Contents Contents Important safety instructions Power management Pause What you need to know about safety instructions Flex zone For your safety Sound on/off Surface cooking units Before using the cooktop Electrical Safety Cookware for induction cooking zones Child safety Using the correct size cookware Ventilating hood Pot and pan sizes Glass/ceramic cooking surfaces...
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Should you ever experience a problem with your product, please first check the Troubleshooting section of this manual for guidance. It provides useful Thank you for choosing Dacor for your home. We are a company built by families for families, suggestions and remedies prior to calling for service.
Make sure the machine is grounded to prevent electric shock. your responsibility to use common sense, caution, and care when installing, maintaining, and operating your cooktop. Call a Dacor service center for help. Note Important safety symbols and precautions These warning signs are here to prevent injury to you and others.
FOR YOUR SAFETY • Do not leave children alone. Never leave children alone or unattended in an area where this appliance When using electrical appliances, you should follow is in use. They should never be allowed to sit or basic safety stand on any part of the appliance.
Important safety instructions SURFACE COOKING UNITS • Teach children not to play with the controls or any other part of the cooktop. • Never leave surface units unattended at high heat • Be sure your appliance is properly installed and settings.
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• Use proper pan sizes. This appliance is equipped • Do not operate the cooktop without cookware. If with surface units of different size. Select pots and the cooktop operates without cookware, the control pans that have flat bottoms large enough to cover knobs will become hot.
If your • Young children should be supervised to ensure that they appliance is in need of repair, contact a Dacor authorized do not play with the appliance. service center. Failure to follow these instructions may result in damage and void the warranty.
If your cooktop breaks, • Keep all packaging materials out of the reach of contact an authorized Dacor service center children. Children may use them for play and injure immediately. themselves.
• If the appliance is flooded by any liquid, please explosion, or problems with the product. contact your nearest Dacor service center. Failing to • Do not cut or remove the grounding prong from the do so may result in electric shock or fire.
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• If any foreign substance such as water has entered the or injury. appliance, contact your nearest Dacor service center. • Do not use or place flammable sprays or objects near Failing to do so may result in electric shock or fire.
Important safety instructions USAGE CAUTIONS • Never heat plastic or paper containers and do not use them for cooking. CAUTION Failing to do so may result in a fire. Do not heat food wrapped in paper from magazines, • • If the surface is cracked, turn the appliance off.
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• Take care when heating liquids such as water or • Do not put your face or body close to the appliance other beverages. while cooking. Make sure to stir during or after cooking. Take care that children do not come too close to Avoid using a slippery container with a narrow the appliance.
Important safety instructions Important safety instructions CRITICAL CLEANING WARNINGS 1. FCC NOTICE FCC STATEMENT : CAUTION This equipment generates and uses ISM frequency energy • Do not clean the appliance by spraying water directly on to it. and if not installed and used properly, that is in strict accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, may •...
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The manufacturer is not responsible for any radio of TV WARNING interference caused by unauthorized modification to this Any changes or modifications to this unit not expressly microwave oven. It is the responsibility of the user to correct approved by the party responsible for compliance could void such interference.
Important safety instructions Before you start IC RADIATION EXPOSURE STATEMENT: About induction cooktop cooking This equipment complies with IC RSS-102 radiation exposure CAUTION limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. This BEFORE COOKING equipment should be installed and operated so there is •...
• Do not use the induction cooktop to dry clothes. Location of the induction cooktop elements and controls • Never store flammable materials such as aerosols and detergents in the drawer or cupboards under the induction cooktop. Cooking zones • Users with Pacemakers or Active Heart Implants must keep their upper body 36”...
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Before you start 30” full-touch cooktop Control Panel 36" cooktop 01 Power 02 Flex Zone selector 03 Flex zone indicator 04 Heat setting selector 05 Indicators for heat settings and 06 Cooking Zone selector 01 Induction front Wide Flex zone: 02 Induction rear Wide Flex zone: residual heat 1800 W.
30" cooktop Residual heat indicator When an individual cooking zone or the cooktop is turned off, the presence of residual heat is shown with an (for “hot”) in the digital display of the appropriate cooking zones. Even after the cooking zone has been switched off, the residual heat indicator goes out only after the cooking zone has cooled.
Before you start Operation Initial cleaning Switching the appliance on Wipe the ceramic glass surface with a damp cloth and ceramic cooktop glass Turn the cooktop on by touching the cleaner. POWER key for approximately 1 second. WARNING Do not use caustic or abrasive cleaners. The surface could be damaged. Digital display selected heat settings •...
