Dear customer, Before placing your new refrigerator/freezer into operation please read these operating instructions carefully. They contain important information for safe use, for installation and for care of the appliance. Please keep these operating instructions for future reference. Pass them on to possible new owners of the appliance.
Intended use • The refrigerator is intended for use in the home. It is suitable for the cooling, freezing and storing of frozen food, as well as for making ice. If the appliance is used for purposes other than those intended or used incorrectly, no liability can be accepted by the manufacturer for any damage that may be caused.
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• Do not touch frozen food with wet hands. Your hands could freeze to the food. • Do not operate any electrical appliances in the refrigerator/freezer (e.g. electric ice cream makers, mixers etc.). • Before cleaning the appliance, always switch off the appliance and unplug it, or pull the house fuse or switch off the circuit breaker.
Disposal Appliance Packaging Information All materials are environmentally sound! They can be dumped or burned at an incinerating plant without danger! About the materials: The plastics can be recycled and are identified as follows: >PE< for polyethylene, e.g. the outer covering and the bags in the interior.
If these clearances cannot be maintained a heat insulating pad is required between the cooker and the refrigeration appliance. If the refrigeration appliance is installed next to another refrigerator or freezer a clearance of 5 cm at the sides is required, in order to prevent the formation of condensation on the outside of the appliance.
Installation Your refrigerator needs air The refrigerating unit of your refrigerator is designed for maintenance- free operation. What it should never lack is good ventilation. Air is sup- plied under the door through the ventilation slot between the refriger- ator an storage surface. Air is extracted through the upper ventilation grille.
Mounting under a continuous worktop If installed under a continuous worktop, the appliance is fastened with a mounting screw (A) under the panel. Rehingeing the door The side at which the door opens can be changed from the right side (factory adjustment) to the left side, if the installation site requires.
Installation 0 Unscrew the handle. Refit it on the opposite side after having pierced the plugs with a punch. Cover the holes left open with the plugs contained in the documentation pack. Changing over the freezer compartment door 0 Open the freezer compartment door a little way. 0 Using a small screwdriver, pess the spring in the opening of the lower door bearing slightly upwards and...
Prior to Initial Start–Up 0 Please clean the appliance interior and all accessories prior to initial start-up (see section: “Cleaning and Care”). Electrical Connection Any electrical work required to install this appliance should be carried out by a qualified electrician or competent person. WARNING –...
3 mm). Starting up and temperature regulation 0 Insert the plug of the connection lead into the plug socket with protective earth contact. When the refrigerator compartment door is opened, the internal lighting is switched on. The temperature selector knob is located on the RH side of the refrigerator compartment.
-18°C will be maintained in the freezer compartment. If you want the freeze fresh food rapidly, select setting „6“, ensuring that the temperature in the refrigerator compartment does not drop blow 0°C. You should also promptly reset the temperature regulator to setting „3“ or „4“.
VARIO glass storage shelf Your appliance is equipped with two half size glass storage shelves. Storing tall items: 0 Slide the front half of the Vario storage shelf in another level to the rear. By this means you will gain space to place tall items on the storage shelf below.
Freezing and storing frozen food The freezer compartment is for freezing and storing food. Important! • The temperature in the freezer compartment must be –18 °C or col- der before freezing food or storing food already frozen. • Do not freeze too large a quantity at any one time (max. 2 kg per 24 h).
Preparation of Ice Cubes 0 Fill the ice cube tray 3/4 full with cold water, place it in the freezer compartment and leave to freeze. 0 To loosen the frozen cubes, either bend the ice cube tray or hold it under running water for a few seconds.
0 Switch off the appliance and unplug it, or pull the fuse or switch off the circuit breaker. 0 Remove the stopper from the melt- water outlet and place a bowl underneath it to catch the melt- water. Tip: You can speed up the defrosting process by placing a pan with hot water in the freezer compartment and closing the...
Do not allow such substances to come into contact with appliance parts. • Do not use any abrasive cleansers. 0 Remove frozen food and the food from the refrigerator. Wrap frozen food in several layers of newspaper. Store it in a cool place, well covered.
0 Check the water drain hole on the rear wall of the fridge. Clear a blocked drain hole with the aid of the green peg in the pack of accessories included with the appliance. 0 After everything is dry place appliance back into service.
What to do if ... Correcting Malfunctions Spare parts: Minor repairs you can carry out yourself, spare parts can be ordered from the service centre. You can fit these yourself without any special skill or training, e.g.: – butter/cheese compartment, –...
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Malfunction The food is too warm. Interior lighting does not work. Heavy build up of frost, possibly also on the door seal. Unusual noises. The compressor does not start immediately after changing the temperature setting. Water on the floor or on storage shelves.
0 To change the light bulb, undo the screw. 0 Press the light bulb cover as shown and slide it backwards. 0 Change the defective light bulb. 0 Refit the light bulb cover and the screw. 0 Put the refrigerator back into operation.
Customer Service If you cannot find the remedy for a malfunction in these operating instructions, please contact your dealer or our customer service department. Addresses and telephone numbers are listed in the accompanying booklet "Guarantee Conditions/Customer Service Locations". Selective ordering of replacement parts can save unnecessary travel and costs.
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