Miele K 35222 iD, K 37222 iD Operating instructions

Operating and installation instructions
Refrigerators

To avoid the risk of accidents or damage to the appliance it is essential
to read these instructions before it is installed and used for the first time.

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Contents

Warning and Safety instructions.......................................................................... 4

Caring for the environment ................................................................................11

Saving energy ...................................................................................................... 12

Guide to the appliance........................................................................................ 14

Optional accessories............................................................................................. 16

Switching on and off ...........................................................................................17

Before using for the first time................................................................................ 17

Switching off for longer periods of time ................................................................ 18

The correct temperature..................................................................................... 19

...in the refrigerator section .................................................................................. 19

Temperature display.............................................................................................. 20

Setting the temperature......................................................................................... 20

Using Super cool and DynaCool ........................................................................ 21

Super cool function ............................................................................................... 21

DynaCool function................................................................................................. 22

Selecting further settings ................................................................................... 23

Settings mode ....................................................................................................... 23

Activating and deactivating the lock ..................................................................... 23

Storing food in the refrigerator section............................................................. 25

Different storage zones ......................................................................................... 25

Food which is not suitable for storage in the refrigerator section......................... 26

Notes on buying food............................................................................................ 26

Storing food correctly............................................................................................ 26

Adjusting the interior fittings.............................................................................. 27

Adjusting the door shelf/bottle shelf ..................................................................... 27

Adjusting the bottle holder .................................................................................... 27

Moving the shelves................................................................................................ 27

Removing and replacing the fruit and vegetable drawer....................................... 27

Replacing the drawer ....................................................................................... 27

Moving the charcoal filters .................................................................................... 28

Defrosting............................................................................................................. 29

Cleaning and care ...............................................................................................30

Cleaning agents..................................................................................................... 30

Preparing the refrigeration appliance for cleaning ................................................ 31

Cleaning the interior and accessories ................................................................... 31

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Contents

Cleaning the door seal .......................................................................................... 32

Cleaning the ventilation gaps ................................................................................ 32

Replacing the charcoal filters................................................................................ 33

Problem solving guide ........................................................................................34

Noises................................................................................................................... 38

Service.................................................................................................................. 39

Contact in case of malfunction ............................................................................. 39

Warranty ................................................................................................................ 39

Installation............................................................................................................ 40

Installation ............................................................................................................. 40

Location............................................................................................................ 40

Ventilation......................................................................................................... 41

Furniture door panel......................................................................................... 42

Before installing the appliance ......................................................................... 44

Building-in dimensions ......................................................................................... 45

Changing the door hinging.................................................................................... 46

Changing the door hinging............................................................................... 46

Adjusting the door hinges ..................................................................................... 48

Installing the appliance.......................................................................................... 49

Fitting the furniture door................................................................................... 57

Electrical connection ............................................................................................. 63

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Warning and Safety instructions

This refrigeration appliance complies with current safety require­ments. Inappropriate use can, however, lead to personal injury and
material damage.

Please read the operating and installation instructions carefully be­fore using the refrigeration appliance for the first time. They con­tain important information on safety, installation, use and mainten­ance. This is to protect yourself from injury, and from damaging
your refrigeration appliance.

In accordance with standard IEC60335-1, Miele expressly and
strongly advises that you read and follow the instructions in the
chapter on installing the appliance as well as the safety instruc­tions and warnings.

Miele cannot be held liable for injury or damage caused by non­compliance with these instructions.

Keep these instructions in a safe place and pass them on to any
future owner.

Correct application

 This refrigeration appliance is intended for use in the home and in

similar environments, for example
– in shops, offices and similar work settings
– by the guests in hotels, motels, bed & breakfasts and other typical
home settings.
This refrigeration appliance is not intended for outdoor use.

 This appliance is intended for domestic use only for cooling and

storing food and drink.
It must not be used for any other purpose.

