# Another Front panel limitation **URL:** \ **Category:** Anova Precision® Oven\ **Created:** [December 25, 2021, 6:41am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/another-front-panel-limitation/29936 "2021-12-25T06:41:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pplwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pplwin](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/pplwin)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 6:41am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/another-front-panel-limitation/29936/1 "2021-12-25T06:41:29Z")
I noted a serious limitation on using the front panel instead of the App. The oven remember the last used setting on the heaters. Once started, you cannot switch the heaters without shutting down. This is a problem when the oven is used w multiple users in a home. Depending on the last heater settings, we had a few disasters in our experience. The oven should reset to default settings once it is turned off. Or allow for changing the heaters in the middle of a cycle. Anova may disagree, but the front panel usage of the oven has way too many limitations. The WiFi in the oven is not reliable enough for most of the time. 2.4G signal is sensitive to microwave usage in a kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![JoeInOttawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@JoeInOttawa](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/JoeInOttawa)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/another-front-panel-limitation/29936/2 "2021-12-25T16:01:14Z")
I second the idea of being able to change burners mid-cook! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![franck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@franck](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/franck)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/another-front-panel-limitation/29936/3 "2021-12-25T18:08:42Z")
> [@pplwin](#): > > Anova may disagree, but the front panel usage of the oven has way too many limitations. The WiFi in the oven is not reliable enough for most of the time. 2.4G signal is sensitive to microwave usage in a kitchen. Agreed and if I may add, if just when a cooking disaster is about to appear, you are not able to handle it because of connectivity issues and front panel not reacting, this becomes a safety issue ---
**Author:** ![Ragnhild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/958977/32.png) [@Ragnhild](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Ragnhild)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 11:04am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/another-front-panel-limitation/29936/4 "2021-12-26T11:04:54Z")
But, you can. Or at least I can. Press and hold the element symbol you want to switch to until it starts flashing. Seems you cannot turn on rear and top without the app but the four settings on the handle are easy to switch between. ---
**Author:** ![Ragnhild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/958977/32.png) [@Ragnhild](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Ragnhild)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 11:10am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/another-front-panel-limitation/29936/5 "2021-12-26T11:10:24Z")
The thing I miss is some way of controlling the fan setting directly on the handle. ---
**Author:** ![pplwin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pplwin](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/pplwin)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/another-front-panel-limitation/29936/6 "2021-12-26T17:00:20Z")
Thanks for the tip about holding the selection. I’ll try it. Anova needs more choice buttons like the one that switch between Temp vs Probe on their front panel. I doubt we’ll see any improvement given the current setup. ---
**Author:** ![Maph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Maph](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Maph)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/another-front-panel-limitation/29936/7 "2022-01-04T19:57:06Z")
Just tried this as I’ve had the same problem before and this works. It’s probably in the manual somewhere, but hey, who reads them these days… ---
**Author:** ![tonydav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/258eb7/32.png) [@tonydav](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/tonydav)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2022, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/another-front-panel-limitation/29936/8 "2022-01-05T23:17:46Z")
Agree 100%. When I use it as a grill (top burner on) I don’t want a fan going. I generally have the front door open as well. A pain to have to use the app just to turn the fan off. (First world prob I know 🙂 )