Monogram BISB42EL, BIS42CK, BISB42EK, BISW42EK, BISW42EL User Manual

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ApplianceRegistration.. . . . . ...2

CareandCleaning... . . . ...16. 17

Condenser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..l6

DiagnosticCodes. . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Drawers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Drawer andCoverRemoval.,..14

ElectronicMonitorand

DiagnosticSystem . . . . . . . ...5-8

DoorA1arm. . . . . . . . . . . . ...6

SystemCheck—Wset. . . ...6.7

WarmTemperature. . . . . . . ...6

EnergySaverSystem. . . . . . . ...4

Energy-SavingTips. . . . . . . . ...2

FoodStorageSuggestions.. . ...12

StorageTimes. . . . . . . . . . . ..l2

IceDispenser. . . . . . . . . . . . ..9-l~

Icemaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..~9-ll

Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

AdapterPlug. . . . . . . . . . . . ..l8

AdjustableRollers. . . . . . . ...18

Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . ...18

Electrica]Requirements. . ...18

Grounding. .. c. . . ..c. .~...l8

ldoc:iti(Jnc. . . . . . . . . . . . . ...18

WaterSupplyt(>lcen~aker. ...18

LightBu]bRcplacellleflt. . . . ...17

M{JdelandSeria1Nunl13crs. . ...2

Pr{jblcn3Sc}lvcr.,, .. ,4 . ...19-21

Q~lickSer\~cSystei31.. . . . . . ...8

Rcp~irScr\~icc. . . . . . . . . . . .,.22

S:\ik~}~Illstruc[i[J1ls. ., . . . . . . ...3

Sllclt’cs. . . . . . . . ”...””..’” ..15

‘~c~r3pcr;i[L]rcContr(?ls. . . . ..$ ..5

V:~ci\fion’~i~9s. . . . . . . . . . . . ...17

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Helpus
helpyou.@.

Readthk bookcarefully.

Itisintendedtohelpyouoperate
andmaintainyournewrefrigerator
properly.

Keepit handyforanswerstoyour
questions.

Ifyoudon’tunderstandsomething
orneedmorehelp,write(include
yourphonenumber):

ConsumerAffairs
GEAppliances
AppliancePark

Louisville,KY40225

Writedownthemodel
andserialnumber.

You’llseethemona labelonthe
rightside,nearthebottomofthe
freshfoodcompartment.

Thesenumbersarealsoonthe
ConsumerProductOwnership

RegistrationCardthatcamewith

yourrefrigerator.
Beforesendingintheregistration

card,pleasewritethesenumbers
here:

Model Number

Serial Number

Usethesemodelandserialnumbers
inanycorrespondenceor service
calISconcerningyourrefrigerator.

Ifyoureceiveda dt~n~aged
refrigerat(]r,immediatelycontact

thedealer(orbuilder)thatsoldyou
t}]crefrigerator.

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Enemy-savingtips

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@Locationofyourrefrigeratoris
important.Avoidlocatingitnextto

yourrange,aheatingventorwhere
the sunwillshinedirectlyonit.

@Don’topenthedoorsmoreoften
thannecessary.

oClosethedoorsassoonaspossible,

particularlyinhot,humidweather.

oKeepEnergySaverSwitchinthe
OFFpositionunlessmoisture
formsontheoutsideofthe
refrigerator.

. Besurethedoorsareclosed
tightly.Beforeleavingthehouse
orretiringforthenight,checkto
besurethedoorshaven’tbeenleft
openaccidentally.

oStoreonlythosefoodsrequiring

refrigerationinyour refrigerator.

oWipemoisturefrombottlesand
cartonsbeforeputtingtheminthe
refrigerator.

@Keepfoodscoveredtoreduce

moisturebuildupinsidethe

refrigerator.
~Ifyouturnthecontrolstothe

coldestpositionforquickchilling
or freezing,besuretoturnthem
backto regularsettings.

~Don’tovercrowdyourrefrigemtor.
Overcrowdingcanrequireextra
electricalenergytokeepeverything
cool.

IMPORTANTSmETY INSTRUCTIONS

~-~~—when usingthis
appliance,alwaysexercisebasic
safetyprecautions,includingthe

following:
~ Usethisapplianceonlyforits

intendedpurposeas describedin
thisUseandCareBook.

