Siemens KI81FHDD0 operation manual

Refrigerator

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Table of contents
Safety...............................................	7
General information..........................	7
Intended use.....................................	7
Restriction on user group.................	7
Safe transport...................................	8
Safe installation ................................	8
Safe use ...........................................	9
Damaged appliance.......................	11
Preventing material damage ........	13
Environmental protection and
saving energy................................	13
Disposing of packaging .................	13
Saving energy.................................	13
Installation and connection..........	14
Scope of delivery............................	14
Installing and connecting the ap-
pliance ............................................	14
Criteria for the installation loca-
tion..................................................	15
Preparing the appliance for the
first time..........................................	15
Connecting the appliance to the
electricity supply.............................	15
Familiarising yourself with
your appliance...............................	16
Appliance .......................................	16
Controls ..........................................	16
Features.........................................	16
Shelf................................................	16
Variable shelf..................................	16
Extendable shelf .............................	17
Fruit and vegetable container ........	17
Cool-fresh container .......................	17
Butter and cheese compartment ...	17
Door racks......................................	17
Accessories....................................	17
Basic operation .............................	18
Switching on the appliance ............	18

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Operating tips.................................	18
Switching off the appliance ............	18
Setting the temperature..................	18
Additional functions .....................	18
Super cooling ................................	18
Alarm..............................................	19
Door alarm .....................................	19
Home Connect ..............................	19
Connecting the appliance to a
WLAN home network (Wi-Fi)
with WPS function ..........................	19
Connecting the appliance to a
WLAN home network (Wi-Fi)
without WPS function .....................	20
Connecting the appliance to the
Home Connect app........................	20
Installing the Home Connect
software update..............................	21
Resetting Home Connect set-
tings................................................	21
Data protection...............................	21
Declaration of Conformity ..............	22
Refrigerator compartment ............	22
Tips for storing food in the refri-
gerator compartment .....................	22
Chill zones in the refrigerator
compartment ..................................	23
Cool-fresh compartment...............	23
Storage times in the cool-fresh
compartment at 0 °C .....................	23
Defrosting......................................	23
Defrosting in the refrigerator
compartment ..................................	23
Defrosting in the cool-fresh com-
partment .........................................	23
Cleaning and servicing.................	23
Preparing the appliance for
cleaning ..........................................	24

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Cleaning the appliance ..................	24
Removing the fittings......................	24
Removing appliance compon-
ents.................................................	25
Troubleshooting............................	26
Malfunctions ...................................	26
Information on display panel..........	27
Temperature problem.....................	27
Noise ..............................................	27
Odours............................................	28
Conducting an appliance self-
test..................................................	29
Storage and disposal....................	29
Switching off the appliance ............	29
Disposing of old appliance ............	29
Customer Service..........................	30
Product number (E-Nr.) and pro-
duction number (FD) ......................	30
Technical data ...............................	30

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Safety

Please read the safety information to ensure that you use the appliance safely.

General information

You can find general information about this instruction manual here.

¡Read this instruction manual carefully. Only this will ensure you use the appliance safely and efficiently.

¡This manual is intended for the user of the appliance.

¡Follow the safety instructions and warnings.

¡Keep the instruction manual and the product information safe for future reference or for the next owner.

¡Check the appliance after unpacking it. Do not connect the appliance if it has been damaged in transit.

Intended use

Read the information on intended use to ensure that you use the appliance correctly and safely.

This appliance is only intended to be fully fitted in a kitchen. Only use this appliance:

¡As specified in this instruction manual.

¡For chilling food.

¡In private households and in enclosed spaces in a domestic environment.

¡Up to an altitude of max. 2000 m above sea level.

Restriction on user group

Avoid risks to children and vulnerable persons.

This appliance may be used by children aged 8 or over and by people who have reduced physical, sensory or mental abilities or inadequate experience and/or knowledge, provided that they are supervised or have been instructed on how to use the appliance safely and have understood the resulting dangers.

Children must not play with the appliance.

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Cleaning and user maintenance must not be performed by children unless they are being supervised.

Keep children under the age of 8 years away from the appliance and power cable.

Children above the age of three years old and younger than eight years old may load and unload the the fridge-freezer.

Safe transport

Follow these safety instructions when transporting the appliance.

WARNING ‒ Risk of injury!

The high weight of the appliance may result in injury when lifted.

Do not lift the appliance on your own.

Safe installation

Follow these safety instructions when installing the appliance.

WARNING ‒ Risk of electric shock!

¡Improper installation is dangerous.

Connect and operate the appliance only in accordance with the specifications on the rating plate.

Connect the appliance to a power supply with alternating current only via a properly installed socket with earthing.

The protective conductor system of the domestic electrical installation must be properly installed.

