14Important hints on safetyPrior to the first use of the appliance do make your-self familiar with the instruction manual. Pay spe-cial attention to the hints on safety. In this manualthey are marked with a .This will prevent from damages to persons as wellas to the appliance itself.Do carefully keep the manual at a safe place and, ifneed be, pass it on to your successor user.The appliance is only to be used for its purpose in thehousehold. This appliance is according to internationalsecurity instructions and quality norms.The safety measures existing as a matter of self-under-standing would, however, not cover all of possible risksof accidents.Electrical safetyThe connection to the power supply must exclusi-vely be carried out by expert electricians. Moreo-ver, electrical safety has to be ensured by expertinstallation in standard built-in cabinets/work-tops.Die speziellen Anweisungen des Installationskapitelssind zu beachten.Damaged appliances must not be used. Fuselage to becut off or unscrewed in case of trouble or failure.For safety reasons repairing, in particular at live partsof the appliance, has to be carried out by expert electri-cians or trained service technicians only, as potentialdanger will result for the user. If a fault occurs, pleasecontact our after--sales--service.Children safetyAlways keep small children away. Make sure thatplaying children do not operate the appliance.Use and operationIn case of careless handling there is danger of bur-ning oneself at the heating elements in the cookingarea.Do not switch on cooking zones unless pots or pans areplaced on them. Vessels and their bottoms have to bedry and clean.Do not use hobs for parking any objects.The preparation of food in aluminum foil or plastic con-tainers is not allowed.The hob gets damaged, when you operate it withoutplacing any vessels on it or when you use empty or un-suitable vessels, e.g. of an uneven bottom or a toosmall diameter.Overheated fat or oil may ignite; therefore, watch deepfrying and similar methods of preparation during whicha lot of fat needs to be heated up.When taking the hot items from the hotplates do abso-lutely make use of pot or thermo-gloves.When connecting additional electrical appliancesmake sure the connecting wires do not come into con-tact with the hotplates.After use make sure that the appliance is switched off.All of the rotary knobs have to be reset into the OFF-position.CleaningNo hotplate must be switched on during the cleaningprocedure. Make sure that the ceramic-glass surfacehas cooled down in a way that one may get in touch withinterior parts without any danger.Always keep the ceramic-glass surface clean.Steam and high--pressure cleaning units are not suit-able for cleaning because of the requirements of elec-trical safety.ATTENTION ! = Symbol for safety hints - if you do’nt observe this, damages of persons as well tothe appliance can happenSTOPSTOP ! = Symbol ffor hints of special danger - please observe strictly.= Symbol for environmental hints and saving of energy