Operating Instructions45The Key Features of Your ApplianceFeatures of Your Appliance• Ceramic glass cooking surface: The appliance has a ceramic glasscooking surface and 4 rapid response cooking zones. The particularlypowerful radiant heater elements significantly shorten the amount oftime taken for the zones to heat up.• Sensor fields: Your appliance is operated usingTOUCH CONTROL sensor fields.• Cleaning: The advantage of the ceramic glass cooking surface andthe sensor fields is their accessibility for cleaning. The smooth, flatsurface is easy to clean (see section: “Cleaning and Care”).• 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.• Stop+Go sensor field: Touching this sensor field changes all cookingzones currently in use to the ”keep warm“ function: touching thefield again restores the zones to their former settings. This functioncan be useful in certain situations, for example if you are suddenlycalled away from the cooker.• Displays: Digital displays show information about selected heat set-tings, functions activated and any possible residual heat in the appro-priate 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.• Keep Warm: V this setting is used for keeping food 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.• Multipurpose cooking zone: The hob is equipped with a multipur-pose/casserole cooking zone. Depending on the setting, it can be usedas a round or oval cooking zone, e.g. for oval casseroles or for keepingdishes or food warm.• Triple ring cooking zone: The hob features a triple-ring cookingzone. This zone can be set to different sizes, for example to fit smallerpots. This will save power.• Timer: All rings 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.