ÖKO-ARCTIS no-frost-Gefrierautomaten electronic no-frost-freezing appliance electronics Sistema elettronico per congelatori no-frost Gebrauchsanweisung Operating Instructions Istruzioni per l’uso
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.
Content Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Energy Saving Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 The most important characteristic of your appliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Content Freezing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Freezing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frozen Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preparation of Ice Cubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Storage Goods Symbols/Freezing Calendar .
1 Safety Instructions The safety of our refrigerators/freezers is in accordance with recognised technological standards and appliance safety legislation. We nevertheless feel that it is important to acquaint you with the following safety guidelines: Use for Intended Purpose • The refrigeration appliance is intended for use at home. Depending on the preset operation mode, this appliance becomes suitable for freezing, for deep-cooled storage, for ice preparation or for cooling foodstuffs.
Safety Instructions or latch closures. This eliminates the danger that playing children lock themselves into the appliance (danger of suffocation!) or place themselves into other life-endangering situations. • Children often do not recognise the dangers involved with household appliances. Please provide for the necessary supervision and do not allow children to play with the appliance! Daily Operation • Containers with flammable gases or fluids can develop leaks through contact with the cold.
• Refrigerators/feezers may only be repaired by trained personnel. Repairs carried out by untrained personnel can lead to substantial danger. Please contact your dealer or our customer service department for repairs. 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.
2 Energy Saving Tips • Do not install the appliance near cookers, radiators or other sources of warmth. High ambient temperatures cause longer, more frequent operation of the compressor. • Ensure sufficient air circulation and exhaust at the appliance base and at the back wall of the appliance. Never cover air vent openings. • Do not place warm foods into the appliance. Allow warm foods to cool first. • Only leave door open as long as necessary. • Do not set temperature any colder than necessary.
The most important characteristic of your • FAST CHILL/FAST FREEZE can be selected depending on purpose and need. – The FAST CHILL function is suitable for fast cooling larger quantities in the cooling room, e.g. for drinks or salads during a party. Thereby, a SET temperature of +2 °C is automatically preset. After 6 hours have expired, the FAST CHILL function is terminated automatically.
Appliance design Front view (various models) 1 2 3 4 5 6 48 Freezer tray Drawers Evaporator Interior Illumination Control Panel Serial plate
Appliance design Freezer tray A freezing tray is inserted in the middle of the appliance’s interior room. 3 Berries, for example, can be pre-frozen on the freezer tray. Advantage: The berries are not squeezed and maintain their natural form. The frozen berries can then be stored in compartments or drawers packaged in individual portions. The freezing tray also serves for accommodating small frozen foodstuffs (e.g. herbal produce), furthermore you can accommodate ice cube shells.
Appliance design Control Panel 1 2 3 4 5 Stand-by display (green) ON/OFF button Temperature Display Temperature regulator Display when FAST CHILL/FAST FREEZE function is switched on (yellow) 6 FAST CHILL/-FREEZE button 7 Warning Display (red) 8 WARNING OFF button (See the chapter on "Control and Information Systems") ON/OFF button • Switching on: By the initial switch on (delivery state) your appliance starts in the operation mode "Freezing".
Appliance design Temperature regulator For temperature adjustment the temperature regulator must be freed from its recessed position. • Briefly pressing on the temperature regulator frees it from its recessed position. • Pressing on the temperature regulator returns it to its recessed position.
The error message is coded (e.g. F1, F2, etc.) and assists the customer service technician in error diagnosis. If the temperature can no longer be registered, only the error code is displayed. • In the FAST CHILL function "IC" for intensive cooling appears in the display when the temperature regulator is extended from its retracted position. In the FAST FREEZE function "SF" for super frost appears in the display when the temperature regulator is extended from its retracted position.
Initial Start-Up 0 Insert plug into mains socket. 0 Press ON/OFF button. The green stand-by display lights up. The temperature display shows the current freezing room temperature (actual temperature). The blinking red warning display indicates that the required storage temperature has not yet been reached. 3 Within 5 minutes after the appliance has been switched on, the electronics initialise a self-test. The compressor does not start until after completion of the self-test.
Temperature Adjustment 0 Press temperature regulator and free it from its recessed position. The temperature display is switched to a blinking display of the currently selected SET temperature. 0 Turn temperature regulator to left or right to select the desired SET temperature.