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Warning and Safety instructions

 This appliance is not suitable for storing and keeping cool medi-

cines, blood plasma, laboratory preparations or other such materials
or products. Incorrect use of the appliance for such purposes can
cause deterioration of the items stored. The appliance is not suitable
for use in areas where there is a risk of explosion.
Miele cannot be held liable for damage resulting from improper or in­correct use of the appliance.

 The appliance can only be used by people with reduced physical,

sensory or mental capabilities, or lack of experience and knowledge,
if they are supervised whilst using it, or have been shown how to use
it in a safe way and recognise and understand the consequences of
incorrect operation.

Safety with children

 Children under 8 years of age must be kept away from the refri-

geration appliance unless they are constantly supervised.

 Children 8 years and older may only use the appliance unsuper-

vised if they have been shown how to use it in a safe way and recog­nise and understand the consequences of incorrect operation.

 Children must not be allowed to clean or maintain the appliance

unsupervised.

 Please supervise children in the vicinity of the appliance and do

not let them play with it.

 Danger of suffocation! Whilst playing, children could become en-

tangled in packaging (such as plastic wrapping) or pull it over their
head and suffocate. Keep packaging material away from children.

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Warning and Safety instructions

Technical safety

 The coolant system is tested for leaks. This appliance complies

with statutory safety requirements and the appropriate EU
guidelines.

 This refrigeration appliance contains the coolant Isobutane

(R600a), a natural gas which is environmentally friendly. The coolant
does not damage the ozone layer and does not contribute to the
greenhouse effect.
The use of this coolant has, however, led to a slight increase in the
noise level of the appliance. In addition to the noise of the com­pressor, you might be able to hear the coolant flowing around the
cooling circuit. Unfortunately, this cannot be avoided, but it does not
affect the performance of the refrigeration appliance.
When transporting and installing the refrigeration appliance, ensure
that no parts of the cooling circuit are damaged. Splashes of coolant
can damage the eyes.
In the event of damage:

– Avoid naked flames or anything which creates a spark.
– Disconnect the refrigeration appliance from the mains electricity

supply.

– Ventilate the room where the refrigeration appliance is located for

several minutes.

– Contact the Miele Customer Service Department.

 The more coolant there is in a refrigeration appliance, the larger

the room it should be installed in. In the event of a leakage, if the ap­pliance is in a small room, there is the danger of combustible gases
building up. For every 11 g of coolant at least 1m3 of room space is
required. The amount of coolant in the appliance is stated on the
data plate inside the appliance.

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Warning and Safety instructions

 To avoid the risk of damage to the appliance, make sure that the

connection data (fuse rating, frequency and voltage) on the data
plate corresponds to the household supply.
Check that this is the case before connecting the appliance. Consult
a qualified electrician if in any doubt.

 The electrical safety of this appliance can only be guaranteed

when correctly earthed. It is essential that this standard safety re­quirement is met. If in any doubt please have the electrical installa­tion tested by a qualified electrician.

 Reliable and safe operation of this appliance can only be assured

if it has been connected to the mains electricity supply.

 If the electrical connection cable is faulty it must only be replaced

by a Miele authorised service technician to protect the user from
danger.

 Do not connect the appliance to the mains electrical supply by a

multi-socket adapter or extension lead. These are a fire hazard and
do not guarantee the required safety of the appliance.

 If moisture gets into electrical components or into the mains con-

nection cable, it could cause a short circuit. Therefore, do not oper­ate this refrigeration appliance in areas which are exposed to mois­ture (e.g in a garage or utility room).

 This appliance must not be used in a non-stationary location (e.g.

on a ship).

 Do not use a damaged appliance. It could be dangerous. Check

the appliance for visible signs of damage.

 For safety reasons, this appliance may only be used after it has

been built in.

 The appliance must be isolated from the electricity supply during

installation, maintenance and repair work.

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Warning and Safety instructions

 Unauthorised installation, maintenance and repairs can cause

considerable danger for the user.
Installation, maintenance and repairs must only be carried out by a
Miele authorised technician.