Never equip the appliance with an external switching device, e.g. a timer or remote control.

When the appliance is installed, the mains plug of the power cord must be freely accessible. If free access is not possible, an all-pole isolating switch must be installed in the permanent electrical installation according to the installation regulations.

When installing the appliance, check that the power cable is not trapped or damaged.

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¡If the insulation of the power cord is damaged, this is dangerous.

Never let the power cord come into contact with heat sources.

Never let the power cord come into contact with sharp points or edges.

Never kink, crush or modify the power cord.

WARNING ‒ Risk of fire!

¡It is dangerous to use an extended power cord and non-ap- proved adapters.

Do not use extension cables or multiple socket strips.

If the power cord is too short, contact Customer Service.

Only use adapters approved by the manufacturer.

¡Portable multiple socket strips or portable power supply units may overheat and cause a fire.

Do not place portable multiple socket strips or power supply units on the back of the appliance.

Safe use

Follow these safety instructions when using the appliance.

WARNING ‒ Risk of electric shock!

An ingress of moisture can cause an electric shock.

Only use the appliance in enclosed spaces.

Never expose the appliance to intense heat or humidity.

Do not use steamor high-pressure cleaners to clean the appliance.

WARNING ‒ Risk of suffocation!

¡Children may put packaging material over their heads or wrap themselves up in it and suffocate.

Keep packaging material away from children.

Do not let children play with packaging material.

¡Children may breathe in or swallow small parts, causing them to suffocate.

Keep small parts away from children.

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Do not let children play with small parts.

WARNING ‒ Risk of explosion!

¡Mechanical devices or other devices may damage the refrigeration circuit; flammable refrigerant may escape and explode.

To accelerate the defrosting process, do not use any other mechanical devices or devices other than those recommended by the manufacturer.

¡Products which contain flammable propellants and explosive substances may explode, e.g. spray cans.

Do not store products which contain flammable propellants (e.g. spray cans) or explosive substances in the appliance.

WARNING ‒ Risk of fire!

Electrical devices within the appliance may cause a fire, e.g. heaters or electric ice makers.

Do not operate electrical devices within the appliance.

WARNING ‒ Risk of injury!

¡Containers that contain carbonated drinks may burst.

Do not store containers that contain carbonated drinks in the cool-fresh compartment.

¡Injury to the eyes caused by escaping flammable refrigerant and hazardous gases.

Do not damage the tubes of the refrigerant circuit or the insulation.

CAUTION ‒ Risk of harm to health!

¡To prevent food from being contaminated, you must observe the following instructions.

If the door is open for an extended period of time, this may lead to a considerable temperature increase in the compartments of the appliance.

Regularly clean the surfaces that may come into contact with food and accessible drain systems.

Store raw meat and fish in suitable containers in the refrigerator so that they do not touch or drip on other food.

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If the fridge/freezer is empty for an extended period of time, switch off the appliance, defrost it, clean it and leave the door open to prevent the formation of mould.

¡If acidic food comes into contact with aluminium in the appliance, aluminium foil ions may pass into the food.

Do not consume soiled food.

Damaged appliance

Follow the safety instructions if your appliance is damaged.

WARNING ‒ Risk of electric shock!

¡If the appliance or the power cord is damaged, this is dangerous.

Never operate a damaged appliance.

Never operate an appliance with a cracked or fractured surface.

Never pull on the power cord to unplug the appliance. Always unplug the appliance at the mains.

If the appliance or the power cord is damaged, immediately unplug the power cord or switch off the fuse in the fuse box.

Call Customer Service. → Page 30

Repairs to the appliance should only be carried out by trained specialist staff.

¡Improper repairs are dangerous.

Repairs to the appliance should only be carried out by trained specialist staff.

Only use genuine spare parts when repairing the appliance.

If the power cord of this appliance is damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer, the manufacturer's Customer Service or a similarly qualified person in order to prevent any risk.

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WARNING ‒ Risk of fire!

If the tubes are damaged, flammable refrigerant and harmful gases may escape and ignite.

Keep naked flames and ignition sources away from the appliance.

Ventilate the room.

Switch off the appliance. → Page 18

Unplug the appliance from the mains or switch off the circuit breaker in the fuse box.

Call after-sales service. → Page 30

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Preventing material damage

Follow these instructions to prevent material damage to your appliance, accessories or other objects in your kitchen.

ATTENTION!

¡Contamination with oil or fat may cause plastic parts and door seals to become porous.

Keep plastic parts and door seals free of oil and grease.

¡Using the base, runners or appliance doors as a seat surface or climbing surface may damage the appliance.

Do not stand or support yourself on the base, runners or doors.

¡Metal or metal-style parts in the appliance may contain aluminium. Aluminium reacts when it comes into contact with acidic foods.

