vestfrost VR-FF375-2H0I Free Standing Larder Refrigerator User Manual

vestfrost VR-FF375-2H0I Free Standing Larder Refrigerator

BEFORE USING YOUR FRIDGE

General warnings

WARNING: Keep vantilation openings, in the appliance enclosure or in the built-in structure, clear of obstruction. WARNING: Do not use mechanical devices or other means to accelerate the defrosting process, other than those recommended by the manufacturer. WARNING: Do not use electrical appliances inside the food storage compartments of the appliance, unless they are of the type recommended by the manufacturer. WARNING: Do not damage the refrigerant circuit. WARNING: When positioning the appliance, ensure the supply cord is not trapped or damaged. WARNING: Do not locate multiple portable socket- outlets or portable power supplies at the rear of the appliance. WARNING: In order to avoid any hazards resulting from the instability of the appliance, it must be fixed in accordance with the following instructions: If your appliance uses R600a as a refrigerant (this information will be provided on the label of the cooler) you should take care during transportation and installation to prevent the cooler elements from being damaged. R600a is anenvironmentally friendly and natural gas, but it is explosive. In the event of a leak due to damage of the cooler elements, move your fridge away from open flames or heat sources and ventilate the room where the appliance is located for a few minutes.

• While carrying and positioning the fridge, do not damage the cooler gas circuit.
• Do not store explosive substances such as aerosol cans with a flammable propellant in this appliance.
• This appliance is intended to be used in household and domestic applications
• If the socket does not match the refrigerator plug, it must be replaced by the manufacturer, a service agent or similarly qualified persons in order to avoid a hazard.
• A specially grounded plug has been connected to the power cable of your appliance. This plug should be used with a specially grounded socket of 16 amperes. If there is no such socket in your house, please have one installed by an authorised electrician.
• This appliance can be used by children aged from 8 years and above and persons with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities or lack of experience and knowledge if they have been given supervision or instruction concerning use of the appliance in a safe way and understand the hazards involved. Children shall not play with the appliance. Cleaning and user maintenance shall not be made by children without supervision.
• If the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by the manufacturer, an authorised service agent or similar qualified persons, in order to avoid a haz ard.
• This appliance is not intended for use at altitudes exceeding 2000 m.

Old and out-of-order fridges

• If your old fridge has a lock, break or remove the lock before discarding it, because children may get trapped inside it and may cause an accident.
• Old fridges and freezers contain isolation material and refrigerant with CFC. Therefore, take care not to harm environment when you are discarding your old fridges.

Notes:

• Please read the instruction manual carefully before installing and using your appliance. We are not responsible for the damage occurred due to misuse.
• Follow all instructions on your appliance and instruction manual, and keep this manual in a safe place to resolve the problems that may occur in the future.
• This appliance is produced to be used in homes and it can only be used in domestic environments and for the specified purposes. It is not suitable for commercial or common use. Such use will cause the guarantee of the appliance to be cancelled and our company will not be responsible for the losses to be occurred.
• This appliance is produced to be used in houses and it is only suitable for cooling / storing foods. It is not suitable for commercial or common use and/or for storing substances except for food. Our company is not responsible for the losses to be occurred in the contrary case.

Safety warnings

• Do not use multiple receptacles or extension cord.
• Do not plug in damaged, torn or old plugs.
• Do not pull, bend or damage the cord.
• This appliance is designed for use by adults, do not allow children to play with the appliance or let them hang off the door.
• Do not plug-in or out the plug from the receptacle with wet hands to prevent electrocution!
• Do not place explosive or flammable material in your fridge for your safety. Place drinks with higher alcohol amount vertically and by closing their necks tightly in the fridge.
• Do not cover the body or top of fridge with lace. This affects the performance of your fridge.
• Fix the accessories in the fridge during transportation to prevent damage to accessories.

Installing and Operating your Fridge
Before starting to use your fridge, you should pay attention to the following points:

