Remove the object or clean the controlpanel.• you do not deactivate a cooking zone orchange the heat setting. After some timecomes on and the hob deactivates.The relation between the heat setting andthe time after which the hob deactivates:Heat setting The hob deactivatesafter, 1 - 3 6 hours4 - 7 5 hours8 - 9 4 hours10 - 14 1.5 hour5.3 The heat settingTo set or change the heat setting:Touch the control bar at the correct heatsetting or move your finger along the controlbar until you reach the correct heat setting.5.4 Activating and deactivating theouter ringsYou can adjust the surface you cook to thedimension of the cookware.Use sensor field:To activate the outer ring: touch the sensorfield. The indicator comes on.To activate more outer rings: touch thesame sensor field again. The subsequentindicator comes on.To deactivate the outer ring: touch thesensor field until the indicator goes out.When you activate the zone butdo not activate the outer ring thelight that comes out from thezone may cover the outer ring. Itdoes not mean that the outerring is activated. To see if thering is activated check theindicator.5.5 Automatic Heat UpActivate this function to get a desired heatsetting in a shorter time. When it is on, thezone operates on the highest setting in thebeginning and then continues to cook at thedesired heating setting.To activate the function thecooking zone must be cold.To activate the function for a cookingzone: touch ( comes on). Immediatelytouch a desired heat setting. After 3 secondscomes on.To deactivate the function: change theheat setting.5.6 Timer• Count Down TimerYou can use this function to set the length ofa single cooking session.First set the heat setting for the cookingzone, then set the function.To set the cooking zone: touchrepeatedly until the indicator of a cookingzone appears.To activate the function: touch of thetimer to set the time (00 - 99 minutes). Whenthe indicator of the cooking zone starts toflash, the time counts down.To see the remaining time: touch to setthe cooking zone. The indicator of thecooking zone starts to flash. The displayshows the remaining time.To change the time: touch to set thecooking zone. Touch or .To deactivate the function: touch to setthe cooking zone and then touch . TheENGLISH 25