LG GC-L217LCQ Owner’s Manual

when the freezer door is lower than the refrigerator door

when the refrigerator door is lower than the freezer door

When replacing PANEL

Suggestion on

food storage

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How to replace the water purification filter(Only applies to internal type filter model)

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(Applicable to some models only)

Convert into a vegetable or meat compartment(Applicable to some models only)

(Applicable to some models only)

Shelf(Applicable to some models only)

Important safety instruction

Introduction

Entry

The model and serial numbers are found on the inner case or back of refrigerator compartment of this unit. These numbers are unique to this unit and not available to others. You should record requested information here and retain this guide as a permanent record of your purchase. Staple your receipt here.

Date of purchase : Dealer purchased from : Dealer address : Dealer phone no. : Model no. : Serial no. :

Before it is used, this refrigerator must be properly installed and located in accordance with the installation instructions in this document.

When moving your appliance away from the wall, be careful not to roll over the power cord or to damage it in any way.

After your refrigerator is in operation, do not touch the cold surfaces in the freezer compartment these extremely cold surfaces.

Unplug the power cord from the power outlet for cleaning or other requirements. Never touch it with wet hands because you can get an electric shock or be hurt.

, particularly when your hands are damp or wet. Skin could adhere to

Never place glass products in the freezer because they may be broken due to expansion when their contents are frozen.

Never allow your hands within the ice storage bin of the automatic ice maker. You could be hurt by the operation of the automatic ice maker.

The appliance is not intended for use by young children or infirm persons without supervision.

If possible, connect the refrigerator to its own individual electrical outlet to prevent it and other appliances or household lights from causing an overload that could cause a power outage.

The refrigerator-freezer should be so positioned that the supply plug is accessible for quick disconnection when accident happens.

If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer or its service agent or a similarly qualified person in order to avoid a hazard.

Introduction

Do not extend or modify the length of the power plug. It causes electric shock or fire by the electric damage of the

power cord or others.

Unplug the power plug when cleaning, handling or replacing th e interior lamp of the refrigerator.

• It may cause electric shock or injury.

• When replacing the interior lamp of the refrigerator, make sure that the rubber ring for preventing the electric spark within the socket is not taken off.

Do not pull out the cord or touch the power plug with wet hands.

• It may cause electric shock or injury.

Remove water or dust from the power plug and insert it witht he ends of the pins securely connected.

Dust, water or unstable connection may fire or electric shock.

Make sure of grounding. The incorrect grounding may cause breakdown and electric

shock.

Ground

Wire

Copper

Flat

More than

30 inches

When the power cord or the power plug is damaged or the holes of th e outlet are loosed, do not use them.

It may cause electric shock or short circuit to make fire.

2. When using the refrigerator

Do not place the heavy object or the dangerous object (container with liquid) on the refrigerator.

It may be dropped to cause injury, fire or electric shock when opening or closing the door.

Do not install the refrigerator in t he wet place or the place which water or rain splashes.

Deterioration of insulation of electric parts may cause electric leakage.

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2. When using the refrigerator

Do not cling to the door or the shelves of the door or the home bar of the freezer or the cool chamber.

It may make the refrigerator fallen down or damage the hands. Especially, do not allow the children to do the above.

Do not use or store inflammable materials ether, benzene, alcohol, medicine, LP gas, spray or cosmetics near or in the refrigerator.

It may cause explosion or fire.

Benzene

Ether

Thinner

Do not place the lit candle within the refrigerator to deodorize.

It may cause explosion or fire.

Do not insert the hands into the ice bucket or the ice dispenser.

Do not store the medicine or the academic materials at the refrigerator.

When the material with the strict temperature control is stored, it may be deteriorated or it may make an unexpected reaction to cause any risk.

The Academic

Medicine

The Medicine

Do not use the combustible spray near the refrigerator.

It may cause fire.

Avoid the heating devices.

It may cause fire.

(only for the model with the dispenser).

Operating the ice maker may cause injury.

Do not place flower vase, cup, cosmetics, medicine or any container with water on the refrigerator .

It may cause fire, electric shock or injury by dropping down.

Use the submerged refrigerator after checking it. It may cause electric shock or fire.

When gas is leaked, do not touch the refrigerator or the outlet and ventilat e the room immediately.

• The explosion by spark may cause fire or burn.

• Because this refrigerator uses natural gas (

R600a)

as the environment-friendly refrigerant, even a small

amount (80~90g) is combustible. When the gas is

leaked by the severe damage during delivering, installing or using the refrigerator, any spark may cause fire or burn.

