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INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
WCN15842G
WINE CLIMATE CABINET
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  • Page 1 INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE WCN15842G WINE CLIMATE CABINET...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction ..........First plug-in ..........Welcome to our growing ASKO family! ..Temperature setting ........Safety instructions ........Appliance Display Standby ......Safety of children and vulnerable people ..Key lock mode ..........General safety ..........Lock settings ..........

  • Page 3: Introduction

    Introduction Welcome to our growing ASKO family! We are proud of our appliances. We hope that this appliance will be an appreciated and dependable aid for many years to come. Please read the operating instructions before use. They include general tips, information about the settings and adjustments you can make, and the best way to take care of your appliance.

  • Page 4: Safety Instructions

    Safety instructions Before the installation and use of the appliance, carefully read the supplied instructions. The manufacturer is not responsible if an incorrect installation and use causes injuries and damages. Always keep the instructions with the appliance for future reference. WARNING! If the appliance is installed at an altitude of over 1000 m above sea level, there is a danger of glass cracking due to air pressure.

  • Page 5: General Safety

    Safety instructions General safety • Illumination in the appliance is only suitable for illumination of this appliance and not for household room illumination. • WARNING! This appliance is intended to be used in household and similar applications such as: - staff kitchen areas in shops, offices and other working environments;...

  • Page 6: Installation

    Safety instructions Installation • Remove all the packaging. • Do not install or use a damaged appliance. • Obey the installation instruction supplied with the appliance. • Always be careful when you move the appliance because it is heavy. Always wear safety gloves. •...

  • Page 7: Use

    Safety instructions • Make sure not to cause damage to the electrical components (e.g. mains plug, mains cable, compressor). Contact the Service or an electrician to change the electrical components. • The mains cable must stay below the level of the mains plug. •...

  • Page 8: Care And Cleaning

    Safety instructions Care and cleaning WARNING! Risk of injury or damage to the appliance. • Before maintenance, deactivate the appliance and disconnect the mains plug from the mains socket. • This appliance contains hydrocarbons in the cooling unit. Only a qualified person must do the maintenance and the recharging of the unit.

  • Page 9: Installation And Connection

    Installation and connection Selecting the location Place the appliance in a dry and well aired room. The permitted ambient temperature range for the appliance depends on the appliance’s climate class, which is shown on the type plate. WARNING! Do not place the appliance in a room where the temperature can fall below 5 °C: the appliance may not work properly or become defective! Description Class...
  • Page 10 Installation and connection • Place the appliance at least 50 mm away from an electric or gas stove, and at least 300 mm away from a heat source (e.g. a radiator or a heater). If such clearance is not possible, then install an insulation panel.

  • Page 11: Connecting The Appliance

    Installation and connection • When the appliance is installed, its plug should always be accessible! Connecting the appliance • Connect the appliance to the power supply with a plug. The socket must be earthed. The nominal voltage and frequency required for the appliance are shown on the appliance’s type plate/label with basic information.

  • Page 12: Before Using The Appliance For The First Time

    Before using the appliance for the first time Before you use the appliance for the first time Do not connect the appliance to the mains until you have carefully read the instructions for the correct and safe use of the appliance. We recommend that you keep these instructions for future use. If you sell the appliance, enclose them with the appliance.

  • Page 13: Storing Wine

    The humidity should be between 50% and 80%. Too low humidity will result in a dry cork. Too high humidity will cause mold. The ASKO Wine Climate Cabinet provides excellent ventilation with clean air which helps preventing damage to labels and corks during storage.

  • Page 14: Storing Bottles

    Storing wine Storing bottles • Moving the bottles or excessive vibration can have a negative effect on the aging process and thus on the wine’s flavour. The appliance is fitted with a special sensor that continuously measures vibration. In case of excessive vibration, e.g. when the appliance door is slammed shut, an alarm signal will sound and alarm key will flash on the display.

