Contents

Contents
- 1 Safety and the environment
  - . Safety instructions 27
  - . Respecting the environment and saving energy 28
- 2 Description of your appliance
  - . NO FROST: its significance and operation 30
- 3 How to carry out your initial installation
  - . Reversing the direction the door opens 31
  - . Installing your appliance 34
  - . Electrical connection 35
- 4 How to use your freezer
  - . Setting the temperature 36
  - . Twist Ice (depending on the model) 37
  - . Specific areas of the freezer 38
  - . Frozen and deep-frozen food 39
  - . Preparing food for freezing 39
  - . Food freezing guide 40
  - . Arranging food in your freezer 43
  - . Quick freeze 43
  - . Defrosting food 44
  - . Automatic defrosting of your freezer 44
- 5 Ongoing maintenance of your appliance
  - . Cleaning your appliance 45
- 6 Noise, inconveniences and minor breakdowns
  - . Normal operating noises 46
  - . Inconveniences or minor breakdowns 46
  - . Clearit 44
  - This guide to installing and using your freezer is applicable to several models. There may be slight differences between your appliance's details and features and those described here.
  - As you read through the guide, you will come across the following symbols, to warn you of:
  - mSafety precautions that must be observed
  - h Danger of a gas bursting into flame
  - cAn electrical danger
    - e Important information and advice
- Dear Customer,
- You have just acquired a BRANDT freezer and we would like to thank you.
- We have invested all our dedication and know-how in this appliance so that it would best meet your needs. With innovation and performance, we designed it to be always easy to use.
- In the BRANDT product range, you will also find a wide choice of dishwasher, washing machine and dryer, frridges, cooker range and oven, cooking hobs and ventilation hoods, that you can coordinate with your new BRANDT freezer.
- Visit our website www.brandt.com where you will find all of our products, as well as useful and complementary information.
- BRANDT
  - As part of our commitment to constantly improving our products, we reserve the right to make changes to them based on technical advances to their technical and functional features and appearance.
  - Warning:
  - Before installing and using your appliance, please carefully read this Guide to Installation and Use, which will allow you to quickly familiarise yourself with its operation.
Safety instructions
- This appliance is intended for domestic use only. It has been designed for preserving and freezing food.
- m The following instructions are for your own safety and should be observed without fail. We can neither be held responsible, no...
Respecting the environment and saving energy
Description of your appliance
NO FROST: its significance and operation
- This appliance has been designed and manufactured to avoid frost accumulating inside it.
- A system automatically melts away any frost and the water produced flows through a small pipe into the container provided, where it evaporates away.
- e You do not need to de-ice the appliance yourself.
Reversing the direction the door opens
- The doors normally open to the left (hinges on the right); if you wish to open the door to the right, you can modify the directi...
  - 1. Gently lay the appliance on its back.
  - 2. Unscrew the bottom screw (A) and remove it from the door. (drawing R1).
  - 3. Remove the hinge pin (keep the plastic spacers inserted on the pin).
  - 4. Screw the pin in the left hole (B) of the hinge and insert the plastic spacers.
  - 5. Unscrew the screw and remove the door rotation stop plate (C), turn it and insert it in the left slot on the bottom of the door, making the shorter part protrude. Block the plate with the screw (D) (drawing R2).
  - 6. Open the door at a 45 degree angle (E) and, gently pushing it toward the bottom (F), remove the top hinge pin (drawing R3).
  - 7. Remove the top pin on the left (H) (drawing R4).
  - 8. Remove the plate from the upper right hand part of the door (I) and insert it in the slot on the left.
  - 9. Insert the pin in the hole in the niche on the right on the top of the door.
  - 10. Remove the plate covering the top hinge and unscrew the hinge (M) (drawing R5).
  - 11. Remove the plate covering the left part of the top, rotate it and insert it in the slot where you removed the hinge (N).
  - 12. Position and fasten the hinge in the upper left part of the appliance and insert the cover plate.
  - 13. Insert the door in the left hinge, holding it open at a 45 degree angle and close the door.
  - 14. Insert the bottom hinge in the door using the spacers and fasten it with the screws.
  - 15. Stand up the appliance.
Reversing the direction the door opens
- Handle reversibility
Installing your appliance