 While the appliance is under warranty, repairs should only be un-

dertaken by a Miele authorised service technician. Otherwise the
warranty is invalidated.

 Miele can only guarantee the safety of the appliance when genu-

ine original Miele replacement parts are used. Faulty components
must only be replaced by Miele spare parts.

Correct use

 The appliance is designed for use within a certain climate range

(ambient temperatures), and should not be used outside this range.
The climate range for your appliance is stated on the data plate in­side the appliance. Installing it in a room with too low an ambient
temperature, e.g. a garage, will lead to the appliance switching off
for longer periods so that it cannot maintain the required temperat­ure.

 Do not cover or block the air vents as this could impair the effi-

ciency of the appliance, increase the electricity consumption and
could cause damage to the components.

 If storing food which contains a lot of fat or oil in the appliance or

the door, make sure that it does not come into contact with plastic
components as this could cause stress cracks or break the plastic.

 Risk of fire and explosion. Do not store explosive materials in the

refrigeration appliance or any products containing propellants (e.g.
spray cans). Electrical components can cause flammable mixes of
gases to ignite.

 Danger of explosion. Do not operate any electrical equipment (e.g.

an electric ice-cream maker) inside the refrigeration appliance.
Danger of sparking and explosion.

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Warning and Safety instructions

 Observe the manufacturer's “use-by” dates and storage instruc-

tions given on food to avoid the risk of food poisoning. Storage times
will depend on several factors, including the freshness and quality of
the food, as well as the temperature at which it is stored.

 Only use genuine original Miele accessories and spare parts with

this appliance. Using accessories or spare parts from other manu­facturers will invalidate the warranty, and Miele cannot accept liabil­ity.

Cleaning and care

 Do not use any oils or grease on the door seals, as these will

cause the seals to deteriorate and become porous with time.

 Do not use a steam cleaning appliance to clean or defrost this ap-

pliance.
Steam could reach electrical components and cause a short circuit.

 Sharp edged or pointed objects will damage the evaporator, caus-

ing irreversible damage to the appliance. Do not use sharp edged or
pointed objects to

– remove frost and ice,
– separate frozen foods or remove ice trays.

 Do not place electric heaters or candles in the appliance to de-

frost it. These can damage the plastic parts.

 Do not use defrosting sprays or de-icers, as they could contain

substances which could damage the plastic parts or which might
cause the build-up of gases and pose a danger to health.

Transport

 Always transport the appliance in an upright position and in its ori-

ginal transport packaging to avoid damage in transit.

 Danger of injury and damage to the appliance. The refrigeration

appliance is very heavy and must be transported by two people.

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Warning and Safety instructions

Disposal of your old appliance

 If your old refrigeration appliance has a door lock, destroy it. This

will prevent the risk of children playing accidentally locking them­selves in and endangering their lives.

 Splashes of coolant can damage the eyes. Be careful not to dam-

age any part of the pipework whilst awaiting disposal, e.g. by

– puncturing the coolant channels in the condenser,
– bending any pipework, or
– scratching the surface coating.

Symbol on the compressor (depending on model)

This information is only relevant for recycling. There is no risk during normal oper­ation.

 The oil in the compressor can be fatal if swallowed or if it penet-

rates the airways.

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Caring for the environment

Disposal of the packing mater­ial

The packaging is designed to protect
the appliance from damage during
transportation. The packaging materials
used are selected from materials which
are environmentally friendly for disposal
and should be recycled.

Recycling the packaging reduces the
use of raw materials in the manufactur­ing process and also reduces the
amount of waste in landfill sites.

Disposing of your old appli­ance

Electronic and electrical appliances
contain many valuable materials. They
also contain certain materials, com­pounds and components which were
essential for their correct functioning
and safety. These could be hazardous
to your health and to the environment if
disposed of with general waste or if
handled incorrectly. Please do not,
therefore, dispose of your old appliance
with general waste.

Instead, please make use of officially
designated collection and disposal
points to dispose of and recycle elec­trical and electronic appliances in your
local community, with your dealer or
with Miele. By law, you are solely re­sponsible for deleting any personal data
from the appliance prior to disposal.

