HAFELE HF-BI60X Built-In Fridge Instruction Manual
- June 5, 2024
- HAFELE
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HAFELE HF-BI60X Built-In Fridge Instruction Manual
Important safety instructions
Dear customer:
Thanks for choosing our products. In order to guarantee the proper usage of
refrigerator and avoid personal injury, please carefully read the contents
with below symbols in this manual:
Electricity
Power
alternating current of this refrigerator is 220V/50H, if voltage fluctuate too
large ( exceed the range of 187-242V), the refrigerator may not start to work,
The thermostat compressor will burns out and compressor may sound abnormally,
at this time, it must be equipped with an automatic voltage stabilizer of more
than 750W
Grounding
The refrigerator has to be powered with a special independent socket and
reliably grounded.
Power cord and plug
- Please do not pull out the plug with jerk. Hold the power plug tightly, then pull it out from socket directly. Make sure the power cord is not squeezed by the refrigerator or user. Please be cautious to avoid damaging the power cord when moving refrigerator away from the wall.
- Do not use the damaged power cord or worn power plug. Please ask the authorized service personals to replace the damaged power cord.
- Please disconnect the refrigerator with power supply before cleaning, maintenance and replacing LED light.
Leakage of flammable gas
In case of leakage of flammable gas, please open the doors and windows, do not plug or unplug the power plug.
Usage
Food storage
- This is household refrigerator which can only be used for food storage, please do not store blood, medicine or biological in refrigerator. The flammale and explosive dangerous products, highly corrosive acid or alkali shall not be stored in refrigerator.
- Do not put bottled beer or drink inside the freezer compartment to avoid frost crack.
- When the refrigerator is running, do not touch the freezing surface in freezer compartment with wet hands to avoid the skin adhered to the freezing surface.
Usage environment
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The refrigerator should be built-in the cabinet, please refer to the “Installation instruction” for the specifications of cabinet.
The refrigerator shall be placed away from heat source and avoid direct sunshine to guarantee the performance. -
Do not expose the refrigerator to freezing environment, outdoors or rain.
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Do not place the refrigerator in moisture, if the refrigerator is splashed with water, wipe the water out immediately in order to avoid rusting or damage of electrical insulation performance.
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Do not place the heavy or container filled with water on top of refrigerator in order to avoid the personal injury or leakage of electricity caused by falling of the heavy or container.
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Do not place or use electrical appliances such as power plug, stabilized voltage supply, microwave on top of or inside refrigerator to avoid electromagnetic interference.
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Do not store or use gasoline or other flammable substances near to refrigerator to avoid fire disaster.
Maintenance
Clean
Do not use water to spray the refrigerator, make sure the refrigerator is not
placed in wet environment to avoid damage of electrical insulation
performance.
When clean the refrigerator, please pull out the power plug. Make sure the
refrigerator is powered off for at least 5 minutes before connecting to power
supply again, or else the compressor may breakdown due to consecutive
operation.
Clean
Do not use water to spray the refrigerator, make sure the refrigerator is not
placed in wet environment to avoid damage of electrical insulation
performance.
The refrigerator can only be disassembled or repaired by qualified serviceman
Danger: Risk of child entrapment. Before you throw away your old refrigerator
or freezer:
- Take off the doors
- Leave the shelves in place so that children may not easily climb inside.
Preparations before using refrigerator
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Remove all packaging materials including the foaming base and the adhesive tapes to fix the accessories.
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Check the accessories and materials
Please check the parts inside package according to packing list. If there is difference, please consult the seller. -
Place the refrigerator in proper position
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Please clean the refrigerator before use(refer to the chapter “clean of refrigerator” on page 21)
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After the refrigerator is leveled and cleaned, please wait 2 hours before connecting to the power supply.
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Remove the protection film
Please remove the protection film before use to guarantee the heat dissipation of refrigerator.
Steps for first use of product
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Connect to power supply
After frist connecting to power
supply, it will take several hours for refrigerator to complete the refrigeration.
The default preset temperature is: refrigerator compartment(5 oC) freezed compartment(-18 oC) -
Put the food inside refrigerator
The food can be put into refrigerator 2-3 hours after connecting to power supply. Please do not store too much food in freezer conpartment. The total weight of the food stored in each shelf should not be more than 24kg -
Using refrigerator
Keep the refrigerator running for 24 hours to reach the steady state after putting the food inside refrigerator. After that, the temperature can be changed.
