en Safety 1 Safety Observe the following safety instructions. 1.1 General information Read this instruction manual carefully. ¡ Keep the instruction manual and the product information safe ¡ for future reference or for the next owner. Do not connect the appliance if it has been damaged in transit. ¡...
Safety en 1.5 Safe installation WARNING ‒ Risk of electric shock! Incorrect installation is dangerous. Connect and operate the appliance only in accordance with the ▶ specifications on the rating plate. Connect the appliance to a power supply with alternating cur- ▶ rent only via a properly installed socket with earthing. The protective conductor system of the domestic electrical in- ▶...
en Safety Portable multiple socket strips or portable power supply units may overheat and cause a fire. Do not place portable multiple socket strips or power supply ▶ units on the back of the appliance. 1.6 Safe use WARNING ‒ Risk of electric shock! An ingress of moisture can cause an electric shock.
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Safety en WARNING ‒ Risk of fire! Electrical devices within the appliance may cause a fire, e.g. heat- ers or electric ice makers. Do not operate electrical devices within the appliance. ▶ WARNING ‒ Risk of injury! Containers that contain carbonated drinks may burst. Do not store containers that contain carbonated drinks in the ▶...
en Safety Metal or metal-style parts in the appliance may contain aluminium. If acidic food comes into contact with aluminium in the appliance, aluminium foil ions may pass into the food. Do not consume soiled food. ▶ 1.7 Damaged appliance WARNING ‒ Risk of electric shock! If the appliance or the power cord is damaged, this is dangerous.
Preventing material damage en – Maintain a 30 mm clearance to 2 Preventing material electric or gas cookers. – Maintain a 300 mm clearance to damage oil or solid-fuel cookers. Use a niche depth of 560 mm. ¡ ATTENTION! Never cover or block the external ¡...
en Installation and connection Equipment and accessories ¡ Climate Permitted room tem- Installation material ¡ class perature Installation instructions ¡ 10 °C to 32 °C User manual ¡ 16 °C to 32 °C Customer service directory ¡ 16 °C to 38 °C Warranty enclosure ¡ Energy label ¡...
Installation and connection en 4.3 Installing the appliance Install the appliance in accordance ▶ with the enclosed installation in- structions. 4.4 Preparing the appliance for the first time Remove the informative material. Remove the protective foil and transit bolts, e.g. remove the ad- hesive strips and carton.
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en Familiarising yourself with your appliance 5 Familiarising yourself with your appliance 5.1 Appliance You can find an overview of the parts of your appliance here. Refrigerator compartment Freezer compartment → Page 21 → Page 22 Cool-fresh compartment Control panel → Page 13 → Page 21 Extendable shelf → Page 14...
Familiarising yourself with your appliance en Partition with humidity control- Flat frozen food container ler → Page 14 → Page 14 Fruit and vegetable container Frozen food container → Page 14 → Page 25 Rating plate → Page 32 Door storage compartment for large bottles → Page 14 Cool-fresh container Note: Deviations between your appli- → Page 14 ance and the diagrams may differ with regard to their features and size.
en Features High humidity required when ¡ switches the appliance on primarily storing vegetables or or off. when the appliance is not very full. Condensation may form in the fruit and vegetable container depending 6 Features on the food and quantity stored. Remove the condensation with a dry The features of your appliance de- cloth and adjust the air humidity to a...
operation en Tip: If a power failure or malfunction Bottle shelf occurs, the ice pack can be used to Store bottles securely on the bottle slow down the thawing process for shelf. the stored frozen food. Ice cube tray Use the ice cube tray to make ice cubes.
en Additional functions Tip: If frost forms on the food items 7.2 Operating tips in the cool-fresh compartment, set a Once you have switched on the ¡ higher cool-fresh compartment tem- appliance, the set temperature is perature. only reached after several hours. Press and hold until the temper- Do not put any food in the appli- ature display (refrigerator compart-...
