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Placing and Installation
A If the entrance door of the room where
the refrigerator will be installed is not wide
enough for the refrigerator to pass through,
then call the authorized service to have
them remove the doors of your refrigerator
and pass it sideways through the door.
1. Install your refrigerator to a place that al-
lows ease of use.
2. Keep your refrigerator away from heat
sources, humid places and direct sunlight.
3. There must be appropriate air ventila-
tion around your refrigerator in order to
achieve an efficient operation. If the re-
frigerator is to be placed in a recess in the
wall, there must be at least 5 cm distance
with the ceiling and at least 5 cm with the
wall. Do not place your product on the
materials such as rug or carpet.
4. Place your refrigerator on an even floor
surface to prevent jolts.
Adjusting the legs
If your refrigerator is unbalanced; You can
balance your refrigerator by turning the
front legs of it as illustrated in the figure.
The corner where the leg exists is lowered
when you turn in the direction of black ar-
row and raised when you turn in the oppo-
site direction. Taking help from someone
to slightly lift the refrigerator will facilitate
this process.
Reversing the door
(if required)
If required, we recommend that you have
the door hinges changed over by our cus-
tomer service. You can find out the costs for
changing over the door hinges from your ap-
propriate customer service.
Warning
While changing over the door hinges, ensure
that the appliance is not connected to the
power supply. Pull out the mains plug be-
forehand. To prevent damaging the back of
the appliance, place adequate padding un-
derneath. Carefully place the appliance on
its back.
Note
If the appliance is placed on its back, ensure
that the wall spacer is not fitted.
Preparation
• Your refrigerator should be installed at
least 30 cm away from heat sources such
as hobs, ovens, central heater and stoves
and at least 5 cm away from electrical ov-
ens and should not be located under di-
rect sunlight.
• The ambient temperature of the room
where you install your refrigerator should
at least be 10°C. Operating your refrigera-
tor under cooler conditions is not recom-
mended with regard to its efficiency.
• Please make sure that the interior of your
refrigerator is cleaned thoroughly.
• If two refrigerators are to be installed
side by side, there should be at least 2 cm
distance between them.
• When you operate your refrigerator for
the first time, please observe the fol-
lowing instructions during the initial six
hours.
• The door should not be opened frequent-
ly.
• It must be operated empty without any
food in it.
• Do not unplug your refrigerator. If a power
failure occurs out of your control, please
see the warnings in the “Recommended
solutions for the problems” section.
• Original packaging and foam materials
should be kept for future transportations
or moving.
• The baskets/drawers that are provided
with the chill compartment must always
be in use for low energy consumption and
for better storage conditions.
• Food contact with the temperature sen-
sor in the freezer compartment may in-
crease energy consumption of the appli-
ance. Thus any contact with the sensor(s)
must be avoided.
• In some models, the instrument panel
automatically turns off 5 minutes after
the door has closed. It will be reactivated
when the door has opened or pressed on
any key.
• Due to temperature change as a result of
opening/closing the product door during
operation, condensation on the door/
