Setting the Time Clock to the Current Time-of-Day

Fig. 13

To Change the Defrost Duration and Bypass the Setting of the Time Clock

Begin with the SET CLOCK light blinking rapidly, indicating normal Operation Mode . . .

If you want to change the Defrost Duration but not reset the time-of-day, press and hold the PROGRAM button for about 3 seconds until the PROGRAM light starts blinking. Release the PROGRAM button and the PROGRAM light and the SET CLOCK light remain lit. Press and hold the PROGRAM button again until the DEFROST ON light starts blinking. Release the PROGRAM button and the DEFROST ON light remains lit. Skip the section titled Setting the Time Clock to the Current Time-of-Day (below) and continue with Setting the Defrost Duration (bottom of this page).

Setting the Time Clock to the Current Time-of-Day

Begin with the SET CLOCK light blinking rapidly, indicating normal

Operation Mode . . .

•Begin with all switches OFF (Fig. 12).

•Press and hold the PROGRAM button for about 3 seconds until the PROGRAM light starts blinking. Release the PROGRAM button and the PROGRAM and the SET CLOCK lights remain lit.

•The upper set of switches sets the HOUR. Slide the switch that corresponds to the current hour to the right. The 11 other switches remain OFF.

•The lower set of switches sets the MINUTES. Find the switch that is within 5 minutes of the current minutes and move it to the right. At least 10 of the other switches in the lower set remain OFF. If the time is 0 to 3 minutes after the hour, all 11 switches can remain OFF.

•The last switch of the lower set of switches selects AM or PM. Leave the tab on the left for AM. Slide the tab to the right for PM.

The example, Fig. 13, sets the Time Clock at 2:45 PM.

Press and hold the SET button until the SET CLOCK light starts blinking. Release the SET button; the SET CLOCK light goes off and the DEFROST ON light begins to blink and then remains on. Continue with Setting the Defrost Duration. To exit without setting the Defrost Duration, return all switches to the left, press the PROGRAM button for three seconds and release the PROGRAM button — normal Operation Mode returns with the SET CLOCK light blinking rapidly.

Setting the Defrost Duration

The Defrost Duration was preset at the factory for 25 minutes. Depending on freezer usage and your defrost schedule, you may choose to customize the Defrost Duration. The usual and recommended Defrost Duration setting is 25 minutes.

Complete either the section titled To Change the Defrost Duration and Bypass the Setting of the Time Clock or complete the section titled Setting the Time Clock to the Current Time-of-Day before continuing.

With the PROGRAM and the DEFROST ON lights lit . . .

•	Move all 24 switches to the left or OFF position.
•	In the lower set of switches, move the one switch to the right that
	corresponds to the desired Defrost Duration (nearest 5 minutes).
The example, Fig. 14, sets the Defrost Duration at 30 minutes.
Press and hold the SET button until the DEFROST ON light starts
blinking. Release the SET button and the SET CLOCK light flashes
rapidly indicating that the timer has returned to normal Operation Mode.
To verify that the clock and the defrost duration are set properly, perform		Fig. 14
Program Review (page 10).

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