Storing Food; Before You Call For Service - Sharp SJ-GC400V Operation Manual

STORING FOOD

Refrigeration reduces the rate of food spoilage. To
maximise the shelf life of perishable food products, ensure
that the food is the freshest possible quality. The following
is a general guide to help promote longer food storage.
• Ensure all cooked food is wrapped securely or placed in
an airtight container.
• To minimize moisture loss, fruit and vegetables should
be loosely enclosed in a plastic material (e.g. wrap,
bags) and place in the fruit and vegetable crisper.
• Eggs should be stored in the Egg tray.
• Evenly place the food on the shelves to allow the cooling
air to circulate efficiently.
• Hot foods should be cooled before storing. Storing hot
foods increases the temperature in the unit and
increases the risk of food spoilage.
• Do not block the outlet and inlet of the cool air circulating
circuit with foods or containers; otherwise the foods will
not be evenly cooled throughout the refrigerator.
• Keep the door securely closed.

BEFORE YOU CALL FOR SERVICE

Before you call for service, check the following points.
Problem
The outside of a cabinet is hot when
touched.
When there is refrigerator noise.
Frosting or condensation generation
occurs inside or outside the
refrigerator.
The foods in the refrigerator
compartment freeze.
Noticeable odours.
Door alarm does not stop.
If you still require service contact your SHARP Approved Service Centre.
SHARP Approved Service Centre locations can be found in the Support area of our website:
Australia : http://www.sharp.net.au
New Zealand : http://www.sharp.net.nz
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For best freezing
• Quality of foods should be fresh.
• Freeze small quantities of food at a
time to freeze them quickly.
• Food should be properly sealed,
sealed tightly or covered.
• Evenly place the food in the freezer.
• Label bags or containers to keep an
inventory of frozen food.
This is normal. The hot pipe is in the cabinet in order to prevent condensation
generation.
It is normal for the refrigerator to produce the following sounds.
• Loud noise produced by the compressor when operation starts
--- Sound becomes quieter after a while.
• Loud noise produced once a day by the compressor
--- Operating sound produced immediately after automatic defrost operation.
• Sound of flowing fluid (gurgling sound, fizzing sound)
--- Sound of refrigerant flowing in pipes (sound may become louder from time
to time).
• Cracking or crunching sound, squeaking sound
--- Sound produced by expansion and contraction of inner walls and internal
parts during cooling.
This may occur in one of the following cases. Use a wet cloth for wiping frost
and a dry cloth for wiping condensation.
• When the ambient humidity is high.
• When the door is frequently opened and closed.
• When food containing plenty of moisture is stored. (Wrapping is required.)
• Is the refrigerator operated for a long time with temp. control set at MAX?
• Low ambient temperature may cause food to freeze even if refrigerator temp.
control is set to MIN.
• Wrapping is required for food with strong odours.
• Deodorising unit cannot remove all of the odours.
• If the door alarm does not stop after closing all doors, it is a defect.
Contact the Sharp service center for service.
Method of stopping the door alarm temporarily.
Adjust both temp.control knobs at the same time as following steps.
1 3
(Adjust ~ within 20 seconds)
1
Adjust to MIN
2
Adjust to MAX
3
Return to MED
• The door alarm will sound again after approximately 2 days.
IN
OUT
Do not place food directly in front of cold air outlet.
This may lead to the food freezing.
Solution
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1 1
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