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Use & Care Guide
Side-By-Side Refrigerator
Guia de Uso y Cuidado
Refrigerador de dos puertas
Guide d’utilisation et d’entretien
Réfrigérateur à compartiments juxtaposés
241868904 May 2009
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Finding Information 2 Please read and save this Table of contents guide Finding Information ...................................................... 2 Safety ............................................................................. 3 Thank you for choosing Electrolux, our new premium brand in home appliances. This Use & Installation ..................................................................... 5 Care Guide is part of our commitment to customer Removing The Doors ....................
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Safety 3 Important safety instructions General Safety WARNING • Do not store or use gasoline , or other flammable liquids, near this or any other Please read all safety instructions before appliance. Read product labels for warnings using your new refrigerator. regarding flammability and other hazards. • Do not oper ate the refr iger ator in the Safety Precautions presence of explosive fumes. Do not attempt to install or operate your unit until you have read the safety precautions
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Safety 4 Electrical information IMPORTANT WARNING To turn off power to your refrigerator, unplug the You must follow these guidelines to ensure power cord from the wall outlet. that your refrigerator’s safety mechanisms are operating correctly. • The refrigerator must be plugged into its own dedicated 115 Volt, 60 Hz., AC- only electric outlet. The power cord of the appliance is equipped with a three-prong grounding plug for your protection against electrical shock hazards. It must be
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Installation 5 This Use & Care Guide provides general operating Toe Grille Installation and Removal instructions for your model. Use the refrigerator To install toe grille only as instructed in this Use & Care Guide. Before 1 Open both doors. Slide left and right sides of starting the refrigerator, follow these important toe grille over lower hinges of refrigerator. first steps. 2 While pushing toe grille firmly against Location cabinet, fasten bottom clips of toe grille to • Choose
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Installation 6 NO TE: Le v el the unit with the adjustab le rollers Door opening before leveling the doors. NOTE To level the doors using the adjustable lower hinge (some models): The refrigerator doors are designed to shut by themselves within a 20 degree opening. 1 Before leveling either door, remove set screw that locks door height into position. (The Your refrigerator should be positioned to allow easy door cannot be adjusted without set screw access to a counter when removing food
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Removing The Doors 7 Getting through narrow spaces If your refrigerator will not fit through an entrance area, you can reduce its size by removing the doors. Check first by measuring the entrance. Required Tools You will need the following tools: Top Hinge To p Hinge T ools Necessar y: Cover Rear Cover Front Screw Screw To p Hinge Bottom AND OR OR Screw Hinge Screw Sock et Adjustable 3/8” F ixed ™ Phillips Head W rench Set W rench W rench To prepare for removing the doors: 1 Make sure the el
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Removing The Doors 8 3 Detach the water tube from the connector To remove the freezer top hinge cover: located below the freezer door. The 1 Remove the two screws from each cover connector releases when you press its outer over the top door hinges. sleeve inward. 2 Lift hinge cover straight up and off. To remove the freezer door: Adjustable Hinge (some models) 1 Detach the multi-wire cable connector located above the top hinge. Grasp both sides of the connector firmly and pull apart.
