Temperature Controls - Kenmore 970 Use And 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.
Colder button closest to the display. The first time you press the button, the display shows the last setting you
entered. Each press of the button after that increments the setting by one degree. The display shows your new setting
momentarily, then changes back to the current temperature.
Temperature Control Range
Warmest
Warmer
Factory Setting Midpoint
Colder
Coldest
Temperature Adjustment Guide
If Fresh Food compartment is too warm
If Fresh Food compartment is too cold
If Freezer compartment is too warm
If Freezer compartment is too cold
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

Freezer
Fahrenheit Centigrade Fahrenheit
6° -14°
0° -18°
-6° -21°
Adjust Fresh Food control one degree
colder by pressing Colder button.
Adjust Fresh Food control one degree
warmer by pressing the Cold button.
Adjust Freezer control one degree colder
by pressing Colder button.
Adjust Freezer control one degree warmer
by pressing the Cold button.
CHOOSING FAHRENHEIT OR
CENTIGRADE
Fresh Food
Depending on which temperature
standard you prefer to use, you can set
Centigrade
your control panel to display in fahrenheit
or centigrade. To change between
47° 8°
fahrenheit and centigrade, press the
Mode button (located between the two
digital temperature displays).
37° 3°
MAKING TEMPERATURE
ADJUSTMENTS
33° 1°
After running your refrigerator for 24 hours,
you can adjust temperatures as needed.
Make your adjustments small and
gradual, allowing time for temperatures
to change and stabilize. Refer to the
following guidelines for temperature
settings.
WHAT TO DO IF THE
TEMPERATURE DISPLAYS
FLASH
If ever you you see both temperature
displays continuously flashing, it may
indicate that the control system has
detected a performance problem. Call
your Electrolux service representative,
who can interpret the flashing message.
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The two digital displays
on the left half of the
control panel indicate the
current temperatures of
your freezer and fresh
food compartments.
To adjust the temperature
to a higher or lower
setting, press the Cold or