mains cable. Contact the Service or anelectrician to change a damagedmains cable.• The electrical installation must have anisolation device which lets you discon-nect the appliance from the mains atall poles. The isolation device musthave a contact opening width of mini-mum 3 mm.• Use only correct isolation devices: lineprotecting cut-outs, fuses (screw typefuses removed from the holder), earthleakage trips and contactors.2.2 UseWARNING!Risk of injury, burns or electricshock.• Use this appliance in a household en-vironment.• Do not change the specification of thisappliance.• Do not use an external timer or a sep-arate remote-control system to oper-ate the appliance.• Do not let the appliance stay unatten-ded during operation.• Do not operate the appliance with wethands or when it has contact with wa-ter.• Do not put cutlery or saucepan lids onthe cooking zones. They become hot.• Set the cooking zone to “off” afteruse.• Do not use the appliance as a worksurface or as a storage surface.• If the surface of the appliance iscracked, disconnect immediately theappliance from the power supply. Thisto prevent an electrical shock.WARNING!Risk of fire or explosion.• Fats and oil when heated can releaseflammable vapours. Keep flames orheated objects away from fats and oilswhen you cook with them.• The vapours that very hot oil releasescan cause spontaneous combustion.• Used oil, that can contain food rem-nants, can cause fire at a lower tem-perature than oil used for the firsttime.• Do not put flammable products oritems that are wet with flammableproducts in, near or on the appliance.• Do not try to extinguish a fire with wa-ter. Disconnect the appliance and cov-er the flame with a lid or a fire blanket.WARNING!Risk of damage to the appliance.• Do not keep hot cookware on the con-trol panel.• Do not let cookware to boil dry.• Be careful not to let objects or cook-ware fall on the appliance. The surfacecan be damaged.• Do not activate the cooking zoneswith empty cookware or without cook-ware.• Do not put aluminium foil on the ap-pliance.• Cookware made of cast iron, alumini-um or with a damaged bottom cancause scratches on the glass ceramic.Always lift these objects up when youhave to move them on the cookingsurface.2.3 Care and CleaningWARNING!Risk of damage to the appliance.• Clean regularly the appliance to pre-vent the deterioration of the surfacematerial.• Do not use water spray and steam toclean the appliance.• Clean the appliance with a moist softcloth. Only use neutral detergents. Donot use abrasive products, abrasivecleaning pads, solvents or metal ob-jects.2.4 DisposalWARNING!Risk of injury or suffocation.• Contact your municipal authority forinformation on how to discard the ap-pliance correctly.• Disconnect the appliance from themains supply.ENGLISH 5