Do not store unpackaged food in the appliance.

Environmental protection and saving energy

Help protect the environment by using your appliance in a way that conserves resources and by disposing of reusable materials properly.

Disposing of packaging

The packaging materials are environmentally compatible and can be recycled.

Sort the individual components by type and dispose of them separately.

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Information about current disposal methods are available from your specialist dealer or local authority.

Saving energy

If you follow these instructions, your appliance will use less power.

Selecting the installation location

Follow these instructions when installing your appliance.

¡Keep the appliance out of direct sunlight.

¡Install the appliance as far away as possible from heating elements, cookers and other heat sources:

–Maintain a 30 mm clearance to electric or gas cookers.

–Maintain a 30 cm clearance to oil or solid-fuel cookers.

The appliance needs to cool less frequently at low ambient temperatures.

¡Use a niche depth of 560 mm.

¡Do not cover or block ventilation openings.

The air on the back wall of the appliance can escape more easily and the appliance does not warm up so intensely.

The appliance must cool less frequently.

Saving energy during use

Follow these instructions when using your appliance.

Note: The arrangement of the fittings does not affect the energy consumption of the appliance.

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¡Do not cover or block ventilation openings.

The air on the back wall of the appliance can escape more easily and the appliance does not warm up so intensely.

¡Open the appliance door only briefly.

¡Transport purchased food in a cool bag and place in the appliance quickly.

¡Allow warm food and drinks to cool down before placing them in the appliance.

¡Thaw frozen food in the refrigerator compartment to utilise the low temperature of the food.

The air in the appliance does not warm up so intensely.

The appliance must cool less frequently.

¡Always leave some space between the food and to the back panel.

¡Pack the food airtight.

The air can circulate and the air humidity remains constant.

Installation and connection

You can find out where and how best to install your appliance here. You will also learn how to connect your appliance to the power supply.

Scope of delivery

After unpacking all parts, check for any transport damage and check the completeness of the delivery.

If you have any complaints, contact your dealer or our after-sales service → Page 30.

The delivery consists of the following:

¡Built-in appliance

¡Equipment and accessories1

¡Installation material

¡Installation instructions

¡Operating instructions

¡Customer service booklet

¡Warranty enclosure2

¡Energy label

¡Product data sheet

¡Information on the energy consumption and noises

¡Information about Home Connect

Installing and connecting the appliance

Requirement: The scope of delivery of the appliance is checked.

→ Page 14

1.Observe the criteria for the appliance's installation location.

→ Page 15

2.Install the appliance according to the enclosed installation instructions.

1Depending on the appliance specifications

2Not in all countries

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3.Prepare the appliance for first use.

→Page 15

4.Electrically connect the appliance.

→Page 15

Criteria for the installation location

Follow these instructions when installing your appliance.

WARNING Risk of explosion!

If the appliance is in a space that is too small, a leak in the refrigeration circuit may result in a flammable mixture of gas and air.

Only install the appliance in a

space with a volume of at least 1 m3 per 8 g refrigerant. The volume of refrigerant is indicated on the rating plate. → Fig. / 7

The weight of the appliance ex works may be up to 70 kg depending on the model.

The subfloor must be of sufficient stability to bear the weight of the appliance.

Permitted room temperature

The permitted room temperature depends on the appliance's climate class.

The climate class can be found on the rating plate. → Fig. / 7

Climate class	Permitted room temperat-
	ure
SN	10 °C to 32 °C
N	16 °C to 32 °C
ST	16 °C to 38 °C
T	16 °C to 43 °C

The appliance is fully functional within the permitted room temperature.

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If an appliance with climate class SN is operated at colder room temperatures, the appliance will not be damaged up to a room temperature of

5 °C.

Niche dimensions

Observe the niche dimensions if you install your appliance in the niche. If this is not the case, problems may occur when installing the appliance.

Niche depth

Install the appliance in the recommended niche depth of 560 mm.

If the niche depth is smaller, the energy consumption increases slightly. The niche depth must be a minimum 550 mm.

Niche width

An inside niche width of at least 560 mm is required for the appliance.

Preparing the appliance for the first time

1.Remove the informative material.

2.Remove the protective foil and transit bolts, e.g. remove the adhesive strips and carton.

3.Clean the appliance for the first time. → Page 24

Connecting the appliance to the electricity supply

1.Insert the mains plug of the appliance's power cable in a socket nearby.

The connection data of the appliance can be found on the rating plate. → Fig. / 7

2.Check the mains plug is inserted properly.

a The appliance is now ready for use.

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Familiarising yourself with your appliance

Familiarise yourself with the parts of your appliance.

Appliance

You can find an overview of the parts of your appliance here.

→ Fig.

