User manual

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Useful hints
Alway check the date shown on deep frozen foods
on sale and eat them before the expiry date.
Do not open the door too often and leave it open
only as long as necessary; the temperature increase
in fact reduces the food storage life.
Make sure all packages are in good condition,
otherwise foods might deteriorate.
If the packages show signs of humidity or have
swollen, the foods may not have been properly
stored, so that the product has lost its original
quality.
When deep frozen foods are bought, always use a
thermal bag; they should always be bought last of
all. Wrap them in newspaper sheets and store them
in the freezer as soon as you get home. Check the
product carefully when you buy it, as unfrozen foods
cannot be frozen again and must be eaten within 24
hours.
Thawing
Before being used, deep-frozen and frozen food can
be thawed out either in the refrigerator or at room
temperature, depending on the time available for
this operation.
Small pieces of food can be cooked straight out of
the freezer, without any intermediate thawing
operation. In this case, cooking time will be longer
than in the case of thawed food.
Defrosting
The freezer compartment, will become
progressively covered with frost. This should be
removed with the special plastic scraper provided,
whenever the thickness of the frost exceeds 4 mm.
During this operation it is not necessary to switch
off the power supply or to remove the foodstuffs.
However, when the ice becomes very thick on the
inner liner, complete defrosting should be carried
out and it is advisable to carry out this operation
when the appliance is empty.
To carry out complete defrosting of the ( )
freezer compartment proceed as follows:
Remove the ice-cube trays and the frozen foods and
wrap them in several sheets of newspaper or, even
better, in thermally insulated containers.
Turn the thermostat knob to the «
O » position or
unplug the appliance.
Leave the door open.
Insert the plastic scraper in the appropriate seating
at the bottom centre, as shown in Fig. 6, place a
basin underneath to collect the defrost water.
Fig. 6
When defrosting is completed dry the interior
thoroughly.
Keep the scraper for future use.
Turn the thermostat knob (A) to the desired
position or replace the plug in the socket. After
allowing the appliance to run for two hours on the
fast-freeze setting, it is ready for storing frozen
food again.
Important
Never use knives or metal objects to scrape away
the accumulated frost.
Remember that an increase in the surface
temperature of already-frozen foods may
significantly decrease their storage life.
Making ice cubes
The freezer may be fitted with one or more trays for
making ice cubes for the whole family. Fill the trays
with water up to 3/4 of their capacity and place
them in the fast freeze compartment; if the water in
your area contains many mineral salts (especially
lime), use natural mineral water to make ice cubes.
The ice cubes can be detached from the tray by
simply twisting it; never use metal tools to remove
the trays from the freezer.
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