Using Your Refrigerator | Whirlpool CS25AEXHN00, CS25AEXHW00

USING YOUR

REFRIGERATOR

Ensuring Proper Air Circulation

In order to ensure proper temperatures, you need to permit air to flow between the two sections. Cold air enters the bottom of the freezer section and moves up. It then enters the refrigerator section through the top vent. Air then returns to the freezer as shown.

Do not block any of these vents with food such as soda, cereal, bread, etc. If the vents are blocked, airflow will be prevented and the temperature controls will not function properly.

IMPORTANT: Because air circulates between both sections, any odors formed in one section will transfer to the other. You must thoroughly clean both sections to eliminate odors. To prevent odor transfer from food, wrap or cover foods tightly.

Setting the Controls

For your convenience, your refrigerator controls are preset at the factory. When you first install your refrigerator, make sure that the controls are still preset. The Refrigerator Control and the Freezer Control should both be at the “mid-settings” as shown in the illustrations below.

Style 1

setting make the temperature less cold. Settings to the right of the mid-setting make the temperature colder.

The Freezer Control adjusts the freezer compartment temperature. Settings to the left of the mid-setting make the temperature less cold. Settings to the right of the mid-setting make the temperature colder.

Give your refrigerator time to cool down completely before adding food. It is best to wait 24 hours before you put food into the refrigerator.

IMPORTANT: If you add food before the refrigerator has cooled completely, your food may spoil. Adjusting the Refrigerator and

Freezer Controls to a higher (colder) than recommended setting will not cool the compartments any faster.

Adjusting Control Settings

Give the refrigerator time to cool down completely before adding food. It is best to wait 24 hours before you put food into the refrigerator. The settings indicated in the previous section should be correct for normal household refrigerator usage. The controls are set correctly when milk or juice is as cold as you like and when ice cream is firm.

If you need to adjust temperatures in the refrigerator or freezer, use the settings listed in the chart below as a guide. Wait at least 24 hours between adjustments.

		RECOMMENDED
CONDITION/REASON:		ADJUSTMENT:

REFRIGERATOR section		Adjust
too warm		REFRIGERATOR
■	Door opened often	Control one setting
■	Door opened often	higher
■ Large amount of food added		higher
■ Large amount of food added		For Style 1 controls
		For Style 1 controls
■ Room temperature very warm		only: after adjusting
		control, wait 24
		hours and then
		check the FREEZER
		temperature
■ Air vent blocked by items		Move packages out
		of airstream

FREEZER section too warm/ice		Adjust FREEZER
not made fast enough		Control one setting
■	Door opened often	higher
■	Door opened often

■Large amount of food added

■Very cold room temperature (can’t cycle often enough)

■Heavy ice usage

NOTE: Your product will not cool when the REFRIGERATOR Control is set to OFF.

Style 2

REFRIGERATOR section too cold

■Controls not set correctly for your conditions

Adjust

REFRIGERATOR Control one setting lower

For Style 1 controls only: after adjusting control, wait 24 hours and then check the FREEZER temperature

NOTE: Your product will not cool when the FREEZER Control is set to OFF.

The Refrigerator Control adjusts the refrigerator compartment temperature. Settings to the left of the mid-

	FREEZER section too cold	Adjust FREEZER
	■ Controls not set correctly for your	Control one setting
	■ Controls not set correctly for your	lower
	conditions	lower
	conditions