User manual SMEG FC34R

[. . . ] 4 Installing and Operating your Fridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Before Using your Fridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 USAGE INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Temperature Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] This should be done before placing food in the fridge. · Before using your fridge, wipe all parts with warm water mixed with a teaspoonful of sodium bicarbonate and then rinse with clean water and dry. After cleaning, replace all parts in their proper locations in the fridge. Before Using your Fridge · When operated for the first time or after transportation, keep your fridge in the upright position for at least 3 hours before plugging it in to allow efficient operation. Otherwise, you may damage the compressor. · Your fridge may have a slight odor when it is operated for the first time. The odor will fade away when your fridge starts to cool. UK - 5 - CHAPTER 2. USAGE INFORMATION Cooler and Freezer Thermostat Knob Temperature Settings Cooling compartment The thermostat ensures that the temperature settings in the cooling and freezing compartments of your refrigerator are controlled automatically. It may be set to any value ranging from 1 to 6. As you turn the thermostat setting knob from 1 to 6, the amount of cooling increases. Cooling compartment thermostat knob: 5 - 6 : For more cooling. 1 - 3 : For less cooling. UK - 6 - Warnings for Temperature Settings · It is not recommended that you operate your fridge in environments colder than 10°C in terms of its efficiency. · Do not refreeze the frozen food once it is thawed. It may pose a danger to your health as it might cause problems like food poisoning. · Do not place hot meals in your deep freeze until they cool down. You could cause the other food frozen beforehand in the deep freeze compartment to become spoiled. · As you buy frozen food, make sure it was frozen under appropriate conditions and that the packaging is not torn. · While storing frozen food, the storage conditions on the package should certainly be observed. If there are no instructions, the food has to be consumed in the shortest possible period of time. · Frozen food has to be transported before it thaws and it should be placed in the fast freezing shelf as soon as possible. Please do not use the door shelves for fast freezing purposes. · If the frozen food package has been humidified and it has a foul odor, the food might have previously been stored under unsuitable conditions and become spoiled. · The storage durations of frozen food change depending on the environmental temperatures, the frequent opening and closing of the doors, thermostat settings, food types, and the period of time that elapsed from when the food was acquired to the time it entered the freezer. [. . . ] UK - 15 - Crackling (Ice Cracking) Noise: · It is heard during the automatic defrosting process as the ice which has formed on the cooling coil melts and falls into the drain trough. · Once the device has been cooled or heated (the expansions and contractions of the actual product material). Short Cracking Noise: · It is heard when the thermostat turns the compressor on and off. Compressor Noise: · It is a normal engine noise. [. . . ]