• Operating voltage for your fridge is 220-240 V at 50Hz.
• Do not use plug adapter.
• We do not take the responsibility of the damages that occur due to ungrounded usage.
• Place your fridge in a place that it would not be exposed to direct sunlight.
• Your appliance should be at least 50 cm away from stoves, ovens and heater cores, and should be at least 5 cm away from electrical ovens.
• It should never be used outdoors or left under the rain.
• When your fridge is placed next to a deep freezer, there should be at least 2 cm between them to prevent humidity on the outer surface.
• Do not place anything on your fridge, and install your fridge in a suitable place so that at least 15 cm is available on the upper side.
• If you will place your fridge next to your kitchen cabinets, leave a space of 2 cm between them.
• Fit the plastic wall spacers to the condenser at the back of the refrigerator in order to prevent leaning to the wall for good performance.
• Install the distance adjustment plastic (the part with black vanes at the rear) by turning it 90° to prevent the condenser from touching the wall.  Refrigerator should be placed against a wall with a free distance not exceeding 75 mm.
• The adjustable front legs should stabilized in an appropriate height to allow your fridge operate in a stable and proper way. You can adjust the legs by turning them clockwise (or in the opposite direction). This should be done before placing food in the fridge.
• Before using your fridge, wipe all parts with warm water added with a tea spoonful of sodium bicarbonate, and then rinse with clean water and dry. Place all parts after cleaning.

Before Using your Fridge

• When it is operated for the first time or after transportation, keepyour fridge in the upright position for 3 hours and plug it on to allow efficient operation. Otherwise, you may damage the compressor.
• Your fridge may have a smell when it is operated for the first time; the smell will fade away when your fridge starts to cool.

Information on No-Frost Technology
No-frost refrigerators differ from other static refrigerators in their operating principle. In normal refrigerators the humidity entering the refrigerators due to opening the door and the humidity inherent in the food causes freezing in the backside of air duct. To defrost the frost and ice in the backside of air duct, you are periodically required to turn off the refrigerator, place the food that needs to be kept cooled in a separately cooled. The situation is completely different in no-frost refrigerators. Dry and cold air is blown into the refrigerator compartment homogeneously and evenly from several points via a blower fan. Cold air dispersed homogeneously and evenly between the shelves cools all of your food equally and uniformly, thus preventing humidity and freezing. Therefore your no-frost refrigerators allows you ease of use, in addition to its huge capacity and stylish appearance.

USAGE INFORMATION

Operating your Fridge

1. Fridge set button (CS)
2.  Mode button (M)
3. Drink cool button
4. Mute button
5. Fridge set value screen 6a / 6b. Super cool symbol
6. Economy mode symbol
7. Low voltage symbol
8. hild lock symbol
9.  Alarm (SR) symbol
10. Sound Off symbol
11. Drink cool value screen (Active symbol may change according to language (Min-Dk.))

Fridge Department Temperature Adjustment

• Initial temperature value for fridge Indicator is 5oC.
• Press fridge set button.
• The set value for fridge indicator starts to flash when you press this button.
• The value for fridge indicator changes for a lower temperature each time you press this button when the indicator is flashing. (8oC, 7oC, 6oC, 5oC, 4oC, 3oC, 2oC)
• When you wait for 5 seconds without pressing any button after reaching the desired set value, the set value is activated and your fridge operates with that set value.
• When you press set button until the value for fridge Indicator reaches 2oC (maximum cold position), if you press the button again, display values start again from 8oC.

Recommended Temperature Values for the fridge

Super Cooling Mode

• To cool plenty of food
• To cool foods rapidly

How to use;

• Initial temperature value for fridge Indicator is 5oC.
• Press fridge set button.
• The set value for fridge indicator starts to flash when you press this button.
• The value for fridge indicator changes for a lower temperature each time you press this button when the indicator is flashing. (8oC, 7oC, 6oC, 5oC, 4oC, 3oC, 2oC)
• When you wait for 5 seconds without pressing any button after reaching the desired set value, the set value is activated and your fridge operates with that set value.
• When you press set button until the value for fridge Indicator reaches 2oC (maximum cold position), if you press the button again, display values start again from 8oC.

Economy mode
Your fridge will consume minimum energy at 5°C set value which is the most optimum stor-age condition.
When to use;

• Push “mode button” until a circle appears around economy symbol.
• If no pressed any button for 1 sec, mode will be set. Circle will blink 3 times. When mode is set, buzzer will sound beep beep.
• While the Economy mode is active the letters “ fridge. e” will be seen at the indicator in the.

Function of Child lock

When would it be used?
To prevent children from playing with the buttons and changing the settings you have made, child lock is available in the appliance.

Activating Child Lock
Press Drink Cool and Mode buttons simultaneously for 5 seconds.

Deactivating Child Lock
Press Drink Cool and Mode buttons simultaneously for 5 seconds.

Note:
Child lock will also be deactivated if electricity is interrupted or the fridge is unplugged.

Screen saver mode

How to use?

