Contents Safety and the environment • Safety instructions.................... • Respecting the environment and saving energy..........• BIOCARE - anti-bacterial walls ................Description of your appliance • NO FROST: its significance and operation............How to carry out your initial installation • Reversing the direction the doors open .............
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Dear Customer, You have just acquired a BRANDT fridge-freezer and we would like to thank you. We have invested all our dedication and know-how in this appliance so that it would best meet your needs. With innovation and performance, we designed it to be always easy to use.
Safety instructions This appliance is intended for domestic use only. It has been designed for preserving and freezing food. The following instructions are for your own safety and should be observed without fail. We can neither be held responsible, nor uphold the guarantee in case of fail- ure to observe these recommendations, which may lead to material damage or physical injury.
Respecting the environment and saving energy To reduce your appliance’s electrical consuption: - Install it in a suitable place (see "Installation of your appliance" section). - Leave the door open as little as possible. Do not place food that is still hot in your refrigerator or freezer, particularly in the case of soups or dishes that release a lot of steam.
Description of your appliance Butter rack with glass shutter Lighting Ventilation system* Anti-bacterial walls Door rack Removable shelves Bottle rack Maxi-Fresh* Vegetable drawer or containers* Mini rack Ice trays Freezer drawers Plinth * depending on the model This guide to installing and using your fridge-freezer is applicable to several models.
NO FROST: its significance and operation This appliance has been designed and manufactured to avoid frost accumulating inside it. A system automatically melts away any frost and the water pro- duced flows through a small pipe into the container provided, where it evaporates away.
Reversing the direction the doors open The doors normally open to the left (hinges on the right); Drawing R1 if you wish to open the door to the right, you can modify the direction in which it opens by following the instruc- tions below.
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Reversing the direction the doors open 10. Remove the covers I from the control panel (R7). Drawing R7 11. Unscrew and remove the top right-hand hinge L (R7). 12. Unscrew the control panel M and remove it, lifting the top part from the middle so as to free the three spikes on the inside.
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Reversing the direction the doors open 20. Unscrew the metal door stop T on the right-hand Drawing R13 side of the refrigerator's door, turn it over and screw it to the left-hand side of the freezer's door, aligning the hole in the plate with the one in the door (R13). Unscrew the metal door stop T on the right-hand side of the freezer's door, turn it over and screw it to the left-hand side of the refrigerator's door, aligning...
Installing your appliance Your appliance must be installed in compliance with the instructions given in this "Operating and installation instructions manual" in order to keep your food under optimum conditions and with optimal energy consumption. - The appliance should be installed in a dry, - Leave a minimum distance between your well-ventilated room.
Electrical connection For your own safety, you must comply with the instructions given below. The electrical installation must comply with Standard NF C *15-100, in particular concerning the Earth. Three-core flex 3x2.5 mm², 230V single-phase connected to: - A 20A single-phase 230V-50Hz supply - An ELCB and an individual fuse (10 or 16A depending on the model) We cannot be held responsible for any incident caused by faulty electrical installation.
Starting up and adjusting the appliance Display Selector knob Operation of the electronic controls Selection knob If you do not wish to activate the select- ed function, turn the selector knob so that This knob enables you: NO flashes and then pres the knob to confirm - To access the various functions by turning your choice.
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Starting up and adjusting the appliance Initialisation Starting up and choosing the language Set the day, the month and the year desired in the same way as for the hours and the min- Hold down the selector knob for a few sec- utes.
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Starting up and adjusting the appliance Meaning of the symbols and functions that can appear on your screen REFRIGERATOR COMPARTMENT Setting for your refrigerator's temperature (on the left of your screen) • Set approximately by degree from 0 to 8°C. Stopping and restarting the refrigerator compartment •...
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Starting up and adjusting the appliance Meaning of the symbols and functions that can appear on your screen FREEZER COMPARTMENT Setting for the freezer's temperature (on the right of the screen) • Set approximately by degree from -23 to -15°C. •...