@Thisrefrigeratormustbe

properlyinstalledinaccordance
withtheInstallationInstructions
beforeitisused.Seegrounding

instructionsonpage18.

~Neverunplugyourrefrigerator

bypullingonthe~wer cord.

Alwaysgripplugfirmlyandpull
straightoutfromtheoutlet.

~Repairorreplaceimmediate~yall

electricservicecordsthathave
becomefrayedorotherwise
damaged.Donotusea cordthat

showscracksorabrasiondamage
alongitslengthorat eithertheplug
orconnectorend.

Afteryourrefrigeratorisin
operation,donottouchthecold
surfaces,particularlywhenhands
are damporwet.Skinmayadhere

tothese extremelycoldsurfaces.
~Donotplacefingersorhands

ontheautomaticicemaking
mechanismwhiletherefrigerator
ispluggedin.Thiswillhelpprotect

youfrompossibleinjury.Itwillalso
preventinterferencewiththemoving
partsoftheejectormechanism,or
withtheheatingelcmentthat
relettsesthecubes.

*Don’trefreezefrozenfoods
whichhavethawedcomplete~y.

The UnitedStatesDepartmentof
AgricultureinHomeandGarden
BulletinNo.69says:

“...Youmaysafelyrefreezefrozen
foodsthathavethawediftheystill
containicecrystalsoriftheyare
stillcold—below40°F.

“...Thawedgroundmeats,poultry
orfishthat havea~tyoff-odoror
off-colorshouldnotbe refrozenand
shouldnotbeeaten.Thawedice

creamshouldbediscarded.Ifthe
odor or colorofanyfoodispooror
questionable,getridofit.The food
maybedangeroustoeat.

“Evenpartialthawingandrefreezing

reducetheeatingqualityoffoods,
particularlyfruits,vegetablesand
preparedfoods.Theeatingquality
ofredmeatsisaffectedlessthan
that ofmanyotherfoods.Use
refrozenfoodsassoonaspossibleto
saveasmuchoftheireatingquality
asyoucan:’

@If youroldrefrigeratorissti!l

aroundthehousebutnotinuse,
besuretoremovethedoors.This

willreducethepossibilityof
dangertochildren.

*Disconnectpowertoyour

refrigerator:
A.Beforemakinganyrepairs,

Note:Westronglyrecommend
thatanyservicingbeperformed
byaqualifiedindividual.

B.Beforecleaning.
C.Beforereplacingaburned-out

lightbulb,powertotherefrigemtor
shouldbedisconnectedatthefise
boxorcircuitbreakerinorderto
avoidcontactwithalivewire
fiament.(Aburned-outlightbulb
maybreakwhenbeingreplaced.)

Note:Turningfreemrcompartment
temperaturecontroltoOFF
positiondoesnotremovepower
tothelightcircuit.

~Donotoperateyourrefrigerator
inthepr=enceofexplosivefumes.

SAW TH~E
mSTRUCTIONS

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OpemtingYourRefrigemtor

SetTempemtureControk

Yourrefrigeratorhastwoup-front
controlsthatletyouregulatethe
temperatureinthefreshfoodand
freezercompartments.

Onecontrol,withsettingsfrom1

through9,is locatedattheupper

leftinthefreshfoodcompartment.

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The othercontrol,withsettings
from1through9plusOFF,is
locatedattheupperrightnearthe

topofthefreezercompartment.
9isthecoldestsetting, 1isthe

warmest.

INITIALLY,SETBOTH
CONTROLSAT5.

Forcolderorwarmertemperatures,
adjustthedesiredcompartment

controlonenumberatatime.

IMPORTANT:Wheninitially
settingco~~trok,ora~ustingthern9
allow24hoursfortemperatures
tostabilize.

Note:~rnillg thefreezercontrol
totheOFFpositionstopsCooling
inB~H compartments—fresh
foodANDfreezer—butdoesnot

shkltoff powertothe refrigerator.

HowtoTestTemperatures

Usethemilktwtforthefreshfood
compartment.Placeacontainerof
milkonthetopshelfinthefresh
foodcompartment,Checkitaday
later.Ifthemilkistoowarmortoo
cold,adjustthetemperaturecontrols.

