Whirlpool WRQA59CNKZ 36 Inch Wide Counter Depth 4 Door French Door Bottom Mount Refrigerator User Guide

French Door Bottom Mount Refrigerator Quick Start Guide

 WRQA59CNKZ 36 Inch Wide Counter Depth 4 Door French Door Bottom Mount

Refrigerator

IMPORTANT: Before operating this appliance, make sure it has been properly installed according to the appliance’s Owner’s Manual.
The touch-activated controls are located on the left hand refrigerator door. The control panel includes information about various buttons and indicators. Refrigerator and freezer temperature indicator shows last temperature set point.

1. Freezer Compartment BUTTON and INDICATOR (Hold 3 seconds to toggle Fast Freeze)
2. Multi Temp Compartment BUTTON & INDICATOR
3. Refrigerator Compartment BUTTON and INDICATOR (Hold 3 seconds to toggle Fast Cool)
4. Lock and Celsius/Fahrenheit BUTTON (Hold 3 seconds to toggle)
5. Fast Cool BUTTON and INDICATOR
6. Door Open Indicator
7. Celsius/Fahrenheit INDICATOR
8. Fast Freeze Button and INDICATOR
9. Sound Off BUTTON and INDICATOR
10. Vacation Mode INDICATOR
11. Demo Mode INDICATOR

The Control Panel will automatically turn off after one minute of inactivity. To turn on the control panel, press any key.

Freezer Settings

Multi Temp Compartment Setting

Multi Temp compartment function allows you to toggle preset temperature for Multi Temp compartment.

*To activate/deactivate Coolest setting (-20°C), press Multi Temp Preset Temperature Button {9 for 3 seconds. When the Coolest setting is activated, all three icons will be lit.

Adjusting Multi Temperature Compartment Setting

• Unlock the user interface. See “Key Lock” item for details.
• Traditional freezer O°F (-17.78°C): Food already frozen and fresh food
• Mild freezer 10°F (-12.22°C): Food already frozen
• Soft freezer 19°F (-7.2°C): Food already frozen
• When Multi Temp set to 0°F (-17.78°C) or 4°F (-15.55°C), both Flexible Freezer temperature and Freezer temperature would be cooled down to the colder setting whichever Freezer or Multi Temp Freezer has.
• Multi Temp Freezer compartment temperature might not be able to reach 20°F (-6.66°C) when the ambient temperature is around 50°F (10°C) or colder.

When adjusting temperature set points, use the following chart as a guide:

Viewing and Adjusting Temperature Set Points
Adjusting Fresh Food and Freezer Compartment Temperature:
For your convenience, your refrigerator and freezer controls are preset at the factory.

When you first install your refrigerator, make sure that the controls are still set to the recommended set points. The factory recommended set points are 37°F (2.78°C) for the refrigerator and 0°F (-17.78°C) for the freazer.
Pressing Refrigerator or Freezer Temperature button will toggle through temperature set points in Celsius (°C).

IMPORTANT:

• Wait 24 hours before you put food into refrigerator. If you add food before refrigerator has cooled completely, your food may spoil.
  NOTE: Adjusting the set points to a colder-than recommended setting will not cool compartments any faster.

• if the temperature is too warm or too cold in the refrigerator or freezer, first check the air vents to be sure they are not blocked before adjusting the controls.

• The recommended settings should be correct for normal household use.
  The controls are set correctly when milk or juice is as cold as you like and when ice cream is firm,
  NOTE: Areas such as a garage, basement or porch may have higher humidity or extreme temperatures. You may need to adjust the temperature away from the recommended settings to accommodate for these conditions.

• Wait at least 24 hours between adjustments. Recheck the temperatures before other adjustments are made.
  NOTE: To toggle the temperature between degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit, touch and hold “Max Ice” and “Max cool” buttons for 3 seconds and the temperature display will change.

Fast Cool
The Fast Cool feature assists with periods of high refrigerator use, full grocery loads, or temporarily warm room temperatures.

