When Opening/Closing The Door Of The Vacuum Compartment; Maintenance And Care; When Vacuum Packing Has Heavy Dirt - Hitachi R-SF57BMS How To Use Manual

When opening/closing the door of the Vacuum Compartment

■ Be sure to open the left/right door of the Refrigerator Compartment.
When opening the door
Hold the door handle on the bottom
with your hand.
Lift the handle to release the lock.
Handle
Hiss
Door
Notice ● The door can not be opened when the hissing sound can
still be heard.
Caution
● The Vacuum Compartment will not be opened
unless the left/right door is opened. If you try
to open it forcedly, the double pocket or the
Vacuum Compartment may get damaged or
the door of the Refrigerator Compartment will
open suddenly.
● The vacuum pump is activated when the door of the Refrigerator Compartment is closed, with the door of the Vacuum Compartment closed and the handle locked.
Notice
● In Auto mode, the vacuum pump operates intermittently for CO
● Vacuuming will fail if the handle is not locked properly. Abnormal Auto function will also be detected.
● Sound and vibrations occur upon start of the vacuum pump, which is a normal event.
● The vacuum pump requires about 4 minutes to produce a vacuum after its activation. No hissing sound comes out when the door of the Vacuum Compartment is
opened within 4 minutes. Always wait for 4 minutes or longer before checking vacuum state.
● Adopting indirect cooling, the Vacuum Compartment requires longer time than other compartments to cool food.
● No changes in vacuum effect are made when food is covered with plastic wrap. Carbon dioxide will be detected if food is wrapped lightly.
■ Be sure to remove food contained in the Vacuum Compartment.
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Vacuum Case
Pull the door, lift up the edge of the Vacuum
Case (with the door) lightly and then pull it out.

When vacuum packing has heavy dirt

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Tab
Grasp the tab of the vacuum packing on the observer ' s
upper right and remove it by hand carefully.
● If detergents and others except lukewarm water are used to clean the vacuum packing, the vacuum packing
Caution
may be damaged, deformed or change in color, which may cause the vacuum state unable to keep well.
● Loosened vacuum packing or loose-fi tting door of the Vacuum Case may cause the vacuum state unable to keep well.
Notice
● If Auto / -1˚C (Subzero) / +1˚C (Chiller) indicator lamps fl ash, the
vacuum function may not be in the normal conditions.
● The vacuum function will not work properly if some package of food is pinched in or
dirt/dust is adhered to the vacuum packing or the vacuum release valve (in blue).
Pay
attention
that no
package of
the food is
pinched.
● Moisture in juicy food stored in the Vacuum Compartment will evaporate and cause dew
condensation or frost in the Vacuum Compartment. If water drops and/or frost adheres
inside the Vacuum
Compartment or around
the door of the Vacuum
Compartment, wipe them
off with a dry cloth.
● For troubleshooting about the Vacuum Compartment, see Troubleshooting
● Replace an old vacuum packing if the vacuum state can no t be kept well.
When the hissing sound stops, pull
the handle towards you to open.
detection after the door of the Refrigerator Compartment is closed.
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Maintenance and care

Vacuum Container
2
Wipe the vacuum packing, the inside the Vacuum Case and the
packing support, using a soft cloth wet by lukewarm water.
2
Rinse dirty portion in water with a soft wash
sponge, wipe off the moisture with a dry
cloth, and then let it dry naturally. Remove
dirt in the groove of the vacuum packing on
the door. Do not use the detergents, etc.
Waste thread
Scraps
Dew and/or frost
When closing the door
Push in until the end while holding
the handle.
●
Hold down the handle to the end. Or the Vacuum function will
Notice
not work properly.
●
If the handle is heavy, use the palm to hold it down.
Caution
● Close and lock the door of the Vacuum
Compartment before closing the door of the
Refrigerator Compartment. If the door of the
Refrigerator Compartment is closed with the
door of the Vacuum Compartment opened, the
double pocket, the Vacuum Compartment or
food may be damaged.
3
Put the Vacuum Case (with the door) back into the
Vacuum Container, and then lower the lock of the handle.
3
Align the tab to the notch accurately, and
then combine them together.
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The indicator
lamp fl ashes.
● The vacuum function will not work properly if the vacuum packing or the vacuum release
valve (in blue) comes off or is loosened.
● Make sure to
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Fully press down the handle to lock
the door.
Notch of the groove
Tab
Vacuum release valve Vacuum release valve
wipe off spilled
water or food
soup soon, if
any. Water will
be frozen, which may lead to a trouble
of the Vacuum Case (with the door).
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