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Exclusive to Howdens
Dear Customer
Congratulations on your choice of appliance.
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Please read these instructions before use to
ensure safe and economical operation of
the appliance.
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Please keep these instructions in a safe
place for your future reference.
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If you have any questions, or if you are not
sure about any information contained in this
booklet please contact us - details at the
end of the User Instructions
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This appliance is intended to be used
in household and similar domestic
applications, see guarantee page for
definition of domestic use*.
Fridge overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
p.4
Warning and Safety information. . . . . . . . .
p.5
Important . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.5
Correct usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.5
Safety with children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.6
Warning - general. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.6
Cooling circuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.6
Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment (WEEE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.7
Package information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.7
Cleaning and care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.7
Disposing of the old appliance . . . . . . . . . p.7
Electrical connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.7
Energy efficiency
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.8
Transport Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.8
1. Upon installation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.8
Before operating the appliance . . . . . . . . p.8
2. Using the freezer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.9
Temperature control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.9
Noises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.9
Storing frozen food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.10
Loading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.10
Freezing fresh food . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.11
Making ice cubes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.11
Drawer removal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.11
Defrost freezer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.12
3. Cleaning and Care
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.13
Cleaning agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.13
Preparing freezer for cleaning . . . . . . . . . . p.14
Cleaning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.14
Cleaning door seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.15
Cleaning the ventilation grille. . . . . . . . . . . p.15
After cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.15
4. Guidelines and recommendations
. . . . p.16
Storage and hygiene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.16
Do’s and Don’ts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.16
5. Problem Solving
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.17
6. Guarantee
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p.18
7. Technical specifications
. . . . . . . . . . . . . p.19
Welcome
Contents
Warning for
risk of fire.
Warning for hazardous
situations with regard
to life and property.
Warning for
electric shock.
Throughout this manual the
following symbols are used.