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10Controls & Settings
ALLOWING COOLING TIME BEFORE USE
To ensure reliable food storage, allow your refrigerator and freezer to operate with the doors closed for 8 to 12 hours before placing food inside. During this cooling period, you do not need to adjust the controls, which are preset at the factory.
SETTING COOLING TEMPERATURES
Your refrigerator comes with a
two digital displays on the left half of the
control panel
indicate the current
temperatures of
your freezer and fresh food compartments.
To adjust the temperature to a higher or lower setting, press the Up or Down Arrow button closest to the display. The first time you press the button, the display shows the last setting you entered. Each press of the button after that increments the setting by one degree.
The display shows your new setting momentarily, then changes back to the current temperature. (Refer to following pages for more about temperature settings.)
NOTE
The advanced electronic control system in your refrigerator includes additional display modes that service professionals can use to rapidly diagnose performance issues.
Choosing Centigrade or Fahrenheit
Depending on which temperature standard you prefer to use, you can set your control panel to display in centigrade or fahrenheit. To change between fahrenheit and centigrade, press the Mode button (located between the two digital temperature displays).
Press to alternate between
Centigrade and Fahrenheit