Keep all packaging away from children and dispose of it
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appropriately.
WARNING: Keep children and pets away from the
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appliance when it operates or when it cools down.
Accessible parts become hot during use.
If the appliance has a child safety device, it should be
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activated.
Children shall not carry out cleaning and user maintenance
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of the appliance without supervision.
1.2 General Safety
WARNING: The appliance and its accessible parts become
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hot during use. Care should be taken to avoid touching
heating elements.
WARNING: Unattended cooking on a hob with fat or oil can
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be dangerous and may result in fire.
NEVER try to extinguish a fire with water, but switch off the
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appliance and then cover flame e.g. with a lid or a fire
blanket.
CAUTION: The appliance must not be supplied through an
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external switching device, such as a timer, or connected to
a circuit that is regularly switched on and off by a utility.
CAUTION: The cooking process has to be supervised. A
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short term cooking process has to be supervised
continuously.
WARNING: Danger of fire: Do not store items on the
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cooking surfaces.
Metallic objects such as knives, forks, spoons and lids
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should not be placed on the hob surface since they can get
hot.
Do not use the appliance before installing it in the built-in
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structure.
Do not use a steam cleaner to clean the appliance.
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After use, switch off the hob element by its control and do
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not rely on the pan detector.
If the glass ceramic surface / glass surface is cracked,
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switch off the appliance and unplug it from the mains. In
case the appliance is connected to the mains directly using
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