Do not spray water at the outsi de or th e inside of the refrigerator or do not clean it with benzene or thinner.

Deterioration of insulation of electric parts may cause electric shock or fire.

Thinner

When any strange smell or smoke is detected from the refrigerator, disc onnect the power plug immediately and contact to the service center.

It may cause fire.

Service

center

Do not allow any person except the qualified engineer to disassemble, repair or alte r the refrigerator.

It may cause injury, electric shock or fire.

Do not use the refrigerator for non-domestic purpose (storing medicine or testing material, using at the ship, etc. . )

It may cause an unexpected risk such as fire, electric shock, deterioration of stored material or chemical reaction.

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(Only for the model with the R600a.)

2. When using the refrigerator

When disposing the refrigerator, remove the packing materials from the door.

It may cause to lock out the child.

Install the refrigerator on the solid and level f loor. Installing it on the unstable place may cause death by falling

down the refrigerator when opening or closing the door.

Do not insert the hands or t he metal stick into the exit of cool air, the cov er, the bottom of the refrigerator, t he heatproof grill (exhaust hole) at t he backside.

It may cause electric shock or injury.

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When you want to dispose the refrigerator, contact t o the down-block office.

When you want to dispose the large living waste such as electric home appliance and furniture, you’d better contact the localdown-block office.

CAUTION

Violating this direction may cause injury or damage house or furniture. Always be careful, please.

Do not touch food or containers at the freezer with wet hands.

It may cause frostbite.

Do not put ice in thin crystal cup or ceramic ware. It may break cup or ceramic ware to cause injury.

Down-block

office

When the electricity is off, remove ice from the ice bucket (only for the model with the dispenser).

The long-time power failure may thaw ice to damage the floor. When the long-time power failure is expected, remove ice from t he ice bucket.

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Supply the automatic ice maker with drinkable water only (only for the model with the dispenser).

Otherwise, it may cause any risk.

Drinkable

water

Wait for 5 minutes or longer when reconnecting the plug. It may cause the operation of the freezer to fail.

After

5minutes

Do not put bottle in the freezer. It may freeze the contents to break the bottle t o cause injury.

Pull out the power plug not by grasping the cord but the plug of its end.

It may cause electric shock or short circuit to fire.

Do not install the r efrigerator in the wet place or the place which water or rain splashes.

Deterioration of insulation of electric parts may cause electric leakage.

Do not insert the hands into the bottom of the refrigerator.

The iron plate of the bottom may cause injury.

Carry the refrigerator with t he handle bar at the bottom of the front and the top of the rear.

Otherwise, your hands may be slipped to cause injury.

Because opening or closing the door of the refrigerator may cause injury to the person around it, be careful, please.

Opening or closing the door may cause feet or hands to be caught in the chink in door or the child to be get hurt by the corner.

Do not put any living animal in the refrigerator.

DANGER

: Risk of child entrapment.

Snack drawer(Optional)

Conversion switch (Meats/Vegetables) (Optional)

(Optional)

(Plastic or wire)

Fresh compartment (Optional)

(1 or 2) Vita lamp(Optional)

Children should be supervised to ensure that they do not play with the appliance.

How to replace the water purification filter (Only applies to internal type filter model.)

Because the water purification filter removes any residual

Replacement cap

Align directed line

and loosening label line

Separate red cap

Attach sticker

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■

■ ■

■

(A) (B)

Align directed

line and lock label line

Control box

CAUTION

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WARNING

Installation

When the freezer door is lower than the refrigerator

door

Insert the transparent sheet supplied with the product when the freezer door is lower than the refrigerator door.

Separate the door with the lower height,use the (+) type screwdriver to unscrew the screw at the bottom hinge as shown at Figure ,insert the transparent sheet

①

between the bottom hinge and the bottom bracket, and then fix it with the screw as shown at Figure .

②

Insert more transparent sheets enough to align the height. (4 shttes are supplied in total.)

急速冷冻

童锁3秒

Adiustable supports

can be adjusted when the

refrigerator is not stable.

When the refrigerator door is lower than the freezer door

Make adjustments when the refrigerator door is lower than the freezer door while using the refrigerator.

1. Use the wide side of the adjustment tool ③ to rotate the tightening nut ① in clockwise direction to loosen it.

2. Use the narrow side of the adjustment tool ③ to rotate the adjustment hinge pin ② in

either clockwise or counterclockwise direction to level the height of the refrigerator to that of the freezer.