  • Page 15: Description Of The Appliance

    Description of the appliance This product contains a light source of energy efficiency class <G>. 1. Door sensor 2. Push-to-open door mechanism 3. Hidden handle 4. Control panel 5. LED illumination 6. Wooden bottle shelf 7. Chalkboard name tag 8. Charcoal filter 9.
  • Page 16 Description of the appliance To open the door, push it slightly inwards on the upper left side, then release. The mechanism's push pin (a) moves forward, and the door opens by approximately 6 cm. Then, you can fully open the door. If you do not open the door completely, it will automatically close.
  • Page 17 Description of the appliance Hidden handle (3) In case of power failure, when push-to-open door mechanism is not operating, hidden handle enables you to open the door. Control panel (4) By pressing the keys on display unit, you can control the operation of the wine climate cabinet and set certain functions according to your preferences.
  • Page 18 Description of the appliance INFORMATION! Before removing any shelf from the appliance, the shelf should be completely empty. Make sure the door is fully open before removing the shelves. This will prevent any damage to the door gasket. Be careful when pulling out the wooden shelves. Carefully pull out and push back the wooden shelves in order not to expose the wine bottles to vibration.
  • Page 19 INFORMATION! Charcoal air filter can be ordered as accessory. For more informations refer to the local Asko dealer or to the Asko website of your country. Wooden bottom bottle rack (9) The wooden bottom bottle rack is intended for storing the bottles in the compressor area.
  • Page 20 Description of the appliance Up to 6 Bordeaux bottles (0.75 l) can be stored on the wooden bottom bottle rack. 2-layered glass door with UV filter (10) The 2-layered glass door is filled with argon (a noble gas), which makes them more energy efficient. For maximum protection from sunlight that can harm the wine’s aging process, an additional UV film is used that stops 99% of sunlight.
  • Page 21 In case you want to monitor humidity box refill notifications, you have to change SETTINGS MENU/SYSTEM/Humidity box notification/ from ‘OFF’ to ‘ON’. INFORMATION! For more informations refer to the local Asko dealer or to the Asko website of your country.

  • Page 22: Operation

    Operation Display On/Off key: • a long press (2 seconds) to switch the appliance on or off • a short press to switch the appliance to or from Standby Key lock key to lock or unlock the user interface (3 seconds press) Temperature arrows: •...

  • Page 23: First Plug-In

    Operation Keylights intensity depends on the availability of the certain function: Keylight intensity with door closed or opened Function not available 0% - no icon Function available 50% - Function activated or to be activated 100% - First plug-in INFORMATION! When the appliance is plugged in for the first time or after the appliance was disconnected from the mains for a longer period of time it is mandatory to wait four hours until the appliance can be activated.

  • Page 24: Temperature Setting

    Operation Temperature setting Default setpoint temperature of the appliance is 12°C. This temperature can be changed instantly in Status display, after the appliance is switched on. Temperature of the appliance compartment can be set between: 5°C and 20°C. By pressing on the arrow keys, setpoint temperature on display 'T' changes.

  • Page 25: Lock Settings

    Operation • manually from mobile application, • automatically, after a certain time of inactivity. It can be set in SETTINGS MENU. Status display: Key lock key active, door open If you press on any other key, Key lock key will blink fast, 2 times. Press on any other key is ignored. Exeption: In case that any of the alarms is triggered, short press on alarm key will cancel the alarm.
  • Page 26 Operation The alarm key and setpoint temperature are blinking. INFORMATION! Every time the appliance is switched on again, it takes a while until the correct temperature is reached. For this reason, the alarm is disabled for the first 6 hours after the appliance is switched on to prevent the unnecessary activation of the alarm.
  • Page 27 Operation Humidity box notification As humidity box is not included in appliance equipment, the default state of humidity box notification is 'OF'. If you purchase it as an accessory, humidity box notification can be set to 'ON', in SETTINGS MENU. The appliance can notify you when humidity box needs to be refilled.