Usetheice creamtestforthe
freezercompartment.Placea
containeroficecreaminthecenter
ofthe freezercompartment.Check
itafteraday.Ifit’stoohardortoo
soft,adjustthetemperaturecontrols.

Alwaysallow24hoursfor
therefrigeratortoreachthe
temperatureyouset.

Ene~y SaverSwitch

TheEnergySaverSwitchis
locatedacrossfromthe fresh
foodtemperaturecontrol.

Toreducetheamountof
electricityrequiredto operate
yourrefrigerator,pushswitch
totheOFFposition.

Thisturnsoffheatersinyour
refrigeratorthatpreventmoisture
fromformingonthe outside.

Withtheheatersturnedoff,there

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isachancethatmoisturemayform
ontheoutsideofyourrefrigerator,
especiallywhentheweatheris
humid.Thehumidityismostlikely
tobehighinthesummer,inthe
earlymorninghours,andinhomes
whicharenot airconditioned.

Overanextendedperiodoftime,

moisturethatformsontheoutside
maycausedeteriorationofthepaint
finish.Itwillbeimportanttoprotect
thefinishbyusingappliancepolish
waxasdescribedonpage16.

ml’ ~~F

SET HERE IF MOISTURE ~ II

APPEARS ON EXTERIOR

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WhentheEnergySaverSwitch
ispushedtothelefi,electricity

flowsthroughthelowwattage
heaterswhichwarmtheoutside
ofthecabinetand,undermost
conditions,preventtheforming
ofmoisture‘orwaterdroplets.

NoDefro%@

Itisnotnecessarytodefrostthe
freezeror freshfoodcompartments.
Althoughyourrefrigeratoris
designedandequippedtodefrost

itselfautomatically,somefrost
onpackagesis normal.

ElectronicMonitor & DiagnosticSystem

etkeepsaneyeon

thingsforyou.

~

Redsignallightflashestotell

Whatthesecodesmean—and

youwheneitherdoorisopen.

whattodowhentheyappear--is
summarizedontheinsideofthe

reensigna~lighttellsyouthat freezercompartmentdoorand

e DoorAlarmbeeperhasbeen

explainedmorethoroughlyon

etto soundaftereither doorhas

thefollowingpages.

beenopen30seconds.

@ Redsignallighttellsyouwhen

@ StatusCheckResetpadputsa

reviewoftheelectronicdiagnosis

f;eezerfo~dkeepingtemperatureis

abovenormal.

@GreenlightedwordNORMAL

indicatesthatnofailurehasbeen

detectedbythediagnosticsystem.

@ Flashinggreendiagnostic

codesin thedisplaywarnyou
when:

E

frozenfoodsshouldbe

offivecodedfunctionsatyour
fingertipandalsoallowsyouto

erasecodesfromdisplay.

@ Electroniccontrolallowsyou

toturnnightlight inwater-and-ice
dispenseronandoff.

@ Electroniccontrolallowsyou

toselectice cubesorcrushedice,
andgreensignallightconfirms
yourchoice.

checked.

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powerhasbeeninterrupted.

n

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icemakermaynot beoperating

properly.

defrostsystemhasfailed.

~ freezercontrolmayneedtobe
setfor acoldertemperature.

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when your refrigerator

is first pluggedin.c ●

Allpanellightscomeonforfive
seconds,a beepsounds,andlights
gooffexceptasfollows:

@PF flashesinthedisplay.Touch
STATUSCHECK-RESETpadto
eraseit.

@GreenwordNORMALglows.

@RedWARMTEMPERATURE
lightglowsiffreezercompartment
temperatureishigherthannormal.
Itgoesoffwhenproperfoodkeeping
temperatureisreached.

@Dooralarmbeeperisactivated
andgreenlight onDOORALARM

padglows.

@CRUSHED iceselectionlight

glows.

@RedDOOROPENlightflashesif

eitherdoorisopen,goesoutwhen

doorsare shut.

~Nightligl~tinwater-and-ice

dispenserisoff.

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Howto set the

Door Alarm

Youdon’thaveto setthe visual
alarm.Aslongaseitherdooris

open, theredDOOROPENsignal
lightflashes.

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DOOROPEN

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WARMTEMPERATURE

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II

If the greensignallightonthe
DOORALA~ padisglowing,
thebeeperalarmisset.Ifit’snot,

touchthepadtoturniton.

