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Safety

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1 Safety

Observe the following safety instructions.

1.1 General information

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Read this instruction manual carefully.

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Keep the instruction manual and the product information safe
for future reference or for the next owner.

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Do not connect the appliance if it has been damaged in transit.

1.2 Intended use

Only use this appliance:

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for chilling and freezing food and for making ice cubes.

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In private households and in enclosed spaces in a domestic en-
vironment.

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Up to an altitude of 2000 m above sea level.

1.3 Restriction on user group

This appliance may be used by children aged 8 or over and by
people who have reduced physical, sensory or mental abilities or
inadequate experience and/or knowledge, provided that they are
supervised or have been instructed on how to use the appliance
safely and have understood the resulting dangers.
Do not let children play with the appliance.
Cleaning and user maintenance must not be performed by chil-
dren unless they are being supervised.
Children above the age of three years old and younger than eight
years old may load and unload the the fridge-freezer.

1.4 Safe transport

WARNING ‒ Risk of injury!

The high weight of the appliance may result in injury when lifted.

Do not lift the appliance on your own.

Summary of Contents for iQ500 KF96N Series

Page 1: ...Fridge freezer KF96N en Information for Use Register your product on My Siemens and discover exclusive services and offers siemens home bsh group com welcome The future moving in Siemens Home Appliances ...

Page 2: ...Features 14 6 1 Shelf 14 6 2 Storage container 14 6 3 Fruit and vegetable con tainer with humidity control 14 6 4 Butter and cheese compart ment 15 6 5 Door rack 15 6 6 Accessories 15 7 Basic operation 16 7 1 Switching on the appliance 16 7 2 Operating tips 16 7 3 Switching off the appliance 16 7 4 Setting the temperature 16 7 5 Button lock childproof lock 17 8 Additional functions 17 8 1 Super co...

Page 3: ...rtment 24 13 2 Defrosting in the freezer compartment 24 14 Cleaning and servicing 24 14 1 Preparing the appliance for cleaning 24 14 2 Cleaning the appliance 24 14 3 Removing the fittings 25 14 4 Removing appliance com ponents 26 15 Troubleshooting 27 15 1 Power failure 30 15 2 Conducting an appliance self test 30 16 Storage and disposal 30 16 1 Taking the appliance out of operation 30 16 2 Dispos...

Page 4: ...on on user group This appliance may be used by children aged 8 or over and by people who have reduced physical sensory or mental abilities or inadequate experience and or knowledge provided that they are supervised or have been instructed on how to use the appliance safely and have understood the resulting dangers Do not let children play with the appliance Cleaning and user maintenance must not b...

Page 5: ...t elec trical installation according to the installation regulations When installing the appliance check that the power cable is not trapped or damaged If the insulation of the power cord is damaged this is dangerous Never let the power cord come into contact with heat sources WARNING Risk of explosion If the appliance s ventilation openings are sealed a leak in the re frigeration circuit may resu...

Page 6: ...ng material away from children Do not let children play with packaging material Children may breathe in or swallow small parts causing them to suffocate Keep small parts away from children Do not let children play with small parts WARNING Risk of explosion If the cooling circuit is damaged flammable refrigerant may es cape and explode To accelerate the defrosting process do not use any other mecha...

Page 7: ...ces may cause burns by refrigeration Never put frozen food straight from the freezer compartment into your mouth Avoid prolonged contact of the skin with frozen food ice and surfaces in the freezer compartment CAUTION Risk of harm to health To prevent food from being contaminated you must observe the following instructions If the door is open for an extended period of time this may lead to a consi...

Page 8: ...switch off the fuse in the fuse box Call customer services Page 31 Incorrect repairs are dangerous Repairs to the appliance should only be carried out by trained specialist staff Only use genuine spare parts when repairing the appliance If the power cord of this appliance is damaged it must be re placed with a special connection cable which is available from the manufacturer or his Customer Servic...

