SHARP SJ-FX79T 4-Door Refrigerator User Manual

OPERATION MANUAL

REFRIGERATOR-FREEZER
SJ-FX74T
SJ-FX79T

Thank you very much for buying this SHARP product. Before using your SHARP refrigerator, please read this operation manual to ensure that you gain the maximum bene t from it.

• This refrigerator is intended for making ice cubes, refrigerating and freezing foods.

• This refrigerator is for household use only, with ambient temperature indicated in the table. The climate class is special ed on the rating plate.
  The refrigerator is fully functional at the ambient temperature range of the indicated climate class. If the refrigerator is used at colder temperatures, the refrigerator will
  not be damaged up to a temperature of +5°C.

• The refrigerator should not be subjected to temperatures of -10°C or below for a long period of time.

Household use only

Safety information

Warning
This means that there are high risks of death or serious injury.
Caution
This means that there are high risks of material damage or personal injury.

Warning
Refrigerant

• This refrigerator contains flammable refrigerant (R600a: isobutane) and insulation blowing gas (cyclopentane). Observe the following rules to prevent ignition and explosion.
• Do not allow any sharp objects to have contact with the refrigeration system. The refrigeration system behind and inside the refrigerator contains refrigerant.
• Do not use mechanical devices or other means to accelerate the defrosting process. (This refrigerator has adopted an automatic defrosting system.)
• Do not use electrical appliances inside the refrigerator.
• Do not block the space around the refrigerator.
• Do not use flammable sprays, such as spray paint near the refrigerator.
• In the case of failure of the refrigeration system, do not touch the wall socket and use open names. Open the window and air out the room. Then ask a service agent approved by SHARP for service.

Installation

Do not install the refrigerator in a damp or wet location.
It may cause damage to the insulation or electrical leak. Dew may also appear on the outer cabinet and it causes rust.
The refrigerator should be installed at and rely on the floor.

Power cord, Plug, Socket

• Read carefully the following rules to prevent electric shock or re.
• Connect the power plug into the wall socket firmly and directly. Do not use an extension cord or adapter plug.
• Connect the power plug to the socket with the required rated voltage.
• Connect the earth pin to the earth terminal properly.
• Make sure that the power cord has not been damaged during installation or moving. If the power plug or cord is loose, do not insert the power plug.
• Do not touch the power plug with wet hands.
• Disconnect from the main electricity supply by removing the main plug from the socket.
• Do not remove by pulling the power cord.
• Dust deposited on the power plug may cause re.
• Wipe it off carefully.
• Pull out the plug if the refrigerator is not used for a long time.
• Should the flexible supply cord be damaged, it must be replaced by a service agent approved by SHARP, a special card is required.

In use

• Do not store volatile and flammable materials such as ether, petrol, propane gas, aerosol cans, adhesive agents pure alcohol, etc. These materials are easy to explode.
• Do not store temperature-sensitive products such as pharmaceutical products in the refrigerator.
• There are high risks of changes in product quality.
• Do not attempt to change or modify this refrigerator.
• This may result in re, electric shock or injury.
• Do not place any object on the top of the refrigerator.
• If the object falls down from the top, it may cause injury.
• This appliance can be used by children aged 8 years or 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 the use of the appliance in a safe way or understanding the hazards involved. Children shall not play with the appliance.
• Cleaning and user maintenance shall not be done by children without supervision.

Care and Cleaning

• Unplug the refrigerator first to prevent electric shock.
• Do not splash water directly on the outer cabinet or the interior. This may lead to rusting and deterioration of the electrical insulation.

Trouble

• If you smell something burning, pull out the power plug immediately. Then ask a service agent approved by SHARP for service.
• In case of a gas leak, ventilate the area by opening the window. Do not touch the refrigerator or the power socket.

Caution
Transportation

• When you install or move your refrigerator, use a curing mat to protect the floor from being damaged.
• Carry the refrigerator by holding the handles located on the rear and bottom sides. If you lift up the refrigerator improperly, it may cause injury.

Disposal

• Ensure that the refrigerator presents no danger to children while being stored for disposal. (e.g. remove the magnetic door seals to prevent child entrapment.)
• This refrigerator should be disposed of appropriately. Take the refrigerator to a professional recycling plant for flammable refrigerant and insulation blowing gases.

