To override The Child Safety Devicefor only one cooking time• Activate the appliance with . Theindicator comes on.• Touch for 4 seconds. Set the heatsetting in 10 seconds. You can oper-ate the appliance.• When you deactivate the appliancewith , The Child Safety Device op-erates again.4.10 OffSound Control(Deactivation and activation ofthe sounds)Deactivation of the soundsDeactivate the appliance.Touch for 3 seconds. The displayscome on and go out. Touch for 3 sec-onds. comes on, the sound is on.Touch , comes on, the sound isoff.When this function operates, you canhear the sounds only when:• you touch• the Minute Minder comes down• the Count Down Timer comes down• you put something on the control pan-el.Activation of the soundsDeactivate the appliance.Touch for 3 seconds. The displayscome on and go out. Touch for 3 sec-onds. comes on, because the soundis off. Touch , comes on. Thesound is on.5. HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS5.1 Cookware• The bottom of the cookwaremust be as thick and flat aspossible.• Cookware made of enamelledsteel and with aluminium orcopper bottoms can cause thecolor change on the glass-ce-ramic surface.5.2 Energy savingHow to save energy• If it is possible, always put the lids onthe cookware.• Put cookware on a cooking zone be-fore you start it.• Stop the cooking zones before theend of the cooking time to use residu-al heat.• The bottom of pans and cookingzones must have the same dimension.5.3 Öko Timer (Eco Timer)To save energy, the heater of thecooking zone deactivates beforethe count down timer sounds.The difference in the operationtime depends on the heat settinglevel and the length of the cook-ing operation.5.4 The Examples of cookingapplicationsThe data in the table is for guid-ance only.26 www.aeg.com