This mode will be activated when you press Mute button for 5 seconds. If pressed no button in 5 seconds when he mode is active, lights of the control panel will go off. If you press any button when lights of control panel are off, the current settings will appear on the screen, and then you can maket he adjustment as you want. If you neither cancel screen saver mode nor press any button in 5 seconds, the control panel will go off again. To cancel screen saver mode press Mute button for 5 seconds again. When screen saver mode is active you can also activate child lock. If you do not press any button for 5 seconds after activating child lock, the lights of the control panel will go off. Then, you can view the previous settings and that child lock symbol is active when you pres any button, and you can cancel child lock as is described in the instruction of that mode.

Drink cool mode

Drink cool button should be pressed to activate beverage cooling mode. Each press will increment the time for 5 minutes up to 30 minutes, and then it returns to “0”. You can view the time zone you want to set on “Drink cool alarm counter” section. Drink cool mode only lets the refrigerator release an audible alert after a specific period.

Important: It should not be confused with cooling.
Note : You must adjust the time according to the temperature of the bottles before you put them in. For example, you can set the time as “5 minutes” in the beginning. After this time, if the cooling is insufficient, you might set another 5 or 10 minutes. This mode may be used as simple timer in Fridge models
Mute Mode

This mode will be activated when you press Mute button. When this mode is activeted all button sounds and sound alarms will be off.
This mode can be canceled by pressing mute button.

Warnings about Temperature Adjustments

• Do not pass to another adjustment before completing an adjustment
• Temperature adjustments should be made according to the frequency of door open-ings, the quantity of food kept inside the fridge and ambient temperature of the place of your fridge.
• Your fridge should be operated up to 24 hours according to the ambient temperature without interruption after being plugged in to be completely cooled.
• Do not open doors of your fridge frequently and do not place much food inside it in this period.
• A 5 minute delaying function is applied to prevent damage to the compressor of your fridge, when you take the plug off and then plug it on again to operate it or when an energy breakdown occurs. Your fridge will start to operate normally after 5 minutes.
• Your fridge is designed to operate in the ambient temperature intervals stated in the standards, according to the climate class stated in the information label. We do not recommend operating your fridge out of stated temperatures value limits in terms of cooling effectiveness.
• This appliance is designed for use at an ambient temperature within the 10°C – 43°C range.

Climate class and meaning :
T (tropical) : This refrigerating appliance is intended to be used at ambient temperatures ranging from 16 °C to 43 °C.
ST (subtropical): This refrigerating appliance is intended to be used at ambient temperatures ranging from 16 °C to 38 °C.
N (temperate): This refrigerating appliance is intended to be used at ambient temperatures ranging from 16 °C to 32 °C.
SN (extended temperate): This refrigerating appliance is intended to be used at ambient temperatures ranging from 10 °C to 32 °C.
If turbo fan is available on your product

Do not block air inlet and outlet openings when storing food, otherwise air circulation that provided by turbo fan will be impaired.

Accessories

(In some models) Keeping food in the Chiller compartment instead of the freezer or refrigerator compartment allows food retain freshness and flavour longer, while preserving its fresh appearance. When chiller tray becomes dirty, remove it and wash it with water. (Water freezes at 0°C, but foods containing salt or sugar freeze at temperature lower than that) Normally people use the chiller compartment for raw fish, lightly pickled, rice, etc…

Do not put foods you want to freeze or ice trays in order to make ice.

Removing the Chiller shelf

• Pull the chiller shelf out toward you by sliding on rails.
• Pull the chiller shelf up from rail to remove.

(In some models) When the humidity controler in the closed position, it allows fresh fruit and vegetables to be stored longer. In case of the crisper is totally full, the fresh dial is located in front of crisper, should be opened. By means of this the air in the crisper and humidity rate will be controlled and endurance life will be increased. If you see any condensation on glass shelf, humidity control should be taken into the open positions.

Visual and text descriptions on the accessories section may vary according to the model of your appliance.

FOOD STORAGE

• To reduce humidity and avoid the consequent formation of frost, always store liquids in sealed containers in the refrigerator. Frost tends to concentrate in the coldest parts of the evaporating liquid and, in time, your appliance will require more frequent defrosting.

• Never place warm food in the refrigerator. Warm food should be allowed to cool at room temperature and should be arranged to ensure adequate air circulation in the refrigerator compartment.

• Make sure no items are in direct contact with the rear wall of the appliance as frost will develop and packaging will stick to it. Do not open the refrigerator door frequently.

• We recommend that meat and clean fish are loosely wrapped and stored on the glass shelf just above the vegetable bin where the air is cooler, as this provides the best storage conditions.

• Store loose fruit and vegetable items in the crisper containers.

• Store loose fruit and vegetables in the crisper.

• Storing fruit and vegetables separately helps prevent ethylene-sensitive vegetables (green leaves, broccoli, carrot, etc.) being affected by ethylene-releaser fruits (banana, peach, apricot, fig etc.).

