5.3 Cooking zones
Here you can find an overview of the cooking zones avail-
able on your cooktop. Place the cookware on the cooking
zone that best matches its size.
When a cooking zone is active, the corresponding displays
light up.
Symbol Cooking zone
Middle single cooking zone
Single cooking zone
Flexible cooking zone
Operation
6 Operation
Here you will find everything you need to know about op-
Operation
erating your appliance.
6.1 Turning the cooktop on
Press ON I OFF.
▶
When you first switch on the cooktop,
‒
a few seconds. This means that you have not set up
Home Connect™, yet. This behavior will occur every
time you turn on the cooktop, until you connect the
cooktop to your home network, or if the connection
has been interrupted.
→ "Home Connect™ ", Page 23
Press
and follow the instructions for Home Con-
‒
nect™ setup.
To exit the initial set-up, press any touch key.
‒
The indicator above ON I OFF turns on.
a
The symbols for the cooking zones and functions avail-
a
able at this time light up.
. lights up in the cooking zone displays.
a
6.2 Turning the cooktop off
Press and hold ON I OFF until all indicators go out.
▶
All cooking zones are turned off.
a
The residual heat indicators remain lit until the cooking
a
zones have cooled off sufficiently.
Note: The cooktop turns off automatically when all the
cooking zones have been turned off for more than 20 sec-
onds.
6.3 Cooking zone settings
In order to make settings on a cooking zone, the cooking
zone has to be selected.
Set the desired power level for each cooking zone in the
settings area.
Setting
Power level
lowest power level
highest power level
Intermediate setting for all power levels
Note: The cooktop may temporarily reduce the power au-
tomatically to protect the fragile parts of your appliance
and to prevent the appliance from producing excess noise.
Only use cookware that is suitable for induction cooking.
→ "Induction cooking", Page 8
Function
Use cookware that matches the size of the cooking zone.
Use cookware that matches the size of the cooking zone.
→ "Liberty® cooking zone", Page 12
Setting the power level
Requirement: The cooktop is turned on.
Place the cookware on the cooking zone.
1.
Press
2.
. lights up brighter on the cooking zone display.
a
Set the power level in the settings area
3.
lights up for
Press
Notes
If there is no cookware on the cooking zone, the cook-
¡
ing zone display blinks. This means that the cooking
zone tries to detect the cookware. Place cookware on
the cooking zone within 30 seconds, or the cooking
zone will switch itself off.
If the indicators blink while cookware is present on the
¡
cooking zone, check whether the cookware is suitable
for induction cooking.
→ "Testing cookware suitability", Page 31
If there is cookware on the cooking zone before switch-
¡
ing the cooktop on, it is detected within 20 seconds after
touching the main switch and the cooking zone is se-
lected automatically. Set the power level within 10 sec-
onds. Otherwise, the cooking zone switches off after
20 seconds.
If there are several pieces of cookware on the cooktop
¡
when it is switched on, only one piece of cookware is
detected.
Place cookware on the flexible cooking zone in the cor-
¡
rect position according to size.
→ "Liberty® cooking zone", Page 12
Changing the power level
Press
1.
to select the cooking zone
to set an intermediate level.
to select the cooking zone.
Operation en-us
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