• Children aged 3 years and under must be kept away fromthis appliance when it is in operation at all times.General Safety• WARNING: The appliance and its accessible parts becomehot during use. Care should be taken to avoid touchingheating elements. Children less than 8 years of age shall bekept away unless continuously supervised.• 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.• After use, switch off the hob element by its control and do notrely on the pan detector.• If the glass ceramic surface / glass surface is cracked, switchoff the appliance to avoid the possibility of electric shock.• 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.• WARNING: Use only hob guards designed by themanufacturer of the cooking appliance or indicated by themanufacturer of the appliance in the instructions for use assuitable or hob guards incorporated in the appliance. Theuse of inappropriate guards can cause accidents.ENGLISH 26