• If the appliance has a child safety device, it should beactivated.• Children shall not carry out cleaning and user maintenance ofthe appliance without supervision.General Safety• WARNING: The appliance and its accessible parts becomehot during use. Care should be taken to avoid touchingheating elements.• Do not operate the appliance by means of an external timeror separate remote-control system.• WARNING: Unattended cooking on a hob with fat or oil canbe dangerous and may result in fire.• NEVER try to extinguish a fire with water, but switch off theappliance and then cover flame e.g. with a lid or a fireblanket.• CAUTION: The cooking process has to be supervised. A shortterm cooking process has to be supervised continuously.• WARNING: Danger of fire: Do not store items on the cookingsurfaces.• Metallic objects such as knives, forks, spoons and lids shouldnot be placed on the hob surface since they can get hot.• Do not use a steam cleaner to clean the appliance.• If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by themanufacturer, the Authorised Service Centre or similarlyqualified persons in order to avoid a hazard.• Where the appliance is directly connected to the powersupply, an all-pole isolating switch with a contact gap isrequired. Complete disconnection in compliance with theconditions specified in overvoltage category III must beguaranteed. The earth cable is excluded from this.• When you route the mains cable, make sure that the cabledoesn't come into direct contact (for example using insulatingENGLISH 5