• Unlock the user interface. See “Key Lock” item for details.
• To turn on the Fast Cool feature, press and hold the Refrigerator Temperature button for 3 seconds. When feature is activated, the Fast Cool icon will be illuminated. The Fast Cool feature will remain on for 2 hours unless manually turned off.
• To manually turn off the Fast Cool feature, press and hold the Refrigerator Temperature button fi for 3 seconds. The Fast Cool icon will turn off  when feature is not activated.
• Adjusting refrigerator temperature will automatically turn off the Fast Cool feature.

Door Open Alarm

• The Door Open Alarm feature sounds an alarm and blinks the “Door Open” icon when any of the four doors is open for 2 minutes or more.
• The alarm will repeat every 5 minutes. Close all doors to turn it off.

NOTE: To mute audible alarm while keeping the doors open, such as while cleaning inside of refrigerator, touch any button on control panel. The alarm sound will be temporarily turned off, but the Door Open icon will still be displayed on the control panel.

Temperature Unit (°C or °F)

• Unlock the user interface. See “Key Lock” item for details.
• Press and hold buttons “°C” and “°F” for 3 seconds to toggle the display temperature unit between Degree Celsius and Degree Fahrenheit

Fast Freeze
The amount of fresh food (in kg) that can be frozen in 24 hours is indicated on the appliance rating plate.

• Unlock the user interface. See “Key Lock” item for details.

•  Press Freezer Temperature button B for 3 seconds (until the Fast Freeze Indicator lights up), 30 hours before placing fresh food in the freezer.
  After placing fresh food in the freezer, 30 hours on Fast Freeze function is generally sufficient; After 50 hrs the fast freeze function automatically deactivates.

• To manually turn off the Fast Freeze feature, press and hold the Freezer Temperature button {] for 3 seconds. The Fast Freeze icon will turn off.

• Adjusting the freezer temperature will automatically turn off the Fast Freeze feature.

Total coverage cooling

Multi flow vents efficiently direct fresh, chilled air to every shelf and corner making sure that each item is culled right, no matter where you store it.

Vacation Mode
This mode is designed to avoid your appliance from wasting energy during times when it’s not in regular use (when you are on vacation for example).
By selecting this function the temperature of fresh food compartment will automatically be set to 53.6°F (12°C).

• Unlock the user interface. See “Key Lock” item for details.
• To use the Vacation mode, press mode button until Holiday mode indicator is lit on the display.
• To exit the Vacation mode, press the mode button until no mode icon is lit on the display.
• Adjusting the refrigerator temperature will automatically turn off the Vacation Mode feature.

IMPORTANT: If this mode is selected then all food and drinks must be removed from fresh food compartment.

Demo Mode
This mode is used when refrigerator is on display in a retail shop or if you want to turn the cooling off and deactivate all other functions (except interior lighting).
Demo mode can be used when going on extended holiday. See the “Holiday and Moving Care” section for proper steps on leaving your refrigerator in this mode for long periods of time.

• Unlock the user interface. See “Key Lock” item for details.
• if you turn on Demo mode, the “Demo” icon will light up on the display.
• Enter or exit Demo mode by pressing and holding the Sound On or Off button and the Lock button simultaneously for 3 seconds.

Sound ON-OFF

• Unlock the user interface. See “Key Lock” item for details.
• Press button to activate/deactivate the tones from the control buttons. This does not affect door ajar alarm.

Key Lock

• Press and hold the Lock button for 3 seconds to activate lock feature.
• To deactivate lock, press and hold the Lock button for 3 seconds.

The lock feature will ignore all interaction with control panel until the user unlocks the control panel. This feature is meant to avoid unintentional changing of settings.

Lighting
The refrigerator has an interior light that comes on any time door is opened.
NOTE: The light is LED which does not need to be replaced. If the LED does not illuminate when the door is opened, call service to replace light.
For information on the warranty please visit
https://www.whirlpool.com/service-and-support , or in Canada
https://www.whirlpool.ca/service-and-support.
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