3	Displays the set temperature for the
4	refrigerator compartment in °C.
	/ sets the temperature of the refri-
5	gerator compartment.
	switches Super cooling on or off.
6	opens the menu for setting Home
7	Connect.
	switches the appliance on or off.

A	Refrigerator compartment
B	Cool-fresh compartment
1	Controls
2	Variable shelf → Page 16
3	Extendable shelf → Page 17
4	Partition with humidity controller
5	Fruit and vegetable container
6	→ Page 17
	Cool-fresh container → Page 17
7	Rating plate
8	Butter and cheese compartment
9	→ Page 17
	Door storage compartment for large
	bottles

Note: Deviations between your appliance and the diagrams may differ with regard to their features and size.

Controls

The controls are used to configure all functions of your appliance and to obtain information about the operating status.

→ Fig.

1	lights up when the appliance is
2	operating.
	switches the warning signal off.

Features

Here you can see an overview of the features of your appliance and their use.

The features of your appliance depend on the model.

Shelf

To vary the shelf as required, you can remove the shelf and re-insert it elsewhere.

→ "Removing the shelf", Page 24

Variable shelf

Use the variable shelf to the store tall items, e.g. cans or bottles, on the shelf below.

You can remove the front section of the variable shelf and slide it below the rear part of the shelf.

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Extendable shelf

In order to achieve an improved overview and to remove food more quickly, remove the shelf.

Fruit and vegetable container

Store fresh fruit and vegetables in the fruit and vegetable container.

You can adjust the humidity in the fruit and vegetable container via the humidity controller on the partition and a special seal.

→ Fig.

The air humidity in the fruit and vegetable container can be set according to the type and amount of food to be stored by turning the humidity control:

¡Low humidity required when primarily storing fruit or if the appliance is very full.

¡Medium humidity required for a mixed load.

¡High humidity required when primarily storing vegetables or when the appliance is not very full.

Condensation may form in the fruit and vegetable container depending on the food and quantity stored.

Remove the condensation with a dry cloth and adjust the air humidity using the humidity controller.

To ensure that the quality and aroma are retained, store fruit and vegetables that are sensitive to cold outside of the appliance at temperatures of approx. 8 °C to 12 °C.

Fruit that is sensitive	¡ Pineapples
to cold	¡ Bananas
	¡ Mangoes
	¡ Papayas
	¡ Citrus fruits
Vegetables that are	¡ Aubergines
sensitive to cold	¡ Gherkins
	¡ Courgettes

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¡ Peppers

¡ Tomatoes

¡ Potatoes

Cool-fresh container

Use the lower temperatures in the cool-fresh container to store perishable food, e.g. fish, meat and sausages.

Butter and cheese compartment

Store butter and hard cheese in the butter and cheese compartment.

Door racks

To adjust the door racks as required, you can remove the door rack and re-insert elsewhere.

→ "Removing door racks", Page 25

Accessories

Only use original accessories. These have been made especially for your appliance. Here you can find an overview of your appliance's accessories and how to use them.

The accessories for your appliance depend on the model.

Egg tray

Store eggs safely on the egg tray.

Bottle holder

The bottle holder prevents bottles from falling over when the appliance door is opened and closed.

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Basic operation

You can find out everything you need to know about operating your appliance here.

Switching on the appliance

1. Press .

a The appliance begins to cool.

2.Set the required temperature. → Page 18

Operating tips

¡Once you have switched on the appliance, the set temperature is only reached after several hours. Do not put any food in the appliance until the temperature has been reached.

¡The housing to the left, the right and beneath the cool-fresh compartment may heat up slightly temporarily. This prevents condensation in the area of the door seal.

¡When you close the door, a vacuum may be created. The door is then difficult to open again. Wait a moment until the vacuum is offset.

Switching off the appliance

Press .

a The appliance stops cooling.

Setting the temperature

After you have switched on the appliance, you can set the temperature.

Setting the refrigerator compartment temperature

Press / repeatedly until the temperature display shows the required temperature.

The recommended temperature in the refrigerator compartment is

4 °C.

Setting the cool-fresh compartment temperature

Note: The temperature in the coolfresh compartment is kept at around 0 °C.

If frost forms on the food items in the cool-fresh compartment, set a higher cool-fresh temperature.

→ Page 27

Additional functions

Find out which additional functions which can be used for your appliance.

Super cooling

Super cooling cools the refrigerator compartment to make it as cold as possible. This cools food and drinks quickly through.

Switch on Super cooling before placing large quantities of food in the freezer compartment.

Note: When Super cooling is switched on, increased noise may occur.

Switching on Super cooling

Press . a lights up.

Note: After approx. 15 hours, the appliance switches to normal operation.

Switching off Super cooling

Press .

a The previously set temperature is displayed.

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