In use

• Do not touch the compressor unit or its peripheral parts, as they become extremely hot during operation and the metal edges may cause injury.
• Do not touch foods or metal containers in the freezer compartment with wet hands. This may cause frostbite.
• Do not place bottled drinks and cans in the freezer compartment.
• Especially “Express cool” is in operation, there is a high risk that glass bottles may burst.
• Do not use anything other than potable water to make ice cubes.
• Do not open or close the door when other people put a hand near the door. There is a risk that the other people may get their fingers caught in the door.
• Do not put oversized objects in the pockets of the door.
• If the object falls down from the pockets, it may cause injury.

Installation

Keep adequate ventilation space around the refrigerator.

• The gure shows the minimum required space for installing the refrigerator. The measurement condition of power consumption is conducted under different space dimensions.
  

• By keeping greater space, the refrigerator may consume less amount of power consumption.

• If use the refrigerator in a smaller space dimension than the guard, it may cause a temperature rise in the unit, loud noise, and failure.

• The space between the rear of the refrigerator and the wall should be 60mm or more, and less than 75mm.

• If the space is wider than 75mm, you may get injured by touching the compressor and its peripheral parts which are extremely hot during the operation.

Overall space required in the use

Use the two front adjustable feet to place the refrigerator at and rely on the floor.

When right and left doors are not properly aligned, adjust using the adjustable feet
Until the adjustable foot on the other side is slightly off- ground.)
Remove the 4 screws of the lower part of the cabinet and use these screws to set the foot cover. (The foot cover is packed inside the refrigerator compartment.)

Note

• Place your refrigerator to access the plug.

• Keep your refrigerator out of direct sunlight and do not place it next to a heat-generating appliance.

• Do not place your refrigerator directly on the ground.
  Insert suitable stand such as wooden board under the refrigerator.

• When you insert the power plug with the door opened, the door alarm sounds but it is not abnormal. This sound stops after closing the door.

Before using your refrigerator
Clean the inside parts with a cloth soaked in warm water.
If soapy water is used, wipe it off thoroughly with water.

Description

1. Door pocket (3 pcs)

2. Refrigerator shelf (2 pcs)

3. Shelf

4. Bottle pocket (left)
   

5.  Fruit and vegetable crisper: The cover of the fruit and vegetable crisper opens as the case is pulled.

6. Freezer case (small) (3 pcs)

7. Freezer case (large) (2 pcs)

8. Caster (4 pcs) The casters allow the refrigerator to move back and forth.

9. Adjustable foot (2 pcs)

10. Foot cover

11. Hybrid cooling panel The panel cools the refrigerator compartment indirectly from the rear. In this way, food is cooled gently without being exposed to cold air ow.

12. Light

13.  Utility pocket.(SJ-FX79T: 2 pcs SJ-FX74T: 1 pc

14. Egg holder

15. Bottle pocket (right) To store large-size bottles, move the partition all the way back.
    

16. Fresh case (upper)

17. Fresh case (lower)
    

18. Ice cube maker (2 pcs

1. Do not over ll this tray with water. Otherwise, the ice cubes will join together when frozen.
2. When ice cubes are made, turn the lever clockwise to put the ice into the ice cube box.

19. Ice cube box (2 pcs)
    Note
    To prevent the ice cube box from being damaged, do not pour oil into the box or make ice in it.

20. Magnetic door seal (4 pcs)

21. Control panel

Deodorizing unit
Deodorizing catalyst is installed on the routes of cold air.
There is no need to operate and clean.
More food can be stored by taking out the internal accessories with the normal cooling operation.
How to remove the fruit and vegetable crisper cover

How to remove
To remove the partition, pull it to the front by pushing the claw.
How to set
Insert the four projections into the upper parts.

Useful modes

Extra cool
Express freezing
Express cool

| Extra cool| Express freezing| Express cool
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Feature| This mode is to cool beverages or foods to ice-cold.
Note : Food with high moisture may freeze.| This mode speeds up the time to freeze food.| This mode is to cool beverages or foods quickly.
Point of use| Fresh case| Freezer compartment| Freezer compartment
Caution: Do not place glass bottles. There is a high risk that they may burst.
Operating time| 6 hours 1| 2 hours 1| 30 minutes
•This mode ends automatically.
•The alarm does not sound.| •This mode ends automatically.
•The alarm sounds.
To stop the alarm *2 Press enter button.
After the operation completed| •There is no need for taking beverages or foods out.| •Be sure to take the beverages and foods out when the alarm sounds.
•If the beverages and foods are left in the freezer compartment over approximately 30 minutes, they may freeze.
At the time of power failure during the operation| •This mode is automatically canceled.| •This mode is automatically restarted from the previous state at the time of re-power.

1 It may take more time to complete if the operation overlaps with defrosting. This mode starts after defrosting is completed.
2 If you do not stop the alarm, it sounds 30 minutes continuously.