Tips: After changing the temperature setting, it will take some time before the cabinet temperature reach balance.The length of time depends on ambient temperature,frequency of opening refrigerator doors and the food storedin refrigerator
Installation instruction
In order to make the refrigerator work well, please obey below installation steps.
Attentions before installation
Installation position
Please keep the refrigerator away from direct sunshine and heating appliances
such as stove top, over and dishwashers.
Power supply
- Make sure the power plug can be easily pulled in and out when installing the refrigerator.
- The power plug should be inserted into a special socket to avoid the unexpect – ed power off of refrigerator. Do not use extension cord or porous adapter.
- Tho understand the requirement for power supply by referring to the nameplate in left side of refigerator.
- The refrigerator should be correctly grounded.
Installation parts list
| Cabinet size (mm) | Product size (mm) |
|---|---|
| Net empty width | 573+3 |
| Net empty depth | >560(recommend 600) |
| Net empty Height | 1782+3 |
Preparations before installing the refrigerator
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Confirm the direction of opening the door
The refrigerator door is opened from left side. If change to open door from right side,please install the upper and lower hinge on left side after reversing the hinges. The reversing direction is shown as arrow in the diagram. Install the hinge fixing palte remove the small fixing plate in left side, then install the small fixing plate in right side after changing the direction of opening the door. -
Install the front top plate
Fix the front top plate in front top of refrigerator with screws.
The steps to put the refrigerator inside cabinet
- Pass the power cord through the hole on the back of the cabinet. If the power socket is inside cabinet, firstly plug the power plug into socket then put the refrigerator inside cabinet
- Move the refrigerator into cabinet, adjust the refrigerator position in fore-and-aft direction to ensure the front of hinge fixing plate is leveled with cabinet.
Do not squeeze the power cord. A broken power cord may lead to fire disaster.
- Fix the side of hinges with 2 screws(one screw to fix the first hinge, the other screw to fix the fourth hinge), after installing the cabinet door , insert other screws into the screw holes on the hinge,then tighten the screws.
- Fix the lower bottom feet to cabinet with screws.
The steps to install the upper cabinet door
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Measure the distance between upper mounting plate of refrigerator compartment door and top/left of cabinet and record the position.
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Loosen cap screws, then remove the mounting plate.
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Measure and confirm the position to fix mounting plate on cabinet door, then fix the mounting plate to cabinet door with screws.
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Fix the cabinet door to refrigerator compartment door with mounting plate, then tighten the screws ( please do not overtighten the screws because the screws need to be loosened later).
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Fix the refrigerator door to cabinet door with lower mounting plate.
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The procedure of installing the cabinet door to freezer compartment door is the same with the procedure of installing the cabinet door to refrigerator compartment door .
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Tuck the sealing strip into the gap between refrigerator and cabinet.
The steps to adjust the refrigerator cabinet door
Steps to adjust the upper end of refrigerator cabinet door
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Adjustment of cabinet door in upward and downward direction Adjustment in upward direction: Firstly adjust the cap screw A upwards, then adjust the cap screw B upwards. Adjustment in downward direction: Firstly adjust the cap screw
B downwards, then fix the cap screw A. -
Adjustment of cabinet door in leftward and downward/fore-and-aft direction Adjustment in leftward and downward direction: Loosen cap screw A, move the mounting plate to right position, then fix cap screw B.
Steps to adjust the lower end of refrigerator cabinet door
- Loosen the screws slightly , then adjust the depth( Z) and tighten the screw.
- Affter adjusting the horizontal position of refrigerator cabinet door fix the lower fixing pate refrigerator door with screws.
Tips for energy saving
During the installation process
- Install the refrigerator in the place with the lowest indoor temperature, keep away from direct sunlight, heating pipe, ventilation adjustment device and other heating appliances.
- Make sure the refrigerator is well ventilated.
During use process
- Do not make the refrigerator full of foods to guarantee the air circulation.
- Do not pad the shelves with anything such as aluminum foil, waxed paper or tissue.
- Do not make the refrigerator full of foods to guarantee the air circulation.
- Shorten unnecessary time of opening the door.
Before putting the food into refrigerator
- Remove all packages.
- Clean the cabinet with warm dish detergent to remove the dust during manufacturing and transportation.
- There is odor when first use the refrigerator, but the odor will disappear after the temperature inside refrigerator is low enough.