  • Page 28: Settings Menu

    Operation Alarm sounds and on displays 'T' and 'H' there is a 'PF' blinking. Stopping the alarm: Short press on alarm key will stop the alarm from sounding. After that, current measured temperature and current humidity value will be shown on displays 'T' and 'H'.
  • Page 29 Operation The temperature display 'T' will be used to represent the GROUP NAME of menu options and the MENU option itself. There are 8 Groups of menu options: GENERAL, SOUNDS, DISPLAY, LIGHT, PROXIMITY AND DOOR SENSOR, NIGHT MODE, NETWORK CONNECTION, SYSTEM. The humidity display 'H' will be used to represent the settings and values that can be selected.
  • Page 30 Operation INFORMATION! If SETTINGS MENU is active, the alarm indications (audio and visual), error notifications and Charcoal filter notifications are not active, they will be activated as soon as SETTINGS MENU is closed. SETTINGS MENU is not activated again when, after failure, power is restored or when appliance goes back from Appliance-Off to Appliance-On.
  • Page 31 Operation SETTINGS MENU table Temperature unit Select temperature unit: from °C to °F Time hours Select the hours of time: from 00 to 23 hours Time minutes Select the minutes of time: from 00 to 59 minutes GENERAL Date day Select the day: from 01 to 31 days Date month...
  • Page 32 Operation General sounds Select the preferred volume: from 0 to 5 SOUNDS Alarm sounds Select the preferred volume: from 1 to 5 Key sounds Select the preferred volume: from 0 to 5 Time of inactivity after which display goes to standby: 1 minute 5 minutes DISPLAY...
  • Page 33 Operation Explanation about the light modes can be found in chapter "LED illumination". Ambient mode Kelvin Select the first two digits of the Kelvin value: from 2700 to 5000 Kelvin Ambient mode intensity Select the light intensity: from 0 to 99 How long will the cabinet be lit in Ambient mode: LIGHTS 1 minute...
  • Page 34 Operation Functional mode Kelvin Select the first two digits of the Kelvin value: from 2700 to 5000 Kelvin Functional mode Intensity Select the light intensity: from 0 to 99 How long will the cabinet be lit in Functional mode: 1 minute LIGHTS 5 minutes 15 minutes...
  • Page 35 Operation During door opening, light changes to: Door open light change No light Ambient mode DOOR SENSOR Functional mode When door is closed, light changes to: Door closed light change No light Ambient mode Functional mode...
  • Page 36 Operation Night mode will dim the light during a set time. Night mode Night mode can be (de)activated: status On or Off If Night mode is set to 'On', associated settings will become available. Start Time hours Set the hours of the night mode starting time: from 00 to 23 hours Start Time minutes...
  • Page 37 Operation WLAN can be (de)activated: WLAN on WLAN Status WLAN off Switch on the appliance Wireless Network to use the appliance optimally in combination with our ConnectLife application. NETWORK Explanation about the Connection Setup can be found in chapter “Connection CONNECTION setup”.
  • Page 38 Operation Appliance Pairing can be activated: Appliance pairing on, press to confirm Appliance Pairing Both will be blinking during pairing The process ends automatcially if pairing was succesfull or after 3 minutes. Appliance can be paired to (additional) user account. Refer to the applicaton for further instructions. Unpair All can be activated: NETWORK CONNECTION...
  • Page 39 Operation Key lock automatically activate it after: 5 minutes 15 minutes Key lock mode 30 minutes 60 minutes SYSTEM never Humidity can be (de)activated: Humidity Humidity alarm on Humidity alarm off If Humidity is set to 'On', associated settings will become available.
  • Page 40 Operation Explanation about the charcoal filter can be found in chapter "Charcoal filter countdown and notification". Charcoal filter lifetime in days: First digit of 3 digit number Charcoal filter countdown Second and third digit of 3 digit number SYSTEM Charcoal filter lifetime is 365 days. Countdown will show the number of days left until the countdown.
  • Page 41 Operation Set the number of days ahead of the end of the countdown, when you wish to receive a notification: no notification on the day itself Charcoal filter notification 1 day in advance 7 days in advance SYSTEM 15 days in advance 30 days in advance DEMO mode can be (de)activated: DEMO on, press...
  • Page 42 Operation Explanation about the Sabbath mode can be found in the chapter "Sabbath mode". Sabbath mode can be (de)activated: Sabbath mode on, press to confirm Sabbath mode* Sabbath mode off, press to confirm Appliance will continue to operate, while extra functions like light, display, sounds, alarms and door sensor will be disabled for 72 hours.

