9The Key Features of Your Appliance• Induction cooking zones: The appliance is fitted with a ceramic glasshob and induction cooking zones. Induction heats the base of thepan immediately and does not heat the ceramic glass hob first.• Sensor fields: Your appliance is operated using Touch Control sensorfields.• Cleaning: The advantage of the ceramic glass cooking surface andthe sensor fields is their accessibility for cleaning. The smooth, flatsurface is easy to clean.• On/Off sensor field: The “On/Off” sensor field provides the appliancewith a separate mains switch. Touching this switches the power sup-ply on or off completely.• Sensor field lock: With this device the operating panel can belocked, for example as a safety precaution for children.• Control and function indicators: Digital indicators or control lampprovide information about settings made, functions activated, as wellas any residual heat of the corresponding cooking zone.• Safety cut-out: A safety cut-out ensures that all cooking zonesswitch off automatically after a period of time if the setting has notbeen changed.• Power device: With this device the power for the appropriate cook-ing rings can be temporarily increased.• Keep warm setting: 1 is the setting for keeping foods warm.• Residual heat indicator: An h for residual heat is shown in the dis-play if the cooking zone becomes so hot that there is a risk of burn-ing.• Timer: All zones can be automatically switched off using the inte-grated timer. When the end of the cooking time has been reached,the cooking zone switches off.