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Installing Door Handles 9 Door Handle Mounting Instructions 1 Remove handles from carton and any other protective packaging. 2 Position freezer handle end caps over upper and lo w er pre-installed shoulder bolts (A) that are fastened into door, ensuring the holes for the set screws are facing towards the refrigerator door. 3 While holding handle firmly against door, fasten upper and lo w er Allen set scre ws (B) with supplied Allen wrench. 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to install refrig
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Connecting The Water Supply 10 NOTE WARNING Check with your local building authority for To avoid electric shock, which can cause recommendations on water lines and associated death or severe personal injury, disconnect materials prior to installing your new refrigerator. the refrigerator from electrical power before Depending on your local/state building codes, connecting a water supply line to the Electrolux recommends for homes with refrigerator. existing valves its Smart Choice® wa
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Connecting The Water Supply 11 IMPORTANT Steel Clamp After connecting the w ater supply , ref er to “Ho w Plastic W ater T ubing to Ice Maker to Prime the Water Supply System” for important Brass Fill T ube information about priming an empty water supply Compression Nut system. Your refrigerator’s water supply system Ferrule includes several tubing lines, a water filter, a (Sleeve) water valve, and a water tank. To ensure that Copper your water dispenser works properly, this water line
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Feature Overview 12 Understanding features and terms Your Electrolux refrigerator is designed for optimal convenience and storage flexibility. Use the illustration below to familiarize yourself with product features and terminology. Ice Cream Shelf Ice Maker Water Filter Door Light Switch Door Light Switch Air Filter Dairy Compartment Fixed Door Bin TM SpillProof Sliding Shelf Ice Container Door Bin TM SpillProof Glass Shelf Sliding Shelves Tall Bottle Small Basket Retainer and Cover Door Bin T
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Controls 13 TM Wave-Touch TM IQ-Touch
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Controls 14 rd TM 3 Level: User Variable Options Wave-Touch (some models) TM Your refrigerator is equipped with a Wave-Touch Panel user interface display. It is only necessary to touch the glass. There is no need to press with force. There are three levels of display. st 1 Level: Sleep Mode Touching the options icon displays the following options: vacation mode Conserves energy by increasing the time between automatic defrost. This feature is automatically activated during long perio
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Controls 15 TM TM (-) indicators will appear on either side of the Wave-Touch /IQ-Touch displayed temperatures. “Sabbath Mode” (some models) 3 Press the + or – indicator to adjust the temperature to the desired setting. The Sabbath Mode is a feature that disables The temperature display will begin to blink portions of the refrigerator and its controls for both with the first touch. After fiv e seconds of TM TM Wave-Touch and IQ-Touch , in accordance with inactivity, the display wi
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Controls 16 TM factory default Resets all refrigerator settings such as IQ-Touch (some models) temp, temp display and ring tones to their factory default settings. on off Press and hold for three seconds to turn off the cooling system to clean the refrigera- tor. It also turns off all dispenser functions. The temperature display will read OFF. IMPORTANT Pressing the system off icon does not turn off power to your refrigerator. You must unplug the power cord from the wall outlet. Settin
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Controls 17 Alarms Door Ajar If the door has been left open for an ex- tended period of time, an alarm will sound and the door ajar indicator will display on the right side of the display. The alarm is turned off by closing the door. The mute sounds key will illuminate to prompt the reset of any pending alarms. Press this key to reset any system alarms. High Temp In the event of a high temperature condi- tion, the temperature display will display “HI”. After 20 minutes, the high temp
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Storage Features 18 NOTE CAUTION The Cantilever Sliding Glass Shelf has spacers To avoid injury from breakage, handle (side screws) on the sides of the brackets to tempered glass shelves carefully. securely hold the shelf in place. To relocate the shelf to a different location, the NOTE spacers must be turned in (clockwise). To secure the shelf in a new location, remember to turn the Features may vary according to model. spacers out (counterclockwise) until they touch the sides of the co
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Storage Features 19 To remove the Crisper Drawer: Meat keeper (some models) 1 Wearing safety glasses, gently place a flat- Some models are equipped with a meat keeper head screwdriver behind the snap between drawer for short-term storage of bulk meat items. the metal slide and the crisper pan. This drawer includes a sliding control for adjusting the temperature inside. 2 Carefully rotate a quarter (1/4) turn. Do not use a prying motion as this may damage An y meat to be k ept longer th
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Storage Features 20 Perfect Temp Drawer (some models) The Perfect Temp Drawer (PTD) was designed to keep food items at a precise temperature that is cooler, the same, or warmer than the fresh food side of the refrigerator. The PTD is shipped tur ned OFF . When first tur ned on or after a po w er outage the PTD ma y sho w “HI°F” if it is set to a temperature before the freezer and fresh food temperatures have stabilized. To avoid this message, leave the PTD in the “OFF” setting until the
