BOTTOM FREEZER REFRIGERATOR User's Guide Please read this keep it handy guide thoroughly before operating and for reference at all times. P/No.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Version English 2 Instructions 3--4 Parts and Features 5 Safety Refrigerator Installation Glide N Serve 19 Design-A-Door 19 Bin 20 Dairy 6--12 Egg Box (Optional) 20 (Optional) 6 u Freezer section Installation 6 Tilting Base Cover 6 Ice Bin 20 Freezer Wire Door Rack 21 Durabase 21 Durabase Divider 21 Pull out Drawer 21 Water Filter 22 Your Unpacking Refrigerator Removing and Replacing Your Refrigerator Handles and Doors Leveling Using 7--11 an
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Child entrapment and suffocation are not problems of the past. Junked or abandoned refrigerators are still dangerous...even if they sit for just a few days. If you are getting rid of your old refrigerator, please follow the instructions at right to help prevent accidents. BEFORE YOU THROW AWAY YOUR OLD REFRIGERATOR will OR FREEZER ? Take off the doors. ? Leave the shelves in that children may climb inside. Your old refrigerator may have a cooling system that used CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons).
PARTS AND FEATURES A B M N O C C I D J E K F G L H Use this page to become your convenience. NOTE: This have guide more covers familiar with the parts and features. Page references several different models. The refrigerator you have are included for purchased may all of the items listed below. The locations of the features shown below may not match your model.
INSTALLATION 1. To avoid Excessive Use two Weight people or more to compensate for result in back so can or other injury. UNPACKING YOUR REFRIGERATOR 2. tape and any temporary labels from your refrigerator before using. Do not remove any label, or To ceiling and 1 inch from the side walls for better cooling efficiency, ease of installation, proper refrigerator. any remaining tape or glue, rub the briskly with your thumb. Tape or glue residue air circulation and electrical connections.
REFRIGERATOR INSTALLATION HOW TO REMOVE DOOR HANDLES To move refrigerator through house a door, it maybe necessary to remove the refrigerator door handles. NOTE: Handle appearance may vary from illustrations on this page. 1. Handle Removing Refrigerator ? Grasp the handle tightly with both hands and slide the handle (1)(this force). up ? The may keyhole require slots (2) some on 1 the back of the handle allow the handle to mounting separate from the screws Screws (3).
REFRIGERATOR INSTALLATION HOW TO REPLACE DOOR HANDLES NOTE: Handle appearance may vary from illustrations on this page. 1. Replacing Refrigerator ? Align keyhole slots (1) Door Handle on the top and bottom of the back of the handle with the screws (2) mounted on the front of the door. ? Press the handle 1 against the door making sure that the screws (2) the keyhole slots (1).
REFRIGERATOR INSTALLATION REMOVING AND REPLACING REFRIGERATOR DOORS 1. Removing Refrigerator Door NOTE: Handle appearance may vary. IMPORTANT: Before you from doors. begin, turn the refrigerator OFF and unplug it. Remove food and any bins u Left Door ? ? ? ? ? Disconnect water supply tube by pushing back Loosen the cover screw (2). Disconnect door switch wire (3). Attach the tube on the door with door. Pull out the tube.
REFRIGERATOR INSTALLATION 2. Replacing Refrigerator u Right Door ? ? Door Lower the door onto the middle hinge pin (8). Make sure the door is aligned with the cabinet. Replace the top hinge by rotating the hinge lever (6) counter clockwise to secure hinge. Make sure the gasket on the door is flush against the cabinet and is not folded. Support the door on the handle side while securing hinge. Make sure the door is straight and the gap between the doors is even.
REFRIGERATOR INSTALLATION HOW TO REMOVE AND INSTALL 2. THE PULLOUT DRAWER ? Installing Pullout Drawer Pull both rails (1) out to full extension. IMPORTANT: To avoid possible injury, product or property damage, you will need two people to perform the following instructions. 1. ? Removing Pullout Drawer Pull the drawer open to full extension. Remove the lower basket (1) by lifting basket from rail system.