- m Your appliance must be installed in compliance with the instructions given in this "Operating and installation instructions manual" in order to keep your food under optimum conditions and with optimal energy consumption.
- e Once you have installed your appliance, adjust its feet so that it is tilting backwards slightly: this helps the door to close correctly.
  - m Before placing any food in your appliance, clean it inside and out with a bicarbonate of soda solution (1 dessertspoon of bica...
Electrical connection
- c For your own safety, you must comply with the instructions given below.
  - The electrical installation must comply with Standard NF C *15-100, in particular concerning the Earth.
  - Three-core flex 3x2.5 mm, 230V single-phase connected to:
  - - A 20A single-phase 230V-50Hz supply
  - - An ELCB and an individual fuse (10 or 16A depending on the model)
  - We cannot be held responsible for any incident caused by faulty electrical installation.
- c Recommendations for the electrical installation of your appliance:
  - - Do not use extension leads, adaptors, or socket strips.
  - - Always make sure your circuit is earthed.
  - - The socket must always remain accessible, yet be out of the reach of children.
- c If you have any doubts, contact your installer.
  - m If the appliance has been delivered to your home in a horizontal position, stand it upright and then wait 2 hours before plugg...
- c Carry out an initial cleaning operation (see the section on "Installing your appliance") before connecting your appliance to t...
  - m "In case of damage, the supply cord must be replaced by the technical assistance service or a person with a similar title, in order to prevent any risk."
Setting the temperature
- Description control panel
  - - 1) temperatures led: -18C ; -22C ; -26C
  - - 2) green light: indicates that the appliance is working
  - - 3) thermostat: setting the temperature
  - - 4) super button: press to switch on/switch off the Super freeze function
  - - 5) super orange LED: indicates that the fast freeze function is working
  - - 6) red indicator light: temperature and open door alarm
- Setting the temperature
  - When starting your machine, set the thermostat to a medium position (the "ON" light is lit as well as one of the lights indicating the selected temperature). When the thermostat is on the Stand-by position, your freezer is off (the "ON" light is unlit).
- Quick Freeze function
  - This function enables you to freeeze a large quantity of fresh food very quickly.
  - Manual stop or automatic stop after 52 hours.
- Temperature alarm
  - A lit red warning light and audible alarm indicate that the freezer temperature is too high (for example: due to a power outage,...
  - - if the door is kept open for more than a minute.
  - - if a large amount of fresh foods are inserted in the freezer.
  - c The appliance is always powered.
    - m Prolonged opening of the door will cause the internal temperature to rise.
    - m Your appliance's internal temperature is closely linked to the ambient temperature, how frequently the door is opened and the amount and temperature of the food you have put in your appliance.
Twist Ice (depending on the model)
Specific areas of the freezer
Frozen and deep-frozen food
- Your domestic appliance enables you to freeze food: it lowers its core temperature rapidly and you can therefore keep it longer.
- Deep-freezing is an industrial process that is quicker and more intense that domestic freezing. The products you purchase from the shops are deep-frozen.
Preparing food for freezing
Food freezing guide
- Fresh meat
- Lamb,small pieces
- 8 months
- Roast pork
- 5 months
- Pork ribs
- 4 months
- Boiled beef,roast beef
- 10 months
- Beef steak,entrecotes,in sauce,roast veal
- 8 months
- Veal steaks,cutlets
- 10 months
- Minces meat
- 4 months
- Giblets,offal
- 3 months
- Sausages
- 2 months
- We recommend that you defrost meat completely before cooking it so as to avoid the exterior cooking quicker than the interior, except in the case of small breadcrumbed items, which can be sauted directly over a low to medium heat, and boiled meats.
  - Farmyard animals
- Prepare them plucked/skinned, gutted, cut into pieces if necessary, washed and rinsed.
  - Game
- Prepare it plucked/skinned, gutted, cut into pieces if necessary, washed and rinsed.
  - Fish
Food freezing guide
- Cooked food
- The length of time you can store cooked dishes reduces if you use bacon or smoked ham to season dishes.
- Put them directly on the hob or in the oven without defrosting them.
  - Vegetables
- We recommend that you blanch the vegetables with steam so that they do not lose their vitamins and mineral salts in the cooking water. You therefore do not need to wait until they are dry before freezing them, just until they cool down.