• Do not put wet vegetables into the refrigerator. Storage time for all food products depends on the initial quality of the food and an uninterrupted refrigeration cycle before refrigerator storage.

• To avoid cross-contamination do not store meat products with fruit and vegetables. Water leaking from meat may contaminate other products in the refrigerator. You should package meat products and clean any leakages on the shelves.

• Do not put food in front of the air flow passage. Consume packaged foods before the recommended expiry date.
  NOTE: Potatoes, onions and garlic should not be stored in the refrigerator. For normal working conditions, it will be sufficient to adjust the temperature setting of your refrigerator to +4 °C.

• The temperature of the fridge compartment should be in the range of 0-8 °C, fresh foods below 0 °C are iced and rotted, bacterial load increases above 8 °C, and spoils.

• Do not put hot food in the refrigerator immediately, wait for the temperature to pass outside. Hot foods increase the degree of your refrigerator and cause food poisoning and unnecessary spoiling of the food.  Meat, fish, etc. should be store in the chiller compartment of the food, and the vegetable compartment is preferred for vegetables. (if available)

• To prevent cross contamination, meat products and fruit vegetables are not stored together.  Foods should be placed in the refrigerator in closed containers or covered to prevent moisture and odors.

CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE

• Disconnect unit from the power supply before cleaning.
• Do not clean the appliance by pouring water. The refrigerator should be cleaned periodically using a solution of bicarbonate of soda and lukewarm water
• Clean the accessories separately with soap and water. Do not clean them in the washing machine.
• Do not use abrasive products, detergents or soaps. After washing, rinse with clean water and dry carefully. When the cleaning operations have been completed reconnect the plug of the unit with dry hands.
• You should clean the condenser (back of the appliance) with broom ones a year in order to provide energy-saving and increase productivity.

THE POWER SUPPLY MUST BE DISCONNECTED.
Replacing LED Lighting
If your fridge has LED lighting contact the help desk as this should be changed by authorized personnel only.

SHIPMENT AND REPOSITIONING

• riginal package and foam may be kept for re-transportation (optionally). you should fasten your fridge with thick package, bands or strong cords and follow the instructions for transportation on the package for re-transportation.
• remove movable parts (shelves, accessories, veg- etable bins etc.) or fix them into the fridge against shocks using bands during re-positioning and trans- portation.

Repositioning the door

• It is not possible to change the opening direction of your fridge door, if the door handles on your fridge are installed from the front surface of the door.
• It is possible to change the opening direction of the door on models without any handles.
• If the door opening direction of your fridge may be changed, you should contact the nearest Authorized Service to have the opening direction changed.

BEFORE CALLING SERVICE

Errors
If you are experiencing problems with your refrigerator, please check the following before contacting the after-sales service.

E08

|

Low Voltage Warning

|

Power supply to the device has dropped to below

170 V.

| – This is not a device failure, this error helps to prevent damages to the compressor.

– The voltage needs to be increased back to required levels

If this warning continues an authorised technician needs to be contacted.

E10

|

Fridge compartment is not cold enough

|

Likely to occur after:

– Long term power failure.

– Hot food has been left in the fridge.

| 1. Set the fridge temperature to a colder value or set Super Cool. This should remove the error code once the required

temperature has been reached. Keep doors closed to improve time taken to reach the correct temperature.

2. Please empty the location at the front area of air duct channel holes and avoid putting food close to the sensor.

If this warning continues an authorised technician needs to be contacted.

E11

|

Fridge compartment is too cold

|

Various

| 1. Check is Super Cool mode is activated

2. Reduce the fridge compartment temperature

3. Check to see if vents are clear and not clogged

If this warning continues an authorised technician needs to be contacted.

If your fridge is not operating ;

• Is there any electrical faults?
• Is the plug is placed properly in the receptacle?
• Is the fuse of the receptacle that the plug is plugged or the main fuse blown?
• Is there any fault in the socket? Examine this by plugging your fridge into a receptacle which you are sure that is working.

If your fridge is not working properly, it may be a minor problem, therefore check the following, before calling an electrician to save time and money.
What to do if your appliance does not operate;
Check that;

• There is no power,
• The general switch in your home is disconnected ,
• The socket is not sufficient. To check this, plug in another appliance that you know which is working into the same socket.

What to do if your appliance performs poorly; Check that;

• You have not overloaded the appliance ,
• The fridge temperature set to 2.
• The door is closed perfectly ,
• There is no dust on the condenser ,
• There is enough place at the rear and side walls.

