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Refrigerator & Freezer
User guide
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Contents General Operating Instructions – All Products Important Safety Information 4 Installation - Four Essential Requirements 6 Moving or Storing Your Refrigerator 8 Door Conversion 9 Active Smart™ Refrigerators Operating Instructions 11 Special Features 13 Maintenance 15 Cleaning Care 16 Cyclic and Compact Refrigerators Operating Instructions 21 Special Features and Maintenance 22 Cleaning Care 23 Vertical Freezers Operating Instructions 26 Chest Freezers Operating Instructi
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Important Safety Information To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, or injury to persons read the IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS before operating this appliance. Use this appliance only for its intended purpose as described in this User Guide. Warning When using this appliance always exercise basic safety precautions including the following: Danger This appliance is not intended for use by young children or infirm persons without supervision. Young children should be supervised to ensur
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Important Safety Information Storing Food and Drinks Never store volatile or flammable materials in your refrigerator or freezer as they may explode. Never freeze liquids in glass containers. Liquid expands during freezing, which may cause the container to explode. Never freeze carbonated drinks. They may explode. Do not consume food if it is too cold. Food removed from the freezer compartment may be cold enough to cause damage when brought into contact with bare skin e.g. frozen ic
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Installation - Four Essential Requirements Please follow the steps for installation to ensure your appliance operates correctly. 1. Power The appliance must be installed so the plug is accessible. To ensure that the appliance is not accidentally switched off, connect your refrigerator or freezer to its own power point. Do not plug in any other appliance at this power point or use extension cords and double adaptors, as the combined weight of both power cords can pull the double adaptor fr
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Installation - Four Essential Requirements 4. Ventilation and Installation To ensure adequate ventilation for your refrigerator or vertical freezer, allow a minimum of 50mm of airspace above the cabinet, 20mm on each side, and 30mm at the rear. (See diagram 1). To ensure adequate ventilation for chest freezers, allow a minimum of 20mm of airspace on each side of the cabinet, and 75mm at the rear. The appliance is intended to be placed against a wall with a free distance not exceeding 75mm
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Moving or Storing Your Refrigerator If your refrigerator or freezer is turned off for any reason, wait 10 minutes before turning it back on. This will allow the refrigeration system pressures to equalise before restarting. Moving Your Refrigerator Turn off the appliance and unplug from the power point. Remove all food. Turn the adjustable feet to the right as far as they will turn (see page 6). Ease the refrigerator out of its position. Tuck the power cord away and tape the doors clos
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Door Conversion If you need to hinge your door on the opposite side we recommend that you call your local Fisher and Paykel Authorised Service Centre or Dealer to make this conversion. Active Smart™ refrigerators with silver handles need to be ordered either with left or right opening doors and can not be interchanged. All other models except those models listed below need to have an appropriate conversion kit for your model refrigerator. The kit is available from your Authorised Service Cen
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Door Conversion Fit new cap door closing to bottom hinge bracket. The new cap door closing is a mirror image of the existing part. Remove the hinge hole covers from the ends of the door using a narrow blade to prise them away from the door. The hinge hole covers are the components without holes. Keep them for re-use. Move the hinge bearing on the door to the opposite side of Figure 3 the top of the door (refer Figure 3). Fit the new hinge bearing closing hook to the opposite side of
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Active Smart™ Operating Instructions Models: 635mm wide E331T, E372B, E381T, E402B, E411T, E415H 680mm wide E406B, E413T, E440T, E442B 790mm wide E521T, E522B Temperature Control When the refrigerator is first turned on, the powerful cooling system will automatically cool both refrigerator and freezer compartments to their set temperatures. This will take between 2 – 3 hours depending on the temperature and humidity of the environment. The two compartment temperatures are accurately an
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Active Smart™ Operating Instructions Sabbath Mode To activate the Sabbath mode press the compartment select button on the temperature control panel for 10 seconds. When the Product is in Sabbath Mode: The light will not operate when the door is opened. The door alarm will not operate. The display will not be illuminated. Opening the door will not affect the compressor or fans. If the power to the refrigerator is turned off whilst in this mode, the product will continue in Sabbath m
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Active Smart™ Special Features Fruit and Vegetable Bins and Humidity Control Cover The fruit and vegetable bins feature a unique cover which provides two functions: The humidity cover seals the bins and provides a humid microclimate to extend storage times of fruits and vegetables. The humidity cover prevents condensation, which forms at high humidities, from dripping down onto the fruit and vegetables. The ability to retain high humidity in the fruit and vegetable bin may produce small a
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Active Smart™ Special Features Fault Alarms If the electronic controller detects a fault from which it is unable to recover an alarm will sound. When the fresh food compartment door is opened a fault code (specific pattern of lights) will flash red and green on the Control panel to alert you to the fault. The audible alarm will stop when any button is pressed but the lights will remain flashing. If such a fault occurs, call your Fisher & Paykel Appliances Authorised Service Centre immedi
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Active Smart™ Maintenance Replacement of the Interior Light (Halogen Light Bulb) Turn the power off at the wall socket before replacing the bulb. The light bulb is located on the top roof of the cabinet at the front. Remove the lens cover using a small screwdriver. Insert the screwdriver in the front centre of the lens cover and gently lever down. Pull out old bulb. Do not touch the new bulb with your hand. Leave it in the plastic bag whilst slotting into position. Remove plastic bag whe
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Active Smart™ Cleaning Care – Interior/Exterior Interior It is important to keep the interior of the refrigerator and freezer clean to help prevent food from becoming contaminated during storage. The amount and types of food stored determines how often cleaning should be carried out (ideally once every 1 to 2 weeks) in the refrigerator. Remove the shelves from cabinet and door. Wash shelves and storage bins in warm water and detergent; rinse in clean water and dry before replacing.
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Active Smart™ Cleaning Care – Special Features Interior Glass Shelves Clean with warm water and detergent or a glass cleaner. If cleaning the shelves without removing from the cabinet, use only warm water and detergent as a glass cleaner can damage the plastic components of your refrigerator. Important Note: Many commercially available cleaning products contain solvents that may attack the plastic components of your freezer and cause them to crack. It is important to use only warm water and
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Active Smart™ Cleaning Care – Special Features To Remove Trays or Fixed Bins For ease of removal, empty food from tray/bin first. Hold the centre front of the tray/bin handle. Lift vertically to unclip from the runners and pull tray/bin towards you to remove. Push runners back into refrigerator. To Replace Trays or Fixed Bins: With the runners pushed back into the refrigerator, place the tray/bin on top of the runners. Push the tray/bin back slowly until you feel it clip back onto
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Active Smart™ Cleaning Care – Special Features Humidity Control System (Where Fitted) Important Note: When cleaning the shelf above the vegetable bins, we recommend that you do not disassemble the Humidity Control System from the shelf. Retainer In the event that the plastic lid and humidity slides become separated from the glass shelf, follow these instructions to reassemble. Humidity Slides 1 Turn shelf upside down 2 To attach humidity slides onto shelf front corners, fit bottom clips in
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Active Smart™ Cleaning Care – Special Features Roll Out Fruit and Vegetable Bin – E415H Remove for cleaning by pulling out the compartment until it stops, lifting and then continuing to slide it forward until it is fully extended. Rest the door front on the floor and with the refrigerator compartment door open, remove the tray, divider rack and bin. Wash with warm water and detergent. Rinse, dry and replace. Lower Shelf in Models With Roll Out Fruit and Vegetable Bin – E415H Remove t
