TABLE OF CONTENTS This manual may contain images or content different from the model you purchased. This manual is subject to revision by the manufacturer. SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ..............3 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ............3 INSTALLATION ................13 Compartments....................13 Notes for Movement and Transport..............14 Notes for Installation ..................14 Dimensions and Clearances ................15 Ambient Temperature ..................15...
SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The following safety guidelines are intended to prevent unforeseen risks or damage from unsafe or incorrect operation of the appliance. The guidelines are separated into ‘WARNING’ and ‘CAUTION’ as described below. This symbol is displayed to indicate matters and operations that can cause risk.
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Installation • This appliance should only be transported by two or more people holding the appliance securely. • Ensure that the socket outlet is properly grounded, and that the earth pin on the power cord is not damaged or removed from the power plug.
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• The appliance should be connected to a dedicated power line which is separately fused. • Do not use a multi socket outlet which is not properly grounded (portable). In case of using a properly-grounded multi socket outlet (portable), use the multi socket outlet with the current capacity of the power code rating or higher and use the multi socket outlet only for the appliance.
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Operation • Do not use the appliance for any purpose (storage of medical or experimental materials or shipping) other than any domestic household food storage use. • Unplug the power plug during a severe thunderstorm or lightening or when not in use for a long period of time. •...
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• If there is a gas leakage (isobutane, propane, natural gas, etc.), do not touch the appliance or power plug and ventilate the area immediately. This appliance uses a refrigerant gas (isobutane, R600a). Although it uses a small amount of the gas, it is still combustible gas.
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• Only qualified service personnel from LG Electronics service centre should disassemble, repair, or modify the appliance. Contact an LG Electronics customer information centre if you move and install the appliance in a different location. • Do not use a hair drier to dry the inside of the appliance or place a candle inside to remove the odours.
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• Refrigerant leaking out of the pipes could ignite or cause an explosion. • The amount of refrigerant in your particular appliance is shown on the identification plate inside the appliance. • Never start up an appliance showing any signs of damage. If in doubt, consult your dealer.
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CAUTION To reduce the risk of minor injury to persons, malfunction, or damage to the product or property when using this product, follow basic precautions, including the following: Installation • Do not tilt the appliance to pull or push it when transporting. •...
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• Prevent animals from nibbling on the power cable or water hose. • Do not open or close the appliance door with excessive force. • If the hinge of the appliance door is damaged or operates improperly, stop using the appliance and contact an authorized service centre. •...
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Maintenance • Do not insert the shelves upside down. The shelves may fall. • To remove frost from the appliance, contact an LG Electronics customer information centre. • Dispose of the ice inside the ice bin in the freezer compartment during an extended power outage.
Notes for Movement and Notes for Installation Transport • Install the appliance on a solid and flat area. − If the appliance is installed on an uneven • Remove all food from inside the appliance. floor, it can cause vibration and noise causing Then, transport the appliance only after fixing the appliance to fall resulting in injury.
Dimensions and Ambient Temperature Clearances • The appliance is designed to operate within a limited range of ambient temperatures, • Too small of a distance from adjacent items depending on the climate zone. Do not use the may result in the degradation of freezing appliance at a temperature exceeding the limit.
Removing the Door Rotate the hinge lever counterclockwise (1). Lift the top hinge (2) free of the hinge lever When it is necessary to move the appliance latch. through a narrow opening, removing the doors is the recommended procedure. Hinge Lever Latch WARNING •...
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[The Right Fridge Door] Lift the door from the middle hinge pin and remove the door. Remove the screws from the hinge cover at the top of the refrigerator. Lift the hook (not visible), located on the side of the cover at the bottom edge, with a flat-head screwdriver.
Adjusting the Height of the Unscrew the screw that attaches the lower hinge cover and remove the cover. Door [Fridge Door Height] Open the fridge door and use the spanner type 1 to rotate the door hinge bolt as shown below. Height difference Fridge door Disconnect all wire harnesses.
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Door Mullion and Auto Open CAUTION Door • When tilting the appliance backward to loosen Once the door baskets are filled, the doors may the screen at the bottom of the appliance, two become misaligned, preventing the door mullion or more people should hold the handles at the or the Auto Open Door function from working bottom and rear top side of the appliance.
