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KG..N.. Fridge-freezer EN Information for Use Register your appliance on My Siemens and discover exclusive services and offers. Siemens Home Appliances...
en 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. ¡...
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 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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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 Regularly clean the surfaces that may come into contact with ▶ food and accessible drain systems. Store raw meat and fish in suitable containers in the refrigerator ▶ so that they do not touch or drip on other food. If the fridge/freezer is empty for an extended period of time, ▶...
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en Ventilate the room. ▶ Switch off the appliance. → Page 17 ▶ Unplug the mains plug from the mains or switch off the circuit ▶ breaker in the fuse box. Call customer service. → Page 30 ▶...
en Preventing material damage Environmental protection and saving energy 2 Preventing material 3 Environmental protec- damage tion and saving energy Preventing material damage Environmental protection and saving energy ATTENTION! 3.1 Disposing of packaging If not rolling freely, the appliance's The packaging materials are environ- castors may damage the floor when mentally compatible and can be re- the appliance is moved.
en Allow warm food and drinks to ¡ 4.2 Criteria for the installation cool down before storing them. location Thaw frozen food in the refrigerator ¡ compartment to utilise the low tem- WARNING perature of the food. Risk of explosion! Always leave some space between ¡...
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. Clean the appliance for the first time.
en Familiarising yourself with your appliance 5 Familiarising yourself with your appliance Familiarising yourself with your appliance 5.1 Appliance You can find an overview of the parts of your appliance here. Deviations between your appliance and the diagrams may differ with regard to their features and size.
en Freezer compartment Rating plate → Page 31 → Page 20 Frozen food container Control panel → Page 14 → Page 24 Lighting Screw foot Butter and cheese compart- Bottle shelf → Page 15 ment → Page 16 Cool-fresh container Variable door tray → Page 16 → Page 16 Fruit and vegetable container Door tray for large bottles → Page 15 5.2 Control panel You can use the control panel to configure all functions of your appliance and...
en 6.3 Bottle shelf Features 6 Features Store bottles securely on the bottle The features of your appliance de- Features shelf. pend on the model. To vary the bottle shelf as required, you can remove the bottle shelf and 6.1 Shelf re-insert it elsewhere. → "Removing the shelf", Page 23 To vary the shelf as required, you can remove the shelf and re-insert it...
en Ice cube tray 6.5 Cool-fresh container Use the ice cube tray to make ice Use the lower temperatures in the cubes. cool-fresh container to store highly Making ice cubes perishable food, e.g. fish, meat and Use only drinking water to make ice sausages.
en The recommended temperature in 7.2 Operating tips the freezer compartment is Once you have switched on the ¡ −18 °C. appliance, the set temperature is only reached after several hours. Do not put any food in the appli- Additional functions 8 Additional functions ance until the set temperature has been reached.
en If the automatic Super freezing is Note: After approx. 54 hours, the ap- switched on, "super freeze" lights up pliance switches to normal operation. and increased noises may occur. Switching off manual Super After operation, the appliance freezing switches from automatic Super freez- ing to normal operation.
en Switch on Super freezing before Alarm 9 Alarm placing large quantities of food in the appliance. Alarm The freezer compartment door is ¡ 9.1 Door alarm open for too long. Check whether the frozen food has If the appliance door is open for a defrosted or thawed.
en Observe the best-before date or ¡ 11.1 Storage times in the use-by date specified by the manu- cool-fresh compartment facturer. at 0 °C 10.2 Chill zones in the refri- The storage times are dependent on gerator compartment the original quality of your food. The air circulation in the refrigerator Food Storage...
en Fruit: Wash, pit and perhaps peel, ¡ Prerequisites for freezing capacity possibly add sugar or ascorbic Approx. 24 hours before placing acid solution. fresh food in the appliance, switch Food that is suitable for freezing in- ¡ on Super freezing. cludes baked items, fish and sea- → "Switching on manual Super food, meat, game, poultry, eggs...
en 12.6 Defrosting methods for 14.1 Preparing the appliance frozen food for cleaning Switch off the appliance. CAUTION → Page 17 Risk of harm to health! Disconnect the appliance from the During the thawing process, bacteria power supply. may multiply and spoil the frozen Unplug the appliance from the food.
en If you clean fittings and accessories Removing the variable shelf in the dishwasher, this may cause Tilt both parts of the shelf up- ▶ them to become deformed or discol- wards , remove them together our. and then remove the rails . Never clean fittings and accessory ▶...
en Removing the frozen food 14.4 Removing appliance container components Take out the frozen food container If you want to clean your appliance as far as it will go. thoroughly, you can remove certain Lift the frozen food container at the components from your appliance.
en Troubleshooting 15 Troubleshooting You can rectify minor faults on your appliance yourself. Read the troubleshoot- Troubleshooting ing information before contacting after-sales service. This will avoid unneces- sary costs. WARNING Risk of electric shock! Improper repairs are dangerous. Repairs to the appliance should only be carried out by trained specialist ▶...
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en Fault Cause and troubleshooting The refrigeration unit Only open the appliance door as briefly as neces- ▶ is switching on more sary. frequently and for Allow hot food and drinks to cool down first before ▶ longer. storing in the appliance. A layer of frost forms Not a fault.
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en Fault Cause and troubleshooting The set temperature is The freezer compartment door was open for a long not reached. time. The evaporator (refrigeration unit) in the noFrost system is heavily iced up. Fully automatic de- Requirement: Store the frozen food well insulated in a frosting no longer cool place.
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en Fault Cause and troubleshooting The appliance hums, Not a fault. A motor is running, e.g. refrigerating unit, bubbles, buzzes, fan. Refrigerant flows through the pipes. The motor, gargles, clicks or switches or solenoid valves are switching on or off. crackles.
en The appliance self-test starts when 15.1 Power failure the temperature displays light up in During a power failure, the temperat- succession. ure in the appliance rises; this re- If, at the end of the appliance self- duces the storage time and the qual- test, 2 audible signals sound and ity of the frozen food.
en Do not insert any objects between ▶ tronic appliances (waste the door and the housing. electrical and electronic equipment - WEEE). To guarantee the ventilation inside The guideline determ- the appliance, leave the appliance ines the framework for open. the return and recycling of used appliances as 16.2 Disposing of old appli-...
en searching for the model. The model 17.1 Product number (E-Nr.), identifier is made up of the charac- production number (FD) ters before the slash in the product and consecutive num- number (E-Nr.) on the rating plate. Al- bering (Z-Nr.) ternatively, you can also find the model identifier in the first line of the You can find the product number (E- EU energy label.
Declaration of Conformity 19 Declaration of Con- requirements. formity A detailed Declaration of Conformity can be found online at siemens- BSH Hausgeräte GmbH hereby de- Declaration of Conformity home.bsh-group.com/uk/ among the clares that the appliance conforms to additional documents on the product the essential requirements and other page for your appliance.
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en Name and address of manufacturer BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, Carl-Wery- Strasse 34, 81739 München, Ger- many This statement of compliance is pre- pared by the manufacturer. The manufacturer, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH deems that it has complied with provision 5.1-1 of ETSI EN 303 ¡...
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EN Manufactured by BSH Hausgeräte GmbH under the trademark licence of Siemens AG Valid within Great Britain: Imported to Great Britain by BSH Home Appliances Ltd. Grand Union House Old Wolverton Road Wolverton, Milton Keynes MK12 5PT United Kingdom BSH Hausgeräte GmbH Carl-Wery-Straße 34...
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