Using The Touch Controt; Light Indicators Displayed; By Main Control; Led Messages Or Light Indicators - Kenmore 790.4422 Series Use And Care Manual

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Setting Surface Controls
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.
Do not just use the narrow
end of your fingertip.
Light Indicators
Displayed
by Main Control
CONTROLS
LOCi(-
This feature
allows the cooktop
to be
locked when no cooking
zones are active.
If the cooktop
is
in use, it will not
be
possible to loci< the controls. Touch and
hold the _
key pad for few seconds. A beep will sound
and the Lock indicator light will glow (Fig. 2). Once locked
no Cooking
Zones will activate.
To turn the Controls
Lock
OFF, touch and hold the _
key pad for few seconds. A
beep will sound, the Lock indicator light will turn OFF (Fig. 1)
and
the
cooktop
may
be
used
normally.
COOKTOP
POWER- The Cooktop
POWER key pad
activates
the entire Cooktop.
To power the cooktop,
touch
and hold the POWER key pad. A beep will sound and the
Power LED will glow (See Fig. 4). The cooktop
will be in a
ready mode.
If no other key pads are touched
the Cooktop
Main
POWER will turn OFF automatically.
To turn the Main
Power OFF touch and hold the Main POWER key pad. A
beep will sound and the Power Indicator
Light will turn OFF
(See Fig. 3).
touch the corresponding
Cooking
Element A
(increase)
or V
(decrease)
key pad once. To turn QFF a Cooking
Element, touch the Cooking
Element ON/OFF
key pad once.
The Cooking
Element Indicator
Light will turn OFF.
The available
Window
Display Settings
The control
will display
heat levels ranging from 9 indicating
the higher level (Fig. 6) to 1 indicating
the lower level (Fig.
7) and OFF (Fig. 9). The settings
between
1 (Fig. 7) and 7
(Fig. 8) decrease
or increase
in increments
of .5 for more
precise settings at lower heat levels (example
3.5; Fig. 10).
The settings between
7 (Fig. 8) and 9 (Fig. 6) decrease
or
increase
in increments
of 1. Use the Recommended
Surface
Setting Chart to determine
the correct
setting
for the kind of
food you are preparing.
Hot Surface Indicators
After using any of the radiant
element positions the cooktop will
become
very hot. After turning any of these elements OFF, the
cooktop
will remain HOT for some time. "H" (hot element) will
appear
in the element
power level display
while the element
is still hot. The H indicator
will remain
in the display
until the
element
has cooled
sumciently
(See Fig. 11).
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Fig, 7
Fig, 8
Fig, 9
Fig, 10
Fig, 11
ERROR CODES X - The element
power level displays
can
show error codes. When this happens, single zone display
"C" (Fig. 5) followed
by the error code number.
Error code
can also be shown steadily
in the 4 zones displays.
If this
happens,
please refer to section "Before
you call" in this
manual.
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lil
iil
PowER P OWER
On/Off
On/Off
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Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
LED Messages
or Light Indicators
Displayed
by
Cooking
Element
Controls
COOKING
ZONE ON/OFF
PAD - Each Cooking
Element
has separate
ON/OFF
key pads. Once the Main Power key
pad has been touched
to activate
the cooktop,
touch the
corresponding
Cooking
Element ON/OFF
key pad once
to activate
the Cooking
Zone needed.
"0" wiJJ appear
in
the LED display.
If the corresponding
A
(increase)
/ V
(decrease)
key pad is not touched,
the request to turn the
Cooking
Element ON will cancel and the Cooktop
Main
Power will turn OFF. To set a Cooking
Element power level
Recommended
Surface Cooking
Seffings
The suggested
power level settings are based on cooking
with medium
sized aluminum
pans with lids. Be sure to make
any further
setting adjustments
for best surface
cooking
results.
setting
Type
of Cooking
.................................
HIGH (8 - 9)
Start most foods, bring water to a boil or
pan broiling.
MEDIUM
HIGH
Continue a rapid boil, fry, deep fat fry.
(5 - 7)
MEDIUM
(5)
Maintain
a slow boil, thicken
sauces and
gravies, steam vegetables.
MEDIUM
LQW
Keep foods cooking,
poach, stew.
(2 - 4)
LOW (1 - 2)
Keep warm, melt, simmer.
Note:
The size and type of cookware
used wiii influence the
setting
needed
for best cooking
results. The Simmer
settings
are used to simmer and keep larger quantities
of foods warm
such as stews and soups. The lower Simmer settings are ideal
for delicate
foods and melting
chocolate
or butter.

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