Note
Extra cool, Express freezing and Express cool are not available at the same time while one of the modes is in operation.
Avoid opening the door as much as possible during the operations of these modes.

Control panel

Note

• When you press one of the buttons, all icons ash once and show the standby display. If the refrigerator stops because of power failure, the modes except for Extra cool and Express freezing function the same way as before at the time of re-power.

• Operation is invalid while the refrigerator door is open.

• Mode icons or indicators in operation light upon the standby display. When Express cool is in operation, the icon ashes on the standby display.
  

• When there is no operation for approximately  1 minute, the display returns to the standby display automatically. The standby display turns off if there is no operation for another 1 minute.

Operations of useful modes

| Display|
---|---|---
1| Select the mode icon.| (e.g. Extra cool)
–
2| Select on/off.| | (off)
3| Complete the setting. (Beep)
“Express cool” only
Complete the setting by pressing for 3 seconds or more. (Beep, Beep, Beep)| Mode icon turns on. “Express cool” only
(Flashing)| Mode icon turns off on the standby display.

When pressing the button, the icons change in the order shown as below.

Operation of additional modes

| Summary| Cancel operation| Display
---|---|---|---
Door alarm| • When the refrigerator or freezer door is left open for over 1 minute, the door alarm sounds once, and again after 1 minute.
• If the door is left open for approx. 3 minutes, the alarm sounds continuous.
• The alarm stops after closing all the doors.| Press and simultaneously for 3 seconds or more.
(Beep, Beep, Beep)| The indicator turns off.
Sound of button operation| • When you want to switch off button operation sound| Press and simultaneously for 3 seconds or more. (Beep, Beep, Beep)| The indicator turns off.

Note   When you want to turn on the additional mode, follow the same step again. (The indicator turns on.)

Controlling temperature
The refrigerator controls its temperature automatically. However, you can adjust the temperature as below.
How to check the current temperature setting
Press the button to select R orF icon.
Default setting

Refrigerator compartment
3| Freezer compartment
-18
---|---

The setting of the Refrigerator / Freezer compartment
Freezer compartment
: Adjustable between -13°C and -21°C in the step of 1°C
Refrigerator compartment
: Adjustable between 0°C and 6°C in the step of 1°C
Basic operations

| Display|
---|---|---
1| Select R or Ficon.| Refrigerator compartment
Freezer compartment
2| Select temperature.|

| (off)
3| Complete the setting. (Beep)| ``| Mode icon turns off on the standby display.

When pressing the button, the icons change in the order shown as below.

Advanced Setting of Refrigerator/Freezer compartment
The temperature of the refrigerator compartment and freezer compartment can be adjusted in the step of 0.5 °C by following steps a to c.

a. After step 1 of “Basic operations”, press 3 seconds or more.
The current preset temperature returns to “Default setting” (The display is indicated as the picture on the right.)
b. Press and set the temperature.
c. Complete the setting. (Same as step 3 of “Basic operations”.)
Follow the steps a to c again if you want to adjust the temperature in step of 1°C.

Storing food

Refrigeration reduces the rate of food spoilage.
Ensure that the food is of the freshest possible quality to maximize the shelf life of perishable foods. The following is a general guide to help promote longer food storage.
Fruit / Vegetables
Fruit and vegetables should be loosely enclosed in a plastic material e.g. wrap, bags (do not seal) and placed in the Fruit and vegetable crisper to minimize moisture loss.
Dairy Products & Eggs

• Most dairy products have their best-before date on the outer packaging which informs the recommended temperature and shelf life of the foods.
• Eggs should be stored in the Egg holder.

Meats / Fish / Poultry

• Place on a plate or a dish and cover with paper or plastic wrap.
• For larger cuts of meat, sh, or poultry, a place to the rear of the shelves.
• Ensure all cooked food is wrapped securely or placed in an airtight container.

For best freezing

• The quality of foods should be fresh.
• Freeze small quantities of food at a time in order to freeze them quickly.
• Food should be properly sealed or covered tightly.
• Place foods in the freezer evenly.
• Label bags or containers to keep an inventory of freezing food.

Advice for preventing dew or frost inside the refrigerator

• Keep the door securely closed. If the food falls down, it may cause a gap between the cabinet and the door. Move it back to the shelf or the pocket.

• Food with high moisture should be stored in an airtight container or sealed tightly.
  Note

• Evenly place the food on the shelves to allow the cooling air to circulate efficiently.

•  Hot foods should be cooled before storing. Storing hot foods increases the temperature in the unit and the risk of food spoilage.

