BFD5665BW - Fridge Freezer BRANDT - Free user manual and instructions

USER MANUAL BFD5665BW BRANDT

FR GUIDE D'INSTALLATION ET D'UTILISATION

EN INSTRUCTION FOR USE

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RELATIONS CONSOMMATEURS

1 Instructions for safety, disposal, installation and maintenance

• Safety instructions and warnings
• Disposing of your appliance
• General installation conditions
  Electric connections
• Energy-saving measures
• Cleaning and maintenance

2 Introduction to your appliance

• Installing your appliance
  Description of your appliance
  Controls and use of your appliance

3 Using your fridge

• The temperature indicator in your fridge
• Adjusting your fridge
• Preparing food before putting it in the fridge
• Arranging food in your fridge
• Automatically defrosting your fridge

4 Using your freezer

• Frozen / deep-frozen produce
  Preparing food before freezing
• Guide to freezing food
• Arranging food in your freezer
• Adjusting your freezer
• Quick freeze (depending on the model)
• Making ice cubes (depending on the model)
• Thawing food
• Defrosting your freezer

5 Routine maintenance of your appliance

• Cleaning and maintaining your appliance
• Replacing the bulb

6 Troubleshooting

• Operating problems
  Technical support

7 After-sales service

SAFETY GUIDELINES

For your safety and in order to use your appliance correctly, carefully read these instructions (including the warnings and useful advice), before installation and first use.

To avoid damaging the appliance and unnecessary injury, it is important that the persons who use the appliance fully understand how it works and the safety instructions.

Always keep these instructions close to the appliance so that they can accompany it in the event of resale or a change of house. In this way, the appliance will continue to function optimally and any risk of injury will be avoided.

The manufacturer shall not be held liable in the event of misuse of the appliance.

GENERAL SAFETY AND

WARNING

• This appliance is designed to be used for domestic and similar applications such as:

• kitchen areas for the staff of shops, offices and other professional premises.;

• farms and use by customers in hotels, motels and other residential environments;

• B&B-type environments;

• catering and other similar applications, excluding retail

The safety of

children and other vulnerable persons:

• This appliance can be used by children aged from 8 years and above or who have no experience or knowledge, provided that they are properly supervised or that they have received the instructions for the use of the

appliance in complete safety and the risks incurred have been fully understood.

Children must not play with the appliance.
Children must not clean and maintain the appliance without supervision.
- Keep all the packaging materials out of the reach of children, as they can cause suffocation.
- Do not let children play with the appliance, keep pets away.
- Used appliances must be immediately made unusable. Disconnect the power cord and cut it as close to the appliance as possible. Inhibit the closing mechanism of the door or, even better, detach the door, so that children or pets cannot remain enclosed inside the appliance when playing.

If any incidents occur and you cannot resolve them with the advice we provide (see "Troubleshooting"), then only

call our approved after-sales service centres or a qualified professional.

WARNING

• Your appliance must be installed and, if necessary, secured and used in accordance with the instructions in this manual in order to avoid any risks due to poor installation.
• Maintain clear of obstruction ventilation openings in the appliance enclosure or in the built-in structure.
• Do not use any mechanical or other means, other than those recommended by the manufacturer, to speed up the defrosting process.
• Do not damage the refrigerating circuit.

• Do not use any electric appliances inside the compartment for food, unless they are of a type recommended by the manufacturer.

• Do not store any explosive substances, such as aerosols containing inflammable propellant gases, inside the appliance.

• Never expose the appliance to a naked flame.
• Switch off and disconnect the appliance before cleaning or moving it.
• For models fitted with a water dispenser or an ice compartment, only fill or connect using a supply of drinking water.
• If the power cable is damaged, it should be replaced by the manufacturer, its after-sales service department or a similarly qualified person to avoid danger.

The refrigerating and insulating agents used in this appliance contain inflammable gases. Only dispose of the appliance in certified collection centres. Never expose the appliance

to a naked flame.

Coolant liquid

The appliance's cooling circuit contains isobutane coolant (R600a), which is a more ecological coolant gas, which is nevertheless flammable.

When transporting and installing the appliance, make sure that none of the components of the cooling circuit are damaged.

Caution: Fire risk

If the cooling circuit is damaged:

-Avoid naked flames and all sources of inflammation.

