Table of Contents Warranty ................2 Sabbath Feature Mode ..........13 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ....... 3-4 Warm & Hold Feature ...........13 Locking the Controls ............13 Serial Plate Location ............4 Product Record ..............4 Minute Timer ..............14 Cooktop Features ..............5 General Care &...
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read all instructions before using this appliance. Save these instructions for future reference. This manual contains important safety symbols and instructions. Please pay attention to these symbols and follow all instructions given. This symbol will help alert you to situations that may cause serious bodily harm, death or property damage.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS accumulate on hood or filter. Greasy deposits • Ventilating hood. The ventilating hood above in the fan could catch fire. When flaming food your cooking surface should be cleaned under the hood, turn fan on. Refer to hood frequently, so the grease from cooking vapors manufacturer’s instructions for cleaning.
Cooktop Features READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THE COOKTOP The Cooking Zones may appear to be cool while turned ON and after they have been turned OFF. The glass surface may be HOT form residual heat transferred from the cookware and burns may occur. Left Rear Double Radiant Element 1a.
INCORRECT Surface Cooking CORRECT Use Proper Cookware Cookware should have flat bottoms that make • Curved and warped pan bottoms. good contact with the • Flat bottom and straight sides. entire surface heating • Tight fitting lids. element. Check for •...
Setting Surface Controls General Cooktop Information About the Ceramic Glass Cooktop The ceramic cooktop has radiant surface elements located below the surface of the glass. The design of the ceramic cooktop outlines the area of the surface element underneath. Make sure the diameter of the pan matches the diameter of the element outline on the cooktop.
Setting Surface Controls (cont’d) Using the Touch Control Be sure that your finger is placed in the center of the touch pad. If the finger is not placed on the center of a pad, the cooktop may not respond to the selection made. Lightly contact the pad with the flat part of your entire fingertip.
Setting Surface Controls (cont’d) The Electronic Surface Element Control (ESEC) The Electronic Surface Element Control (ESEC) feature provides a digital display of the radiant surface elements on the cooktop. The ESEC display in combination with the touch pads is designed to replace conventional control knobs. Fig.
Setting Surface Controls (cont’d) Operating Single Radiant Surface Elements The 30” cooktop has 2 SINGLE radiant surface elements: the RIGHT REAR and the LEFT FRONT positions (Fig. 1); The 36” cooktop has 3 SINGLE radiant surface elements: the RIGHT and LEFT REAR and the LEFT FRONT positions (Fig. 2). To Operate the Single Radiant Surface Elements: Place correctly sized cookware on the radiant surface element.
Setting Surface Controls (cont’d) Operating the DOUBLE Surface Elements The cooktops are equipped with a DOUBLE radiant surface element located at the left rear cooktop position (Fig. 1) or center rear cooktop position (Fig. 2). Indicator lights on the control panel at that position are used to indicate what portions of the dual radiant element will heat.
Setting Surface Controls (cont’d) Operating the Triple Surface Element The cooktop is equipped with a Triple radiant surface element located at the right front cooktop position (Figures 1 & 2). Indicator lights on the control panel at that position are used to indicate what portions of the Triple radiant element will heat.
Setting Surface Controls (cont’d) Sabbath Feature Mode When the Sabbath feature is ON, all electronic surface element control displays show “Sb”. The surface elements can be used even if the Sabbath Feature is on. To activate the Sabbath Feature Mode: In order to enter Sabbath at least one radiant burner has to be active.
Setting Surface Controls (cont’d) Minute Timer The Minute Timer feature may be useful in the kitchen if a recipe calls for keeping track of time. This feature will keep track of time from 1 to 99 minutes. The Minute Timer Display located to the left of the Timer UP/DOWN arrow key pads will begin to count down minutes once set.
General Care & Cleaning Cleaning Recommendations for the Ceramic Glass Cooktop Before cleaning the cooktop, be sure the controls are turned to OFF and the cooktop is COOL. DO NOT use a cooktop cleaner on a hot cooktop. The fumes can be hazardous to your health, and can chemically damage the ceramic glass surface.
Before You Call OCCURRENCE POSSIBLE CAUSE/SOLUTION Entire cooktop does not operate. House fuse has blown or circuit breaker has tripped. Check/reset breaker or replace fuse. If the problem is a circuit overload, have this situation corrected by a qualified electrician. Wiring connection is not complete.
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