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STORING FROZEN FOOD
FREEZING FRESH FOOD
MAKING ICE CUBES
DEFROSTING
Yourfreezerissuitableforthelong-termstorageofcommerciallyfrozenfoodsandalsocan
beusedtofreezeandstorefreshfood.
Ifthereisapowerfailure,donotopenthedoor.Frozenfoodshouldnotbeaffectedifthe
failurelastsforlessthan16hrs.Ifthefailureislonger,thenthefoodshouldbechecked
andeithereatenimmediatelyorcookedandthenre-frozen.
Pleaseobservethefollowinginstructionstoobtainthebestresults.
Donotfreezetoolargeaquantityatanyonetime. Thequalityofthefoodisbestpreserved
whenitisfrozenrightthroughtothecoreasquicklyaspossible.
Donotexceedthefreezingcapacityofyourappliancein24h.
Placingwarmfoodintothefreezercompartmentcausestherefrigerationmachineto
operatecontinouslyuntilthefoodisfrozensolid. Thiscantemporarilyleadtoexcessive
coolingoftherefrigerationcompartment.
Whenfreezingfreshfood,keepthesettingknobatmediumposition.Smallquantitiesof
foodupto1/2kg.(1lb)canbefrozenwithoutadjustingthetemperaturecontrolknob.
Takespecialcarenottomixalreadyfrozenfoodandfreshfood.
Filltheice-cubetray3/4fullwithwaterandplaceitintheIceBank.Loosenfrozentrays
withthehandleofaspoon,neverusesharpedgedobjectssuchasknives,forks.Storeice-
cubesintheIceBank.
IffreshlymadeicecubesarenotconsumedforseveralweeksandstoredinIce
Bank,theywillslowlyreduceinsizeandeventuallydisappearcompletely.
Thefridgecompartmentdefrostsautomatically. The
defrostwaterrunstothedraintubeviaacollection
containeratthebackoftheappliance.
Duringdefrosting,waterdropletsmayformatthe
backofthefridgecompartmentwhereaconcealed
evaporatorislocated.Somedropletsmayremainon
thelinerandrefreezewhendefrostingiscompleted.
Donotusepointedorsharp-edgedobjectssuchas
knivesorforkstoremovethedropletswhichhave
refrozen.
If,atanytime,thedefrostwaterdoesnotdrainfrom
thecollectionchannel,checkthatnofoodparticles
haveblockedthedraintube. Thedraintubecanbe
clearedwithapipe-cleaneror
Pushingthespecialplasticplungerprovided
downthedraintube(2).
Checkthatthetubeispermanentlyplacedwithits
endinthecollectingtrayonthecompressorto
preventthewaterspilling.Ifthefrostlayer
reachesabout1/4''(7mm),reducethesetting
(i.e.from4to1)torestartautomaticdefrosting.
Note:
A)Fridgecompartment
DrainTube
(2)
(1)
Defrost
Water
Collection