• Ventilate the room in which the appliance is installed.

It is dangerous to change the composition of this model in any way whatsoever.

Any damage to the power cord may result in a short circuit and/or electrocution.

DISPOSAL

This symbol indicates that this product should not be treated as household waste.

Your appliance also contains a great amount of recyclable material. It is marked with this label to indicate the used appliances must be disposed of in certified collection points.

Contact your town hall or your retailer for the used appliance collection points closest to your home. This way, the appliance recycling organised by your manufacturer will be done under the best possible conditions, in compliance with European Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment.

We thank you for your help in protecting the environment.

This appliance's packing materials are also recyclable. Help recycle it and protect the environment by dropping it off in the municipal receptacles provided for this purpose.

In accordance with the most recent legislative provisions applying to the protection and respect for the environment, your appliance does not contain any CFCs, but a refrigerant called R600a. The exact type of coolant gas used in your appliance is clearly shown on the information plate inside the fridge part of your appliance, at the foot of the left-hand side panel. R600a is a non-polluting gas that does not harm the ozone layer and hardly contributes to the greenhouse effect at all.

INSTALLING YOUR APPLIANCE

Caution:

You

can only keep your food in

good condition and optimise your energy consumption by following the instructions in this installation and user guide.

INSTALLATION

• If your appliance is fitted with casters, then remember that they should only be used for short movements. Do not move the appliance over long distances on its casters.
• Clean the appliance before connecting it to the mains. Always unplug your appliance before any maintenance work. Never pull on the power cord, but only on the plug itself.
• Install the appliance in a dry and well ventilated place.
• Avoid balconies, verandas and patios, because excessively high and low temperatures in the summer and the winter can prevent your appliance from functioning properly, or even damage it.

• Do not place the appliance near a source of heat, such as an oven or a radiator.

• Leave at least 3 and 5cm clear around the sides and 10cm above the appliance to allow the air to circulate freely.

• Place the appliance at a suitable distance from the wall using the spacers contained in the bag of accessories.
• Your appliance is designed to function optimally at a given ambient temperature. In this case, it is said to be designed for a particular "climate class". The climate class is shown on the ID plate inside the appliance, on the bottom of the left hand wall. Beyond these temperatures, the performance of your appliance may suffer.

Class	Ambient temperature
SN	+ 10°C to + 32°C
N	+ 16°C to + 32°C
ST	+ 16°C to + 38°C
T	+ 16°C to + 43°C

Tips:

Once the appliance is installed, adjust the feet so that it is slightly inclined rearwards. In this way, it will be easier to close the door.

Before putting any food in the fridge, clean the appliance inside and outside with bicarbonate of soda dissolved in water (1 spoon of bicarbonate of soda for 4 litres of water). Do not use alcohol, abrasive powders or detergents, which could damage the surfaces. (see "Cleaning your appliance")

ELECTRIC CONNECTIONS

The electric connections must meet the applicable standards and be capable of.
withstanding the maximum
power shown on the ID plate.

The plug must be correctly earthed.

We cannot be held liable for any incidents caused by improper electric installations.

Advice on the electric installation

• Do not use extensions, adapters or multiple plugs.
• Never remove the earth.
• The power plug must be easily accessible and out of the reach of children.

If in doubt, refer to your reseller.

Your appliance complies with the European directives and their amendments.

ENERGY-SAVING MEASURES

In order to reduce the power consumption of your appliance:

• Install it in a suitable location (see "Installing your appliance").
• Leave the doors open for the shortest time possible.
• Never put hot food in the fridge or the freezer, and in particular soups and other

preparations that release a lot of steam.

• Check that your appliance is working correctly and do not allow too much ice to accumulate in the freezer (defrost when the ice is more than 5-6 mm thick). Clean the condenser on a regular basis (see chapter "Routine maintenance of your appliance").
• Regularly check the door seals and make sure that the doors can be closed properly. If this is not the case, contact after-sales service.
• Do not adjust the temperature too low.
• Failure to install the draws, bins and shelves properly can result in increased power consumption.

Warning

If your transported the appliance horizontally, position it vertically and wait for 2 hours before connecting it. A little oil may flow into the cooling circuit. Allow enough

time for the oil to return to the motor before connecting the appliance, failing which, it could be

Always unplug your appliance before any maintenance work. Never pull on the power cord, but only on the plug itself.

CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE

Always switch off the appliance before any maintenance operations.
- Never clean the appliance with metal objects, steam systems, volatile oils, organic solvents or abrasive components.
- Do not use sharp or cutting objects to remove the ice. Use a plastic sponge.
Refer to the "Maintenance" chapter in this manual to replace the light bulb.

DESCRIPTION OF YOUR APPLIANCE (depending on the model)

A Thermostat
B Door shelves
Vegetable compartment
D Bottle shelf
E Freezer **** compartment

IREVERSING THE DIRECTION THE DOORS OPEN

You can alter the direction in which the doors open if you wish:

The appliance must always be disconnected from the power supply when changing the direction the doors open.

• Tilt the appliance slightly backwards and wedge it in this position.
• Unscrew the [pin from the lower hinge and then remove the door from the refrigerator section.
• Take off the lower hinge by removing the 4 screws.

Fit it on the opposite side.

• Unscrew the middle hinge and remove the freezer door.
• Remove the upper hinge and fit it on the opposite side
• Swap over the hole covers and the plastic hinge pin guides on the top of both doors.
• Fit and hold the freezer door on its hinge pin, insert the middle hinge into the lower part of the door and screw it in place.
• Insert the refrigerator door between the middle hinge and the bottom hinge and then close it.
• Refit the lower hinge and screw it firmly in place.
• If your appliance is fitted with a vertical handle, remember to move it to the opposite side.

FITTING THE DOOR HANDLES (depending on the model)

The handles are located inside the refrigerator. Fit the handles on the doors, positioning them opposite the respective holes and fasten them with the screws provided as shown in the diagram below. Once the handles are in place, insert the screw covers supplied in the spaces provided for this purpose

USING THE REFRIGERATOR COMPARTMENT

The thermostat in the refrigerator controls the temperature. To set it, you must turn the knurled wheel inside the refrigerator on the right-hand side. When set to position 0, the appliance is OFF. We recommend that you select a middle position: 2 or 3.

Advice:

• Do not put hot food or unsealed liquids into the refrigerator.
• NEVER introduce volatile, inflammable or explosive fluids such as alcohol, acetone or petrol because of the risk of explosion.
• It is advisable to wrap meat and fish to avoid odours.
• Leave sufficient space between the foodstuffs to enable air to circulate correctly between them. Similarly, when storing them, avoid putting food items in contact with each other.
• Do not place food items in contact with the cold wall at the back of the refrigerator. The shelves have a stop to avoid this.
• The door should not be left open any longer than necessary.

USING THE MIXED COLD (depending on the model)

Your appliance is equipped with a cold airventilation system: Mixed cold : the fan mixes the airproviding greater temperature homogeneity and avoiding condensation forming on the glass shelves. Apart from these everyday advantages, we recommend that you use the fan:

• When the climatic conditions are extreme (e.g. a heat wave).
• If you have just placed a large amount offfood in your appliance's.

To start the fan: press the ON/OFF button

• The fan does not operate continuously. When it starts up depends on the refrigerator's internal temperature. It is therefore quite normal for the fan not to operate sometimes when the Start button has been correctly pressed.

USING THE FREEZER COMPARTMENT

This compartment enables you to preserve frozen food, freeze fresh produce and to produce ice cubes.

Do not freeze too large an amount of food at one time; the faster the food is frozen, the longer it preserves its qualities. Similarly, ensure that your food items are well wrapped before freezing them so that they retain all their flavour and do not spoil other items.

The preservation times for frozen and deep-frozen foods depends on the type of food concerned. Please refer to the instructions on the packaging. Do not place bottles or cans in the ice box. They may split when their contents freeze. Highly carbonated drinks may even explode! NEVER keep lemonade, fruit juice, beer, wine, champagne, etc. in the freezer - ice box compartment.

FOOD SAFETY

(dependently on the model)

Explanation of the coldest area by means of signs.

The symbol opposite indicates the location of the coldest area

in your refrigerator, whose temperature is ≤ +4^

You will store here meat, poultry, fish, cooked meats, prepared dishes, ready-made salads, egg or cream-based dishes and pastries, fresh pasta, pastry, pizza/quiches, fresh produce and raw milk cheese, ready-to-use vegetables sold in plastic bags and, in general, any fresh produce whose consume-by date is associated with storage at a temperature of +4^ or below.