• Do not block the outlet and inlet of the cool air circulating circuit with foods or containers; otherwise, the foods are not evenly cooled throughout the refrigerator.

Do not place food directly in front of the cold air outlet. This may lead to food freezing.

Care and cleaning

Important
To prevent cracks on inside surfaces and plastic components, follow these tips.

• Wipe out food oil adhered to plastic parts.
• Some household chemicals may cause damage, so use only diluted washing-up liquid (soapy water).
• If undiluted detergent is used or soapy water is not wiped off thoroughly, it may result in cracks of plastic parts.

Cleaning

• Remove the accessories (e.g. shelves) from the cabinet and the door. Wash them by warm soapy dishwashing water. After that, rinse them in clean water and dry. (Only fruit and vegetable shelf is not removable.)

• Clean the inside with a cloth soaked in warm soapy dishwashing water. Then, use cold water to wipe off soapy water thoroughly.

• Wipe the exterior with a soft cloth each time it gets dirty.

• Clean the Magnetic door seal with a toothbrush and warm soapy dishwashing water.

• Wipe the control panel with a dry cloth.
  Note

• Do not use heavy-duty cleaners or solvents (lacquer, paint, polishing powder, benzine, boiled water, etc.) which may cause damages.

• If you pull out the power plug once, wait 5 minutes at least before connecting the power plug again.

• The glass shelves weigh approximately 3 kg each. Hold them firmly when remove from the cabinet and carry them.

• Do not drop objects inside the refrigerator or strike the inner wall. This may cause cracks in the inner surface.

Before transporting
Wipe up water in the evaporating pan. Before wiping up the water, wait more than 1 hour after pulling out the power plug because refrigeration cycle equipment is extremely hot. (The evaporating pan is located on the rear of the product.)

Switching off your refrigerator
If the refrigerator needs to be switched off for an extended period, the following steps should be taken to reduce the growth of mold:

1. Remove all food.
2. Remove the power plug from the socket.
3. Clean and dry the interior thoroughly.
4. Keep all the doors open slightly for a few days to dry.

Defrosting
Defrosting is automatically operated by a unique energy-saving system.
When the compartment light is blown  Contact the service agent approved by SHARP to replace the light. The light is not to be replaced other than by qualified service personnel.
Tips for saving energy

• Keep the ventilation space as much as possible around the refrigerator.
• Keep your refrigerator out of direct sunlight, and do not place it next to a heat-generating appliance.
• Avoid opening the door as much as possible.
• Hot foods should be cooled before storing.
• Place the food evenly on the shelves to allow the cool air to circulate efficiently.

Power consumption
The power consumption of this model is measured according to the international standard of refrigerator performance. If the refrigerator is operated with the accessories (shaded area) taken out, it works under the most energy-efficient condition.
The amount of power consumption of this model is measured with these accessories taken out as indicated shaded area.

The amount of power consumption of this model is measured under the space dimensions on the right picture.

Before you call for service

Before calling for service, check the following points.

is in the cabinet in order to prevent dew generation.
When there is refrigerator noise.| It is normal for the refrigerator to make the following sounds.
•Loud noise is made by the compressor when its operation starts
— Sound becomes quieter after a while.
•The compressor makes loud noise once a day.
— Operating sound is made immediately after automatic defrost operation.
•Sound of flowing fluid (gurgling sound, fizzing sound)
— Sound of refrigerant flowing in pipes (sound may become louder from time to time).
•Cracking or crunching sound, squeaking sound
— Sound produced by expansion and contraction of inner walls and internal parts during cooling.
Frost or dew appears inside or outside the refrigerator.| This may occur in one of the following cases. Use a wet cloth for wiping frost and a dry cloth for wiping dew.
•When the ambient humidity is high.
•When the door is frequently opened and closed.
•When foods containing plenty of moisture are stored. (Wrapping is required.)
The foods in the refrigerator compartment freeze.| •Is the refrigerator operated for a long time with refrigerator temperature control set at 0°C?
— Change the temperature control back to around 3°C.
•Is the refrigerator operated for a long time with freezer temperature control set at -21 °C? — Change the temperature control back to around -18°C.
•If the ambient temperature is low, foods may freeze even if the refrigerator compartment is set at 6°C.
Odors in the compartment.| •Wrapping is required for foods with strong odors.
•Deodorizing unit cannot remove all odors.
If the door alarm does not stop.| •The alarm stops after closing the door.

If you still require service
Refer to your nearest service agent approved by SHARP.

NOTE
Specification and equipment are subject to change without any obligation on the part of the manufacturer with today’s progressive manufacturing.

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