  • Page 43: Wi-Fi Function

    Operation Wi-Fi function Wine climate cabinet reaches its full potential when connected to the cloud because everything can be operated and monitored through ConnectLife mobile application on your smart device. Choosing to remote control it from your device makes it easier to navigate through SETTINGS MENU for example, and be connected to features that are unavailble on the appliance interface, like the light switch control among others.

  • Page 44: Software Update

    Operation Wi-Fi icon Wi-Fi modul Cloud service Remote control Connected Enabled 6. Unpair all By triggering this option appliance removes all paired user accounts. Data and saved settings remain the same inside the appliance. Unpairing function ends automatically if the unpairing process on the cloud is successful or if after 1 minute the unpairing has not been successful on the cloud.

  • Page 45: Charcoal Filter Countdown And Notification

    Operation INFORMATION! With the software update also the user interface can also change, so user manuals may not reflect the latest changes. For the latest version of the user manuals please check your ConnectLife application. In case the process failed, Wine Climate Cabinet remains on the previous software version and should operate normal.

  • Page 46: Eco Mode

    Operation Eco mode During ECO mode, the appliance works with the optimum settings: only On/Off key is active. Appliance cooling system is operating normal. In case of any errors detected, ECO mode ends. The appliance goes back to Status display. After 5 minutes of inactivity, Eco mode will be activated again.

  • Page 47: Maintenance

    Maintenance Defrosting the appliance • The wine climate cabinet is defrosted automatically. Drops of water will flow through an opening in the rear wall into a tray fitted above the compressor, from where they will evaporate. Cleaning the appliance WARNING! Switch off the appliance and remove the plug from the socket before you start cleaning it.

  • Page 48: Reversing The Door Opening Direction

    Reversing the door opening direction The direction in which the appliance door opens can be reversed. Changing of door opening direction should only be performed by a qualified professional. In order to safely reverse the door opening direction, at least two people should carry out the procedure described below.
  • Page 49 Reversing the door opening direction To reverse the door opening direction, proceed as follows: Open the appliance door. 1. Hinge screws 2. Upper hinge housing cover 3. Upper hinge housing 4. Bottom hinge housing cover 5. Bottom hinge housing Partly (by no more than 5 mm) undo the hinge screws (1) at the top and bottom.
  • Page 50 Reversing the door opening direction Carefully remove the upper (2) and bottom (4) hinge housing covers with the help of a flat-head screwdriver. Set them aside, as you will need them later on. Remove the upper (3) and bottom (5) hinge housings.
  • Page 51 Reversing the door opening direction On the left side, at the top and bottom, undo: • the screws (6a) together with the caps and washers, • the screws (6b) together with the caps. Attach them on the opposite side of the housing.
  • Page 52 Reversing the door opening direction Take the already removed upper (2) and bottom (4) hinge housing covers and place them on the diagonal position where they came from. First push in the direction of arrow “a” then arrow “b”. Carefully rotate the door by 180 degrees. Hang the door onto the screws (1) at the top and bottom and slide it in the direction indicated by the arrow (a).
  • Page 53 Reversing the door opening direction Tighten the screws. The screws should be tightened to a torque of 6.2 Nm. Close the door and make sure it is aligned with the housing. The housing side and the edge of the door should be parallel.
  • Page 54 Reversing the door opening direction Release the screws (6) at the top and bottom. Do not undo them completely! Align the door at the side and tight the screws back. Carefully press the gasket back into the groove in the door. The housing side and the edge of the door should be parallel.

