Setting Surface Controls
Triple radiant element
The cooktop is featured with an expandable triple radiant surface element located at the right front cooktop position.
Use the Element Size keypad (Fig. 1) to select which portions of the triple element are needed for heating. The triple element size may be changed anytime the element is ON.
To operate triple radiant surface element:
1.Place cookware on triple element.
2.To activate press and hold the 
keypad for the triple element until acceptance tone sounds.
3.Press Element Size keypad and toggle to select the single (Fig. 2), double (Fig. 3) or triple (Fig. 4) expandable element size setting.
4.To set power level press Hi or Lo keypad and if needed toggle the Hi or Lo keypads to adjust to the desired power level setting. Each touch of the Hi or Lo key pad will decrease or increase the power level by 1/2 from
9.5through 3.0. Simmer power levels between 3.0 and
1.2will decrease or increase by .2 increments. Hi (Fig. 5) is the highest power level. Lo (Fig. 6) is the lowest power level available.
5.Once cooking is finished, press 
keypad to turn the triple element OFF (Fig. 7).
Hot Surface indicator lights
When using any of the radiant element positions, the cooktop will become very hot. After turning any of the elements off the cooktop may remain HOT for some time. The corresponding Hot Surface indicator light (Fig. 7) will turn on whenever any element position becomes HOT and turn off once the cooktop has cooled sufficiently.
Radiant surface elements may appear to have cooled after they have been turned off. The glass surface may still be hot and burns may occur if the glass surface is touched before it has cooled sufficiently.
Do not place aluminum foil or plastic items
such as salt and pepper shakers, spoon holders or plastic wrappings on top of the range when it is in use. These items could melt or ignite. Potholders, towels or wooden spoons could catch fire if placed too close to the surface elements.
Fig. 1
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Fig. 5 | Fig. 6 | Fig. 7 |
Important notes:
•If no element size is chosen when the Triple element is turned ON, only the inner coil will heat by default.
•Start most cooking operations on a higher setting and then turn to a lower setting to finish cooking.
•For efficient cooking, turn the surface element OFF several minutes before cooking is complete. This will allow residual heat to complete the cooking process.
•A glowing red surface heating area extending beyond the bottom edge of the cookware indicates the cookware is too small for the surface heating area.
•Radiant elements have a limiter that allows the radiant heating element to cycle ON and OFF, even at the HI setting. This helps prevent damage to the ceramic cooktop. Cycling at the HI setting is normal and will occur more often if the cookware is too small for the radiant element or if the cookware bottom is not flat.
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