Take care not to damage your refrigera­tion appliance’s pipework before or dur­ing transportation to an authorised col­lection depot.
This is to ensure that coolant in the
cooling circuit and oil in the compressor
is contained, and will not leak into the
environment.

Please ensure that your old appliance
poses no risk to children while being
stored prior to disposal. For further in­formation, see “Warning and Safety in­structions” in these operating and in­stallation instructions.

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Saving energy

Installation /
Maintenance

Temperature
setting

Normal energy consump­tion

In a ventilated room. In an enclosed, unventilated

Protected from direct sun­light.

Not near to a heat source
(radiator, oven).

Where the ideal ambient
room temperature is approx.
20°C.

Ventilation gaps uncovered
and dusted regularly.

Refrigerator section 4 to
5°C

Increased energy con­sumption

room.

In direct sunlight.

Near to a heat source (radi­ator, oven).

Where the ambient room
temperature is above 25°C.

Ventilation gaps covered or
dusty.

The lower the temperature,
the higher the energy con­sumption.

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Saving energy

Normal energy consump­tion

Use Drawers and shelves ar-

ranged as they were when
the appliance was delivered.

Only open the door when
necessary and for as short a
time as possible. Store food
in an organised way.

Take an insulated cool bag
when shopping, and load
food in the appliance as
soon as possible.
Replace any food removed
as quickly as possible, be­fore it warms up too much.
Allow hot food and drinks to
cool down before placing
them in the appliance.

Store food well packaged or
covered.

Increased energy con­sumption

Frequent opening of doors
for long periods will cause a
loss of coldness. The appli­ance will try to cool down
and the compressor will run
for longer periods.

Hot food or food at room
temperature raises the tem­perature inside the appli­ance. The appliance will try
to cool down and the com­pressor will run for longer
periods.

The evaporation or condens­ation of liquids in the refri­gerator section will cause a
loss of coldness.

Place frozen food in the refri­gerator to defrost.

Do not over-fill the appliance
to allow air to circulate.

Poor air circulation will
cause a loss of coldness.

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Guide to the appliance

a

On/Off button

b

Super cool button

c

Display

d

Menu symbol
(Settings mode for:
switching the safety lock on/off)

e

Super cool symbol

f

Lock symbol

g

Temperature display

h

Temperature selector button

i

Dynamic cooling button (Automatic
temperature distribution)

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Guide to the appliance

a

Control panel

b

Fan

c

Door shelf / Egg tray

d

Adjustable shelf

e

Interior lighting

f

Bottle shelf

g

Condensate channel and drain hole

h

Fruit and vegetable drawer (depend­ing on model)

This drawing is for illustration purposes only.

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Guide to the appliance

Optional accessories

A range of useful Miele accessories and
care products are available for your ap­pliance.

Multi-purpose microfibre cloth

The microfibre cloth is suitable for re­moving fingerprints and light soiling
from surfaces such as stainless steel,
glass, plastic and chrome without the
use of chemicals.

Bottle rack

Bottles can be stored horizontally using
the bottle rack to save space.
The bottle rack can be placed at differ­ent positions in the appliance.

KKF-FF Active AirClean charcoal fil­ters with holder

Charcoal filters neutralise unpleasant
odours in the refrigerator section for im­proved air quality.

The charcoal filter holder clips onto the
protective strip at the back of the shelf
and can be moved as necessary.

KKF-RF
ActiveAirClean replacement filters

Replacement filters to the fit the Active
AirClean holder are available. We re­commend replacing the charcoal filters
every 6months.

Split shelf

In order to accommodate tall items in
the appliance, one of the shelves is di­vided. The front section can be pushed
under the rear section.

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Accessories are available to order via
the Miele Webshop, from Miele dir­ectly (see back cover for contact de­tails) or from your Miele dealer.

Switching on and off

Before using for the first time

Packaging material

 Remove all packaging material from

the inside of the appliance.

