Frigidaire FPCF3091LF Complete Owner's Guide (English) - Page 19

Bridge radiant elements The 3 left radiant cooking elements may also be used together as a single cooking area when setting for the Bridge feature. The SpaceWise™ bridge radiant elements are marked on your cooktop. This feature also provides the flexibility to cook with larger oblong cookware. Indicator lights located on the backguard for the bridge show which portions of the bridge element are set to heat. The symbol indicates only the left front element will heat (Fig. 1). The symbol indicates both the left front and left middle elements will heat together (Fig. 2). The indicates that all 3 elements (left front, middle and rear) will heat together (Fig. 3). To operate one or more of the bridge radiant surface elements: Step Press 1. Place correctly sized cookware on the bridge radiant surface cooking zone. 2. Press and hold the on-off for the bridge element position until a beep is heard. 3. Press the desired element size (once for left front, twice for left front and left middle, 3 times for left front, middle and rear). 4. Press lo, med (5.0) or hi. ,, Each touch of the lo or hi pad will decrease or increase the power level by .5 increments from 9.5 through 3.0. Simmer power levels between 3.0 and 1.2 will decrease or increase by .2 increments. lo is the lowest power level available. 5. Once cooking has completed, press on-off. See the Suggested power level settings table (provided in the instructions for the single radiant elements). The size and type of utensil used, and the amount and type of food being cooked will influence the setting needed for best cooking results. SETTING SURFACE CONTROLS indicator light indicator light indicator light Shaded areas show elements that will heat. Fig. 1 (left front) Fig. 2 (left front & middle) Fig.3 (left front, middle & rear) CAUTION Radiant surface elements may appear to have cooled after they have been turned off. The glass surface may still be hot and burns may occur if the glass surface is touched before it has cooled sufficiently. Do not place flammable items such as plastic salt and pepper shakers, spoon holders or plastic wrappings on top of the range when it is in use. These items could melt or ignite. Potholders, towels or wooden spoons could catch fire if placed too close to the surface elements. IMPORTANT • The HE (hot element) message may appear in the display windows once a heating element is turned OFF and will remain ON until the heating surface area or areas have cooled sufficiently. • Do not allow aluminum foil, or ANY material that can melt to make contact with the ceramic glass cooktop. If these items melt on the cooktop they may damage the ceramic cooktop. NOTES If all 3 bridge zones are in use with the bridge feature and you need the left rear as a single element for a different reason, change the bridge size to or and then set the left rear position independently. 19