12)Child Safety FunctionTo avoid children operating the hob controls, itis possible to lock them.1. Touch the “Lock” Control for about 3seconds. The red indicator next to the “Lock”symbol lights up and an acoustic signalsounds.Now all the hob controls are locked, except themain ON/OFF Touch Control.Any lit burner keeps operating, but cannot beadjusted.Protection againstoverheatingIf the hob is used intensively, e.g. several burnersat maximum level for a long time, a temperaturesensor detects possible overheating andautomatically adjusts all the lit burners tominimum.If the hob temperature keeps rising althoughthe flame level has been reduced, all the litburners are automatically turned off and a safetydevice is set on all the four burners.If you select all the burners with the TimerControl (one at a time) Code number9 flashes in the cooking time display.Caution! When the safety device is seton all the burners, their controls cannotbe operated for about 60 seconds.After the 60 seconds, you can reactivate all theburners by touching the Increasing Controland the Decreasing Control of one of thefour burners at the same time.Once the safety device has been removed, waituntil the hob has cooled down before using itagain.)