Flex Zone; Advice On Using Cookware; As Two Independent Hotplates; As A Single Hotplate - Siemens EX8 FV Series Instruction Manual

|Flex Zone

Y ou can use each flex zone as a single hotplate or as
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two independent hotplates, as required.
It consists of four inductors that work independently of
each other. If using the flexible cooking zone, only the
area that is covered by cookware is activated.

Advice on using cookware

To ensure that the cookware is detected and heat is
distributed evenly, correctly centre the cookware:

As a single hotplate

Diameter smaller than or equal to 13 cm
Place the cookware on one of the four posi-
tions that can be seen in the illustration.
Diameter greater than 13 cm
Place the cookware on one of the three
positions that can be seen in the illustration.
If the cookware takes up more than one
hotplate, place it starting on the upper or
lower edge of the flexible cooking zone.

As two independent hotplates

The front and rear hotplates each have two induc-
tors and can be used independently of each other.
Select the required heat setting for each of the
hotplates. Use only one item of cookware on each
hotplate.
As two independent hotplates
The flexible cooking zone is used like two independent
hotplates.
Activating
See section ~ "Operating the appliance"
As a single hotplate
Using the entire cooking zone by connecting both
hotplates.
Linking the two hotplates
Set the cookware down. Select one of the two
1.
hotplates in the flexible cooking zone and set the
heat setting.
Touch the symbol. The indicator lights up.
ü
2.
The heat setting appears in the display for the lower
hotplate.
The flexible cooking zone has now been activated.
Changing the heat setting
Select one of the two hotplates in the flexible cooking
zone and change the heat setting in the settings range.
Adding a new piece of cookware
Set the new piece of cookware down, select the
hotplate in the flexible cooking zone and then touch the
symbol twice. The new piece of cookware will be
ü
detected and the heat setting that was previously
selected will be retained.
If the cookware is moved on the hotplate or lifted
Note:
from it, the hotplate begins an automatic search and the
heat setting selected previously is retained.
Unlinking the two hotplates
Select one of the two hotplates in the flexible cooking
zone and touch the symbol.
ü
This deactivates the flexible cooking zone. The two
hotplates will now function independently.
If you switch the hob off and then subsequently
Note:
switch it on again, the flexible cooking zone is
converted back to two independent hotplates.
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