4.3 The heat settingTouch to increase the heat setting.Touch to decrease the heat setting.The display shows the heat setting.Touch and at the same time todeactivate the cooking zone.4.4 Activation anddeactivation of the outer ringsYou can adjust the surface you cook tothe dimension of the cookware.To activate the outer ring touch the sen-sor field / . The indicator comeson.Do the procedure again to deactivatethe outer ring. The indicator goes out.4.5 Automatic Heat UpYou can get a necessary heat setting in ashorter time if you activate the Automat-ic Heat Up function. This function setsthe highest heat setting for some time(see the diagram), and then decreases tothe necessary heat setting.To start the Automatic Heat Up functionthe cooking zone must be cold (no inthe display). Touch of the cookingzone again and again until the necessaryheat setting comes on. After 3 secondscomes on in the display.To stop the function, touch .12345678910110 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 94.6 TimerCount Down TimerUse the Count Down Timer to set howlong the cooking zone operates for onlythis one time.Set the Timer after the selection ofthe cooking zone.You can set the heat setting before or af-ter you set the timer.• To set the cooking zone: touchagain and again until the indicator of anecessary cooking zone comes on.• To activate or change the Timer:touch or of the timer to set thetime ( 00 - 99 minutes). When the in-dicator of the cooking zone starts toflash slow, the time counts down.• To deactivate the Timer: set thecooking zone with and touch todeactivate the Timer. The remainingtime counts back to 00 . The indicatorof the cooking zone goes out.• To see the remaining time: set thecooking zone with . The indicatorof the cooking zone starts to flashquickly. The display shows the remain-ing time.When the time comes to an end, thesound operates and 00 flashes. Thecooking zone deactivates.• To stop the sound: touchMinute MinderYou can use the Timer as a MinuteMinder while the cooking zones do notoperate. Touch . Touch or toset the time. When the time comes to anend, the sound operates and 00 flashes• To stop the sound: touch4.7 STOP+GOThe function sets all cooking zonesthat operate to the lowest heat setting ().When operates, you cannot changethe heat setting.The function does not stop the timerfunction.8 www.aeg.com