Temperature Controls - Kenmore 253 Use & Care Manual

ALLOWING COOLING TIME BEFORE USE
To ensure reliable food storage, allow your refrigerator and freezer to operate with the doors closed for 8 to 12 hours before
placing food inside. During this cooling period, you do not need to adjust the controls, which are preset at the factory.
SETTING COOLING TEMPERATURES
Your refrigerator comes with a state-of-the-art electronic digital control system. The system's control panel is located at the
top of the the fresh food compartment.
The two digital displays on the left half of the control panel indicate the current settings or temperatures of your freezer and
fresh food compartments. The 2 gauges located on the front of the refrigerator just above the Ice and Water Dispenser also
give you the current temperatures for the freezer and fresh food compartments.
To adjust the temperature to a higher or lower setting, press the Up (Cold) or Down (Colder) button closest to the display.
The first time you press the button, the display shows current setting you entered. Each press of the button after that
changes the setting by one.
The display shows your new setting momentarily, then changes back to the current temperature.
(Temperature Display - Features may vary.)
Freezer Gauge
(Gauges will operate in Fahrenheit only)
NOTE
The advanced electronic control system in your
refrigerator includes additional display modes that
service professionals can use to rapidly diagnose
performance issues.

Temperature Controls

Refrigerator Gauge
CHOOSING FAHRENHEIT OR CENTIGRADE
Depending on which temperature standard you prefer to use,
you can set your control panel to display in fahrenheit or
centigrade. To change between fahrenheit and centigrade,
press the Mode button (located between the two digital
temperature displays).
Press to alternate between
Fahrenheit and Centigrade
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