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Starting up and adjusting the appliance Meaning of the symbols and functions that can appear on your screen ALARMS Door Open alarm • The alarm is activated when the refrigerator's door is open for more than 60 sec- onds. The light illuminates, the alarm sounds and the refrigerator's temperature flashes.
Mixed or regulated cold (depending on the model) This guide to installing and using your fridge-freezer is applicable to several models. Your appliance is equipped with one or other of these functions. You can check very quickly by comparing your refriger- ator to the illustrations on this page.
Preparing food for the refrigerator Before placing food in your appliance: Carefully wrap fresh foods: they will then keep their flavour, colour, humidity content and freshness. You also avoid the taste of some foods contaminating the taste of others. Only vegeta- bles, fruit and salad vegetables can be stored in the vegetable compartment without being packed.
Arranging food in your refrigerator Leave a space between the food items to allow the air to circulate freely and avoid different prod- ucts contaminating each other. Do not put packages and food in contact with the wall at the back of the appliance: this is a particularly cold and damp area of the appliance and water droplets and frost condense there as part of your refrigerator's normal operation.
Frozen and deep-frozen food Your domestic appliance enables you to freeze food: it lowers its core temperature rapidly and you can therefore keep it longer. Deep-freezing is an industrial process that is quicker and more intense that domestic freezing. The products you purchase from the shops are deep-frozen. Preparing food for freezing Freezing does not sterilise.
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Food freezing guide Cooked food The length of time you can store cooked dishes reduces if you use bacon or smoked ham to season dishes. Product Valid for Preparatory cooking Sauce with meat juices half-cooked 3 months Tomato sauce just-cooked Minestrone with vegetables 2 months no pasta...
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Food freezing guide Fruits Fruit must be covered with sugar or syrup, as appropriate. The amount of sugar to use is around 250g for 1 kilo of fruit. Syrups are used in varying percentages; these are prepared by boiling sugared wa- ter.
Arranging food in your freezer Do not put fresh food next to food that has already been frozen to avoid causing the frozen food to warm up. The maximum weight of food that you can freeze over 24 hours is shown on the information plate (inside your appliance's refrigerator section near the bottom of the left-hand wall) under the heading: "CAPACITE DE CONGELATION/FREEZING CAPACITY (kg/24h)".
Defrosting food You can defrost food in five different ways: - By putting them in your appliance's refrigerator section for several hours - By leaving them to defrost gently at ambient temperature - In a conventional oven at a very low temperature (40/50°C) - In a microwave oven - By cooking them immediately Defrosting them in the refrigerator is the slowest but safest method.
Ongoing maintenance of your appliance Disconnect your appliance prior to performing any maintenance operation. Grasp the plug directly, instead of pulling on the power cable. Cleaning your appliance We recommend that you clean and Periodically check that the drain hole for the disinfect your appliance regularly defrosting water is not blocked and clean it for improved hygiene and to keep...
Ongoing maintenance of your appliance Changing the light bulb The sliding compartment for fruit and vegeta- bles is fitted with a filter that controls the hu- Disconnect your appliance midity by adapting it for optimum preservation - Unscrew the screw holding the interior light of these foodstuffs.
Noises, inconveniences or minor breakdowns Normal operating noises So that the selected temperature remains constant, your appliance regularly switches off its motor. The resultant noises are quite normal operating noises. They reduce automatically as soon as your refrigerator reaches the desired temperature. These noises are as follows: NOISE CAUSE Coming from the motor.This buzzing may briefly be louder when...
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Noises, inconveniences or minor breakdowns PROBLEM ADVICE Frost forms inside your - be careful not to open your appliance’s door too often, and not appliance to leave it open - this is quite normal. It stops condensation forming on the outside The external walls are warm of your appliance -When your home’s heating is not on (for example in spring and...
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