-
ing area, do not use your appliance. Unplug or otherwise disconnect your
appliance rom the mains supply and call our service centre.
■ I the cooking area cannot be switched o due to a de ect in the sensor
control immediately disconnect your appliance and call the service centre.
■ Be care ul when working with additional appliances! The connection leads
must not come into contact with the hot cooking zones.
■ The glass ceramic cooking area should not be used as a storage area.
■ Do not place combustible or in lammable objects upon the cooking top
which might be dangerous in case o unintentional switching on.
■ Never use the cooking zones without cookware. Never use the appliance to
heat rooms!
■ Never put aluminium oil or plastic on top o the cooking zones. Substances
that melt, or example plastic, oils and especially sugar and ood with a
high sugar content are to be kept away rom the hot cooking zone. In order
to avoid damaging, sugar, while still hot, should immediately be scraped o
the cooking area with a scraper.
■ Avoid repeated burning o stains and boiling over.
■ Chalk deposits may damage the cooking area.
■ I there are any pets in the apartment which could come near the hob, ac-
tivate the lock.
Before first use
Remove packaging and moving parts. Be ore irst use the cooking area should
be cleaned with a damp cloth and a little washing-up liquid.
The cooking area is insensitive to temperature shocks (cold and hot) and also
extremely robust.
■ Avoid dropping sharp objects onto the cooking area. Pointed objects alling
onto your cooking area might break it.
■ Please read through the cleaning and care instructions. Be especially care ul
to keep the sensor keys clean since soiling could be mistaken or inger
contact by the appliance. Never put anything (pans, tea towels etc.) onto
the sensor keys! I ood boils over onto the sensor keys, we advise you to
activate the emergency switch.
■ You might hear a humming sound rom the heating when switching on the
appliance. This is due to technical reasons and has no in luence on quality
and unctioning o your appliance.
■ Hot pans should not be put down near the sensor keys. In this case the
appliance may automatically shut o .
■ Clean the hob be ore using it or the irst time. Then switch the cooking
zones onto the highest setting, one a ter the other, or three minutes. This
will remove any “new” smell and cause any humidity in the heating units to
evaporate. This is necessary so that the electronic circuits unction properly.
Use of the cooking zones
Read the safety instructions!
Subsequent to initial connection and in the event o a power ailure, the con-
trols will be tested automatically. On completion o the test a short buzz will
sound.
Important:
There must be no objects on the sensors while the sensor sensitivity is being
set. Extreme lighting shining on the buttons, such as direct sunlight or bright
halogen lights, is to be avoided.
Switch on the hob
Touch sensor key ON/OFF
The cooking zone setting displays will indicate a “0” and the ready- or-
operation indications on the cooking setting displays will blink.
The appliance is in operation (stand-by mode).
The stand-by mode switches o automatically i no cooking zone is activated
within a period o 10 seconds.