Instruction manual
Table Of Contents
30 - INSTALLATION 914779607/A
the sensor on the right-hand side of the 
refrigerator compartment.
• Check that the back of the refrigerator is 
properly ventilated and that the condenser is 
not too dirty.
Excessive ice or condensation has built up inside 
the refrigerator compartment:
• The door is being opened too often or for 
too long. 
• Hot foods have been placed inside the 
refrigerator compartment.
• The foodstuffs or containers are in contact 
with the rear wall.
• The door seal is damaged or dirty. Clean or 
replace it.
The refrigerator compartment is not sufficiently 
cold:
• The thermostat is set at too high a 
temperature.
• The door is being opened too often or for 
too long.
• The door is not closing/sealing properly.
• The room temperature is too high.
The temperature inside the refrigerator 
compartment is too cold and the foodstuffs are 
freezing:
• The thermostat is set at too low a 
temperature.
• Foodstuffs not contained in suitable 
containers or bags.
• Fruit and vegetables might be too wet.
• Foodstuffs placed against the rear wall of 
the refrigerator compartment.
Temperature inside freezer compartment not 
low enough to freeze foods properly:
• The thermostat is set at too high a 
temperature.
• The door is being opened too often or for 
too long.
• The door is not closing/sealing properly.
• The door seal is damaged or dirty. Clean or 
replace it.
• The food to be frozen contains large 
quantities of sugar.
Excessive ice has built up inside the freezer 
compartment:
•The thermostat is set at too low a 
temperature.
• The room temperature is too high.
• The door is being opened too often or for 
too long.
• The door is not closing/sealing properly.
• The door seal is damaged or dirty. Clean or 
replace it.
• Hot foods have been placed inside the 
freezer compartment.
Doors are hard to open just after closing:
• If you attempt to open the door again just 
after closing it (especially the freezer door), 
considerable strength is required. This is due 
to the vacuum created by the cooling of the 
warm air which has entered the freezer.
The doors are misaligned:
• Check that the appliance is level.
• Level the appliance using its feet.
INSTALLATION
Electrical connection
General information
• Check the mains characteristics against the 
data indicated on the plate. The 
identification plate bearing the technical 
data, serial number and brand name is 
visibly positioned inside the appliance. Do 
not remove this plate for any reason.
• Make sure that the plug and socket are of 
the same type.
• Avoid using adapters, gang sockets or 
shunts as these could cause overheating 
and a risk of burns.
• The plug must always be accessible when 
the appliance is installed.
• Leave the appliance standing vertically for 
at least two hours before turning it on for the 
first time.
• If it is necessary to replace the power cable, 
this must be performed by an authorised 
technician from Technical Support Service.
See General safety instructions.










