User manual TRICITY TB100FF

[. . . ] OPERATING & INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FRIDGE-FREEZER TB 100 FF 1287182 A/T/11-2. (00. ) This instruction book contains safety precautions, information on use and helpful hints and tips. To ensure you use this appliance effectively and safely, please read this instruction book carefully before installing or using this appliance and retain for future reference. The symbols below help you to find things more easily: Safety precautions Warnings and Safety information Hints, useful information Environmental information 2 IMPOR TANT S AFET Y INS TR UCTIONS These warnings are provided in the interests of your safety. [. . . ] Try to avoid keeping the door open for long periods or opening the door too frequently as warm air will enter the cabinet and cause the compressor to switch on unnecessarily often. Ensure there are no obstructions preventing the door from closing properly. Food Storage To obtain the best performance from your freezer: Do not store warm food or evaporating liquid. Avoid buying frozen food if you cannot store it straight away. The use of an insulated container is advisable. When you arrive home, place the frozen food in the freezer immediately. Do not push food together too much, try to allow air to circulate around each item. Ensure that food placed in the freezer is dated and labelled and used in date order to ensure that food is consumed at its best. Lean food keeps better and longer than fatty food, salt reduces the storage time. Wrap the food in polythene or aluminium freezing bags or foil so that they adhere to the food and provide an airtight seal. Packaging which is swollen or has traces of refrozen water droplets on the pack could indicate that the product has not been kept at a suitable temperature and that it may have lost its original quality. The water is discharged, via the pipe, into a tray located at the back of the appliance above the compressor, where it evaporates. Important To avoid defrost water overflowing into the fridge, periodically clean the water discharge hole in the centre of the V shaped drip collector at the back of the refrigerator compartment, behind the salad drawers. Use the defrost cleaner provided which you will find already inserted into the discharge hole. Remember to wash to defrost cleaner in hot soapy water at regular intervals. 10 Freezer The freezer compartment will become progressively covered with frost. This should be removed with the special plastic scraper provided, whenever the thickness of the frost reaches 1/4. During this operation it is not necessary to switch of the power supply or to remove the foodstuffs. However, when the ice becomes very thick on the inner liner, complete defrosting should be carried out and it is advisable to perform this operation when the appliance is empty. For complete defrosting (once or twice a year) proceed as follows: Turn the thermostat dial to the OFF position (O) or disconnect the appliance from the mains. Remove any food from inside the freezer and fridge; wrap it in several sheets of newspaper and store in a cool, dry place. Leave the door open, place a basin on the top shelf of the refrigerator compartment, under the drain hole, lift the plug as shown in the figure. . Replace the scraper in one of the drawers. [. . . ] Prise out the two white screw covers from the ventilation grille at the bottom of the appliance. Remove the two securing screws and remove the grille. Remove the fridge door by releasing it from the middle hinge. Slide out the freezer door from the pin, unscrew the pin and then screw it into the hinge blade provided on the opposite side. [. . . ]