- Have the refrigerator running for 2-3 hours with no food inside to make every compartment reach adequate temperature.
During use process
Main function introduction
Control panel
| Power switch: | Power on/off the refrigerator |
|---|---|
| Temperature zone selection: | Select the temperature zone of refrigerator and |
freezer compartment
Temperature adjustment:| Adjust the temperature settings in selected
temperature zone
Function selection:| Sekect functions of fast cooling, fast freeze, holiday
Temperature zone displaying icon:| Display current temperature zone
Temperature displaying icon:| Display the temperature setting or value for
current temperature zone
Fast cooling icon:| Indicate the refrigerator is in fast cooling status
Fast freeze icon:| Indicate the refrigerator is in fast freeze status
Holiday mode icon:| Indicate the refrigerator is in holiday mode status
Fridge compartment refrigeration power off icon:| Indicate the fridge
compartment refrigeration is power off
Power switch
Power on the refrigerator
When the refrigerator is in power off status, press “ power switch “ button
for 3 seconds, the indicator is on and the refrigerator starts running.
Power off the refrigerator
Press “ power switch “ button for 3 seconds, the indicator is on and the
refrigerator stops running.
Adjust the temperature inside refrigerator compartment
- Press the “temperature zone selection”button, the refrigerator and freezer temperature zone displaying icon will be lighted in turn.
- Select refrigerator compartment temperature zone, the corresponding displaying icon will be lighted and the actual temperature inside refrigerator compartment will be displayed.
- Press “temperature regulation”button, the temperature displaying icon will display current setting of refrigerator compartment and blink.
- Press “temperature regulation”button again,the refrigerator compartment temperature setting will cycle in turns:”02”-”03”-”04”-”05”-”06”-”07”-”08”-”02”.
If there is no pressing button operation in 5 seconds, current setting will be confirmed.
Adjust the temperature inside freezer compartment
- Press the “temperature zone selection”button, the refrigerator and freezer temperature zone displaying icon will be lighted in turn.
- Select freezer compartment temperature zone, the corresponding displaying icon will be lighted and the actual temperature inside freezer compartment will be displayed.
- Press “temperature regulation”button, the temperature displaying icon will display current setting of freezer compartment and blink.
- Press “temperature regulation”button again, the refrigerator compartment temperature setting will cycle in turns: ”12”-”13”-”14”-”15”-”16”-”17”-”18”-”19”-”-20”-”-21”-”-22”-”-23”-”-24 -”-12”
If there is no pressing button operation in 5 seconds, current setting will be confirmed.
Fast cooling function
Turn on fast cooling function
Press “mode selection”button, ”fast cooling” icon will blink. After 5
seconds,”fast cooling” icon will be lighted and fast cooling function is
enabled.
Turn off fast cooling function
In fast cooling mode, press “mode selection” button, the “fast cooling” icon
will blink.
After 5 seconds, the “ fast cooling “ icon turns off and the refrigerator
quits fast cooling mode.
Fast cooling function
Turn on fast freeze function
Press “mode selection”button, ”fast freeze” icon will blink. After 5 seconds,
the “ fast freeze “ icon turns off and the refrigerator quits fast freeze mode
Turn on fast freeze function
In fast freeze mode, press “mode selection” button, the “fast freeze” icon
will blink.
After 5 seconds, the “fast freeze” icon turns off and the refrigerator quits
fast freeze mode.
Holiday mode function
Turn on holiday mode function
Press “mode selection”button 3 times, ”holiday mode” icon will blink. After 5
sec onds, ” holiday mode” icon will be lighted and holiday mode function is
enabled.
Turn off holiday mode function
In holiday mode function, press “mode selection” button 3 times, the “holiday
mode” icon will blink. After 5 seconds, the “ holiday mode “ con turns off and
the refrigerator quits holiday mode.
Fridge compartment refrigeration power off function
Turn on fridge compartment refrigeration power off function Press “ mode selection “ button 4 times, “ fridge compartment refriigeration power off “ icon will blink. After 5 seconds, “ fridge compartment refrigeration power off “ icon will be lighted and fridge compartment refrigeration power off function is enabled.
Turn off fridge compartment refrigeration power off function
In fridge compartment refrigeration power off mode, press “ mode selection “
but ton 4 times, the “fridge compartment refrigeration power off “ icon will
blink. After 5 seconds, the “ fridge compartment refrigeration power off “
icon turns off and the refrigerator quits fridge compartment refrigeration
power off mode.
