User manual SMEG W61XVM

[. . . ] 3 Installing and Operating your Fridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Before Using your Fridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 USAGE INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Temperature Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] You can adjust the legs by turning them clockwise or counter-clockwise. 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 - 4 - CHAPTER 2. USAGE INFORMATION Temperature Settings Cooler and Freezer Thermostat Knob 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. 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. Always abide by the instructions on the package and never exceed the storage duration. · During extended power outages, please do not open the door of the deep freeze compartment. Your refrigerator will preserve your frozen food in the ambient environmental temperature of 25°C for about 13 hours. This preservation time period decreases the higher the ambient environmental temperatures are. During longer lasting power cuts, you should not refreeze your food. Some recommendations have been specified on pages 8, 9 and 10 for the placement and storage of your food in the deep freeze compartment. UK - 7 - Fish and Meat Preparation Packed for freezing in convenient portions Packed for freezing in convenient portions Packed for freezing in convenient portions In small pieces In pieces In convenient portions, packaged without being spiced In pieces Must be packed even if it is film-coated Packed for freezing in convenient portions Packed for freezing in convenient portions Portions of 2. 5 kg and with no bones Storage Duration (months) 6-10 6-8 6-10 6-10 4-8 1-3 1-3 1-2 7-8 4-8 9-12 Thawing period at room temperature (hours) 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2 2-3 2-3 1-2 Until thawed 10-12 10 10-12 Beef Steak Lamb Meat Calf Roast Calf Cubes Sheep Cubes Minced meat Offal (piece) Sausage/Salami Chicken and turkey Goose / Duck Deer - Rabbit Boar Freshwater fish (Trout, Carp, Northern Pike, Cat Fish) 2 It should be washed and dried after it is well cleaned inside and scaled, the tail Lean fish (Sea Bass, Turbot, Sole) and head parts should be cut off where necessary. [. . . ] 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. [. . . ]