  • Page 55: Installation Of The Appliance

    Installation of the appliance If the appliance is not properly installed in a kitchen cabinet, it may tip over. In order to safely install the appliance, at least two people should carry out the procedure described below. Before installation, make sure that the installation niche has the specified installation dimensions. The installation niche must be horizontally and vertically aligned.
  • Page 56 Installation of the appliance Tools required: Before pushing the appliance into the niche, set the height of the appliance to 4 mm less than the opening. This can be done by turning the adjustable feet: LF - left front , LB - left back, RF - right front, RB - right back.
  • Page 57 Installation of the appliance The appliance must be aligned horizontally and vertically, otherwise it may deform and it will not be possible to close the door properly. Open the appliance door. Carefully remove the upper hinge housing cover (1) with the help of a flat-head screwdriver.
  • Page 58 Installation of the appliance 4. Install fixation spacer (1 or 2) according to door opening direction on your appliance. Push the appliance into the niche until the front surface of the door is aligned with kitchen cabinet door. Attach the appliance to the adjacent kitchen element first in the top left-hand corner.
  • Page 59 Installation of the appliance Attach the appliance to the adjacent kitchen element at the bottom, on the opposite side of the hinge. Reinstall the upper hinge housing cover (1). First push in the direction of arrow “a” then arrow “b”. Remove the bottom front cover (2).
  • Page 60 Installation of the appliance Measure dimension “H” on the appliance and then cut the foam airflow divider according to the sketch. Push the foam airflow divider in the direction of arrows “a” and “b”.
  • Page 61 Installation of the appliance Snap the bottom front cover (2) back into its position. Take the hinge covers (1 and 2) and install them according to the door opening direction on your appliance.
  • Page 62 Installation of the appliance If the appliance is placed in a way that does not allow the door to be opened to the 115° angle, the opening angle can also be restricted to 90°. In this case, use the door restrictors (1 and 2) and install them according to the door opening direction on your appliance.
  • Page 63 Installation of the appliance Assemble the plinth board with the ventilation grille. Installation of the appliance is finished.

  • Page 64: Solving Problems

    Solving problems If you have any doubts about whether your appliance is working properly, we recommend to first read suggestions below. Tips & Tricks When temperature or humidity in the appliance is out of range an alarm will be triggered. Alarm sounds and alarm key is blinking on display.
  • Page 65 Solving problems Humidity out of range Possible cause Countermeasures Frequent and/or long door Try to minimize opening the door of the wine climate cabinet openings. appliance. Prepare loading plan of large quantities of bottles in advance to minimize the required time for loading. Try to use the ConnectLife mobile application as much as possible to change appliance settings.

  • Page 66: Error Notifications

    Solving problems Error notifications If a component inside the appliance is failing, a notification will pop-up. The notification will display a code. Codes for these errors can be found in the table below. Error Code shown on Code shown on Description Code Display 'T'...

  • Page 67: General Problems

    Solving problems General problems Problem Cause/Solution • The ambient temperature is too high. Appliance cools continuously for a long time. • The door has been opened for too long or too frequently. • The door does not seal properly (the seal is dirty, the door is misaligned or the seal is damaged, etc.).

  • Page 68: Other Display Warnings

    Solving problems Other display warnings Warning Cause/Solution • The door has been open too long: close the door. The door is open: • If the warning keeps showing, call the service center to arrange repairs. The appliance operates in a safe mode until it is corrected.
  • Page 69 Solving problems INFORMATION! When calling a service center, you will have to state the type, model and serial number indicated on the type plate on the inside of the appliance [see chapter “Selecting the location”]. When waiting for a service technician, do not open the appliance door to avoid an unnecessary rise in temperature.

  • Page 70: Environmental Aspects

    Environmental aspects Disposal of packaging and appliance This appliance is made from sustainable materials. This appliance must be disposed of in a responsible manner at the end of its service life. Contact the local authorities for information about the method. INFORMATION! See also the chapter ‘Disposal’...
  • Page 71 The instructions for use can also be found on our website: www.asko.com 873582...

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