User manual SMEG KCI19P

[. . . ] 39 Installing and Operating your Fridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Before Using your Fridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 USAGE INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Temperature Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] • Place your fridge in a place where it is not exposed to direct sunlight. • Your appliance should be at least 50 cm away from stoves, ovens and heater cores, and should be at least 5 cm away from electrical ovens. • This appliance should never be used outdoors or left under the rain. • Fit the plastic wall spacers to the condenser on the back of the refrigerator in order to prevent it from touching the wall and affecting performance. • When your fridge is placed next to a deep freezer, there should be at least 2 cm between the appliances to prevent humidity on the outer surface. Do not place anything on your fridge, and install your fridge in a suitable place where there is at least 15 cm of clearance space available on the upper side. • If you place your fridge next to your kitchen cabinets, leave a space of 2 cm between the appliance and the cabinets. • Install the distance adjustment plastic (the part with black vanes at the rear) by turning it 90° to prevent the condenser from touching the wall. • The adjustable front legs should be set at an appropriate height to allow your fridge to operate in a stable and proper way. You can adjust the legs by turning them clockwise or counter-clockwise. • Before using your fridge, wipe all parts with warm water mixed with a teaspoonful of sodium bicarbonate and then rinse with clean water and dry. • Do not place hot meals in your deep freeze until they cool down. You could cause the other food frozen beforehand in the deep freeze compartment to become spoiled. • As you buy frozen food, make sure it was frozen under appropriate conditions and that the packaging is not torn. • While storing frozen food, the storage conditions on the package should certainly be observed. If there are no instructions, the food has to be consumed in the shortest possible period of time. • Frozen food has to be transported before it thaws and it should be placed in the fast freezing shelf as soon as possible. If they are not cooked after being thawed they must NEVER be re-frozen. EN - 44 - Vegetables and Fruits Preparation Storage Duration (months) Thawing period at room temperature (hours) Cauliflower Remove the leaves, divide the core into parts and keep it waiting in water containing a little amount of lemon Wash them and cut into small pieces. Shell and wash them Wash them and cut into small pieces In a cleaned fashion Cut it into pieces of 2cm after washing it Clean it and pack it with its cob or in grains Clean them and cut into slices Remove the stem, divide it into two and separate the seeds Washed 10-12 It may be used in frozen form Green Beans, French Beans Peas Mushrooms and Asparagus Cabbage Eggplant Corn Carrot 10-13 12 6-9 6-8 10-12 12 12 It may be used in frozen form It may be used in frozen form It may be used in frozen form 2 Separate plates from each other It may be used in frozen form It may be used in frozen form It may be used in frozen form 2 (In freezer) 5 (In freezer) 4 2 4 5-7 Pepper 8-10 Spinach Apple and Pear 6-9 8-10 4-6 8-12 12 8-12 Slice it by peeling its rind Divide it into half and remove Apricot and Peach the seeds Strawberry and Raspberry Cooked fruits Plums, Cherries, Sour Cherries Wash and clean them Inside a cup with addition of 10% of sugar Wash them and remove the stems EN - 45 - Dairy Products and Pastries Packaged (Homogenised) Milk Preparation Storage Duration (months) 2-3 Storage Conditions In its own package Only homogeneous ones They may be left in their original packages for short time storage. They should also be wrapped in plastic folio for long term storage. Cheese (except white cheese) In the form of slices 6-8 Butter, Margarine Egg White In its own package 6 10-12 30 gr of it Equals to one egg yolk. Egg* 10 Egg Yolk It is mixed very well, a pinch of salt or sugar is added to prevent it from getting too thick. 8-10 2 gr of it Equals to one egg yolk. * It should not be frozen with its shells. The white and yolk of the egg should be frozen separately or as having been well mixed. [. . . ] • Is there enough space between your refrigerator and the back and side walls?EN - 49 - If the food in the Cooling/Freezing compartment is colder than necessary: • Has a suitable temperature setting be made?(Are the thermostat knobs in the position “5”?) • Is there too much newly placed food in the deep freeze compartment?If there is, the compressor shall operate longer for freezing it; hence it may also possibly be cooling the food in the cooling compartment more than necessary. [. . . ]