OPERATION Parts and Functions InstaView Door in Door The InstaView Door in Door compartment allows for easy access to commonly used food items. Control Panel To set the freezer and fridge temperatures. Auto Open Door Sensor The right fridge door opens automatically if you place your foot near the motion sensor at the bottom of the door.
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Smart Diagnosis Unit Use this function when contacting LG Electronics customer information centre to help make an accurate diagnosis when the appliance operates abnormally or a failure occurs. Hygiene Fresh+ Filter This function minimizes bacteria and odor inside the appliance. Adjustable Fridge Shelf(Optional) Shelves are adjustable to meet individual storage needs.
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Fridge Door Basket This is where small packages of refrigerated foods, drinks and sauce containers are stored. InstaView Door in Door Basket This is where foods which are taken out frequently such as beverages and snacks are stored. Adjustable Moving Basket Easily move Adjustable Moving Basket up and down as necessary.
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Auto Open Drawer This is for long-term storage of frozen items. Easy Icemaker This is where ice is manually produced and stored. Freezer Door Basket This is where small packages of frozen food can be stored. • Do not store ice cream or food which will be stored for a long period of time within these baskets. Auto Open Drawer Sensor The freezer drawers automatically open when the freezer door is opened by at least 85 degrees.
Notes for Operation Suggestion for Energy Saving • Ensure there is sufficient space between stored • Do not use the ice water dispenser tank for foods. This allows cold air to be circulated beverages other than drinking water. evenly and lowers electricity bills. •...
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Storing Foods Effectively Max Freezing Capacity • Store frozen food or refrigerated food inside • The Express Freeze function will allow the sealed containers. freezer to its maximum freezing capacity. This generally takes up to 24 hours, however, it will •...
Using Control Panel Units and Functions 5.532 mm Wi-Fi Freezer Temperature • This sets the appliance to connect to • This sets the freezer target temperature. your home’s Wi-Fi network. Hygiene Fresh Lock • This sets the Hygiene Fresh function. •...
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Notes for Using the Control Panel NOTE • The default temperature setting may vary • The control panel will turn on in any of the depending on the appliance. following cases. • Wait until two or three hours have passed after −...
InstaView Function Setting Express Freeze The function can quickly freeze a large amount of The InstaView function on the Door-in-Door lets ice or frozen foods. you see if you’re running low on frequently used items like beverages and snacks, without opening •...
Auto Open Door Function NOTE • Place your foot close enough to the sensor that The right refrigerator door opens automatically the text appears on top of the foot, not just on if you place a foot near the motion sensor at the the toes.
Auto Open Drawer Suggestion for More Function Usable Space When Auto Open Drawer is enabled, the freezer Using Without Drawer Support drawers automatically open when the freezer door is opened. The drawers automatically close when To make more spacious refrigerator compartment, the freezer door is closed.
CustomChill Pantry Using Without Freezer Drawer To make more spacious freezer compartment, This space is used to store meat, fish, dairy remove freezer drawers. products, beverages, and other items that need to be kept chilled. Press the Auto Drawer button on the control panel to deactivate the Auto Open Drawer Setting the CustomChill Pantry function.
Easy Icemaker Taking Out Ice This is a space that easily makes and stores ice Rotate the ice separation handle on the without having to remove the ice storage bin. icemaker clockwise. Making Ice Remove the water bottle from the Icemaker. Lift the ice storage bin slightly and remove.
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Cleaning the Easy Icemaker Cleaning the Ice Tray Grab both sides of the freezer door basketon Hold onto the ice tray handle and pull outward top of the icemaker and pull upwards to to remove it. remove it. Put it back in its place after cleaning. Grab both sides of the icemaker and pull upwards to remove it.
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Adjustable Moving Basket Hidden Bar Tray Easily Adjustable Moving Basket up and down as The Hidden Bar Tray compartment is slightly necessary. cooler than the shelf or door bin areas, so it is a convenient place to store dairy snacks or other •...
Other Functions Door Open Alarm The alarm sounds 3 times in 30 second intervals if the door (fridge compartment, freezer compartment, door in door) is left open or not completely closed for one minute. • Contact the LG Electronics customer information centre if the alarm sound continues even after closing the door.
