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Familiarising yourself with your appliance

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Familiarising yourself with your appliance

5 Familiarising yourself with your appliance

Familiarising yourself with your appliance

5.1 Appliance

You can find an overview of the parts of your appliance here.

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Refrigerator compartment
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Cool-fresh compartment
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Page 24

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Freezer compartment
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Page 24

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Control panel → 

Page 13

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Variable shelf → 

Page 14

Summary of Contents for KI86FH Series

Page 1: ...Fridge freezer KI86FH en User manual 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: ... Butter and cheese compart ment 15 6 8 Door rack 15 6 9 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 8 Additional functions 17 8 1 Super cooling 17 8 2 Automatic Super freezing 17 8 3 Manual Super freezing 17 8 4 Holiday mode 18 9 Alarm 18 9 1 Door alarm 18 9 2 Temperature alarm 18 10 H...

Page 3: ...r compartment 26 14 2 Defrosting in the cool fresh compartment 26 14 3 Defrosting in the freezer compartment 26 15 Cleaning and servicing 26 15 1 Preparing the appliance for cleaning 26 15 2 Cleaning the appliance 26 15 3 Removing the fittings 27 15 4 Removing appliance com ponents 28 16 Troubleshooting 31 17 Storage and disposal 34 17 1 Taking the appliance out of operation 34 17 2 Disposing of o...

Page 4: ...000 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 Children must not play with the appliance Cleanin...

Page 5: ...stallation 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 result in a flammable mixture of gas and air Keep ...

Page 6: ... small parts away from children Do not let children play with small parts WARNING Risk of explosion Mechanical devices e g sharp or pointed objects or other devices may damage the refrigeration circuit flammable refriger ant may escape and explode To accelerate the defrosting process do not use any other mechanical devices or devices other than those recommended by the manufacturer Products which ...

Page 7: ... 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 considerable temperature increase in the compartments of the appliance Regularly clean the surfaces that may come into contact with food and accessible drain systems Store raw meat and fish ...

Page 8: ...he 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 by the manufacturer the manufacturer s Customer Ser vice or a similarly qualified person in order to prevent any risk WARNING Risk of fire If the tubes are damaged flammable refrigerant and harmful gases ma...

Page 9: ...ance as far away as possible from heating elements cookers and other heat sources Maintain a 30 mm clearance to electric or gas cookers Maintain a 300 mm clearance to oil or solid fuel cookers Use a niche depth of 560 mm Never cover or block the exterior ventilation grilles Saving energy during use Note The arrangement of the fittings does not affect the energy consump tion of the appliance Open t...

Page 10: ... climate class can be found on the rating plate Appliance Fig 1 6 Page 13 Climate class Permitted room tem perature SN 10 C to 32 C N 16 C to 32 C ST 16 C to 38 C T 16 C to 43 C The appliance is fully functional within the permitted room temperature If an appliance with climate class SN is operated at colder room temperat ures the appliance will not be dam aged up to a room temperature of 5 C Nich...

Page 11: ...hesive strips and carton 3 Clean the appliance for the first time Page 26 4 5 Connecting the appliance to the electricity supply 1 Insert the mains plug of the appli ance s power cable in a socket nearby The connection data of the appli ance can be found on the rating plate Appliance Fig 1 6 Page 13 2 Check the mains plug is inserted properly a The appliance is now ready for use ...

Page 12: ... with your appliance Familiarising yourself with your appliance 5 1 Appliance You can find an overview of the parts of your appliance here 1 4 5 8 9 10 11 A B C 2 3 7 6 1 A Refrigerator compartment Page 23 B Cool fresh compartment Page 24 C Freezer compartment Page 24 1 Control panel Page 13 2 Variable shelf Page 14 ...

Page 13: ...diagrams may differ with regard to their features and size 5 2 Control panel You can use the control panel to configure all functions of your appliance and to obtain information about the operating status 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 1 Refrigerator compart ment switches Super cooling on or off 2 Refrigerator compart ment sets the temperature of the refrigerator compartment 3 Displays the set temperature...

Page 14: ...od more quickly pull out the extendable shelf 6 4 Fruit and vegetable con tainer Store fresh fruit and vegetables in the fruit and vegetable container You can adjust the humidity in the fruit and vegetable container via the humidity controller on the partition and a special seal The air humidity in the fruit and vegetable container can be set according to the type and amount of food to be stored b...

Page 15: ... the door rack and re insert elsewhere Removing door rack Page 27 6 9 Accessories Use original accessories These have been made especially for your appli ance The accessories for your appliance depend on the model Egg tray Store eggs safely on the egg tray Bottle holder The bottle holder prevents bottles from falling over when the appliance door is opened and closed Freezer tray You can freeze sma...

Page 16: ...arily heated slightly This prevents condensa tion in the area of the door seal 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 offset 7 3 Switching off the appli ance Press 7 4 Setting the temperature Setting the refrigerator compartment temperature Press Refrigerator compart ment repeatedly until the temper ature display ...

Page 17: ...Automatic Super freezing With automatic Super freezing the freezer compartment cools down to a much lower temperature than for nor mal mode This freezes food right through more quickly The automatic Super freezing switches on more quickly if you place fresh food in the frozen food tray that is attached to the rear of the large frozen food container or in the flat frozen food containers starting fr...

