Helpful Hints and Tips, Noises during operation

Touch for 3 seconds. The displays come on and go out. Touch for 3 seconds. comes on, the sound is on. Touch , comes on, the sound is off.

When this function operates, you can hear the sounds only when:

•you touch

•the Minute Minder comes down

•the Count Down Timer comes down

•you put something on the control panel.

Activation of the sounds

Touch for 3 seconds. The displays come on and go out. Touch for 3 seconds. comes on, because the sound is off. Touch , comes on. The sound is on.

For induction cooking zones a strong electro-magnetic field creates the heat in the cook- ware very quickly.

Cookware material

•correct: cast iron, steel, enamelled steel, stainless steel, the bottom made of multi-layer (with correct mark from a manufacturer).

•not correct: aluminium, copper, brass, glass, ceramic, porcelain.

Cookware is correct for an induction hob if …

•... some water boils very quickly on a zone set to the highest heat setting.

•... a magnet pulls on to the bottom of the cookware.

The bottom of the cookware must be as thick and flat as possible.

Cookware dimensions: induction cooking zones adapt to the dimension of the bottom of the cookware automatically to some limit.

If you can hear

•crack noise: cookware is made of different materials (Sandwich construction).

•whistle sound: you use one or more cooking zones with high power levels and the cook- ware is made of different materials (Sandwich construction).

•humming: you use high power levels.

•clicking: electric switching occurs.

•hissing, buzzing: the fan operates.

The noises are normal and do not refer to appliance malfunction.