Page 9: ...s into contact with acidic foods Do not store unpackaged food in the appliance 3 Environmental protec tion and saving energy 3 1 Disposing of packaging The packaging materials are environ mentally compatible and can be re cycled Sort the individual components by type and dispose of them separ ately 3 2 Saving energy If you follow these instructions your appliance will use less power Selecting the ...

Page 10: ...nect 4 2 Criteria for the installation location WARNING Risk of explosion If the appliance is in a space that is too small a leak in the refrigeration circuit may result in a flammable mix ture of gas and air Only install the appliance in a space with a volume of at least 1 m3 per 8 g refrigerant The volume of refrigerant is indicated on the rating plate Appliance Fig 1 4 Page 13 The weight of the...

Page 11: ...lling the appliance Install the appliance in accordance with the enclosed installation in structions 4 4 Preparing the appliance for the first time 1 Remove the informative material 2 Remove the protective foil and transit bolts e g remove the ad hesive strips and carton 3 Clean the appliance for the first time Page 24 4 5 Connecting the appliance to the electricity supply 1 Insert the non heating...

Page 12: ...urself with your appliance 5 1 Appliance You can find an overview of the parts of your appliance here A B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 A Refrigerator compartment Page 21 B Freezer compartment Page 22 1 Lighting 2 Butter and cheese compart ment Page 15 3 Control panel Page 13 ...

Page 13: ... container with humidity control Page 14 8 Storage container Page 14 9 Frozen food container Page 25 10 Screw foot Note Deviations between your appli ance and the diagrams may differ with regard to their features and size 5 2 Control panel You can use the control panel to con figure all functions of your appliance and to obtain information about the operating status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2 ...

Page 14: ...f your appliance de pend on the model 6 1 Shelf To vary the shelf as required you can remove the shelf and re insert it elsewhere Removing the shelf Page 25 6 2 Storage container The temperatures in the storage con tainer are lower than in the refriger ator compartment Temperatures be low 0 C may occur occasionally In order to reach temperatures close to 0 C in the storage container set the refrig...

Page 15: ...are sensitive to cold out side of the appliance at temperatures of approx 8 C to 12 C e g pine apple bananas citrus fruits cucum bers courgettes peppers tomatoes and potatoes 6 4 Butter and cheese com partment Store butter and hard cheese in the butter and cheese compartment 6 5 Door rack To adjust the door rack as required you can remove the door rack and re insert elsewhere Removing door rack Pa...

Page 16: ...ou have switched on the appliance the set temperature is only reached after several hours Do not put any food in the appli ance until the set temperature has been reached The front and side panels of the housing heat up occasionally This prevents condensation from forming When you close the door a va cuum may be created The door is then difficult to open again Wait a moment until the vacuum is off...

Page 17: ... until goes out a The previously set temperature is displayed 8 2 Super freezing With Super freezing the freezer com partment cools as cold as possible Switch on Super freezing one to two hours before placing food weighing 2 kg or more into the freezer com partment In order to utilise the freezer capacity use Super freezing Prerequisites for freezing capa city Page 22 Note When Super freezing is s...

Page 18: ...nds 9 Alarm 9 1 Door alarm If the appliance door is open for a while the door alarm switches on A warning tone sounds and flashes Switching off the door alarm Close the appliance door or press any touch field on the control panel a The warning tone is switched off a goes out 9 2 Temperature alarm If the freezer compartment becomes too warm the temperature alarm is switched on A warning tone sounds...

Page 19: ...y of Home Connect services in your coun try You can find information about this at www home connect com To be able to use Home Connect you must first set up the connection to the WLAN home network Wi Fi1 and to the Home Connect app After switching on the appliance wait at least 2 minutes until internal device initialisation is complete Only then should you set up Home Con nect The Home Connect app...

Page 20: ...lling updates for the Home Connect software The appliance searches for updates to the Home Connect software at reg ular intervals Note If updates are available the temperature display freezer compart ment shows To cancel the update and reset the temperature display freezer compart ment to the set temperature press any touch field 1 Press and hold for 15 seconds a The temperature display freezer co...

Page 21: ...the service support section of your local website www home con nect com 10 6 Data protection Please see the information on data protection The first time your appliance is registered on a home network connected to the Internet your appliance will transmit the following types of data to the Home Connect server initial registration Unique appliance identification consisting of appliance codes as wel...

