AEG-Electrolux EUF14810 User Manual

user manual

Freezer

EUF14810

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Contents

Safety information 2
Control panel 4
First use 5
Daily use 5
Helpful Hints and Tips 6

Safety information

In the interest of your safety and to ensure
the correct use, before installing and first us­ing the appliance, read this user manual
carefully, including its hints and warnings. To
avoid unnecessary mistakes and accidents,
it is important to ensure that all people using
the appliance are thoroughly familiar with its
operation and safety features. Save these in­structions and make sure that they remain
with the appliance if it is moved or sold, so
that everyone using it through its life will be
properly informed on appliance use and safe­ty.
For the safety of life and property keep the
precautions of these user's instructions as
the manufacturer is not responsible for dam­ages caused by omission.

Children and vulnerable people safety

• This appliance is not intended for use by
persons (including children) with reduced
physical, sensory or mental capabilities, or
lack of experience and knowledge, unless
they have been given supervision or in­struction concerning use of the appliance
by a person responsible for their safety.
Children should be supervised to ensure
that they do not play with the appliance.

• Keep all packaging well away from chil­dren. There is risk of suffocation.

• If you are discarding the appliance pull the
plug out of the socket, cut the connection
cable (as close to the appliance as you
can) and remove the door to prevent play­ing children to suffer electric shock or to
close themselves into it.

• If this appliance featuring magnetic door
seals is to replace an older appliance hav­ing a spring lock (latch) on the door or lid,
be sure to make that spring lock unusable

Care and cleaning 7
What to do if… 7
Technical data 9
Installation 9
Environmental concerns 13

Subject to change without notice

before you discard the old appliance. This
will prevent it from becoming a death trap
for a child.

General safety

Caution! Keep ventilation openings

clear of obstruction.

• The appliance is intended for keeping
foodstuff and/or beverages in a normal
household as explained in this instruction
booklet.

• Do not use a mechanical device or any ar­tificial means to speed up the thawing
process.

• Do not use other electrical appliances
(such as ice cream makers) inside of re­frigerating appliances, unless they are ap­proved for this purpose by the manufac­turer.

• Do not damage the refrigerant circuit.

• The refrigerant isobutane (R600a) is con­tained within the refrigerant circuit of the
appliance, a natural gas with a high level of
environmental compatibility, which is nev­ertheless flammable.
During transportation and installation of
the appliance, be certain that none of the
components of the refrigerant circuit be­come damaged.
If the refrigerant circuit should become
damaged:
– avoid open flames and sources of igni-

tion

– thoroughly ventilate the room in which

the appliance is situated

• It is dangerous to alter the specifications or
modify this product in any way. Any dam­age to the cord may cause a short-circuit,
fire and/or electric shock.

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Warning! Any electrical component
(power cord, plug, compressor) must be
replaced by a certified service agent or
qualified service personnel.

1. Power cord must not be lengthened.

2. Make sure that the power plug is not
squashed or damaged by the back of
the appliance. A squashed or dam­aged power plug may overheat and
cause a fire.

3. Make sure that you can come to the
mains plug of the appliance.

4. Do not pull the mains cable.

5. If the power plug socket is loose, do
not insert the power plug. There is a
risk of electric shock or fire.

6. You must not operate the appliance
without the lamp cover

1)

of interior

lighting.

• This appliance is heavy. Care should be
taken when moving it.

• Do not remove nor touch items from the
freezer compartment if your hands are
damp/wet, as this could cause skin abra­sions or frost/freezer burns.

• Avoid prolonged exposure of the appli­ance to direct sunlight.

Daily Use

• Do not put hot pot on the plastic parts in
the appliance.

• Do not store flammable gas and liquid in
the appliance, because they may explode.

• Do not place food products directly
against the air outlet on the rear wall.

2)

• Frozen food must not be re-frozen once it
has been thawed out.

• Store pre-packed frozen food in accord­ance with the frozen food manufacturer's
instructions.

• Appliance's manufacturers storage rec­ommendations should be strictly adhered
to. Refer to relevant instructions.

• Do not place carbonated or fizzy drinks in
the freezer compartment as it creates
pressure on the container, which may
cause it to explode, resulting in damage to
the appliance.

• Ice lollies can cause frost burns if con­sumed straight from the appliance.

1) If the lamp cover is foreseen

2) If the appliance is Frost Free

3) If a water connection is foreseen

Care and cleaning

• Before maintenance, switch off the appli­ance and disconnect the mains plug from
the mains socket.

• Do not clean the appliance with metal ob­jects.

• Do not use sharp objects to remove frost
from the appliance. Use a plastic scraper.

Installation

Important! For electrical connection

carefully follow the instructions given in
specific paragraphs.

• Unpack the appliance and check if there
are damages on it. Do not connect the ap­pliance if it is damaged. Report possible
damages immediately to the place you
bought it. In that case retain packing.

