Information on acrylamidesImportant! According to the newest scientific knowledge, if you brown food (specially theone which contains starch), acrylamides can pose a health risk. Thus, we recommend thatyou cook at the lowest temperatures and do not brown food too much.CARE AND CLEANINGClean the appliance after each use.Always use cookware with clean bottom.WARNING!The sharp objects and abrasive cleaning agents can cause damage to the appliance.For your safety, do not clean the appliance with steam cleaners or high-pressure cleaners.Scratches or dark stains on the glass-ceramic cause no effect on how the appliance oper-ates.To remove the dirt:1. – Remove immediately:melted plastic, plastic foil, and food with sugar. If not, the dirtcan cause damage to the appliance. Use a special scraper for the glass . Put the scra-per on the glass surface at an acute angle and move the blade on the surface .– Remove after the appliance is sufficiently cool:limescale rings , water rings, fatstains, shiny metallic discolorations. Use a special cleaning agent for glass ceramic orstainless steel.2. Clean the appliance with a moist cloth and some detergent.3. At the end rub the appliance dry with a clean cloth.WHAT TO DO IF…Problem Possible cause and remedyYou cannot activate the appli-ance or operate it.• Activate the appliance again and set the heat setting in 10seconds.• You touched 2 or more sensor fields at the same time. Onlytouch one sensor field.• The Child Safety Device or the Lock or Stop+Go operates. Seethe chapter Operating instruction.• There is water or fat stains on the control panel. Clean thecontrol panel.A Sound operates and the ap-pliance deactivates.A sound operates when the ap-pliance is deactivated.You put something on one or more sensor fields. Remove the ob-ject from the sensor fields.The appliance deactivates. You put something on the . Remove object from the sensorfield.12 Care and cleaning