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Food may catch fire.
▶ The cooking process must be monitored. A
short process must be monitored continu-
ously.
WARNING ‒ Risk of burns!
The appliance and its parts that can be
touched become hot during use, particularly
the hob surround, if fitted.
▶ Caution should be exercised here in order
to avoid touching heating elements.
▶ Young children under 8 years of age must
be kept away from the appliance.
Hob protective grilles may cause accidents.
▶ Never use hob protective grilles.
The appliance becomes hot during operation.
▶ Allow the appliance to cool down before
cleaning.
WARNING ‒ Risk of electric shock!
Improper repairs are dangerous.
▶ Repairs to the appliance should only be
carried out by trained specialist staff.
▶ Only use genuine spare parts when repair-
ing the appliance.
▶ If the power cord or the appliance power
cable of this appliance is damaged, it must
be replaced with a special power cord or
special appliance power cable, which is
available from the manufacturer or its Cus-
tomer Service.
A damaged appliance is dangerous.
▶ Never operate a damaged appliance.
▶ If the surface is cracked, you must switch
off the appliance in order to prevent a pos-
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ATTENTION!
Rough pot and pan bases will scratch the ceramic.
Check your cookware.
▶
Boiling pans dry may damage cookware or the appli-
ance.
Never place empty pans on a heated hotplate or al-
▶
low to boil dry.
Incorrectly positioned cookware can cause the appli-
ance to overheat.
Never place hot pots or pans on the controls or the
▶
hob surround.
Here you can find the most common types of damage and tips on how to avoid them.
Damage Cause
Stains
Food boiling
over
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Measure
Remove boiled-over food
immediately with a glass
scraper.
sible electrical shock. To do this, switch off
the appliance via the fuse in the fuse box.
▶ Set the hotplate control to zero.
▶ Call customer service.
▶ Repairs to the appliance must only be car-
ried out by trained and qualified personnel.
An ingress of moisture can cause an electric
shock.
▶ Do not use steam- or high-pressure clean-
ers to clean the appliance.
The insulation on cables of electrical appli-
ances may melt if it touches hot parts of the
appliance.
▶ Never bring electrical appliance cables into
contact with hot parts of the appliance.
WARNING ‒ Risk of injury!
Saucepans may suddenly jump due to liquid
between the saucepan base and the hotplate.
▶ Always keep hotplates and saucepan
bases dry.
WARNING ‒ Risk of suffocation!
Children may put packaging material over
their heads or wrap themselves up in it and
suffocate.
▶ Keep packaging material away from chil-
dren.
▶ Do not let children play with packaging ma-
terial.
Children may breathe in or swallow small
parts, causing them to suffocate.
▶ Keep small parts away from children.
▶ Do not let children play with small parts.
Damage can occur if hard or pointed objects fall onto
the hob.
Do not let hard or pointed objects fall onto the hob.
▶
Non heat-resistant materials will melt on heated hot-
plates.
Do not use oven protective foil.
▶
Do not use aluminium foil or plastic containers.
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2.1 Overview of the most common damage
Damage Cause
Stains
Unsuitable
cleaning
products
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Only use cleaning
products that are suitable
for glass ceramic.