• It is advisable to wait at least four hours
before connecting the appliance to allow
the oil to flow back in the compressor.

• Adequate air circulation should be around
the appliance, lacking this leads to over­heating. To achieve sufficient ventilation
follow the instructions relevant to installa­tion.

• Wherever possible the back of the product
should be against a wall to avoid touching
or catching warm parts (compressor, con­denser) to prevent possible burn.

• The appliance must not be located close
to radiators or cookers.

• Make sure that the mains plug is accessi­ble after the installation of the appliance.

•

Connect to potable water supply only.

3)

Service

• Any electrical work required to do the serv­icing of the appliance should be carried out
by a qualified electrician or competent per­son.

• This product must be serviced by an au­thorized Service Centre, and only genuine
spare parts must be used.

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Environment Protection

This appliance does not contain gasses
which could damage the ozone layer, in
either its refrigerant circuit or insulation
materials. The appliance shall not be dis­carded together with the urban refuse
and rubbish. The insulation foam con­tains flammable gases: the appliance

Control panel

1 2 3 4

1 ON/OFF switch
2 Display
3 Function button

shall be disposed according to the ap­plicable regulations to obtain from your
local authorities. Avoid damaging the
cooling unit, especially at the rear near
the heat exchanger. The materials used
on this appliance marked by the symbol

are recyclable.

MODE

4 Temperature regulator

Display

1 2 3 4

1 Door open alarm indicator
2 Positive or negative temperature indica-

tor

3 Temperature indicator
4 Action Freeze indicator

Switching on

After plugging the plug into the power outlet,
if the display is not illuminated, press ON/OFF
switch, appliance on.
As soon as the appliance is turned on, the
following signals will appear on the control
panel:

• Positive or negative temperature indicator
will be positive, indicating that the temper­ature is positive

• the Temperature indicator flashes, the
background of the display is red and you
will hear a buzzer.

Press Function button and the buzzer will go
off (also see "Excessive temperature alarm" ).

Place the Temperature regulator in a middle
position, and the appliance will be set up to
provide the following temperature:
roughly -18°C in the freezer.

Functions Menu

Each time Function button is pressed, the
following functions are activated in a clock­wise direction:

• Action Freeze function

• no symbol: normal operation.

Switching off

The appliance is shut off by pressing ON/OFF
switch for more than 1 second.
After this, a countdown of the temperature
from -3 -2 -1 will be shown.
When the appliance is switched off, Display
also goes off.

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Temperature regulation

The temperature within the appliance is con­trolled by the Temperature regulator situated
at the top of the cabinet.
To operate the appliance, proceed as fol­lows:

• turn the knob clockwise to obtain the max­imum coldness

• turn the knob counter- clockwise to obtain
the minimum coldness.

The intermediate position is usually the most
suitable.
However, the exact setting should be chosen
keeping in mind that the temperature inside
the appliance depends on:

• room temperature

• how often the door is opened

• the quantity of food stored

• the location of the appliance.

Action Freeze Function

To freeze fresh foods, you will need to acti­vate the Action Freeze function. Press Func­tion button (several times if necessary) until
the corresponding icon appears.
This function stops automatically after 52
hours.
It is possible to deactivate the function at any
time by pressing Function button (refer to
"Functions Menu").

Excessive temperature alarm

An increase in the temperature in the freezer
compartment (for example due to a power
failure) is indicated by:

• flashing temperature

• red illumination of display

• sounding of buzzer
When normal conditions are restored:

• the acoustic signal shuts off

• the temperature value continues to flash

• the display illumination remains red.
When you press Function button to deacti­vate the alarm, the highest temperature
reached in the compartment appears on in-

dicator
At this point the flashing stops and the dis­play illumination changes over from red to
white.

Door open alarm

An acoustic alarm will sound when the door
is left open for more than 1 minute.
The door open alarm conditions are indica­ted by:

• flashing Door open alarm indicator

• red display illumination

• beeping sound.
Press the Function button to deactivate the
acoustic alarm.
When normal conditions are restored (door
closed), the acoustic alarm will stop.

for some seconds.

First use

Cleaning the interior

Before using the appliance for the first time,
wash the interior and all internal accessories
with lukewarm water and some neutral soap
so as to remove the typical smell of a brand­new product, then dry thoroughly.

Daily use

Freezing fresh food

The freezer compartment is suitable for
freezing fresh food and storing frozen and
deep-frozen food for a long time.
To freeze fresh food activate the Action
Freeze function at least 24 hours before plac-

Important! Do not use detergents or abra­sive powders, as these will damage the fin­ish.

ing the food to be frozen in the freezer com­partment.
Place the fresh food to be frozen in the two
top compartments.
The maximum amount of food that can be
frozen in 24 hours is specified on the rating