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Your cooker should give you many years of trouble-free
cooking if installed and operated correctly. It is important
that you read this section before you start.
Personal safety
This appliance is for cooking purposes only. It must not be
used for other purposes, for example heating a room. Using
it for any other purpose could invalidate any warranty or
liability claim. Besides invalidating claims this wastes fuel and
may overheat the control knobs.
• This appliance can be used by children aged from
8 years and above and persons with reduced physical,
sensory or mental capabilities or lack of experience
and knowledge if they have been given supervision or
instruction concerning use of the appliance in a safe
way and understand the hazards involved.
• Children less than 8 years of age should be kept away
unless continuously supervised. Children shall not play
with the appliance. Cleaning and user maintenance
shall not be made by children without supervision.
• This appliance is designed for domestic cooking only.
Use for any other purpose could invalidate any warranty
or liability claim.
• The appliance and its accessible parts become hot
during use and will retain heat even after you have
stopped cooking. Care should be taken to avoid
touching heating elements.
• A long term cooking process has to be supervised from
time to time. A short term cooking process has to be
supervised continuously.
• DANGER OF FIRE: DO NOT store items on the cooking
surfaces.
• To avoid overheating, DO NOT install the cooker behind
a decorative door.
• Accessible parts will become hot during use and will
retain heat even after you have stopped cooking. Keep
babies and children away from the cooker and never
wear loose-fitting or hanging clothes when using the
appliance.
• DO NOT use a steam cleaner on your cooker.
• ALWAYS keep combustible materials, e.g. curtains,
and flammable liquids a safe distance away from your
cooker.
• DO NOT spray aerosols in the vicinity of the cooker
while it is on.
Electrical connection safety
The electrical installation must be installed in accordance
with all relevant British Standards/Codes of Practice, BS 7671.
Or with the relevant national and local regulations and with
the local gas and electricity supply companies’ requirements.
Otherwise, all installations must be in accordance with the
relevant instructions in this booklet.
Read the instructions before installing or using this appliance.
• This appliance is heavy so take care when moving it.
• The cooker may be installed in a kitchen/kitchen diner
but NOT in a room containing a bath or shower.
• This appliance MUST be earthed.
• The cooker MUST NOT be connected to an ordinary
domestic power point.
• It is normal for the hob control display to flash for about
2 seconds during first power setting.
• Set the clock to make sure that the oven is functional –
see the relevant section in this manual.
• The appliance must be installed in accordance with the
regulations in force and only in a well ventilated space.
• Failure to install the appliance correctly could invalidate
any warranty or liability claims and lead to prosecution.
• DO NOT install the appliance on a platform.
• DO NOT manouvre the cooker while it is plugged into
the electricity supply.
• Before electrical reconnection, check that the appliance
is electrically safe.
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