Haier HF-248S User Manual - Page 7

Freezer usage instruction It shall be better to package the food prior to freezing it, and the package surface should be dry to avoid being frozen together. The package material should be smell-free, airtight, watertight, non-toxic, and pollution -free, to prevent food flavor contamination or quality deterioration. It is advisable to mark the freezing date, storage permissible period and food name on package bags according to different food's shelf life so as to avoid exceeding the storage limit. In principle, take out exact required amount of food from freezer compartment for melting. Melted frozen food can not be re-frozen again, unless it has been processed into cooked food, otherwise its eating quality shall be influenced. Take care not to put bottled beer, or beverage in the appliance to prevent frost crack. Method for taking out drawer Pull forward it as shown in the drawing, and then slightly raise it to take it out. Drawer printing and use of marking slide Drawer has been printed with frozen food images, and reference month number of the freshness keeping period and shelf life of this type of food, with small figure indicating freshness-keeping period, and big figure showing food shelf life. As shown on the drawing, the freezing freshnesskeeping period of chick, beef, shrimp and mutton is approximately 4 months, shelf life approximately 9 months. So when you put the above food, push the marking slide on the corresponding image symbols to facilitate you memorizing food type and their freshness-keeping period and shelf life. 10 49 Defrosting, cleaning, stopping use Defrosting The freezer compartment is required to be manually defrosted. After some time of using the appliance, a layer of frost shall be formed on the evaporator plate of the freezer compartment, and it will consume more power if the layer gets too thick. So when it has thick frost, it is required to carry out defrosting with plastic scraper. When carrying out defrosting, first pull out its power plug to switch it off, wrap up the foodstuff in cotton blanket and place them in cool place. Then take out drawers. As shown in the drawing, pull out the freezer outlet tube ① of the discharge assembly. Place a container ② at the outlet (or align the ① with the back opening of lower freezer drawer) so as to collect defrosted water. In order to speed the defrosting process, it is possible to place a bowl of hot water on the evaporator plate. ① ② ① Note: it is strictly prohibited to carry out defrosting with metal tool or electric heater, to prevent damaging ③ appliance. Treatment at power failure When there is no power supply, the refrigerator can still keep food without question for several hours, even in summer. At power failure, do not put any more new fresh food. Do the best not to open appliance doors. If power stop is known in advance, it is advisable to make many ice, put ice cube on the top of freezer compartment. Please note: Temperature rising in the freezer compartment caused by power interruption or other malfunction can shorten food storage period, and deteriorate food quality. 11