Additional functions en Note: When Fast freezing is switched Switching off Fast cooling on, increased noise may occur. Press (Refrigerator compart- ▶ ment). Switching on manual Fast freezing The previously set temperature is Press (Freezer compartment). ▶ displayed. (Freezer compartment) lights 8.2 Automatic Fast freezing Note: After approx.
en Alarm These items should no longer be Switching on holiday mode ▶ stored for the maximum storage Press (Refrigerator compart- ▶ period. ment) repeatedly until the temper- ature display (refrigerator compart- The temperature alarm can be ment) shows . switched on in the following cases: No temperature is shown in the The appliance is switched on.
Home Connect en Home Connect services in your coun- Scan the QR code using the try. You can find information about Home Connect app. this at: www.home-connect.com. To be able to use Home Connect, you must first set up the connection to the WLAN home network (Wi-Fi and to the Home Connect app.
en Home Connect Ensure that the connection is 10.4 Resetting Home Connect ‒ not interfered with by screening settings walls. Install a repeater to strengthen If your appliance experiences con- ‒ the signal. nection problems with the WLAN home network (Wi-Fi) or your appli- 10.3 Installing updates for the ance wants to log into a different WLAN home network (Wi-Fi), you can...
Refrigerator compartment en Status of any previous reset to Observe the best-before date or ¡ ¡ factory settings. use-by date specified by the manu- facturer. This initial registration prepares the Home Connect functions for use and 11.2 Chill zones in the refri- is only required when you want to gerator compartment use the Home Connect functions for the first time.
en Freezer compartment 12.1 Storage times in the 13.1 Freezing capacity cool-fresh compartment The freezing capacity indicates the at 0 °C quantity of food that can be frozen right through to the centre within a The storage times are dependent on specific period of time. the original quality of your food.
Freezer compartment en To quickly and gently freeze larger ¡ 13.5 Shelf life of frozen food quantities of fresh food, place this at −18 °C in the top frozen food container. To ensure that the air can circulate ¡ Food Storage time freely in the appliance, push the Fish, sausages, pre- up to frozen food containers in as far as...
en Defrosting Place ice packs (if available) onto 14 Defrosting the food. Remove all fittings and accessor- ies from the appliance. 14.1 Defrosting in the refri- → Page 25 gerator compartment Remove the partition. → Page 26 Remove the cover. → Page 26 The refrigerator compartment in your appliance defrosts automatically. Remove the telescopic rails.
Cleaning and servicing en Dry thoroughly with a soft, dry Removing the fruit and vegetable cloth. container Insert the fittings and install the ap- Tilt the fruit and vegetable con- ▶ pliance components. tainer forwards and remove it . Electrically connect the appliance. → Page 11 Switch on the appliance.
en Cleaning and servicing Lift the frozen food container at the Press the lever on the underside front and remove it . on both sides and pull the parti- tion forwards . 15.4 Removing appliance Lift the partition and swivel it out to the side.
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Cleaning and servicing en Removing telescopic rails Installing telescopic rails Pull out the telescopic rail. Place the extended telescopic rail on the front pin and pull it for- wards slightly to lock in place . Move the lock in the direction of the arrow and loosen the pin from the rear...
en Troubleshooting 16 Troubleshooting You can rectify minor faults on your appliance yourself. Read the troubleshoot- ing information before contacting after-sales service. This will avoid unneces- sary costs. WARNING Risk of electric shock! Incorrect repairs are dangerous. Repairs to the appliance should only be carried out by trained specialist ▶...
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Troubleshooting en Fault Cause and troubleshooting The temperature dis- The temperature in the freezer compartment was too play (freezer compart- warm. ment) flashes. Press The temperature display (freezer compartment) briefly indicates the warmest temperature reached in the freezer compartment. The temperature dis- play (freezer compartment) then indicates the set temperature again.
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en Troubleshooting Fault Cause and troubleshooting The appliance makes Fast freezing is switched on. noises. No action required.
Storage and disposal en ates the set temperature, your ap- 16.1 Power failure pliance is OK. The appliance During a power failure, the temperat- switches to normal operation. ure in the appliance rises; this re- If, at the end of the appliance self- duces the storage time and the qual- test, 5 audible signals sound and ity of the frozen food.
Directive 2014/53/ A detailed RED Declaration of Con- formity can be found online at 18 Customer Service www.gaggenau.com among the addi- tional documents on the product Detailed information on the warranty page for your appliance. period and terms of warranty in your...
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