12. CARE AND CLEANINGWARNING!Refer to the Safety chapters.Notes on cleaning:• Clean the front of the appliance with asoft cloth with warm water and acleaning agent.• To clean metal surfaces, use a usualcleaning agent.• Clean the appliance interior after eachuse. Then you can remove dirt moreeasily and it does not burn on.• Clean stubborn dirt with a specialoven cleaner.• Clean all accessories after each useand let them dry. Use a soft cloth withwarm water and a cleaning agent.• If you have nonstick accessories, donot clean them using aggressiveagents, sharp-edged objects or a dish-washer. It can cause damage to thenonstick coating.12.1 Steam cleaning1. Remove the worst of the dirt man-ually.2. Put approximately 250 ml of waterand 3 tablespoons of vinegar direct-ly into the steam generator.3. Set the Steam Cleaning function. Re-fer to "Oven functions".4. The display shows the duration andthe default temperature. Touch OKto start the cleaning.5. An acoustic signal sounds when thesteam cleaning is completed. Toucha sensor field to stop the signal.6. Clean the appliance with soft cloth.Remove the water from the steamgenerator with the sponge and rub itdry.Keep the door open for approxi-mately 1 hour to let the appliancedry fully.You can use the End function todelay the start of the cleaning.Refer to "Setting the END".12.2 Shelf supportsYou can remove the shelf supports toclean the side walls.Removing the shelf supports2311. Carefully pull the supports up andout of the front catch.2. Lightly move the supports on thefront catch inwards.3. Pull the supports out of the rearcatch.Installing the shelf supportsInstall the shelf supports in the oppositesequence.12.3 Steam generation systemCAUTION!Dry the steam generator aftereach use. Remove the water withthe sponge.Remove the limescale with waterand vinegar.CAUTION!Chemical de-scaling agents cancause damage to the enamel.Follow the instructions of themanufacturer.Cleaning the water drawer and thesteam generator:1. Put the water and vinegar mixture(approximately 250 ml) through thewater drawer into the steam gener-ator. Wait for approximately 10 mi-nutes.ENGLISH 41