REFRIGERATOR INSTALLATION LEVELING AND DOOR ALIGNMENT Door Leveling If the space between your doors is uneven, follow the instructions below to align the doors: Your refrigerator has two front leveling screws--one on the right and one on the left. If your refrigerator seems unsteady or you want the doors to close easier, adjust the refrigerator's tilt using the instructions below: 1. 1. With as lower it. It may take several turns of the leveling screw to adjust the tilt of the refrigerator.
USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR ENSURING PROPER AIR SETTING THE CONTROLS CIRCULATION ? Your ? Initially In order to ensure flow between the proper temperatures, air refrigerator must and freezer sections. As shown in the illustration below, air top of freezer and circulates down. From bottom of freezer, air is forced up to top of refrigerator.
ADJUSTING CONTROL SETTINGS FOOD STORAGE GUIDE Give the refrigerator time to cool down completely before making final adjustments. It is best to wait 24 hours before doing this. The mid-settings indicated in the previous section should be correct for normal household refrigerator usage. The controls are set correctly when milk or juice is as cold as you like and when ice cream is firm. Wrap or store food in the refrigerator in airtight and moisture-proof material unless otherwise noted.
USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR STORING FROZEN FOOD REFRIGERATOR SECTION NOTE: For further information about food for preparing freezer freezing or food storage times, guide or a reliable cookbook. check WATER DISPENSER a Push up the dispenser switch with you hear click to get cold water. Packaging Successful freezing depends packaging. package, it When you close and seal the must not allow air or moisture in glass until correct on out.
USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR w CAUTION: Make REFRIGERATOR SHELVES The shelves in your meet your individual may have glass refrigerator are adjustable from to storage needs. Your model falling or spilling so food. You they are glass can slide refrigerator ? shelves in and out of your follows. glass as To slide the shelf out, carefully pull front of shelf toward you. ? IMPORTANT: Do not clean Out Shelves Sliding energy. water when level are wire shelves.
USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR u OPTIBIN CRISPERS Crispers To remove with rails crisper: 1. Pull drawer out to full extension. 2 2. Lift the front of basket up and pull straight out. 1 The and Optibin Crispers provide fresher-tasting fruit vegetables by letting you easily control humidity inside the crisper. The Optibin Crispers include: 1) a humidity control knob at the front of the crisper cover and 2) a large lattice on the inner surface of the cover to hold or release moisture.
USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR To remove crisper 1. Raise the door door flap high as as 2. Press the plastic hinge toward door flap with your finger. 3. Lift the door out of its 4. To replace, reverse CRISPER COVER WITH LATTICE ON flap: it will open. INNER SURFACE the center of the To the lattice remove inner surface: on place. above procedure. 1. Remove crisper 2. Hold the glass cover cover (as illustrated and turn the above). crisper cover over. 3.
USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR GLIDE N SERVE The Glide N Serve provides storage space with variable temperature control that keeps the compartment colder than refrigerator temperature. The drawer also features opening lid that pulled open. This drawer items, or a a self- opens whenever the drawer is be used for can deli large party trays, beverages. NOTE: DO NOT store lettuce produce Temp Control Colder other leafy in this drawer.
USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR DAIRY BIN 1. To (Optional) the remove straight How to lock the dairy bin, simply lift it and door: pull 1. out. 2. To the replace dairy bin, desired location and push function of freezer tilting Open the freezer door and remove (1). slide it in above the 2. Insert down until it NOTE: If you lock the tilting function when the door is tilted, you cannot close it. stops. part (1) into (2).
USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR FREEZER WIRE DOOR RACK DURABASE DIVIDER (25Cu.ft) The Durabase divider allows you to Durabase area into sections. To remove 1. Pull one basket of the brackets the organize upward. 2. Remove basket from both brackets. To replace basket 1. Insert bracket into one side. Hook end of basket into bracket. 2. Hook other basket end into other bracket. Push bracket down into 3. Be place. back of basket goes behind retention each bracket. sure tab on 1 1.
USING YOUR REFRIGERATOR Replace with WATER FILTER 2. It is recommended that you replace the filter when the water filter indicator light turns on or Take the your water decreases dispenser or noticeably. ice maker remove performance a new cartridge. cartridge out of its packaging protective cover from the o-rings. new and With the cartridge knob in the vertical position, push new filter cartridge into the cover until it stops.