- In general, vegetables are better if they are cooked directly, without being frozen. Reduce the cooking time, taking into account the blanching time before freezing.
Food freezing guide
- Fruits
- Fruit must be covered with sugar or syrup, as appropriate. The amount of sugar to use is around 250g for 1 kilo of fruit. Syrups are used in varying percentages; these are prepared by boiling sugared water. The various concentrations are as follows:
  - - 30% solution, 450g of sugar per litre of water
  - - 40% solution, 650g of sugar per litre of water
  - - 50% solution, 800g of sugar per litre of water
- So that the fruit's colour does not change, place it in lemon juice before covering it with sugar or pour lemon juice into the s...
  - Bread
- This can be kept for 2 months. Defrost in an oven set to 50C, switching it on after inserting the bread.
  - Butter and cheese
- Freeze butter and cheese by dividing them up into pieces for weekly consumption.
- Butter and hard cheese (e.g. Parmesan) can be kept for 8 months, other cheese 4 months. They must be defrosted in the refrigerator, keeping an eye on the condensation that forms on these products.
Arranging food in your freezer
- Do not put fresh food next to food that has already been frozen to avoid causing the frozen food to warm up.
- e The maximum weight of food that you can freeze over 24 hours is shown on the information plate (inside your appliance's refrigerator section near the bottom of the left-hand wall) under the heading: "CAPACITE DE CONGELATION/FREEZING CAPACITY (kg/24h)".
Quick freeze
Defrosting food
- You can defrost food in five different ways:
- - By putting them in refrigerator for several hours
- - By leaving them to defrost gently at ambient temperature
- - In a conventional oven at a very low temperature (40/50C)
- - In a microwave oven
- - By cooking them immediately
- Defrosting them in the refrigerator is the slowest but safest method.
- m Never refreeze food once it has defrosted, even partially, without cooking it first.
- m We would advise you not to place any items you have just taken out of the freezer straight into your mouth (ice cream, ice cub...
Automatic defrosting of your freezer
- The defrosting of your appliance is completely automatic.
- The water resulting from defrosting drains into a recovery tank, located on the motor.
- The heat released by the motor causes the evaporation of the contents of this tank.
Clearit
- To keep your appliance in good working order, we recommend that you use Clearit household products.
- Professional expertise for the general public
- Clearit offers you professional products and adapted solutions for the daily upkeep of your household and kitchen appliances.
- You may find them in conventional retail outlets, along with a complete line of by-products and consumables.
Ongoing maintenance of your appliance
- c Disconnect your appliance prior to performing any maintenance operation. Grasp the plug directly, instead of pulling on the power cable.
- Cleaning your appliance
  - m We recommend that you clean and disinfect your appliance regularly for improved hygiene and to keep your food completely safe.
    - - Remove all the food from the freezer. Place it in isothermic bags or wrap it in newspaper and store it in a cool place.
    - - Clean your appliance inside and out with a bicarbonate of soda solution (1 dessertspoon of bicarbonate to 4 litres of water). Do not use alcohol, scouring powder or detergents, which could damage the surfaces.
  - m Do not use a high-pressure steam cleaner. The very hot steam could damage the surfaces and the electrical circuits; you would expose yourself to a risk of electrocution.
    - - Rinse with water, dry with a cloth.
    - - Don't forget to clean the condenser from time to time: this is at the back of the appliance (see the section on "Description of your appliance"). Use a dry paintbrush to do this or, better yet, your vacuum cleaner.
    - - Reconnect your appliance, and adjust the temperature if necessary, as shown in the section on "Adjusting your freezer's temperature ", and press the "Quick Freeze" button.
    - - Wait 3 or 4 hours before placing the food back in your appliance.
    - - After 24 hours, release the "Quick Freeze" button to stop this operation.
Noises, inconveniences or minor breakdowns
- Normal operating noises
  - So that the selected temperature remains constant, your appliance regularly switches off its motor. The resultant noises are qui...
- Inconveniences or minor breakdowns
  - Certain problems may appear when you are using your appliance. Before calling the after-sales service, use the guide below to see if you can resolve the problem yourself:
Noises, inconveniences or minor breakdowns
Notes
After sales service
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Brandt BFU181LNW User Manual