Page 18: ...tment Temperature re mains un changed Freezer compart ment Temperature re mains un changed Switching on holiday mode Press Refrigerator compart ment repeatedly until the temper ature display refrigerator compart ment shows a No temperature is shown in the temperature display refrigerator compartment Switching off holiday mode Press Refrigerator compart ment repeatedly until the temper ature displa...

Page 19: ...bile device to control its functions via the Home Connect app The Home Connect services are not available in every country The avail ability of the Home Connect function depends on the availability 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 ...

Page 20: ...partment 5 If the temperature indicator freezer compartment shows the appli ance was unable to establish a connection to the WLAN home net work Wi Fi Check whether the appliance is located within the range of the WLAN home network Wi Fi Checking the signal strength Page 21 Repeat the process or establish the connection manually Page 20 6 Connect the appliance to the Home Connect app Page 21 10 2 C...

Page 21: ...nected to the WLAN home network Wi Fi Page 20 The Home Connect app has been installed on your mobile device 1 Press a The temperature display refriger ator compartment shows 2 Press Refrigerator compart ment repeatedly until the temper ature display refrigerator compart ment shows and the temperat ure display freezer compartment shows 3 Press Freezer compartment a The temperature display freezer c...

Page 22: ... refrigerator compart ment shows and the temperat ure display freezer compartment shows 3 Press Freezer compartment a The temperature display freezer compartment shows an animation a The update is installed a The control panel is locked during the installation a If the installation is successful the temperature display freezer com partment shows 4 If the temperature indicator freezer compartment s...

Page 23: ...t You can keep dairy products eggs prepared meals pastries open pre serves and hard cheese in the refri gerator compartment The temperature can be set from 3 C to 8 C The refrigerator compartment can also be used to store highly perish able foods in the short to medium term The lower the selected temper ature the longer the food remains fresh 11 1 Tips for storing food in the refrigerator compart ...

Page 24: ...ozen 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 spoilage 13 1 Freezing capacity The freezing capacity indicates the quantity of food that can be frozen right through to...

Page 25: ... cheese butter and quark ready meals and leftovers Food that is unsuitable for freezing includes lettuce radishes eggs in shells grapes raw apples 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 ...

Page 26: ... cessible points Cleaning by cus tomer service can give rise to costs 15 1 Preparing the appliance for cleaning 1 Switch off the appliance Page 16 2 Disconnect the appliance from the power supply Unplug the appliance from the mains or switch off the circuit breaker in the fuse box 3 Take out all of the food and store it in a cool place Place ice packs if available onto the food 4 Remove all fittin...

Page 27: ...hing up liquid 3 Dry thoroughly with a soft dry cloth 4 Insert the fittings and install the ap pliance components 5 Electrically connect the appliance 6 Switch on the appliance Page 16 7 Putting the food into the appliance 15 3 Removing the fittings If you want to clean the fittings thor oughly remove these from your ap pliance Removing the shelf Pull out and remove the shelf Removing the extendab...

Page 28: ...as far as it will go 2 Lift the frozen food container at the front and remove it 15 4 Removing appliance components If you want to clean your appliance thoroughly you can remove certain components from your appliance Partition and cover of the fruit and vegetable container You can remove the partition and the cover of the fruit and vegetable con tainer in order to clean it thoroughly Removing the ...

Page 29: ...e Fitting the partition and cover 1 Insert the cover for the fruit and ve getable container 2 Insert the partition 3 Place the glass plate on the parti tion Telescopic rails You can remove the telescopic rails in order to clean them thoroughly Removing telescopic rails 1 Pull out the telescopic rail 2 Move the lock in the direction of the arrow and loosen the pin from the rear 3 Push in the telesc...

Page 30: ...rvicing 30 Installing telescopic rails 1 Place the extended telescopic rail on the front pin and pull it for wards slightly to lock in place 2 Place the telescopic rail on the rear pin and push the locking mechanism back ...

Page 31: ...the displays and lighting light up Showroom mode is switched on Carry out the appliance self test Page 34 a Once the appliance self test has ended the appli ance switches to normal operation The LED lighting does not work Different causes are possible Call customer service The customer service number can be found in the enclosed customer service directory HomeConnect is not working correctly Diffe...

Page 32: ...e exter ior ventilation grilles Larger quantities of fresh food have been put in Do not exceed the max freezing capacity Freezing capacity Page 24 The temperature 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 ho...

Page 33: ...Troubleshooting en 33 Fault Cause and troubleshooting The appliance makes noises Super freezing is switched on No action required ...

Page 34: ...sounds 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 five audible signals sound and Freezer compartment flashes for 10 seconds inform the after sales service Storage and disposal 17 Storage and disposal Storage...

Page 35: ...iance 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 The terms of warrant...

Page 36: ...first line of the EU energy label Declaration of Conformity 20 Declaration of Con formity Declaration of Conformity BSH Hausgeräte GmbH hereby de clares that the appliance with Home Connect functionality meets the es sential requirements and other relev ant provisions of the Directive 2014 53 EU A detailed RED Declaration of Con formity can be found online at www siemens home bsh group com among t...

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Page 40: ...hen GERMANY www 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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