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Kenmore 790.4390 Series Use & Care Manual page 9

Induction cooktop

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Cooktop Control Pads
Keep Warm Feature Message
Use the WARM
& HOLD key pad to activate
the
Warm
setting
for any of the Cooking
Zones. The
ON/OFF
key pad for the desired Cooking
Zone
must be activated
first, then touch the WARM
& HOLD key pad located
in the Cooktop
Main
Control area once to set. L (low heat) should
appear
in the corresponding Cooking
Zone Alpha-
Numeric
display (Fig. 22).
Fig. 22
Pan Detection
Aii Cooking
Zones wiii provide
a Pan Detection
message. If
a Cooking
Zone is turned ON and no pan is detected,
or
the pan has been moved or is not centered
correctly,
or is
not made of magnetic
material,
the power level wiii flash
in the affected
Cooking
Zone Alpha-Numeric
display.
If
the situation
is not corrected
, the zone wiii turn off after 3
minutes.
Setting Cooktop Controls
Operating
the Cooking Zones
The Induction cooktop
has four or five Cooking Zones designed
for cookware
of various sizes. Be sure to place cookware
that
meets the minimum
and maximum
pan size requirements
(see
pages 6 & 7) for the Cooking
Zone desired and is best for the
amount of food being prepared.
Place the cookware
with the
prepared
food
on the Cooking
Zone BEFORE setting any of
the Cooktop
controls.
To Turn ON one or more of the Cooking Zones:
1. Place the prepared
food
using the correct
type and size
cookware
on the desired
Cooking
Zone. Be sure to center
the cookware
on Cooking
Zone completely
covering
the
minimum
ring marked on the Zone surface.
POWER
2. Touch and hold the On/Off key pad for 2 seconds (or until a
POWER
long beep sounds). The Power LED located above the On/Off
key pad wiii turn ON. NOTE: If no other key pad is touched
within 10 seconds the request to Power ON the cooktop
wiii
dear.
ON
3. To start a Cooking
Zones lightly
touch the OFF key pad for
the Cooking Zones needed. A beep will sound and the chosen
Cooking
Zone power level Alpha-Numeric
display wiii show
"-" indicating
no power level for the Zone has been set yet.
NOTE: If no other key pad is touched
within
10 seconds the
request to Power ON the Cooktop
Zone wiii clear.
4. Set the desired power level for the Cooking
Zone by touching
either the A
or V
key pad. If the A
key pad is touched
the Cooking
Zone wiii start at a "Power
Boost"
maximum
power level (the Cooking
Zone Alpha-Numeric
display
wiii
indicate
"P'
and the control will beep once). If the V
key
pad is touched
once the Cooking
Zone wiii start at low (the
Cooking
Zone Alpha-Numeric
display
will show "1"
and
the control wiii beep once). PLEASE NOTE: If the cookware
requirements
for the Cooking
Zone (See pages 6 & 7) are
not met the sensors wiii detect
a problem
and the display
will flash with the power level in the affected
Cooking
Zone
Alpha-Numeric
display.
Any problems
must be corrected
before
proceeding.
NOTE: Touch once, or repeatedly
touch the A
or V
key
pads to adjust or scroll through power levels at any time during
the cooking
process (To scroll through
the power levels touch
and hold the A
or V
key pads until the power level desired
is reached).
Once the Cooking
Zone power level has been set
the food wiii begin to heat at that level until the power level is
manually
changed
or power sharing is activated.
To Turn OFF the Cooking Zones:
ON
1. Once cooking
is complete,
touch the OFF key pad to turn
the Cooking
Zone OFF.
2. The corresponding
Cooking
Zone ON/OFF
LED located
ON
above the OFF key pad will turn OFF. A beep will sound
and the chosen Cooking
Zone power level Alpha-Numeric
display
wiii turn off. If no other key pads are touched
the
Cooking
Zone wiii shut OFF.
3. When any Cooking
Zone is OFF, the corresponding
Cooking
Zone Alpha-Numeric
display
may show H if the
Cooking
Zone temperature
is HOT. The Alpha-Numeric
display
wiii continue
to display
HI even if the Cooktop
is
switched
OFF the Alpha-Numeric
display
will continue
to
indicate
H as long as the cooking
zone remains HOT.
The Cooking
Zones may appear
to be cool
while turned ON and after they have been turned OFF.
But the glass surface may be HOT from residual heat
transferred
from the cookware
and burns may occur.
important
operating
notes:
* Fluids spilled or objects
lying on the controls area of the
cooktop
may cause the cooktop
to display
an error code
and turn OFF while cooking.
Clean the spills or remove the
objects
from the cooktop.
The zone that was affected
has
to be touched
twice on the ON/OFF
key. Once to clear
the stuck key and once to turn the zone back on.
. Be sure the cooktop
vent holes are NOT blocked.
If the
vent holes are blocked
the cooktop
internal
sensor may
shut OFF the cooktop
to avoid overheating
the appliance.
° If the cookware
or pan is moved from the center of any
active Cooking
Zone for any reason, a sensor wiJJ detect
the situation and the cookware
will no longer heat. The
affected
Cooking
Zone Alpha-Numeric
display will flash the
power level set for the Cooking Zone. The Cooking
Zone will
remember
the power level setting for up to 3 minutes before
the Cooking
Zone will automatically
shut OFF.

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