3. After leveling the height of the door,rotate the tightening nut in counterclockwise

direction to tighten it all the way.

CAUTION

After leveling the

door height

Tightening nut

Adiustable supports can be adjusted when the refrigerator is not stable.

Do not adjust the height

①

急速冷冻

童锁3秒

Lower

excessively. You can lose the hinge pin.

Adjustment

②

hinge pin

Adjustment

tool

③

Raise

(Height adjustable range: Maximum of 5mm)

The refrigerator doors will close smoothly by heightening the front side by adjusting t

he height adjusting screw. If the doors do not close correctly, performance may be

affected.

1. Wipe off all dust accumulated during shipping and clean your appliance thoroughly.

2. Install accessories such as the ice cube box, cover evaporating tray, etc., in their

proper places. They are packed together to prevent possible damage during shipping.

3. Connect the power supply cord (or plug) to the outlet. Don't double up with other

appliances on the same outlet.

急速冷冻

童锁3秒

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Your model may not include every option.

NOTE

(LED)

(LCD)

※ Whenever pressing button,setting is repeated in the order of

Freezer room temperature adjustment

Refrigerator room temperature adjustment

Setting temperature

Refrigeration function is weak in the initial time,Please adjust temperature as above after using refrigerator for minimum 2-3 days.

The actual inner temperature varies depending on the food status,as the indicated seeeing temperature is a target temperature,not actual temperature within refrigerator.

※ Whenever pressing button,setting is repeated in the order of

(-19℃→-20℃…→-23℃→-15℃…→-19℃).

(3℃→2℃…→0℃→6℃…→3℃).

( )

Display Power Saving Mode (LED)

This button turn the dispenser light

in the dispenser on an off.

The dispenser light function is turned ON or OFF by pressing

button.

Filter condition

(filter replacement

cycle) display

function

Dispenser light

This button stops operation of different button.

Please select this function for prompt freezer.

Please contact with the local service center if you need to replace filter.

After replacing the filter, press and hold

the filter button more than 3 seconds to

reset

the indicator.

When you use the button, you cannot use any other button, until you unlock the unit.When you press the other button when the unit is locked, the Lock button will flash 3 times to notify the current Lock condition.

The automatic icemaker can automatically make 6 cubes at a time, 50~60 pieces per day. This quantity may vary by circumstance, including ambient temperature, door opening, freezer load. etc.

Icemaking stops when the ice storage bin is full. If you don't want to use the automatic icemaker, turn the icemaker switch to OFF.

If you want to use automatic icemaker again, change the switch to ON.

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It is normal that a noise is produced when ice drops into the ice storage bin.

NOTE

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Do not insert your hands in to the Icemaker in operation. It may cause to injure you.

WARNING

CAUTION

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The distance between the cup and icemaker outlet should not be too big when collecting ice in order to avoid the ice dropping out of the cup.

CAUTION

freezer

The other functions

Door open warning

■

3 times of warning sounds at the interval of 30 seconds if a minute passes with the door of refrigerator and the hombar door opened or completely closed.

Please contact with the local service center if warning continue to sound even after closing the door.

Diagnosi s (failure detection) function

Diagnosis function automatically detects failure when failure is found in product during the use of refrigerator.

If failure occurs at product, it does not operate though pressing any button and normal indication is not done. In this case, do not turn power off but immediately contact with the local service center. A lot of time are need for service engineer to detect the failed part if turning it off.

Refreshment center(Applicable to some models only)

CAUTION

not

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If you keep the refrigerator in a hot and humid place, frequent openning of the door or storing a lot of vegetables in it may cause dew to form which has no effect on its performance. Remove the dew with dust cloth free from care.

NOTE

CAUTION

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The water collector has no self-draining function. It should be cleaned regularly.

Hold the top and bottom sides of the ice box by two hands as shown in the right figure, hold the bottom of the ice box , lift it up lightly, and then take out it slowly by the direction .

饮水机

冷藏温度冷冻温度

童锁功能

急速冷冻

照明灯

过滤状态

饮水机

长按3秒时效(月)

饮水机

冷藏温度冷冻温度

童锁功能

急速冷冻

照明灯

过滤状态

饮水机

长按3秒时效(月)

冷冻温度

照明/过滤

冷藏温度

急速冷冻

冷冻温度

照明/过滤

冷藏温度

急速冷冻

童锁3秒

Pull out the water collector cover and dry it with a cloth. Pull the water collector fully to the front, then pull it out. Clean the collector with a dry cloth.

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