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Freezing and storing frozen food
You can use your freezer for freezing fresh food yourself.
Important!
• The temperature in the freezer compartment must be –18 °C or col-
der before freezing food.
• Please observe the freezing capacity given on the rating plate. The
freezing capacity is the maximum quantity of fresh food that can be
frozen within a period of 24 hours. If you wish to freeze food seve-
ral days in a row, please observe a maximum capacity of only 2/3 to
3/4 of that on the rating plate. The quality of the food is best pre-
served when it is frozen right through to the core as quickly as pos-
sible.
Fresh food refrigeration
To obtain the best performance:
• do not store warm food or evaporating liquid in the refrigeator
• do cover or wrap the food, particularly if it has a strong flavour.
• Position food so that air can circuiate freely round it.
Useful hints:
Meat (all types): wrap in polythene bags and place on the glass shelf
above the vegetable drawer(s)
For safety, store in this way only one or two days at the most.
Cooked foods, cold dishes, etc: these should be covered and may
be placed on any shelf.
Fruit and vegetables: these should be thoroughly cleaned and
placed in the special drawer(s) provided.
Butter and cheese: these should be placed in special airtight con-
tainers or wapped in aluminium foil or polythene bags to exclude as
much air as possible.
Milk bottles: these should have a cap and should be stored in the
bottle rack on the door.
Bananas, potatoes, onions and garlic, if not in airtight contain-
ers, must not be kept in the refrigerator.
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Reversibility of the freezer door
When changing the hinges of the refrigerator door from right to left, it
is also advisable to change the opening side of the freezer door.
Please take the following steps:
1. Remove the door lower hinge
2. Remove the freezer door and take
off the upper hinge.
3. Unscrew the catch and fix it on the
opposite side. If under the catch
there is a plastic shim, it must be
used only if necessary;
4. Fix the upper hinge. Mount the
freezer door on the left side and
fix the lower hinge.