The FAST CHILL function now caters for intensive cooling. Thereby a SET temperature of +2 °C is automatically preset. After 6 hours have lapsed, the FAST CHILL function is independently ended. The originally set SET temperature is again decisive and the temperature display again displays the momentary freezing-room temperature. 0 You can manually terminate the FAST CHILL function at any time, in that you press the FAST CHILL/FAST FREEZE button anew.
function is switched-on! By an extended temperature regulator "SF" for super-frost appears in the temperature display instead of the SET temperature. If you are not sure whether the SET temperature was inadvertently altered, please verify after terminating the FAST FREEZE function. Switching the Appliance Off Attention! The appliance can only be switched off basically when the temperature regulator is in the retracted position.
Control and Information Systems The control and information systems consist of a temperature display, an optical warning display and an acoustic warning device. The system warns of: – open appliance door; – power interruption; – excessive temperature in the freezer compartment (only in the operation mode "Freezing"); – possible partial or complete thawing of frozen goods; – functional disturbances at the appliance. "Open Door"-Warning The red warning indicator blinks when the door is opened.
Control and Information Systems The audible warning can be switched off with the WARNING OFF button. Both warning display and audible warning are automatically switched off when the actual temperature in the freezer compartment falls to 4°C warmer than the selected SET temperature. Note: • The red warning display and the audible warning are inoperable: – after temperature adjustment, until the selected SET temperature has been reached (exception: actual temperature exceeds -10°C).
3 An appliance malfunction which is indicated by an error code, must be corrected by a customer service technician. The acoustic warning can be switched off for 24 hours with the WARNING OFF button. Cancelling of the error display is possible by switching the appliance off, which should however only be undertaken during repair by the customer service technician. Freezing Freezing Attention! • Before foods are frozen, the actual temperature in the freezer compartment must be -18°C or colder.
Freezing • To allow storage of awkward freezing foodstuff, the drawers of the appliance are individually removable. They can be stacked in the one lying below. • The following are suitable for packing foodstuffs to be frozen: – freezing bags and foils made of polyethylene; – special tins for frozen food; – aluminium foil, extra strong. • The following are suited for sealing bags and wraps: plastic clips, rubber bands or adhesive tape.
Freezing Preparation of Ice Cubes 0 Fill ice cube tray (not included with all models) 3/4 full with cold water and place in the freezer tray or a drawer and allow to freeze. 0 To remove the finished ice cubes twist the ice cube tray or hold under running water for a short time. Attention! Do not, under any circumstances, free an ice tray which is frozen to the appliance with pointed or sharp edged objects. Use a spoon-handle or similar object.
Cooling The appliance is suitable, depending upon the preset temperature, for • "Long Fresh" Cooling • "Standard" Cooling • Drinks cooling. 3 The drawers of the appliance can be removed individually. The removal is then especially advantageous if due to its size the foodstuff you want to cool does not fit inside a drawer. You can in this case stack the drawer below correspondingly higher. Instead of the drawers, deposit grids can also be pushed in.
Cooling "Standard" Cooling By selecting the SET temperature in the range of +5 °C, this appliance can be used as a normal refrigerator. • Foodstuff should always be covered or packed in the cool room, in order to prevent drying out and odour or taste transmission to other cooled foodstuffs. • The following are suited for packaging: – Airtight bags and foils made of polyethylene – Plastic container with cover – Special hoods made of plastic with rubber band – aluminium foil.
Cleaning and Care For hygienic reasons the appliance interior, including interior accessories, should be cleaned regularly. 1 0 0 0 0 Warning! • The appliance may not be connected to the mains during cleaning. Danger of electrical shock! Before cleaning switch the appliance off and remove the plug from the mains, or switch off or turn out the circuit breaker or fuse. • Never clean the appliance with a steam cleaner.
What to do if ... Correcting Malfunctions Perhaps a malfunction has been caused by a minor error, which you can correct yourself with the help of the following instructions. Do not attempt any further repairs if the following instructions do not help in each specific case. 1 Warning! Refrigerators/freezers may only be repaired by trained personnel. Repairs carried out by untrained personnel can lead to substantial danger for the user.
