User manual SMEG CR330SE/1

[. . . ] Never touch the cooling components within the appliance, especially with wet hands because this could result in injury. Never put ice cubes just removed from the freezer into your mouth because they could stick to your mouth and cause burns. Never clean or perform maintenance on the appliance without first removing the plug from the socket; in fact, turning the knob for adjusting the temperature to the "0"· setting is not sufficient to eliminate all electrical contact with the mains. Before having your old refrigerator picked up for disposal, remove or make inoperable any locking devices to prevent children who might play in or around the appliance from being locked inside. [. . . ] - The refrigerator compartment of your appliance is fitted with practical, removable shelves (Fig. 1) whose height can be adjusted to allow for storage of large containers. These shelves can also be tilted for storage of opened bottles. - Remember to follow our instructions on the storage life of different foods: If not stored correctly, even the freshest food will deteriorate quite quickly. - Contrary to popular belief, cooked foods do not keep longer than fresh food. Fig. 1 Freezing Consult a specialized manual when packaging foods for freezing. - Remember that you should never re-freeze products you have allowed to thaw, even if only partially: cook the food, then either eat (within 24 hours) or re-freeze it. - When freezing fresh foods, remember that they should not touch other previously frozen or deep frozen foods. Place the food that you wish to freeze in the top compartment where the temperature will fall below -18°C, which is ideal for freezing food properly. Remember that proper conservation depends on the speed of freezing. - Do not open the freezer door during freezing. - Freeze only the quantities (in kg) shown on the data plate on the left of the crisper. - When using the refrigerator for the first time, or after it has not been turned off, you can place food into the freezer only after is has been run for 6-8 hours, When the freezer is ready, insert the fresh food which is to be frozen into the appropriate compartment and turn knob A to setting 3. After approximately 24 hours, the freezing process will be complete. - For the best conservation and defrosting, remember to freeze small portions; this will ensure rapid and uniform freezing. Mark package with a description of the contents and the date it was frozen. - In the case of power failure or breakdown, do not open the freezer door. This will help maintain the temperature inside the freezer ensuring that foods are conserved for at least 914 hours. - Do not store full bottles in the freezer since they could explode when they freeze. (Remember that liquids increase in volume when frozen). - Fill the ice trays so that they are no more than 3/4 full. - If the room temperature remains below 14°C for an extended period of time the freezer will not reach the temperatures required for storage, and storage life will be shorter. In this case, frozen foodstuffs should be used within a relatively short period of time. 15 GB Guide to Using the Freezer Meat and Fish Food Beef Roast Lamb Pork Roast Veal Roast Wrapping Tinfoil Tinfoil Tinfoil Tinfoil Each piece wrapped in cling wrap and then in tinfoil (4 to 6 slices) Each piece wrapped in cling wrap and then in tinfoil (4 to 6 slices) In aluminium containers covered with cling wrap. [. . . ] When the layer of frost is more than 5 mm thick you should defrost the appliance. Follow these steps: set switch A to "0" (green lamp OFF); wrap deep frozen and frozen foods in newspaper; and place them in the refrigerator or in a cool place. Leave the freezer door open so that the frost thaws completely, placing basins of warm water in the freezer to speed up defrosting. The unit is provided with a system which allows the defrost water to be collected in a container to be placed beneath the unit (proceed as illustrated in Fig. [. . . ]