6Use the following chart as a guide when setting heat levels.Setting Recommended Useb (Boost) ■ Bring liquid to a boil, frying, and roasting.9 ■ Start food cooking, boiling liquid, frying,and roasting.7–8 ■ Quickly brown or sear food.6–7 ■ Hold a rapid boil.5–6 ■ Fry or sauté foods.■ Cook soups, sauces, and gravies.4–5 ■ Maintain a slow boil.■ Stew or steam food.3–5 ■ Range of simmer levels for simmering withor without a lid.2–3 ■ Simmer sauces.1–2 ■ Melt chocolate or butter.To Turn Off:1. Touch the On/Off keypad to turn off the desired cookingarea.Hot Surface Indicator“HOT” will appear in the heat setting display as long as anycooking area is too hot to touch. It will continue to display evenafter the cooking area is turned off.Pan DetectionIf the correct type and size of pan is not placed on the chosencooking area, “U” and the power level chosen will flash in thecontrol display of the cooking area until a pan is detected or thecooking area is turned off.If a timer is running when a pan is removed, the countdown willcontinue.Control LockThe Control Lock avoids unintended use of the cooking areas.Control Lock can be activated when power to the cooktop is off.The cooktop will be locked out, and the cooking areas cannot beturned on by the cooktop touch controls.To Lock Cooktop:1. Touch the Power keypad. The indicator light above thePower keypad will light up.2. Touch and hold the Lock and Pause keypads at the sametime for 4 seconds. A tone will sound and an “L” will lightup in the control and timer display areas, indicating that thecooktop controls are in the lockout position.The Control Lock function cannot be activated when a cookingarea or zone is in use.To Unlock Cooktop:1. Touch the Power keypad. The indicator light above thePower keypad will light up and an “L” will light up in thecontrol and timer display areas.2. While the indicator light and the “L” displays are showing,touch and hold the Lock and Pause keypads at the sametime for 4 seconds. A tone will sound and the control andtimer display areas will stop showing “L.” The cooktopcontrols are no longer in the lockout position.Performance BoostThis function allows you to increase the heat setting level abovethe maximum heat setting 9 for 10 minutes.NOTE: Performance Boost is not available when the Bridgefunction is activated.The Performance Boost function is available on only one cookingarea at a time within a zone. If you attempt to use anothercooking area in the same zone, “b” will flash in the first areaselected, and then the area will reset to power level 5. Thesecond area selected will remain active with the PerformanceBoost “b” power for 10 minutes maximum.To Use:1. Touch the Power keypad. The indicator light above thePower keypad will light up.2. Touch the On/Off keypad for the desired cooking area.3. Touch the Boost keypad or slide the power slider to theright until “b” appears in the display.4. When finished, slide the power slider to the desired powerlevel to continue cooking or, if done, touch the On/Offkeypad to turn the selected cooking area off.NOTE: The Performance Boost function may automaticallydeactivate to keep the internal electronic components of thecooktop from becoming too hot.Keep WarmThe Keep Warm function can be used with all cooking areas.Keep Warm can be used on more than one cooking area at atime. Keep Warm is not recommended for heating cold foods.To Use:1. Touch the Power keypad. The indicator light above thePower keypad will light up.2. Touch the On/Off keypad for the desired cooking area.3. Touch and slide the power slider one position to the right of“0.” The “U” symbol will appear in the display. This indicatesthat the Keep Warm function for that cooking area is on.NOTE: The Keep Warm Function has a maximum duration of2 hours.To Turn Off:Keep Warm can be turned off in two different ways:1. Use the power slider to set to a heat level.OR2. Touch the cooking area On/Off keypad.A. Cooking area displayB. Hot surface indicatorWARNINGFood Poisoning HazardDo not let food sit for more than one hour before orafter cooking.Doing so can result in food poisoning or sickness.