Temperature indicator:

Adjust your thermostat

Correct temperature

The temperature indicator enables you to check that your refrigerator is working correctly.

The indicator displays "OK" when the coldest area reaches an average temperature of ± 4^ (4 hours after being switched on). If the temperature is above +4^ , the indicator remains black. The user must then lower the temperature of the refrigerator by adjusting the thermostat.

Warning:

Opening the refrigerator's door for a prolonged period causes the refrigerator's internal temperature to rise. To measure the temperature correctly, the temperature indicator must be read within 30 seconds. Similarly, it should also be taken into account that the temperature is nor completely uniform throughout the compartment, for which reason there are appropriate areas for each type of foodstuff.

A Freezing fresh foodstuffs or storing frozen foods
B Dairy products, cheese
C Meat, cooked meats, fish
D Fruit and vegetables
E Drinks, butter and eggs
FCondiments
G Drinks

DEFROSTING

Your refrigerator has an automatic defrosting system. The appliance's rear surface becomes covered with frost when the compressor is working and defrosts when the compressor is off. When the frost melts, the water evaporates by itself.

The **** compartment must always be defrosted when the layer of frost is approximately 4mm thick. In any case, this compartment must be defrosted at least once a year.

You may use the plastic spatula supplied with the appliance but never use any metal item or an electrical appliance.

Disconnect your refrigerator before proceeding to defrost it.

• Pack your frozen food in a freezer bag and keep it cool.
• Leave the door open and sponge away the melt water as it forms.
• To accelerate the defrosting process, you can place a bowl of hot water in the compartment and close the door.
• Once defrosting is complete, proceed to clean your appliance.

CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE

Switch off your refrigerator before proceeding to clean it.

We recommend that you clean and disinfect your appliance regularly

• Clean the interior with water and bicarbonate of soda using a sponge or a dishcloth to prevent any bad smells occurring.
• Never, under any circumstances, use solvents or abrasive detergents because these could damage the interior of your appliance. Also do not put any of the interior's accessories in the dishwasher.
• We recommend that you dust the back of the appliance with a cloth once a year because if it is dirty, your refrigerator's output reduces and its consumption increases.

CHANGING THE LIGHT BULB

4 Disconnect your appliance before proceeding to change the light bulb.

• Remove the grill. The bulb is behind the thermostat panel.
• Remove the bulb by unscrewing it counter-clockwise.
• Insert a new bulb of the same power as its predecessor.
• Replace the grill, reconnect the appliance and switch it on.

OPERATING PROBLEMS

Certain noises are quite normal when the fridge is working:

• the coolant gas can make a gurgling noise as it flows through the circuits
• the compressor may make a purring noise, especially when starting
• the fridge's materials may make a cracking noise when expanding or contracting

PROBLEM	SOLUTION
The appliance does not work.	Check that the plug is properly inserted, that the fuse has not blown and that the circuit breaker has not tripped.
The fridge vibrates or makes a noise	Check that it is level. Adjust the feet.
The fridge is too cold/not cold enough	Check the setting of the thermostat and adjust to a suitable temperature.
The bulb does not light up	Check the bulb, and replace if necessary. If the problem is not solved, check that the appliance is properly connected.
The compressor does not restart after changing the temperature	This is quite normal. The compressor only starts after a delay.
There is water on the floor or the racks	The hole through which the defrosting water is evacuated is blocked. Unblock it with a knitting needle.

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

If the above solutions do not solve your problem, NEVER TRY TO REPAIR THE APPLIANCE YOURSELF. Contact your nearest Technical Assistance centre.

THIS APPLIANCE RESPECTS THE EU DIRECTIVES

Any repairs that are made to your appliance must be done by a qualified professional authorised to work on the brand.. When calling, give the complete reference of your appliance (model, type, serial number). You can find this information on your warranty certificate and on the ID plate.

Any work on your appliance must be performed by a Brandt-accredited quali~ ed professional. When you call, please mention the complete reference for your machine (model, type, serial number): this information is provided on your guarantee certif cate and the information plate on your appliance.

ORIGINAL SPARE PARTS: when any maintenance work is being performed, ask that only certified original spare parts be used.

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