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Setting Surface Controls

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Setting Surface Controls 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 plastic items such as 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. Do not allow aluminum foil, empty glass/porcelain cookware or ANY material that can melt to make contact with the ceramic cooktop. If these items melt on the cooktop they may damage the ceramic cooktop. Single radiant surface elements To operate a single radiant element: 1. Place correctly sized cookware on single radiant surface element. 2. Press the On/Off keypad on the Electronic Surface Element control until tone sounds. If no heat setting is selected within 6 seconds of pressing the On/Off keypad the control will turn off. 3. Press the High/+ keypad to start at the Hi setting and then press Low/— to scroll down to desired heat setting, or press the Low/— keypad to start at the Lo setting and press High/+ to scroll up to the desired heat setting (Fig 1). 4. When cooking is complete, press the On/Off keypad to turn the radiant surface element OFF before removing the cookware. Dual radiant surface element To operate a dual radiant element: 1. Place correctly sized cookware on dual radiant surface element. 2. Press the On/Off keypad on the Electronic Surface Element control until tone sounds. If noheat setting is selected within 6 seconds of pressing the On/Off keypad the control will turn off. 3. Press the High/+ keypad to start at the Hi setting and then press Low/— to scroll down to desired heat setting, or press the Low/— keypad to start at the Lo setting and press High/+ to scroll up to the desired heat setting. 4. Press the Burner Size keypad to toggle between one (Fig. 2) or two (Fig. 3) elements. 5. When cooking is complete, press the On/Off keypad to turn the radiant surface element OFF before removing the cookware. Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig. 3 Heating with inner (small) element only Heating with both elements Heated areas are shown darkened. 10

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Dual radiant surface element
To operate a dual radiant element:
1.
Place correctly sized cookware on dual radiant surface
element.
2.
Press the
On/Off
keypad on the Electronic Surface
Element control until tone sounds. If noheat setting is
selected within 6 seconds of pressing the
On/Off
keypad the control will turn off.
3.
Press the
High/
+
keypad to
start at the Hi setting and
then press
Low/±
to scroll down to desired heat
setting, or press the
Low/±
keypad to start at the Lo
setting and press
High/
+
to scroll up to the desired heat
setting.
4.
Press the
Burner Size
keypad to toggle between one
(Fig. 2) or two (Fig. 3) elements.
5.
When cooking is complete, press the
On/Off
keypad to
turn the radiant surface element OFF before removing
the cookware.
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Heating with inner
(small) element only
Heating with both
elements
Heated areas are shown darkened.
Setting Surface Controls
Fig. 1
Single radiant surface elements
To operate a single radiant element:
1.
Place correctly sized cookware on single radiant surface
element.
2.
Press the
On/Off
keypad on the Electronic Surface
Element control until tone sounds. If no heat setting is
selected within 6 seconds of pressing the
On/Off
keypad the control will turn off.
3.
Press the
High/
+
keypad to
start at the Hi setting and
then press
Low/±
to scroll down to desired heat
setting, or press the
Low/±
keypad to start at the Lo
setting and press
High/
+
to scroll up to the desired heat
setting (Fig 1).
4.
When cooking is complete, press the
On/Off
keypad to
turn the radiant surface element OFF before removing
the cookware.
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 plastic items such as 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.
Do not allow aluminum foil, empty
glass/porcelain cookware or ANY material that can
melt to make contact with the ceramic cooktop
.
If
these items melt on the cooktop they may damage the
ceramic cooktop.