• The relation between heat setting andtimes of the Automatic Switch Offfunction:• , - — 6 hours• - — 5 hours• - — 4 hours• - — 1.5 hours4.3 The heat settingTouch the control bar at the heat set-ting. Move your finger along the controlbar to change the setting. Do not re-lease before you have a correct heat set-ting. The display shows the heat setting.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. For more outer rings touch the samesensor field again. The subsequent indi-cator comes on.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 functionfor a cooking zone:1. Touch ( comes on in the dis-play).2. Immediately touch the necessaryheat setting. After 3 secondscomes on in the display.To stop the function change the heatsetting.1234567891011120 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 144.6 TimerCount Down TimerUse the Count Down Timer to set howlong the cooking zone operates for onlythis one time.Set the Count Down Timer after theselection of the 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 the Count Down Timer:touch of the timer to set the time (00 - 99 minutes). When the indicatorof the cooking zone start to flash slow,the time counts down.• To see the remaining time: set thecooking zone with . The indicatorof the cooking zone starts to flashquickly. The display shows the remain-ing time.• To change the Count Down Timer:set the cooking zone with . Touchor .• To deactivate the timer: set thecooking zone with . Touch . Theremaining time counts back to 00 .The indicator of the cooking zonegoes out. To deactivate you can alsotouch and at the same time.When the countdown comes to anend, the sound operates and 00 flash-es. The cooking zone deactivates.• To stop the sound: touch22 www.aeg.com