Recommended settings Griddle (Flex zone) The power levels in the table below are guidelines. The power settings required for Preheat the griddle (MEDIUM HIGH or HIGH). various cooking methods depend on a number of variables, including the quality Type of cooking Setting of the cookware being used and the type and amount of food being cooked.
Operation Using the Lock Timer You can use the Lock to safeguard against a child unintentionally turning on a Press the Timer key. The number 10 cooking zone and activating the cooking surface. Also, the control panel, with the will be displayed above the timer exception of the POWER key, can be locked to prevent the settings from being display.
Power boost control Power management The cooking zones have a maximum power available to them. The Power Boost function makes additional power available to each cooking If this power range is exceeded in a cooking zone when you switch on the Power zone (for example, when you want to bring a large volume of water to a boil).
Operation Pause Flex zone You can use the Flex Zone function to operate and control the two elements on the 36" The Pause function simultaneously switches left side simultaneously, as a single cooking zone, and then use the zone for large all cooking zones that are switched on to cookware.
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Flex zone Plus NOTE The Flex zone is the large cooking area To turn the synched elements off, touch the located on the left side of the hob (see the Cooking Zone 1 ON/OFF key for any synched element. figure below) that is specially designed to The two synced elements will turn off accommodate multiple pots and pans of simultaneously.
Operation Sound on/off Before using the cooktop Touch the POWER key for Use quality cookware in good condition approximately 1 second. The cookware used with the cooktop surface should have flat bottoms that make good contact with the entire surface of the Cooking Zone.
Cookware for induction cooking zones CORRECT INCORRECT The Induction element can only be turned on when cookware with a magnetic base is placed on one of the cooking zones. You can use the cookware identified as suitable below. Curved or warped pan bottoms or Flat pan bottom &...
Operation Using the correct size cookware 30" Cooking Minimum diameter of the • The Induction Cooking Zones require that you use pots and pans of a zones bottom of the cookware minimum size or larger at each location. The inner ring of each Cooking Zone is your guide to the correct minimum pan size.
Using suitable induction cookware Energy saving tips You can save valuable energy by observing the following points: Suitability test • Always position pots and pans before Cookware is suitable for induction cooking switching on the cooking zone. if a magnet sticks to the bottom of the •...
How to connect the cooktop long period of time. • Do not use abrasive cleansing powders or scouring pads, which will scratch Before you can use the remote features of your Dacor cooktop, you must pair it to the cooktop. the SmartThings App. •...
This product features a Bluetooth device that you can use to connect the cooktop Normal daily use cleaning to Dacor hood control models. Through the Bluetooth connection, you can use the hood control function on the SmartThings app. Use only a ceramic cooktop cleaner. Other creams may not be as effective.
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Maintaining your appliance Maintaining your appliance Removing burned-on residue Removing metal marks and scratches Be careful not to slide pots and pans across your cooktop. It will leave marks Allow the cooktop to cool. on the cooktop surface. You can remove these marks by applying ceramic Spread a few drops of ceramic cooktop cooktop cleaner with a cleaning pad for ceramic cooktops.
Sugary spillovers (such as jellies, fudge, candy, syrups) or melted plastics can Dacor works hard to ensure that you don’t have problems with your new electric cause pitting of the surface of your cooktop. This is not covered under the cooktop.
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Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Symptom Possible cause Solution Symptom Possible cause Solution The boost A cooking position is You can activate the boost The cooktop The cooktop is not being Scratches cannot be removed. function has already paired, and the function only once for a single has scratches or correctly cleaned.
Authorized Dealer, or other seller authorized by Dacor. please contact a local Dacor service center. If your Dacor product fails to function within two years of the date of delivery to the original The IGBT sensor is open when the consumer purchaser, due to a defect in material or workmanship, Dacor will remedy it without burner is operating.
LIMITED TWO-YEARS WARRANTY Out of Warranty If your Dacor product fails to function within two years from the date of delivery to the original Should you experience a service issue beyond the standard warranty period, please contact us. consumer purchaser due to a defect in material or workmanship, Dacor will furnish a new part, Dacor reviews each issue and customer concern to provide the best possible solution based on F.O.B.
Appendix Memo Model name & serial number Both the model name and the serial number are labeled on the side of the cooktop base. For later use, write down the information onto the current page. Model Name Serial Number English 37...
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