[. . . ] · Keep the children away from the appliance during and after the operation, until the appliance is cold. Activate the child safety device to prevent small children and pets from an accidental activation of the appliance. Safety during operation · Remove all packaging, stickers and layers from the appliance before the first use. Do not put the objects made of metal, for example cutlery or saucepan lids, on the surface that you cook. · The Users with an implanted pacemaker must keep their upper body minimum 30 cm from induction cooking zones that are activated. [. . . ] OptiHeat Control (3 step Residual heat indicator) : continue cook / stay warm / residual heat. Description The cooking zone is deactivated. Operating instructions Display Description The Automatic Switch Off function operates. 9 OptiHeat Control (3 step Residual heat indicator) WARNING!The induction cooking zones make the heat necessary for cooking directly in the bottom of the cookware. The glass ceramic is hot from the heat of the cookware. OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS Activation and deactivation Touch for 1 second to activate or deactivate the appliance. Automatic Switch Off The function stops the hob automatically if: · All cooking zones are deactivated. · You do not set the heat setting after you activate the appliance. · You spill something or put something on the control panel for more than 10 seconds, (a pan, a cloth, etc. ). The symbol comes on and the cooking zone deactivates automatically after 2 minutes. · You do not deactivate a cooking zone or change the heat setting. See the table. The times of Automatic Switch Off Heat setting The cooking zone deactivates after 6 hours 5 hours 4 hours 1. 5 hours The heat setting Touch the control bar at the heat setting. The display shows the heat setting. 10 Operating instructions Automatic Heat Up 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 234567 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 You can get a necessary heat setting in a shorter time if you activate the Automatic Heat Up function. This function sets the highest heat setting for some time (see the illustration), and then decreases to the necessary heat setting. To stop the function change the heat setting. Power function The Power function makes more power available to the induction cooking zones. After, that the induction cooking zone automatically sets back to highest heat setting. vate, touch a heat setting - Power function of the double ring cooking zone Power function of the inner ring starts when the appliance senses the cookware with a smaller diameter than the inner ring. Power function of the outer ring starts when the appliance senses the cookware with a larger diameter than the inner ring. Power management The power management divides the power between two cooking zones in a pair (see the illustration). The power function increases the power to the maximum level for one cooking zone in the pair. Automatically decreases the power in the second cooking zone to a lower level. The display for the reduced zone change between two levels. Operating instructions 11 Timer Count Down Timer Use the Count Down Timer to set how long the cooking zone operates for only this one time. · To set the cooking zone: touch again and again until the indicator of a necessary cooking zone comes on. · To activate the Count Down Timer: touch of the timer to set the time ( 00 - 99 minutes). When the indicator of the cooking zone start to flash slow, the time counts down. To deactivate the child safety device · Activate the appliance with . [. . . ] If not the servicing by a customer service technician or dealer will not be free of charge, also during the warranty period. The instructions about the customer service and conditions of guarantee are in the guarantee booklet. ENVIRONMENT CONCERNS The symbol on the product or on its packaging indicates that this product may not be treated as household waste. Instead it should be taken to the appropriate collection point for the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment. By ensuring this product is disposed of correctly, you will help prevent potential negative consequences for the environment and human health, which could otherwise be caused by inappropriate waste handling of this product. [. . . ]