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Brandt BFU181LNW Refrigerator Specification

The Brandt BFU181LNW Refrigerator is a state-of-the-art appliance designed to meet contemporary storage needs with efficiency and style. This refrigerator features a total capacity of 181 liters, making it ideal for small to medium-sized households. The unit boasts a sleek and modern exterior, finished in a classic white color that complements any kitchen decor. It is engineered with advanced cooling technology to ensure consistent temperature distribution, enhancing food preservation and reducing energy consumption.

Equipped with a highly efficient compressor, the Brandt BFU181LNW operates quietly, making it suitable for open-plan living spaces. Inside, the refrigerator offers adjustable glass shelves that provide flexibility in organizing storage space, while the transparent crisper drawer is designed to maintain optimal humidity levels for fresh produce. The door is fitted with spacious balconies to accommodate bottles and jars of various sizes.

This model is also equipped with an automatic defrost system, reducing maintenance time and effort. The LED lighting inside the refrigerator provides bright and energy-efficient illumination, allowing for easy visibility of stored items. The Brandt BFU181LNW is designed with user convenience in mind, featuring reversible doors that offer flexibility in terms of placement and kitchen layout.

Energy efficiency is a key consideration in the design of this refrigerator, adhering to high standards that ensure reduced environmental impact and lower utility bills. With its combination of functionality, efficiency, and style, the Brandt BFU181LNW Refrigerator is a reliable choice for consumers seeking a balance of performance and aesthetic appeal in their kitchen appliances.

Brandt BFU181LNW Refrigerator F.A.Q.

How do I properly set the temperature for the Brandt BFU181LNW Refrigerator?

To set the temperature, locate the thermostat dial inside the refrigerator. Turn the dial to the desired temperature setting. For optimal performance, set it between 3°C and 5°C (37°F and 41°F).

What should I do if my Brandt BFU181LNW Refrigerator is not cooling properly?

First, check if the thermostat is set correctly. Ensure that the refrigerator is not overloaded and that air vents are not blocked. Clean the condenser coils and check the door seals for any gaps or damage.

How often should I defrost the Brandt BFU181LNW Refrigerator?

The Brandt BFU181LNW Refrigerator is equipped with an automatic defrost system, so manual defrosting is not typically required. However, if ice buildup occurs, consider checking the door seals and ensuring proper air circulation.

What is the best way to clean the interior of the Brandt BFU181LNW Refrigerator?

Remove all food items and shelves. Use a mixture of mild soap and warm water to wipe down the interior surfaces. Rinse with clean water and dry with a soft cloth. Avoid using harsh chemicals or abrasive cleaners.

Why is my Brandt BFU181LNW Refrigerator making unusual noises?

Unusual noises could be due to the refrigerator not being level. Check and adjust the leveling legs if needed. Ensure no items inside are vibrating against each other. If the noise persists, contact a service technician.

How can I improve the energy efficiency of my Brandt BFU181LNW Refrigerator?

Ensure the door seals are tight and not damaged. Keep the refrigerator away from heat sources and direct sunlight. Do not overload the fridge and ensure it is not set to a colder temperature than necessary.

What should I do if the light inside my Brandt BFU181LNW Refrigerator isn't working?

First, check if the refrigerator is properly plugged in and the bulb is securely screwed in. If the bulb is burned out, replace it with a new one of the same type. If the issue persists, consult a technician.

How do I replace the door seal on my Brandt BFU181LNW Refrigerator?

To replace the door seal, first purchase a compatible seal. Remove the old seal by loosening the screws around the door. Position the new seal and tighten the screws. Ensure the seal is even and test for proper closure.

Why is there water pooling at the bottom of my Brandt BFU181LNW Refrigerator?

Water pooling can be due to a blocked defrost drain. Clear the drain using a pipe cleaner or warm water. Check the door seal for any damage that might cause condensation.

How do I properly store food in the Brandt BFU181LNW Refrigerator to avoid spoilage?

Store raw meat on the bottom shelf to prevent juices from contaminating other foods. Use airtight containers for leftovers. Keep fruits and vegetables in the designated crisper drawers. Avoid overcrowding to ensure proper air circulation.