Hitachi R-26NVH Use And Care Instructions Manual

Use and Care

Instructions

For your new

HITACHI

Refrigerator-Freezer

R-26NVH

CONTENTS

PAGE

22

SAFETY SUGGESTIONS

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44

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

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PARTS IDENTIFICATION

55

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INSTALLATION

66

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HOW TO INST ALL AND

HOW TO INSTALL AND

REMOVE PARTS

77

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88

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TEMPERATURE CONTROL

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FOOD STORAGE

1010

1111

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CLEANING

1212

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TROUBLESHOOTING

1313

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WHEN ELECTRICITY

FAILS / VACATIONING

1515

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SERVICE CENTER

2

3

4

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

WARNINGS

Please strictly comply with the following safety precautions /

Air conditioning Solution

( since it is flammable gas, you are required to be careful in the following matters )

It is prohibited to use sharp articles, such as, sharp iron to abrade or scrape on the refrigerator body.

Should there is any leakage of air conditioning solution, it is recommended to quickly close the ventilating window and immediately contact Hitachi Service Center (please see details of post sale service on overleaf)

Because should there is constant leakage of solution, it may cause fire or explosion

If you want to dispose your unused refrigerator, please contact your dealer or Environment Protection Center for further management.

Keep ventilation opening , in the appliance enclosure or in the built-in structure , clear of obstruction.

Leakage of air conditioning solution may cause fire or explosion.

It is prohibited to use electric equipment within the refrigerator

Do not use mechanical devices or other means to accelerate the defrosting process , other than those recommeded by the manufacturer.

Leakage of air conditioning solution may cause flame dangerously to cause fire or explosion.

For the following situations:

Unplug your refegerator in case of any abnormal or out of order conditions

It is prohibited to remove, repair or alter your refrigerator by

Don't

It is prohibited to use mechanical tools or other equipment to remove your refrigerator other than such suggested by the Service Center.

Do not touch the refrigerator in case there is any leakage of air conditioning solution, it is recommended to open the ventilating window.

To prevent flame causing explosion, fire or burn upon switch on your refrigerator.

Damaged bulb

Don't

Because air conditioning solution is flammable gas and may leak from the refrigerator dangerously to cause fire or explosion.

It is prohibited to place any articles close to the refrigerator ( recommended blank space please see on page 6 )

It is recommended to move refrigerator away from other electric equipment in case of leakage of air conditioning

because it may cause electric shock or injury

Be sure that you have unplugged

To prevent fire or danger from abnormal condition

Contact your dealer in case of repair is required.

In case of damaged bulb inside your refrigerator,

please contact your dealer or Hitachi Service Center.

Don't

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5

PARTS IDENTIFICATION /

DEFROSTING

6

INSTALLATION /

7

DOOR POCKET/EGG POCKE

T

FRESH R

OOM

FREEZER CAS

E

VEGETABLE CASE

Remove the door pocket as shown.

Remove the "FRESH ROOM" as shown below

.

To remove slide case, lift it up as shown.

P

ull out the lower freezer compartment door

,

and pull up toward you

.

To remove lower freezer case, lift it up as shown.

Do not store more than 3kg in the

"FRESH ROOM" or it may be broken

.

Do not store more than 4.6kg in the upper freezer case or it may be

roken

.

Do not store more than 12kg in t

he

lower freezer case or it may be broken.

ull out the vegetable compartment door, and lift up slide case and

vegetable case as shown.

Do not store more than 4.3kg in the vegetable case or it may be broken.

Do not store more than 11kg in the vegetable case or it may be broken.

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TEMPERATURE CONTROL

/

In normal situation, please use

the "MID" position for both refrigerator

and freeze.

When you want to change the temperature, please turn the dial to the position you prefe

.

Freezing Temp. Contro

l

Approx. 2 C higher than "MID"

Approx. 3~6 C

Approx. 2

MI

N

Approx. 2 C higher than "MID"

Approx.-18~20 C

Approx. 2

C lower than "MID

"

During the hot weather, such as summer times, often, the ice-cream could be melt. In this case, if the refrigerator door is opened too turn the freezer' s dial to "MAX

"

Notification

s

If the foods in the refrigerator, the freezer,

or the vegetable compartment are froze..

.

please turn the refrigerator's dial to "MIN"

when the refrigerator's dial is in "MAX" position, please

turn it back to "MID" position. Especially, when the dial

is in the "MAX" position, foods can be frozen easily

.

In case of storing vegetable leave, placed at the bottom of the vegetable compartment can cause frozen, Please use the tray or wrap before put the vegetables in. (This is due to the fact that the low temperature in vegetable compartment is come from the tray surrounding, Therefore, the temperature at the very bottom is lower than other areas

)

when the environment's temperature is less than 5 C,

such as in the winter, please turn all dials to "MIN", So,

the foods will not freezeeasily

.

9

When you want to close the refrigerator door, please make sure that the fresh is already pushed back in

its right position. If you close the door while the room still pulled out, the food inside or the fresh room

itself can be damaged.

FRESH ROOM

Lamp Cove

r

Inner Light (within the lamp cover

)

The plain salver (middle tray) can be adjust to fit the food height or usage

Lift the inner part of salver up a little and pull it to the front. Then, it can be removable.

Please adjust the tray to the level that you prefer and push it unit it reaches the deepest point.

Do not put the weight ore 13kg on the tray. This can cause deformed or broken.

Plain Salver (Level 1,2

)

REFRIGERATOR /

Themiddle tray (Level 1,2

)

Freezing temperature is the temperaturearound -1 C that allow you to keep the fresh

foods such as fish or meat longer.

Notifications

/

To open or close the freshroom please use the handle as shown in the following picture. Handle by the

wrong area may cause finger injury

.

Do not keep the food that contains too much watersuch as tofu, konyakky or yogurt in the fresh room,

Because, the foods can be frozen. And, do not put the weight over 4.2 kg in the container, it can be broken.

Different level are

a

10

FOOD STORAGE

11

CLEANING

12

TROUBLESHOOTING

13

MAX

WHEN ELECTRICITY FAILS/VACATIONING

14

15

16