ÖKO-ARCTIS ÖKO-ARCTIS SUPER Table Top Freezer Operating Instructions
Dear customer, Before placing your new refrigerator/freezer into operation please read these operating instructions carefully. They contain important information for safe use, for installation and for care of the appliance. Please keep these operating instructions for future reference. Pass them on to possible new owners of the appliance. These operating instructions are for use with several technically comparable models with varying accessories. Please observe the notes which apply to your model.
Contents Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Appliance Packaging Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Disposal of old Appliances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Remove transport safeguard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 Safety The safety aspects of our refrigerators/freezers comply with accepted technical standards and the German Appliance Safety Law. Nevertheless, we consider it our obligation to make you aware of the following safety information: Intended use • The freezer is intended for use in the home. It is suitable for the freezing and storing frozen food, as well as for making ice.
Safety themselves in the freezer when playing (there is risk of suffocation!) or get themselves into other dangerous situations. • Often children cannot recognise the hazards present in household appliances. It is therefore important that you ensure adequate supervision and never let children play with the appliance! Daily Operation • Containers with flammable gases or liquids can leak at low temperatures.
Disposal Appliance Packaging Information All materials are environmentally sound! They can be dumped or burned at an incinerating plant without danger! About the materials: The plastics can be recycled and are identified as follows: >PE< for polyethylene, e.g. the outer covering and the bags in the interior. >PS< for polystyrene foam, e.g. the pads, which are all free of chlorofluorocarbon.
3 You can remove any remnants of adhesive using white spirit. 0 Remove all adhesive tape and packing pieces from the interior of the appliance. Installation Installation Location The appliance should be set up in a well ventilated, dry room. Energy use is affected by the ambient temperature.
Installation Your freezer needs air Your freezer is designed for maintenance-free operation. What it should never lack is good ventilation. Air is supplied under the ventilation slot between the freezer and storage surface. Air is extracted through the upper ventilation grille. Never obstruct these openings. Electrical Connection Any electrical work required to install this appliance should be carried out by a qualified electrician or competent person.
Installation 1 Warning! A cut-off plug inserted into a 13 amp socket is a serious safety (shock) hazard. Ensure that the cut-off plug is disposed of safely. Plug socket The plug socket necessary for connection of your appliance to the electricity supply should be positioned so that it is possible to pull out the appliance plug. A concealed protective contact plug socket requires 10 A/16 A fusing.
0 Unscrew the handle. Refit it on the opposite side after having pierced the plugs with a punch. Cover the holes left open with the plugs contained in the documentation pack. Prior to Initial Start–Up 0 Please clean the appliance interior and all accessories prior to initial start-up (see section: “Cleaning and Care”). 0 Remove the ice pack from the appliance. 0 Only put the ice pack to freeze in the top drawer after the optimal storage temperature of –18 °C has been reached.
Operating and indicator panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 Temperature regulator and ON/OFF switch Fast freeze button Symbol for the door warning tone Fast freeze light (amber) Warning light (red) Pilot light (green) The temperature regulator (1), which serves at the same time as the appliance’s On-/Off switch. The green pilot lamp (6), which comes on when the panel is switched on and the mains voltage is available. In this switch position, the refrigerating unit automatically operates by system control.
Important note: if you operate the fast-freeze switch or adjust the temperature regulator, it may happen that your appliance’s refrigeration motor does not start immediately but only after some time. This does not mean that your appliance has a fault.
Ice pack There is an ice pack in one drawer of the freezer. Refer to the section “Prior to Initial Start–Up” concerning freezing of the ice pack. 3 In the event of a power failure or malfunction, the ice pack will lengthen the amount of time it takes for the frozen food to become too warm by several hours. The ice pack can only fulfil this task optimally if it is placed in the uppermost drawer, at the front, above the frozen food. You can use the ice pack for cooling cold bags.
Freezing and storing frozen food To utilise the maximum rated freezing capacity, switch on the fast freeze switch 24 hours before freezing is due to start (the amber light illuminates). For smaller amounts the fast freeze switch should be switched on 4 - 6 hours in advance. 0 All foods must be packed air tight prior to freezing, so that they do not dry out or lose their flavour, and so that no flavour contamination of other frozen goods occurs. Caution! Do not touch frozen food with wet hands.
Storage Goods Symbols/Freezing Calendar • The symbols on the drawers show different types of frozen goods. • The numbers indicate storage times in months for the appropriate types of frozen goods. Whether the upper or lower value of the indicated storage time is valid depends on the quality of the foods and pre-treating before freezing. The lower value applies to foods with high fat content.
Defrosting and cleaning 0 Each temperature rise reduces the keeping qualities of your frozen food. Around 12 hours before defrosting your freezer, switch over to fast freeze to built up a low temperature reserve in the frozen food. 1 0 0 0 0 1 16 Warning! • Do not use electrical heating appliances or any other mechanical or artificial devices to speed up the defrosting process. • Do not use defrosting sprays, they can be hazardous to your health and/or contain substances that damage plastics.
Attention! • Ethereal oils and organic solvents can attack plastic parts, e.g. – lemon juice or the juice from orange peals; – butyric acid; – cleansers which contain acetic acid. Do not allow such substances to come into contact with appliance parts. • Do not use any abrasive cleansers. 0 Clean the appliance and the interior accessories with a cloth and lukewarm water. Commercially available dish washing detergents may also be used. 0 After cleaning wipe with fresh water and rub dry.
If you should ever move house 0 If the freezer compartment is not fully loaded, pack the frozen food all together on as few storage levels as possible: drawers (1) and (2). 0 24 hours before the removal lorry is due to leave switch over to fastfreezing in order to build up a reserve of coldness in the frozen items. 0 Make sure the freezer door cannot come open during transport.
What to do if ... A malfunction may be caused by only a minor fault that you can rectify yourself using the following instructions. Please check whether the pilot lamps come on, the refrigerating unit operates, and the internal temperature is being maintained. Do not perform any other work on the appliance if the following information does not provide assistance in your specific case. 1 Warning! Repairs to refrigerators/freezers may only be performed by qualified service engineers.
What to do if ... Malfunction The freezer temperature is not sufficient, red light lights up, temperature alarm signal sounds. Heavy build up of frost, possibly also on the door seal. Unusual noises. The compressor does not start immediately after changing the temperature setting. Possible Cause Remedy Temperature is not properly adjusted. Please look in the "Initial Start Up" section. Door was open for an extended period. Open the door only as long as necessary. Press the fast freeze switch.
Customer Service If you cannot find the remedy for a malfunction in these operating instructions, please contact your dealer or our customer service department. Addresses and telephone numbers are listed in the accompanying booklet "Guarantee Conditions/Customer Service Locations". Selective ordering of replacement parts can save unnecessary travel and costs.
AEG Hausgeräte GmbH Postfach 1036 D-90327 Nürnberg http://www.aeg.hausgeraete.
