Removing the dirt:1. – Remove immediately: melting plastic, plastic foil, and food containing sugar. Usea special glass ceramic scraper. Put the scraper on the glass ceramic surface at anacute angle and slide the blade on the surface.– Stop the appliance and let it cool down before you clean: limescale rings, waterrings, fat stains, shiny metallic discolorations. Use a special cleaner for glass ceramicor stainless steel.2. Clean the appliance with a damp 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 start the applianceor operate it.• Start the appliance again and set the heat setting within 10seconds.• The key lock or child safety device operates . Stop thefunction. See the section "Locking/unlocking the control pan-el" and “Child safety device”.• STOP+GO operates . Stop the function. See the section"Stop and go".• You touched 2 or more sensor fields at the same time. Onlytouch one sensor field.• There is water or fat stains on the control panel. Clean thecontrol panelA sound operates when the ap-pliance is off.You covered one or more sensor fields. Uncover the sensor fields.The residual heat indicator doesnot come on.The cooking zone is not hot because it operated only for a shorttime. If the cooking zone must be hot, speak to the after salesservice.The automatic warm up func-tion does not start.• There is still residual heat on the cooking zone . Let thecooking zone cool down• The highest heat setting is set. The highest heat setting hasthe same power as the automatic warm up function.A sound operates and appliancestarts and stops again. After 5seconds one more sound oper-ates.You covered . Uncover the sensor field.Sensor fields become hot. The cookware is too big or you put it too near the controls. Putlarge cookware on the rear cooking zones if necessary.The display changes betweentwo heat settings.Power Management decreases the power of this cooking zone.Use cooking zones on the other side.comes on. • The automatic switch-off operates. Stop the appliance andstart it again.Overheating protection for the cooking zone operates. Stop thecooking zone and start it again.12 What to do if…