Miele KM 5773 Safety cut-out feature, Covered touch controls, Cooktop is on too long

Safety features

Safety cut-out feature

Covered touch controls

The cooktop will turn off automatically if any of the touch controls are covered for more than 10 seconds, e.g. by finger contact, food boiling over or by an object such as an oven mitt or towel. A tone will also sound every 30 secs. for a maximum of 10 min and the display will show a flashing F.

^Clean the touch controls or remove the object covering it.

This will turn off the signal tone and the displayed F will go out.

^Turn the cooktop on again with the s touch control. The burners can now be used.

The cooktop is on too long

The cooktop has a safety cut-out feature in case it is not turned off after use.

If one of the burners is heated for an unusually long period of time (see table), and the power level settings are not adjusted, the cooktop will turn itself off automatically and the residual heat indicator will light.

Power level*	Maximum
	operating hours
1/1.	10
2/2.	5
3/3.	5
4/4.	4
5/5.	4
6	4
6.	3
7/7.	3
8/8.	3
9/9.	2
10/10.	2
11/11.	2
12	1

*The power level with period are only available when the range is extended, see "Programming".

^If you wish to use the burners once again, turn the cooktop on in the usual way.

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