What to do if ... Malfunction Possible cause Red warning display blinks, audible warning sounds, A functions error has temperature display occurred. indicates an error (F1, F2, etc.). The appliance is in the operation mode "Cooling" instead of "Freezing". Temperature is not properly adjusted. The freezer compartment temperature is insufficient. Door was open for a long time. 66 Remedy Switch the audible warning off by pressing the WARNING OFF button.
What to do if ... Malfunction Large accumulation of frost in the appliance, perhaps also at the door seal. Unusual noises. The compressor does not start immediately after pressing the FREEZE button, or after changing the temperature setting. Possible cause Remedy Carefully warm the door seal with a hand-held hair dryer at those points which Door is not properly sealed are not airtight (no warmer (perhaps after re-hanging than approx. 50°C). At the same time, shape the door).
What to do if ... Replace light bulb Warning! Danger of electrical shock! Before replacing the light bulb switch appliance off and remove the mains plug, or switch off or turn out the circuit breaker or fuse. Light bulb specifications: 220-240 V, max. 15 W, socket: E 14 0 To switch the appliance off press and hold the ON/OFF button for about 5 seconds. 0 Remove mains plug. 0 Replace defective light bulb.
Noises during Operation The following noises are characteristic of refrigeration appliances: • Clicks Whenever the compressor switches on or off, a click can be heard. • Humming As soon as the compressor is in operation, you can hear it humming. • Bubbling/Splashing When refrigerant flows into thin tubes, you can hear bubbling or splashing noises. Even after the compressor has been switched off, this noise can be heard for a short time. • Noise The ventilator generates air flow whereby noise can be emitted.
Special accessory You get special accessory through the specialists shops. • Economy freezing space divider: If the interior room of the appliance should be used partly, an economy freezing-room divider can be inserted instead of the freezing tray. This allows for additional energy saving. • Deposit grid: Instead of the drawers, deposit grids can be inserted. This is especially then advantageous, if the appliance is used as a refrigerator or as drinks cooler.
Installation and Connection Remove transport safeguard The appliance as well as interior accessory parts are safeguarded for transport. 0 Remove tape from left and right of the outside of the door. 3 Tape remnants can be removed with benzene. Wipe off benzene. 0 Remove all tape and pads from the interior of the appliance. 0 Peal off the protective film from the control panel. 0 Remove door seal safeguards from door seal at the inside of the door.
Installation and Connection Installation Installation Location The appliance should be set up in a well ventilated, dry room. The basement is an ideal set-up location for freezers. Energy use and efficient performance of the appliance is affected by the ambient temperature.
Installation and Connection The appliance needs ventilation Air is fed under the door through the vent slots in the base and is exhausted upwards along the back wall. To ensure proper air circulation never cover or alter the vent openings. Attention! If the appliance is installed under, for example, a hanging cabinet, a clearance of at least 10 cm between the top of the appliance and the cabinet above it must be maintained.
Installation and Connection Re-Hanging Door The side at which the door opens can be changed from the right side (factory adjustment) to the left side, if the installation site requires. 1 0 0 0 0 Warning! When changing the side at which the door opens, the appliance may not be connected to the mains. Remove plug from the mains beforehand. Lay the left side of the appliance onto a soft pad, e.g. rug, blanket etc. Turn pivot pin out of lower door pivot.
Installation and Connection 0 Screw the plinth again and place the appliance on it. 0 Put the top eccentric bush on the left. 0 Put the cover cap and bearing pin with the spiral spring on the top of the door. 0 Insert and close the door with the bearing pin carefully in the upper eccentric bush. 0 Fit the washer down between the door and bearing and screw in the bearing bolt into the lower door bearing. 0 Remove the 3 hole covering pins.
Door Alignment If necessary, the appliance door can be aligned. 0 First remove the door (see section: "Re-Hanging Door"). 0 Using a small screw-driver, lift out the eccentric bearing bushes as required, above the appliance or below the door, rotate and then press in according to the figures. The diagram only shows a right opening door. For left opening doors please proceed accordingly at the left of the door at top and/or bottom.
0 Before initial start-up, refer to the appliance serial plate to ascertain if supply voltage and current values correspond with those of the mains at the installation location. e.g.: AC 220 ... 240 V 50 Hz or 220 ... 240 V~ 50 Hz (i.e. 220 to 240 volts alternating current, 50 Hertz) The serial plate is inside the appliance at the left. Important! The mains cable may only be changed by a qualified electrician. If your appliance needs repairing, please contact our Customer Service.
