Setting Surface Controls (cont'd)

Using the Touch Control

The recommended way to use the touch pads on the cooktop is shown JnFigure t. Be sure that your finger is placed in the center of the touch pad as shown. If the finger is not placed on the center of a pad, the cooktop may not respond to the selection made.

Lightly contact the pad with the flat part of your entire fingertip. Do not just use the narrow end of your fingertip.

LED Messages or Light Indicators Displayed by Main Control CONTROLS LOCK - This feature allows the cooktop to be locked when no cooking zones are active. If the cooktop is in use, it will not be possible to lock the controls. Touch and hold the LOCK key pad for few seconds. A beep will sound and the Lock indicator light will glow (Fig. 3). Once locked, no other displays will glow and no Cooking Zones will activate. To turn the Controls Lock OFF, touch and hold the LOCK key pad for few seconds. A beep will sound, the Lock indicator light will turn OFF (Fig. 2) and the cooktop may be used normally.

COOKTOP POWER - The Cooktop POWER key pad activates the entire Cooktop. To power the cooktop, touch and hold the POWER key pad. A beep will sound and the Power LED will glow (See Fig. 5). The cooktop will be in a ready mode. If no other key pads are touched the Cooktop Main POWER will turn OFF automatically. To turn the Main Power OFF touch and hold the Main POWER key pad. A beep will sound and the Power Indicator Light will turn OFF (See Fig. 4).

PAN DETECTION - The Pan Sensing <,Sensa Cook>>(Fig. 7) key will activate / deactivate the pan sensing and pan sizing feature. When the Pan Sensing feature is on, the pan sensing LED is ,<ON>>and the elements will be activated only when metallic cookware is loaded on the cooking zone. When the cooking zone is not loaded with a pan, the display will flash the power level setting. When a pan is present, the display will steadily indicate the power level setting.

With the Pan Sensing feature on, when a pan is removed from the cooktop and the element is ,,ON>>,it will stop heating and the display will flash. If the pan is not put back within 1 minute, the cooktop will beep once. After 10 minutes, the unused cooking zone will shut off if the pan is not put back on the element.

When the Pan Sensing feature is not activated (Fig. 8), the Pan Sensing LED is _,OFF>>and the elements produce heat with or without a metallic cookware load on the cooking zone.

Note: When the Pan Sensing feature is activated (Fig. 7), the Element Size Key Pad for the Bridge Element will be available. The Element Size Key Pad for the Dual Element will not be available, but the Pan Sensing system will automatically detect the pan size.

ERROR CODES F XX- The control displays F in Cooking Elements LEDs (Fig. 7) and digits

in Main Control LED (Fig. 8) together showing an error code.

LED Messages or Light Indicators Displayed by Cooking Element

Controls

COOKING ZONE ON/OFF PAD - Each Cooking Element has separate ON/OFF key pads. Once the Main Power key pad has been touched to activate the cooktop, touch the corre- sponding Cooking Element ON/OFF key pad once to active the Cooking Zone needed. ''=="

will appear in the LED display, if the corresponding C_I_ (increase) / _i_._ (decrease) key pad is not touched, the request to turn the Cooking Element ON will cancel and the Cooktop Main Power will turn OFE To set a Cooking Element power level touch the corresponding

Cooking Element (J_iii:(increase) or (ivi_;.(decrease) key pad once. To turn OFF a Cooking Element, touch the Cooking Element ON/OFF key pad once. The Cooking Element indicator Light will turn OFE

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790.4281, 790.4282 specifications

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