Open door alarm function
If the refrigerator door is open for 180 seconds, the buzzer will sound alarm
3 times by 0.5 second interval.
If the refrigerator door is still open after 30 seconds, the buzzer will
repeat sounding alarm 3 times by 0.5 second interval until the refrigerator
door is closed.
Instruction and attentions for usage of refrigerator compartment
The average temperature in refrigerator compartment is 0~10 oC, so it can only be used for short-term storage of food.
Suggested storage area for various food
The temperature in different areas of refrigerator is different, so the food should be stored in recommended area shown as beloew figure:
Usage of crisper box
The food and vegetable stored in refrigerator compartment lose moisture soon. Maintain the humidity in the crisper to keep more moisture of food and vegetable, fresh food and vegetable is good for health.
Usage of bottle rack
The position of bottle rack can be moved according to storage requirement. The bottle rack can be pulled out by lifting up. When assemble the bottle rack, first place the bottle rack in restraint of door liner, then push it down to postiton.
Attentions for food storage in refrigerator compartment
Attentions for food storage in freezer compartment
The low temperature of freezer compartment is helpful to keep freshness of food, so the food need to be stored for a long time is recommended to be stored inside freezer compartment, but please pay attention to the suggested storage period on food package.
Recommended preservation period and quality guarantee period for various food
| Food | preservation period(month) | quality guarantee period(month) |
|---|---|---|
| chicken,beef,mutton,shrimp | 4 | 9 |
| dumpling,frozen bun,spareribs,popsicle | 4 | 6 |
| cake,bread,sliced meet,cheese | 2 | 6 |
| crab,sea food,sausage,ice cream | 1 | 3 |
Please refer to the instructions on the package of the food manufacturer or the professional refrigeration manual for detailed instructions.
The specific storage time depends on the quality of the food, the pretreatment before freezing and the different requirements of each family for the food quality.
Attentions for food storage in freezer compartment
Clean refrigerator
The residue food inside refrigerator will lead to odor, so the refrigerator need to be regularly cleaned.
The steps for cleaning
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Pull out the power plug to cut of the power supply.
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Clean the refrigerator with soft tissue or sponge saturated with warm water or neutral detergent.
Do not use hard brush,steel wire brush,organic solvent such as decontamination powder,gasoline,banana oil,acetone, hot water or acid,soda to clean the refrigerator. -
Use dry cloth to clean the water on surface of refrigerator.
When clean refrigerator, do not use water to spray over refrigerator to avoid leakage accident. Please use dry cloth to clean the electrical components such as switch and LED light.
Tips: The door seal strip is easy to get dirty, please keep it clean.
During the process of manual defrosting,maintenance or cleaning, the temperature rise of frozen food may lead to shortening of storage period.
The frozen compartment is automatically defrosted, no need for manually defrosting.
Do not use mechanical devices or other methods to accelerate the defrosting process
Transportation of refrigerator
- Press power button for 3 seconds to cut off the power supply, then pull the power plug out of socket.
- Take off all foods from refrigerator.
- Use adhesive tapes to fix the moving parts such as drawers, shelves, crisper boxes, ect.
- Close refrigerator door and fix the door with adhesive tapes to avoid door open in transportation.
- In transportation, the titled angel between refrigerator and vertical direction should be less than 45 degrees to avoid the malfunction of refrigeration system.
The refrigerator can not be laid down.
Out of service of refrigerator
How to deal with power cut
- Even in summer, food can be stored without any problem for 10 hours after power cut Don’t put any new food in after the power cut. Try not to open the refrigerator door
- If you know you are going to lose power, you can make more ice with a water – tight container
- and place it on top of the freezer
A temperature rise in the freezer due to power outages or other failures can shorten the storage period and reduce the quality of food
Out on holiday
If it is a short holiday, please take out perishable food, adjust the temperature to a proper gear, and close the refrigerator door after confirmation.
Not in use
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If the refrigerator needs to stop using for a long time, remove the power plug, cut off the power and clean the refrigerator as described above
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Open the door of the refrigerator when it is not in use to prevent the trace food residue in the refrigerator from producing bad smell
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When the power is unplugged, leave a gap of at least 5 minutes before switching on again.
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In general, do not stop using the refrigerator, so as not to affect the service life of the refrigerator
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When the appliances are scrapped, they should be properly dis posed or handled by professionals and should not be discarded to avoid environmental hazards or other hazards
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