Westinghouse WHE5000, User Manual

10  Electronic controls

qUICK FREEzE FUNCtIoN

Use the quick freeze function when you add a large amount

of food to the freezer compartment . This freezes the food 

quickly but does not affect the temperature in the refrigerator 

compartment . To use this function, press the quick freeze 

button once . An animated icon will light up . The quick freeze 

function will now operate for 90 minutes . If you want to turn 

the quick freeze function off before 90 minutes have passed, 

simply press the quick freeze button again . The icon will 

disappear and the freezer will return to normal operation .

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FREEzER tEMpERAtURE ALARM

If the alarm sounds for no apparent reason, check whether

anything is keeping the door open . If the freezer becomes

too warm due to the freezer door being left open or warm

food being placed too close to the temperature sensor,

a buzzer will sound .

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The icon adjacent to the alarm reset button, the freezer set

temperature and bar graph will all flash, until the alarm 

reset button is pressed . Once pressed, the alarm disable 

icon adjacent to the alarm button will illuminate for 50 

minutes, or until the temperature drops to an acceptable 

level. Make sure nothing is holding the freezer door open 

and move any warm food away from the temperature 

sensor . If the freezer is still too warm after 50 minutes, the 

alarm will sound again, indicating that something may be 

wrong with the refrigerator .

Note:

the freezer temperature alarm can be reset for 

12 hours by pressing the alarm reset button continuously for 

10 seconds.

DooR ALARM

If the fridge door is left open for more than two minutes,

the alarm will buzz and an arrow pointing to an open door

will flash, along with the temperature setting and bar graph .

If you want to leave the door open while you load the

refrigerator, you can turn the alarm off for 8 minutes by

pressing the alarm reset button . If the door is left open for 

more than 30 minutes, the light will automatically turn off 

to save energy . To turn the light back on simply close and 

reopen the door .

CHILD LoCK

Press and hold the freezer and fridge buttons together to

activate the child lock . This will disable the display to 

prevent accidental changes to settings . To turn the child lock 

off, press and hold the freezer and fridge buttons together .

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The LCD panel has a blue backlight and 6 touch buttons . 

When the power is first turned on, you will see the default 

settings, with the backlighting on .

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CoNtRoLLING tHE tEMpERAtURE

We recommend that when you start your refrigerator for

the first time, the temperature for the refrigerator is set to

3°C and the freezer to -18°C . If you want to change the

temperature, follow the instructions below. Make only

small adjustments and wait 24 hours to see if it’s correct.

Checking the softness of ice cream is a good indication

if your freezer is the right temperature, while feeling the

coldness of water kept in the refrigerator is a good way

of checking the temperature of the food compartment .

Note:

When you set a temperature, you set an average 

temperature for the whole refrigerator cabinet.

temperatures inside each compartment may vary, 

depending on how much food you store and where you

place it. High or low room temperature may also affect the

actual temperature inside the refrigerator.

If no button has been pressed for some time there may be

a delay of up to 2 seconds before the display responds,

this is normal and is a part of the display design to reduce

the chance of accidental changes..

CHANGING tHE FREEzER tEMpERAtURE

Press the freezer button to make the freezer colder in 1°C

steps . Once the maximum of -23°C is reached, the display

will return to -14°C with the next press of the button . The

bar graph gets smaller with colder freezer settings .

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CHANGING tHE REFRIGERAtoR tEMpERAtURE

Press the fridge button to make the refrigerator colder in

1°C steps . Once 0°C is reached, the display will return to

7°C with the next button press . The bar graph gets smaller

with colder refrigerator settings .

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