If your fridge is operating too loudly; Normal Noises
Cracking (Ice cracking) Noise:

• During automatic defrosting.
• When the appliance is cooled or warmed (due to expansion of appliance material).

Short cracking: Heard when the thermostat switches the compressor on/off.
Compressor noise: Normal motor noise. This noise means that the compressor operates normally Compressor may cause more noise for a short time when it is activated.
Bubbling noise and splash: This noise is caused by the flow of the refrigerant in the tubes of the system.

Water flow noise : Normal flow noise of water flowing to the evaporation container during defrosting. This noise can be heard during defrosting.
Air Blow Noise: Normal fan noise. This noise can be heard in fridges during normal operation of the system due to the circulation of air.
If the edges of fridge cabinet that the door joint contact are warm;
Especially in summer (hot weather), the surfaces that the joint contact may get warmer during the operation of the compressor, this is normal.
If humidity builds up inside the fridge;

• Are all food packed properly? Are the containers dried before placing them in the fridge?
• Is the fridge’s door opened frequently? Humidity of the room gets in the fridge when the door is opened. Humidity build up will be faster when you open the door more frequently, especially if the humidity of the room is high.

Recommendations
To stop the appliance completely, unplug from main socket (for cleaning and when the door is left open)
IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Compressor protection function will be activated after sudden power breakdowns or after unplugging the appliance, because the gas in the cooling system is not stabilized yet. Your appliance will start after 5 minutes, there is nothing to worry about.
• If you will not use your fridge for a long time (e.g. in summer holidays) unplug it. Clean your fridge according to chapter “CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE” and leave the door open to prevent humidity and smell.
• If the problem persists after you have followed all the instructions above, please consult to the nearest Authorized service.
• The lifetime of your appliance stated and declared by the Department of the Industry is 10 years (the period for retaining parts required for the proper functioning of the appli-ance).

Tips for saving energy

1. Install the appliance in a cool, well ventilated room , but not in direct sunlight and not near heat source (radiator, cooker.. etc). Otherwise use an insulating plate.
2. Allow ward food and drinks to cool down outside the appliance.
3. When thawing frozen food, place it in the refrigerator compartment. The low temperature of the frozen food will help to cool the refrigerator compartment when it is thawing. So it causes energy saving. If the frozen food is put out, it causes wastage of energy.
4. When placing, drinks and slops they must be covered. Otherwise humidity increases at the appliance. Therefore the working time gets longer. Also covering drinks and slops helps to save smell and taste.
5. When placing food and drinks, open the appliance door as briefly as possible.
6. Keep close the covers of any different temperature compartment in the appliance (crisper, chiller …etc ).
7. Door gasket must be clean and pliable. Replace gaskets if worn.

THE PARTS OF THE APPLIANCE AND THE COMPARTMENTS

This appliance is not intended to be used as a built-in appliance.

This presentation is only for information about the parts of the appliance. Parts may vary according to the appliance model.

1. Control panel
2. Turbo fan *
3. Wine rack / bottle shelf *
4. Fridge shelves
5. Top crisper / Chiller shelves *
6. Bottom crisper cover
7. Bottom crisper
8. Levelling feet
9. Bottle shelf
10. Door shelves
11. Egg holder

General notes:
Fresh Food Compartment (Fridge): Most efficient use of energy is ensured in the configuration with the drawers in the bottom part of the appliance, and shelves evenly distributed, position of door bins does not affect energy consumption.
Dimensions

TECHNICAL DATA

The technical information is situated in the rating plate on the internal side of the appliance and on the energy label. The QR code on the energy label supplied with the appliance provides a web link to the information related to the performance of the appliance in the EU EPREL database. Keep the energy label for reference together with the user manual and all other documents provided with this appliance. It is also possible to find the same information in EPREL using the link https://eprel. ec.europa.eu and the model name and product number that you find on the rating plate of the appliance. See the link www.the energy label.eu for detailed information about the energy label.

INFORMATION FOR TEST INSTITUTES

Appliance for any EcoDesign verification shall be compliant with EN 62552. Ventilation requirements, recess dimensions and minimum rear clearances shall be as stated in this User Manual at Chapter 2. Please contact the manufacturer for any other further information, including loading plans.

CUSTOMER CARE AND SERVICE

Always use original spare parts. When contacting our Authorised Service Centre, ensure that you have the following data available: Model, Serial Number and Service Index. The information can be found on the rating plate. You can find the rating label inside the fridge zone on the left lower side. The original spare parts for some specific components are available for a minimum of 7 or 10 years, based on the type of component, from the placing on the market of the last unit of the model. Visit our website to vestfrosthome.eu

References

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