User manual FRIGIDAIRE FPEC3685KS

[. . . ] Use & Care of your All about the Cooktop TA B L E O F C O N T E N T S Welcome & Congratulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Setting Surface Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Surface Cooking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Care & Cleaning (Cleaning Chart) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Care & Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Before You Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Major Appliance Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 318203624 (January 2009) Rev. A www. frigidaire. com USA 1-800-944-9044 www. frigidaire. ca Canada 1-800-265-8352 Welcome & congratulations Product registration register Your Product The Product registration card should be filled in completely, signed and returned to Electrolux Home Products. Congratulations on your purchase of a new appliance!At electrolux Home Products, we are very proud of our product and are completely committed to providing you with the best service possible. [. . . ] A glowing red surface heating area extending beyond the bottom edge of the cookware indicates the cookware is too small for the surface heating area. When cooking has completed, turn the surface control knob to oFF before removing the cookware. Figure 1 Figure 2 note The surface "element on" indicator lights will glow when one or more elements are turned on. A quick glance at these indicator lights when cooking is finished is an easy check to be sure all surface elements are turned off. note See Recommended Setting for Surface Element table on page 6. Figure 3 Figure 4 control knobs shown are typical only. caution do not place plastic items such as salt and pepper shakers, spoon holders or plastic wrappings on cooktop when it is in use. Potholders, towels or wooden spoons could catch fire if placed too close to the surface elements. 6 caution Radiant surface elements may appear to have cooled after they have been turned OFF. He (Hot Element) message will turn ON and will continue to glow until the glass cooktop has cooled down to a moderate level. the glass surface may still be hot and burns may occur if the glass surface is touched before the indicator light has turned OFF. The message may remain on even though the controls are turned OFF. caution 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 will damage the ceramic cooktop. 8 setting surFace controls operating the Bridge surface radiant element The cooktop is equipped with a "BRIDGE" surface element located at the left front and middle (See Figures 1 & 2) positions. The Bridge can be used when cooking with rectangular (like a griddle) or oval shaped cookware. The element will maintain an even temperature setting across both portions of the Bridge. If needed for normal cookware, the Bridge element can work like a single element without the Bridge (See Figure 5). The symbol indicates that only the front potion will heat (Fig. The symbol indicates that both front and middle portions will heat (Fig. You may switch from either coil setting at any time during cooking. Figure 1 to operate the Bridge surface element: 1. Place correctly sized cookware on the Bridge surface element. Push in and turn the control knob as shown in Figure 3 to heat the front portion of the Bridge element for normal shaped cookware or in Figure 4 for larger or rectangular shaped cookware. Turn the knob to adjust the setting if needed. Start most cooking operations on a higher setting and then turn to a lower setting to finish cooking. Each surface element provides a constant amount of heat at each setting. A glowing red surface heating area extending beyond the bottom edge of the cookware indicates the cookware is too small. Please note that not all cookware will fit the Bridge element correctly. [. . . ] 6 Products used in a commercial setting. 7 Service calls which do not involve malfunction or defects in materials or workmanship, or for appliances not in ordinary household use or used other than in accordance with the provided instructions. 8 Service calls to correct the installation of your appliance or to instruct you how to use your appliance. 9 Expenses for making the appliance accessible for servicing, such as removal of trim, cupboards, shelves, etc. , which are not a part of the appliance when it is shipped from the factory. [. . . ]