Ifeitherdoorisopenformorethan
30seconds,arecurringbeepsounds.

Thelightgoesoutandthebeeping

stopswhenyouclosethe door.
There

tire timeswhenyou’llwant

theDoorAlarm beeperturned

off. Whenyou’rerearrangingalot

offood,forexample.Justtouchthe
pad. Thegreenlightwillgoout
and,thebeepingwillstop.

my theRedWarm

WmperatureLi@tGlows.

Atfirst,it’sprobablybecauseyour
newlyinstalledrefrigeratorhasn’t
completelycooleddownyet.Wait
afewhoursforit tocool,andthen
thelightwillgoout.

WARMTEMPERATURE

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Fromthenon,theredlightwill
glowwhenevertemperaturesinside
gettoohighforproperfoodstorage.
Ifthishappens,openthe doors
onlywhenabsolutelynecessary,
andclosethemasquicklyas

possible.
Assoonasinsidetemperatures

returntonormal,thelightgoesout.

How theElectronic

Monitor

andDi*nostic

$yskmWork.

=:

The wordNORMALislighted
ingreenexceptwhena failurehas
beendetected.

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TheSTATUSCHECK-RESET
padhastwofunctions:

1.YoucantouchtheSTATUS
CHECK-RESETpadandget a
reviewoftheelectronicdiagnostic
codesinorderoftheirpriority.

2. YoucantouchtheSTATUS

CHECK-RESETpadtoerasethree
flashingcodesimmediatelyand
twocodesaftertheconditionthat
causedthemtoflashhasbeen
corrected(seepage7).

DeactivatingtheDoorAlarm

beeperdoesnotturntheredDOOR
OPENlightoff—itkeepsflashing
until thedooris closed.

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6

heElectronicMonitorand

DiagnosticSystemalertsyouwhen
somethingstirtstogowrong.

If a diagnosticcodeappearson

thedisplay,somethingneeds
specialattention.Togetyour

attention,thedisplaycodeflashes
untilyoueraseit. Thefirst6
flashesareaccompaniedbybeeps.

If more thanonecodedfunction

requiresattentionatthesame
time,theone withthehighest

prioritywillbedisplayedfirst.

PressingtheSTATUSCHECK­RESETpadwillevaluateallother
codedfunctions.IftheNORMAL
displayislitduringthedisplaying
ofacode,thatfunctionisoperating
properly.

PressingtheSTATUSCHECK­RESETpadwillerasethreecodes
immediately—~~C{andCC.

TheDEand FFcodes

canonlybe

erasedbvtouchingtheSTATUS

HECK~RESETfiadafterthe

onditionthatcausedthecodeto

flash

has bee~~corrected.

Thisflashingcodetellsyouto

checkyour frozen food.Hasany
ofit startedtothaw?Apackage
maybeholdingthefreezer
compartmentdooropen. Don’t

openthedoormoreofienthan
absolutelynecessarywhilethis
codeisdisplayed.Touchingthe
STATUSCHECK-RESETpad

afterthe freezercompartment

ernperaturehasreturnedto

ormalwillerasethe code..

This flashingcodetellsyoa~the

Thisflashingcodetellsyou
something’swrongwiththe defrost

pwer tothJrefrigerat6rhas
beeninterruptedformorethan2

seconds.Checktheconditionof
foodinboththe freshfoodand
freezercompartments.Touch
STATUSCHECK-RESETpad
toerasecode.

Thereisnofaultwiththe
refrigeratorwhenPFcode

flashes.

Thisflashingcodetellsyouto
checkthe automaticicemaker.
Iceclumps in thestoragebinmay
havestalledtheicemaker.Follow
correctivemeasuresdescribedon
page21.If watersupplytothe
icemakerisnot connectedornot
turnedon, makesuremanual

icemakerswitchisintheOFF
position(seepage10).Codestops
flashingwhenproblemiscorrected
or STATUSCHECK-RESETpad
istouched.

system—keepdoorsclosedto

retaincoldandcall forservice.
Codeflashesuntilproblemis

corrected.

Thisflashingcodetellsyouto
checktemperature controlsand

adjustthe~ if necessary.(See
directionsonpage4.)Touch
STATUSCHECK-RESETpad
toerasecode.If code reappears
after4hours,call for service.

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