DOOR LINERS AND GASKETS Do not use waxes, concentrated cleaning detergents, bleaches, or cleaners containing petroleum on plastic refrigerator parts. PLASTIC PARTS Do not (covers and window sprays, abrasive flammable fluids. These can scratch Explosion or so can result in death, explosion, Remove base on page Use about once a month to clean both sections prevent odors.
To 1. change the freezer Unplug refrigerator 2. Reach behind 3. 4. Replace Plug in light bulb with or refrigerator disconnect power. shield to a 40-watt or WHEN YOU GO ON VACATION light: remove If you choose to leave the refrigerator on while you are away, follow these steps to bulb. appliance prepare your bulb. refrigerator 1. Use up any items. reconnect power. 2. Empty before you leave. and freeze other perishables the ice bin.
ABOUT THE AUTOMATIC ICEMAKER NOTE: If the cube size is smaller w WARNING Personal Injury you expected, you cube size button. Hazard position, the larger the cubes will be. Pressing highest position returns indicator to lowest position. element that releases the cubes. DO NOT the automatic while the the size with the you press the cube size button, the indicator moves up on light.
CONNECTING THE WATER LINE BEFORE YOU BEGIN ? This water line installation is not warranted refrigerator or diameter the water carefully damage. and 2 ferrules to minimize the risk of (sleeves) Water hammer (water banging in the pipes) in house plumbing can cause damage to refrigerator parts and lead to water leakage or flooding. Call a qualified plumber to correct water hammer before installing the water supply line to the refrigerator.
CONNECTING THE WATER LINE 7. CONNECT THE TUBING TO THE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS VALVE (CONTINUED) Place the compression nut and ferrule (sleeve) for copper tubing onto the end of the tubing and connect it to the shutoff valve. Make sure the tubing is fully inserted into the valve. Tighten the compression nut securely. 4. FASTEN THE SHUTOFF VALVE Fasten the shutoff valve to the cold water with the pipe pipe clamp.
4. Insert the tube into the valve and fasten 9. CONNECT THE TUBING TO THE with wrench REFRIGERATOR Removing and Replacing as shown in the figure below. Valve Cover NOTE: ? Before Tubing the connection to the making refrigerator, be sure the refrigerator power cord is not plugged into the wall outlet. 1. Loosen screw on top of plastic cover. w CAUTION: Check to occurs see if water dripping at water line connections. 5.
CONNECTING THE WATER LINE 10. TURN THE WATER ON AT THE SHUTOFF VALVE Tighten any connections that leak. Reattach the compressor compartment access cover. 11. PLUG IN THE REFRIGERATOR Arrange the coil of tubing so that it does not vibrate against the back of the refrigerator or against the wall. Push the refrigerator back to the wall. 12. START THE ICEMAKER Set the icemaker power switch to the ON position.
TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE UNDERSTANDING SOUNDS YOU ? The defrost timer will click when the automatic defrost cycle begins and ends. The thermostat control (or refrigerator control, depending on the model) will also click when cycling on and off. ? Rattling noises may come from the flow of refrigerant, the water line, or items stored on top of the refrigerator.
Check if... COMPRESSOR MOTOR SEEMS TO RUN TOO MUCH Then... The refrigerator that an older model. The room normal. was replaced was temperature is hotter than u Modern refrigerators with more storage space require more operating time. u The motor will run longer under warm conditions. At normal room temperatures, expect your motor to about 40% to 80% of the time. Under warmer conditions, expect it to run even more often.
Check if... ICE HAS OFFTASTE OR ODOR Then... The icemaker recently was installed. u Discard first few batches of ice to avoid discolored The ice has been stored for too long. off-flavored ice. or u Throw away old ice and make new supply. The food has not been in either as supply contains minerals sulfur. The interior of refrigerator needs THERE IS refrigerator is u See Care and Cleaning section u Empty and wash bin. Discard old cubes.
Check if... Then... The air vents circulates from the freezer to the fresh sense OR THERE IS INTERIOR MOISTURE BUILDUP food section and back that block vents and restrict airflow. air vents in the wall Refer to Multi-Flow are blocked. Cold air u Locate air vents by using your hand to TEMPERATURE IS TOO WARM again through dividing the two sections. The doors airflow and all move on packages page 13 for the location of air vents. are opened u When the door is opened, often.