Protective foil

The stainless steel trim to the interior
shelves and the door shelves has a
layer of protective foil to prevent dam­age during transportation.

 Carefully remove the protective foil

from the stainless steel trim.

Cleaning

Please refer to the relevant instruc­tions in “Cleaning and care”.

 Clean the inside of the appliance and

the accessories.

Accessories

- Bottle holder

The flexible ribs grip the bottles se­curely when the door is opened and
closed.

 Attach the bottle holder centrally

along the rear edge of the bottle
shelf, as shown.

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Switching on and off

Switching on

 Press the On/Off button.

The appliance will start to cool and the
temperature required will appear in the
temperature display. The interior lighting
will come on when the door is opened.

To enable the temperature to get suf­ficiently cold inside the appliance, al­low the appliance to run for a few
hours before placing food in it.

Switching off

 Press the On/Off button until the dis-

play goes out.
If this does not happen, the safety
lock is still activated (see "Selecting
further settings - To deactivate the
safety lock).

Switching off for longer peri­ods of time

If, during a long absence, the refri­geration appliance is switched off
but not cleaned and the door(s) left
shut, there is a risk of mould forming
inside the appliance.

It is essential to clean the refrigera­tion appliance.

If the refrigeration appliance is not go­ing to be used for a longer period of
time, observe the following:

 Switch the refrigeration appliance off.
 Switch off at the wall socket and

withdraw the plug from the socket, or
disconnect the fuse.

 Defrost the freezer compartment (de-

pending on model).

 Clean the refrigeration appliance and

leave the door ajar to air the appli­ance and avoid odours building up in­side.

The interior lighting will go out and the
cooling process will be switched off.

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The correct temperature

It is very important to set the correct
temperature for storing food in the ap­pliance. Bacteria will cause food which
is not stored at the correct temperature
to deteriorate rapidly. Temperature influ­ences the growth rate of these bacteria.
Reducing the temperature reduces their
growth rate.

The temperature in the refrigeration ap­pliance will rise:

– The more often the appliance door is

opened and the longer it is kept open

– The more food that is stored in it

– The warmer the food is which is be-

ing put into it

– The higher the ambient temperature

surrounding the refrigeration appli­ance. This refrigeration appliance is
designed for use within specific am­bient temperatures (climate range).
Do not use in ambient temperatures
for which it is not designed.

...in the refrigerator section

We recommend a temperature of 4°C
in the refrigerator section.

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The correct temperature

Temperature display

In normal operation the temperature
display shows the required temperat­ure.

Setting the temperature

If the appliance door is opened very of­ten, or if large quantities of food are be­ing stored in the appliance, or if there is
a high ambient temperature, it is advis­able to set the temperature between
3°C and 5°C.

The temperature can be adjusted from
9°C to 1°C.

 Press the button for setting the tem-

perature repeatedly until the temper­ature you want lights up in the tem­perature display.

The first time you press the button the
last temperature set will flash in the dis­play.

The temperature value will change up
until the setting for 9°C is reached. It
will then drop back to the 1°C setting.

The newly selected temperature will be
adopted automatically after a short
while and will appear in the display.
The temperature in the appliance will
now slowly start to adjust to this value.

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Using Super cool and DynaCool

Super cool function

The Super cool function can be used to
rapidly reduce the temperature in the
refrigerator to its lowest setting (de­pending on the room temperature).

Super cool is particularly recommended
for the rapid chilling of large amounts of
fresh food or drink.

Switching on Super cool

 Press the Super cool button.
The Super cool symbol will light up.

The appliance will work at full power to
lower the temperature in the refrigerator
section.

Switching off Super cool

The Super cool function switches off
automatically after approx. 12 hours.
The Super cool symbol will go out
and the appliance will then continue to
work at normal power.

To save energy, the Super cool function
can be switched off once food and
drinks are sufficiently chilled.

 Press the Super cool button until the

symbol goes out.

The appliance will continue running at
normal power.

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