Before Use; Preparation Before Use - Hitachi R-SF48GH Manual

BEFORE USE

Preparation before use

Please arrange it as shown below
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● The floor should be sturdy and flat.
Lay a board with 1cm thickness on the floor if the refrigerator is installed on the carpet, tatami mat, flooring or PVC sheet flooring which
may be hollow or discolor.
● Place the refrigerator away from direct sunlight and heat.
● Do not place it in damp areas, and ensure good air ventilation.
This will reduce adverse effects to refrigerating power and keep electricity cost down. This will also
prevent the refrigerator from discoloring and rusting.
● The place should be separated from other equipments.
To prevent disturbance (noise / scattered image) to TV and others attributable to the refrigerator.
※ To cool efficiently, allow enough space around the refrigerator for radiating heat.
※ The actual size of the center part of the side of the refrigerator ' s main body is slightly larger than the
nominal size. Therefore, please allow enough space around when installing the refrigerator.
※ The back of the refrigerator can be placed very close to the wall.
If you care about vibrating sound or dew condensation on the rear or discoloration of or dirt on a wall due to high humidity,
install the refrigerator so as to form a gap of 2 cm or more.
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Fix the refrigerator
The adjustable mounts, which are located in the front bottom corners of the refrigerator, can be adjusted by turning
them to level the refrigerator.
1 To remove leg cover, hold both ends of it and pull
it towards you by applying some force.
● Excessively turning an adjustable mount may cause it to detach.
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Adjusting the refrigerator adjustable mount to keep it level
● Installing the refrigerator on an unlevel floor or sinking of its leg(s) due to a floor which is not strong enough to support the weight of food
may cause a difference in level between the right and left doors.
This does not affect the refrigerator function. Adjust the refrigerator adjustable mount to keep it level according to the procedure listed
below if you want to correct it.
Correcting any left/right lean and lifting slightly the front side of the refrigerator until the door can close easily and completely.
1 With the supplied tool, turn an adjustable mount on the side
so that the refrigerator is lower to make the Refrigerator
Compartment door level.
The height of the door can be adjusted 1mm every one turn of the adjustable mount.
■ The left side door is lower.
Notice
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Leg cover
■ The right side door is lower.
Turn the left Adjustable Turn the right
mount to lower the left Adjustable mount to
side door. lower the right side
door.
● When you release your hand from a refrigerator door with the door open, the door may move, but this is normal.
2 Turn the adjustable mounts to lower them to the
floor and then secure them (both right and left sides)
Adjustable mounts
2 Insert the fork of the leg cover into the
mounting holes to attach the cover.
Depending on the material or strength of a floor
on which the refrigerator is installed or the weight
of food put in it, a door may sag in several days
(about five days) after the installation.
If this happens, adjust the parallelism between the
doors again.
Required space above the
refrigerator: 5cm or more
Required space for right and
left of the refrigerator: 1 cm or more
Mounting hole
Fork
Leg cover