Page 22: ...continue to release its aroma and the butter will still be easy to spread 12 Freezer compartment You can store frozen food freeze food and make ice cubes in the freezer compartment The temperature can be set from 16 C to 24 C Long term storage of food should be at 18 C or lower The freezer compartment can be used to store perishable food long term The low temperatures slow down or stop the spoilag...

Page 23: ...pples and pears yoghurt sour cream crème fraîche and mayonnaise Packing frozen food If you select suitable packaging ma terial and the correct type of pack aging you can determine the product quality and prevent freezer burn 1 Place the food in the packaging 2 Squeeze out the air 3 Pack food airtight to prevent it from losing flavour and drying out 4 Label the packaging with the con tents and the ...

Page 24: ...e the fruit and vegetable container 5 Remove the fruit and vegetable container cover 14 2 Cleaning the appliance WARNING Risk of electric shock An ingress of moisture can cause an electric shock Do not use steam or high pres sure cleaners to clean the appli ance Liquid in the lighting or in the con trols can be dangerous The rinsing water must not drip into the lighting or controls ATTENTION Unsui...

Page 25: ...shelf at the front pull it out and remove it Removing door rack Lift the door rack and remove it Removing the storage container 1 Pull out the storage container as far as it will go 2 Lift the storage container at the front and remove it Removing the fruit and vegetable container 1 Pull out the fruit and vegetable container as far as it will go 2 Lift the fruit and vegetable con tainer at the fron...

Page 26: ...e certain components from your appliance Removing the shelf above the fruit and vegetable container Lift the shelf above the fruit and ve getable container at the front and remove it Removing the fruit and vegetable container cover 1 Pull out the fruit and vegetable container as far as it will go 2 Lift the fruit and vegetable con tainer cover slightly pull it for wards and remove it ...

Page 27: ...rom the mains or switch off the circuit breaker in the fuse box 2 Reconnect the appliance after five minutes 3 Wait at least 30 seconds and then press for 15 seconds a appears briefly on the control panel 4 After a short time check whether your appliance is cooling The LED lighting does not work Different causes are possible Call customer service The customer service number can be found in the enc...

Page 28: ...erature dif fers greatly from the setting Different causes are possible 1 Switch off the appliance Page 16 2 Switch the appliance back on after five minutes Page 16 If the temperature is too warm check the temper ature again after a couple of hours If the temperature is too cold check the temper ature again on the following day The appliance hums bubbles buzzes gargles clicks or crackles Not a fau...

Page 29: ...Troubleshooting en 29 Fault Cause and troubleshooting The appliance makes noises Super freezing is switched on No action required ...

Page 30: ...two minutes after switching on press and hold for 10 seconds until an audible signal sounds a The appliance self test starts a If at the end of the appliance self test two audible signals sound and the temperature display indic ates the set temperature your ap pliance is OK The appliance switches to normal operation a If at the end of the appliance self test 5 audible signals sound in form custome...

Page 31: ...e on which your appliance was placed on the market within the European Eco nomic Area Note Under the terms of the manu facturer s warranty applicable to the location the use of Customer Service is free of charge The minimum dura tion of the warranty manufacturer s warranty for private consumers in the European Economic Area is 2 years according to the terms of war ranty applicable to the location ...

Page 32: ...ares that the appliance with Home Connect functionality conforms to the basic requirements and other relev ant provisions of Directive 2014 53 EU A detailed RED Declaration of Con formity can be found online at siemens home bsh group com among the additional documents on the product page for your appliance Hereby BSH Hausgeräte GmbH de clares that the appliance with Home Connect functionality is i...

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Page 36: ...nchen GERMANY siemens home bsh group com Valid within Great Britain Imported to Great Britain by BSH Home Appliances Ltd Grand Union House Old Wolverton Road Wolverton Milton Keynes MK12 5PT United Kingdom Manufactured by BSH Hausgeräte GmbH under the trademark licence of Siemens AG ...

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