SMART FUNCTIONS Using LG ThinQ Connect your smartphone to the wireless router. Application The LG ThinQ application allows you to communicate with the appliance using a smartphone. LG ThinQ Application Features Communicate with the appliance from a smart NOTE phone using the convenient smart features. •...
Smart Diagnosis Installing LG ThinQ Search for the LG ThinQ application from the This feature is only available on models with the Google Play Store or Apple App Store on a smart logo. phone. Follow instructions to download and install Use this feature to help you diagnose and solve the application.
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Press and hold the Freezer button for three seconds or longer while holding your phone to the speaker until the data transfer is complete. • The diagnosis sound is generated after around 3 seconds. After the data transfer is complete, the diagnosis will be displayed in the application.
MAINTENANCE Notes for Cleaning • Waxing external painted metal surfaces helps provide rust protection. Do not wax plastic parts. Wax painted metal surfaces at least • When removing a shelf or drawer from inside twice a year using appliance wax (or auto paste the appliance, remove all stored foods from the shelf or drawer to prevent injury or damage to wax).
Cleaning the Door Basket Removing the Upper InstaView Basket Removing the Left Fridge Door Open the latches underneath the basket by Basket rotating them inwards. Tilt the front of the basket up until the tabs on the top sides Hold both edges of the basket and remove it by clear the rails, then push the basket slightly lifting it upward.
Cleaning the Shelf • The shelf light turns on when the door is opened. • The shelf light turns off after seven minutes or Removing the Fridge Shelf when the door is closed. Tilt up the front of the shelf and lift it straight up. Cleaning the Vegetable Pull the shelf out.
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Removing the Vegetable Drawer Tilt the cover slightly and support it with one hand while pulling it out. Fully open the fridge door and pull out all the shelves. Open the convertible pantry and lift the front side of the vegetable drawer box with both hands.
Cleaning the Freezer Refitting the Vegetable Drawer Drawer Use one hand to support the bottom of the Removing the Freezer Drawer vegetable drawer box while aligning the inner edge of the box with the groove inside the refrigerator. Lower the box into place. Pull the freezer drawer out until it stops.
Cleaning the Drawer Support Removing the Drawer Support Press the levers on either side of the drawer support. Keeping both levers pressed, lift the drawer support slightly and remove it from the rail system. Refitting the Drawer Support Pull out and remove the rail of the drawer support.
TROUBLESHOOTING Symptoms Possible Causes & Solution Is there a power interruption? There is no • Check the power of other appliances. refrigeration or If the power plug unplugged from the outlet? freezing. • Plug the power plug in the outlet properly. Is the fridge or freezer temperature set to its warmest setting? •...
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Symptoms Possible Causes & Solution Is the appliance leaning forward? • Adjust the front feet to raise the front side slightly. Were the shelves properly assembled? The appliance door is • Refit the shelves if needed. not closed tightly. Did you close the door with excessive force? •...
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Symptoms Possible Causes & Solution Did you open and close the appliance door frequently or is the appliance door improperly closed? • Frost or condensation can form if the outside air penetrates inside the Frost or condensation appliance. has formed inside or Is the installation environment humid? outside the appliance.
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Symptoms Possible Causes & Solution Doors may not be closed properly? • Check if the food item inside the appliance is blocking the door and make sure that the door is tightly closed. Did you store hot food without cooling it first? •...
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Symptoms Possible Causes & Solution The password for the Wi-Fi that you are trying to connect to is incorrect. • Find the Wi-Fi network connected to your smartphone and remove it, then register your appliance on LG SmartThinQ Mobile data for your smartphone is turned on. •...
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Importers Country Trade Name Address GF-Jebel Ali Main Warehouse, Jebel Ali Free LG Electronics Gulf Zone, P.O. Box : 61445 Dubai, UAE Al Yousuf Electronics (LLC) PB#25, Al Yousuf Al Yousuf Electronics Bldg, Al Quoz, Dubai A.J.M. Kooheji Group B.S.C. (C) P.O. Box74, Bahrain A.J.M.
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ENGLISH PRODUCT FICHE Trade Mark LG Electronics Model LMS344VBVL Category 7 (Refrigerator-Freezer) Energy efficiency class Annual energy consumption “XYZ” [kWh], based Actual energy consumption will depend on how on standard test results for 24 hours the appliance is used and where it is located Fresh Food Storage Volume [L/Cu.ft]...
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