Maintenance And Cleaning - Atlas NFS 166 Bedienungsanleitung

3 The fast-freezing function is designed to preserve nutrition
of the frozen food, with the food thoroughly frozen in the
shortest time. Fast freezing consumes more energy than the
normal freezing does.
• Allow the hot foods to cool down to the room temperature
before putting them in the freezer compartment.
• Do not put a glass container with liquid or the canned liquid
that is sealed in the freezer compartment, so as to avoid
burst due to volume expansion after the liquid gets frozen
up.
• Divide the food into appropriately small portions
• You'd better pack the food up before freezing it, and the
packing bag used should be dry, in case the packing bags are
frozen together. Foods should be packed or covered by such
suitable materials as are firm, tasteless, impervious to air
and water, non-toxic and pollution-free, to avoid cross-
contamination and transfer of odor.
Tips for shopping the frozen foods
1. When you are buying frozen food, look at the Storage Gui-
delines on the packaging. You will be able to store each item
of frozen food for the period shown against the star rating.
This is usually the period stated as "Best to use them befo-
re×", found on the front of the packaging.
2. Check the temperature of the frozen food cabinet in the
shop where you buy the frozen foods.
3. Make sure the frozen food package is in perfect condition.
4. Always buy frozen products last on your shopping trip or vi-
sit to the supermarket.
5. Try to keep frozen food together whilst shopping and on the
journey home, as this will help to keep the food cooler.
6. Don't buy frozen food unless you can freeze it straight away.
Special insulated bags can be bought from most super-
markets and hardware shops. These keep the frozen foods
cold longer.
7. For some foods, thawing before cooking is unnecessary. Ve-
getables and pasta can be added directly to boiling water or
steam cooked. Frozen sauces and soups can be put into a
saucepan and heated gently until thawed.
8. Use quality food and handle it as little as possible. When
foods are frozen in small quantities, it will take less than for
them to freeze up and thaw.
9. Estimate the amount of foods to be frozen up. When free-
zing large amounts of fresh food, adjust the temperature
control knob to the low mode, with the freezer temperature
lowered. So, foods can be frozen up in fast manner, with the
food freshness well kept.
Tips for special needs
Moving the freezer/freezer
Location
Do not place your freezer/freezer near a heat source, e.g. cook-
er, boiler or radiator. Avoid it from direct sunlight in out-
buildings or sun lounges.
Leveling
Make sure to level your freezer/freezer using the front leveling
feet. If not level, the freezer/freezer door gasket sealing perfor-
mance will be affected, or even it may lead to the operating fail-
ure of your freezer/freezer.
After locating the freezer/freezer in position, wait for 4 hours be-
fore using it, so as to allow the refrigerant to settle.
Installation
Do not cover or block the vents or grilles of your appliance.
When you are out for a long time
• If the appliance will not be used for several months, turn it
off first, and then unplug the plug from the wall outlet.
• Take out all foods.
• Clean and dry the interior thoroughly. To prevent odor and
mold growth, leave the door ajar: block it open or have the
door removed if necessary.
• Keep the cleaned appliance in a dry, ventilated place and
away from the heat source, place the appliance smoothly,
and do not place heavy objects on top of it.
• The unit should not be accessible to child's play.
Maintenance and cleaning
Before cleaning, unplug the power plug first; Do not plug in or
plug out the plug with wet hand, because there is a risk of elec-
tric shock and injury. Do not spill water directly on the freezer, to
avoid rust, electricity leakage and accidents. Do not stretch your
hands into the bottom of the freezer, since you might be
scratched by sharp metal corners.
Internal cleaning and external cleaning
The food residuals in the freezer are liable to produce bad odor,
so the freezer must be cleaned regularly. The fresh food com-
partment is usually cleaned once a month.
Remove all shelves, crisper box, bottle racks, cover board, and
drawers etc., and clean them with a soft towel or sponge dipped
in warm water or neutral detergent.
Clear off the dusts accumulated on the rear panel and side plates
of the freezer often.
After using detergent, be sure to rinse it with clean water, and
then wipe it dry.
Do not use bristle brush, steel wire brush, detergent, soap pow-
der, alkaline detergent, benzene, gasoline, acid, hot water and
other corrosive or soluble items to cleanse the cabinet surface,
door gasket, plastic decorative parts, etc., so as to avoid damage.
Carefully wipe dry the door gasket, clean the groove using a
wooden chopstick wrapped with cotton string. After the clean-
ing, fix the four corners of the door gasket first, and then embed
it segment by segment into the door groove.
Interruption of power supply or failure of the refrigerating sys-
tem
• Take care of the frozen foods in the event of an extended
non-running of the refrigerating appliance (such as interrup-
tion of power supply or failure of the refrigerating system).
• Try to open the freezer door as less as possible, in this way
can food safely and freshly kept for hours even in hot sum-
mer.
• If you get the power outage notice in advance：
1) Adjust the thermostat knob to the high mode an hour in ad-
vance, so that foods get fully frozen (Do not store new food
during this time!). Restore the temperature mode to the ori-
ginal setting when power supply becomes normal in a timely
manner.
2) You can also make ice with a watertight container, and put it
in the upper part of the freezer, so as to extend the time for
fresh food to be stored.
Note: Once the freezer is used, you'd better use it continuously;
and under normal circumstance, do not stop its use, so as not to
affect the service life.
Defrosting
This appliance is designed with automatic defrosting function,
and meantime it can be manually defrosted.
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