u 10 [INSTRUCTION BOOK DEPT.
Important! Your new appliance is easy to use, Nevertheless, to get the best results it is important that you read this booklet very carefully and follow all the instructions before using the appliance for the first time. The booklet provides exact instructions for installation, operation and maintenance, and in addition also supplies some useful hints.
It is most important that this instruction book should be retained with the appliance for future reference. Should the appliance be sold or transferred to another owner, or should you move house and leave the appliance, always ensure that the book is supplied with the appliance in order that the new owner can be acquainted with the functioning of the appliance and the relevant warnings. Refrigeration Warnings 'THESE WARNINGS ARE PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY.
Index Installation Page 4 Location Page 5 Electricity supply Page 5 Use Page 6 Use of Freezer Page 7 Use of Refrigerator Page 10 Defrosting Page 12 T o reversibility Page 13 boot paneling Page 14 Maintenance Page 15 Servicing Page 15
Installation T Door frames (only for models provided with such frames} Remove the adhesive tape protecting the frames of the doors, To this purpose it will also be necessary te remove the handles, screwing them on again in the same position, or, on the opposite side, if the door is to be opened on the opposite sense, Rear spacers The plastic bag containing all relevant documentation also contains two rear wall spacers to be fitted into special slots on the back of the appliance.
Location Place the appliance as far away as possible from sources of heat, eg. radiators, jesters, direct sunlight, ete. The best results are achieved with a room temperature of between +16°C and +32'C (class N) or between +18'C and +48C {class T). Make sure that there is nothing hindering air circulation at the back, bottom, or top of the appliance, To achieve the jest performance, the top of the appliance — if set under a wall cabinet — should be at.
The right fuse cover/carrier color is the one shown by the colored insert at the base of the plug or is the color of the inscription at the base of the plug. ‘The plug must not be used if the fuse cover/carrier is lost. A replacement cover/carrier must be obtained from Gaussian Service Agents whose addresses are listed on the attached «Gaussian Service and Spares Nationwide. This model has the main terminal board of the type shown in Fig. 3.
Use of the freezer The freezer compartment of this model is of the «frost-free» type. This means that no frosting occurs on the inner walls of the compartment or on food during operation. The absence of frosting is achieved by constant circulation of cold air inside the compartment, produced by an automatic fan blower. The freezer is marked with the symbol, which means that the compartment is suitable for freezing 7 4s and for long-term storage of truculent foods.
Freezing of fresh foods To quick-freeze foods when the appliance has not been in use, switch on the freezer and let it run on the quickfire setting for at least three hours before putting the food to be frozen in the compartment. 1f instead the appliance is already in operation, it should run on the quick freeze setting for at least 24 hours before the foods are put in the freezer compartment.
Storage of commercially frozen foods Gross storage capacity: 310 Liters To get the best out of your freezer, besides doing everything indicated for freezing foods, in the case of storage of commercially frozen foods you should ensure that: the products have been correctly stored hy the retailer; that there is only a very short time between when you purchase the products and when you put them in the freezer; u do not store products for longer than ..e time specified by the food manufacturer.
Use of the refrigerator Operation Turn knob «C» (Fig. 4} to a smelting between 4 and 8, which is usually the most appropriate. However, the exact setting should be chosen keeping in mind that the temperature inside the refrigerator depends on: Room temperature How often the door is opened The quantity of food stored in the refrigerator Location of appliance.
In this position, fresh meat can be stored for 1-2 days at most. Further hints for getting the bast out of your refrigerator are as follows: Cooked foods, cold dishes, jellies, etc., should be well covered. Fruit and vegetables should be washed before being stored. Raw meat (of all types, including poultry} should be stored in plastic bags. Mobile shelves (grids) The walls of the refrigerator are equipped with a series of runners so that the shelves {grids) can be positioned as desired (Fig. 6).
Chilling of drinks The chilled-drinks container, located on the inner door of the refrigerator compartment, can be easily removed from its runners when it has to be refilled. To get a drink all you have to do is press the glass against the arms of the dispenser tap. When you remove the glass the tap automatically stops dispensing.
We particularly recommend that you periodically clean the defrost-water drainage outlet, located in the center of the drainage groove (Fig. 9) in the refrigerator compartment, to prevent the defrost water from overflowing on to foods stored in the compartment. As regards this, we further recommend use of a flexible device (such as a drinking straw, which is ideal) to facilitate the drainage operation.
Refit upper door and middle hinge on opposite side Refit lower door and hinge 1 on opposite side Turin base grille upside-down and refit it Remove handles 5-6 and refit them on opposite side. Door paneling (for model equipped with door frames) (Fig.
Maintenance Before carrying out any maintenance operation, always disconnect the plug from the wall socket. Periodical cleaning ‘Wash the interior of the appliance with lukewarm water and bicarbonate of soda. Clean the outer casing with a silicon-wax spray. The condenser and compressor should be cleaned using a brush or a vacuum cleaner. This latter operation maintain the appliance’s excellent awards of performance and save energy.
GAUSSIAN STANDARD GUARANTEE CONDITIONS This guarantee 16 in addition to your statutory and other legal rights which will not be excluded or in any way diminished by the return of the guarantee card, "We, Hokusai Limited, undertake that if, within twelve months (24 months for TV sets) of the date of the purchase, this ZANINESS] appliance or any part thereof is proved to be defective by reason only of faulty workmanship or materials, we will, at our option, repair or replace the same FREE OF ANY CHARGE for la