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Instructions for Use
Thank you for your trust and for buying this appliance. We hope it will
successfully serve the purpose for many years.
Refrigerator is for domestic use only and is intended for storing fresh
foods at the temperature higher than 0°C.
Before Putting Into Use
Placing and Installation
Description of the Appliance
Operation Controls
Use
Cleaning and Maintenance
Trouble-Shooting Guide
Instructions for Use
Refrigerator
141850
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  • Page 1 Instructions for Use Thank you for your trust and for buying this appliance. We hope it will successfully serve the purpose for many years. Refrigerator is for domestic use only and is intended for storing fresh foods at the temperature higher than 0°C. Refrigerator Before Putting Into Use Placing and Installation...
  • Page 2: Before Putting Into Use

    Before Putting Into Use • Before connecting the appliance to the mains supply, leave it stand for about 2 hours, which will reduce a possibility of malfunctions in the cooling system due to transport handling. • Clean the appliance, and be thorough, especially in the interior (See Cleaning and Maintenance).
  • Page 3 • Before loading the appliance with fresh food, make sure it was cooled to ambient temperature. • Ice and frost layer increase energy consumption, so do clean the appliance as soon as the layer is 3-5 mm thick. • If the gasket is damaged or if it turns out that the sealing is poor, the energy consumption is substantially higher.
  • Page 4: Disposing Of The Worn Out Appliance

    Disposing of the Worn Out Appliance • When your appliance finally wears out, dispose it of. If the appliance has a lock, break it, in order to prevent eventual accidents (danger of children get locked inside the appliance). • The refrigerating system of the appliance is filled with refrigerant and insulating substances which should be separately treated and processed.
  • Page 5: Placing And Installation

    Placing and Installation Choosing the Right Place Place the appliance in a dry and regularly ventilated room. Allowed ambient temperature depends on the model (class) of the appliance and is stated on the rating plate of the appliance. Class SN (sub-normal) N (normal) ST (sub-tropical) T (tropical)
  • Page 6: Description Of The Appliance

    Description of the Appliance Shelf (1) (the number of shelves depend on model) Shelf can be optionally placed on the guides inside the appliance. It is protected against pulling out. If you want to remove it, slightly lift up the back part and pull it out.
  • Page 7: Bottle Rack

    141850 Bottle rack (in some models only) Bottle rack (number depends on model) is intended for storing the bottles. There are two installation positions available (horizontal or lifted in the front) thus enabling the positioning of bottles on the stopper as well.
  • Page 8 NOTE: • The appliance can be equipped with various accesories, depending on the model of the appliance. • Various accesories (spice container, tube holder or additional shelves) can be bought in authorised centres. Instructions for Use 141850...
  • Page 9: Operation Control

    Operation Control The appliance is controlled with thermostat knob, situated in the right upper part inside the appliance. Turn the knob from STOP (0) position towards 7 and backwards. Temperature Selection • Higher settings on the knob (towards 7) mean lower temperatures (colder) in all three compartments of the appliance.
  • Page 10: Storing Fresh Foods

    Storing Fresh Foods Proper use of the appliance, adequately packed food, correct temperature and taking into account hygienic precautions will substantially influence the quality of the food stored. • Foods to be stored in the refrigerator should be properly packed as to prevent mixing various moisture degrees and odors (in polyethylene bags or sheet, aluminium foil, wax paper, or stored in covered containers or bottles).
  • Page 11: Instructions For Use

    Fresh Food Storage Time in the Refrigerator Article of food Butter Eggs Meat: fresh uncut chopped smoked Fish Marinade Root Cheese Sweets Fruit Prepared dishes Legend: + reccomended storage time = possible storage time Instructions for Use Storage time (days) 141850...
  • Page 12: Maintenance And Cleaning

    Maintenance and Cleaning Automatic Defrosting of the Refrigerator There is no need to defrost the refrigerator, because ice depositing on the inner back wall is defrosted automatically. Ice is depositing on the inner back wall during the compressor operation; later on, when the compressor is not operating ice is defrosting and water drops collect and drain through the outlet in the inner back wall into the drain pan situated above the compressor, from where it evaporates.
  • Page 13 141850 Switch Off the Appliance When Not In Use If you do not intend to use the appliance for a longer period, set the thermostat knob to the STOP (0) position, disconnect the power supply, take out the foods and defrost and clean the appliance. Leave the door slightly open.
  • Page 14: Troubleshooting Guide

    Trouble-Shooting Guide During the service, you can come across some troubles that in most cases result from improper handling of the appliance and can easy be eliminated. The Appliance Fails to Operate After Connecting to the Mains Supply • Check the supply in the outlet socket and make sure the appliance is switched on (thermostat knob in operating position).
  • Page 15 Water is Leaking From the Refrigerator In case the discharge water outlet is clogged, or the defrost water drips over the channel, water leaks from the refrigerator. • Clean the clogged outlet, for example with a plastic straw. • Manually defrost the increased ice layer. See Ice Formation on the Inner Rear Wall.
  • Page 16: Bulb Replacement

    141850 Bulb Replacement Before replacing the light bulb, disconnect the appliance form the power supply. Press the cover at the rear side (in the arrow 1 direction) and remove the plastic cover (in the arrow 2 direction). Replace the bulb with a new one (E14, max.
  • Page 17: Mounting Instructions

    Mounting Instructions Integrated Refrigerating and Mounting instructions for refrigerating and freezing appliances are for qualified technicians only. Appliance should be mounted and installed in compliance with these instructions, current standards and regulations. Mounting instructions were prepared for various types/models of appliances, therefore they may describe some procedures that do not apply to your appliance.
  • Page 18 Mounting Dimensions and Required Air Circulation The rear wall of the appliance is getting warm during the operation of the appliance (and water is evaporating from the drain pan on the compressor). You must therefore provide for adequate air circulation on the rear of the appliance. •...
  • Page 19: Changing The Direction Of Opening The Door

    Changing the Direction of Opening the Door If you find the direction of opening the door on your appliance inconvenient, you can change it. Holes on the opposite side have already been prepared in the factory and are now plugged. •...
  • Page 20 1 Cover for the upper hinge 2 Upper hinge 3 Upper rail 4 Slide guide 5 Lower hinge washer 10 Low temperature compartment 11 Blocking element 6 Lower hinge fastener 7 Lower hinge 8 Corner without a hole 9 Corner with a hole 12 Door hinge Mounting Instructions...
  • Page 21: Mounting The Appliance

    Mounting the Appliance • Push the appliance for some 38 mm into the kitchen unit and allow at least 4 mm free space on both sides between the appliance and the side walls of the kitchen unit (Fig. 1). • Widely open the door and put it together with the kitchen unit door.
  • Page 22 Fig. 1 Fig. 2 Fig.3 Fig. 4 Fig. 5 Fig. 6 Mounting Instructions...

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