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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS Prepare Cooktop for Installation WARNING Excessive Weight Hazard Use two or more people to move and install cooktop. Failure to do so can result in back or other injury. Decide on the final location for the cooktop. Avoid drilling into or severing existing wiring during installation. 1. Using 2 or more people, place the cooktop upside down on a covered surface using the foam end posts from the packaging. Make sure that the knobs are not resting on the foam. 2. Remove foam strip roll from the package containing literature. The roll contains four 1/4" (6.4 mm) strips of foam. Remove one strip at a time. Apply the foam strip adhesive around bottom of the four edges of the cooktop glass, following the edges of the glass. NOTE: The foam strip helps avoid damage to the underside of the cooktop glass from debris and helps the cooktop sit flat on uneven counters. Install Cooktop Style 1: Cooktop over undercounter built-in oven IMPORTANT: Clamping brackets should not be used. 1. Using 2 or more people, place cooktop right side up into the cutout. NOTE: Make sure that the front edge of the cooktop is parallel to the front edge of the countertop. If repositioning is needed, lift entire cooktop up from cutout to avoid scratching the countertop. Style 2: Cooktop over cabinets 1. Determine whether your cabinet construction provides clearance for installing clamping brackets at cooktop base ends. 24" (60.9 cm), 30" (76.2 cm) and 36" (91.4 cm) traditional models A B C A. Cooktop base bottom B. Attachment screw C. Clamping bracket A 2. The clamping brackets can be installed before or after the cooktop is placed into the cutout. Complete the following steps for the option you choose. B C A. Cooktop base B. 1/4" (6.4 mm) Foam strip C. Cooktop NOTE: For some models with trim on the front glass edge, apply the foam strip side down around bottom of the cooktop glass only on LEFT, RIGHT and BACK SIDE. LEFT SIDE BACK SIDE RIGHT SIDE 05-Sep-2019 13:08:04 EDT | RELEASED In some European factories the letter "W" of the part code mentioned herein will be autom5atically replaced by the number "4000" (e.g. "W12345678" becomes "400012345678")

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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
Prepare Cooktop for Installation
Decide on the final location for the cooktop. Avoid drilling into or
severing existing wiring during installation.
1.
Using 2 or more people, place the cooktop upside down
on a covered surface using the foam end posts from the
packaging. Make sure that the knobs are not resting on the
foam.
2.
Remove foam strip roll from the package containing
literature. The roll contains four 1/4" (6.4 mm) strips of foam.
Remove one strip at a time.
Apply the foam strip adhesive
around bottom of the four edges of the cooktop glass,
following the edges of the glass.
NOTE:
The foam strip helps avoid damage to the underside of
the cooktop glass from debris and helps the cooktop sit flat on
uneven counters.
NOTE:
For some models with trim on the front glass edge, apply
the foam strip side down around bottom of the cooktop glass
only on LEFT, RIGHT and BACK SIDE.
Install Cooktop
Style 1: Cooktop over undercounter built-in oven
IMPORTANT:
Clamping brackets should not be used.
1.
Using 2 or more people, place cooktop right side up into
the cutout.
NOTE:
Make sure that the front edge of the cooktop is
parallel to the front edge of the countertop. If repositioning
is needed, lift entire cooktop up from cutout to avoid
scratching the countertop.
Style 2: Cooktop over cabinets
1.
Determine whether your cabinet construction provides
clearance for installing clamping brackets at cooktop
base ends.
24" (60.9 cm), 30" (76.2 cm) and 36" (91.4 cm) traditional
models
2.
The clamping brackets can be installed before or after the
cooktop is placed into the cutout. Complete the following
steps for the option you choose.
WARNING
Excessive Weight Hazard
Use two or more people to move and install cooktop.
Failure to do so can result in back or other injury.
A
B
C
A. Cooktop base
B. 1/4" (6.4 mm) Foam strip
C. Cooktop
RIGHT SIDE
BACK SIDE
LEFT SIDE
B
C
A
A. Cooktop base bottom
B. Attachment screw
C. Clamping bracket
05-Sep-2019 13:08:04 EDT | RELEASED
In some European factories the letter "W" of the part code mentioned herein will be automatically
replaced by the number "4000" (e.g. "W12345678" becomes "400012345678")