When Opening/Closing The Door Of The Vacuum Compartment; Maintenance And Care; When Vacuum Packing Has Heavy Dirt - Hitachi R-C6800S 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
● For carbon dioxide detection, the vacuum pump operates intermittently after the door of the Refrigerator Compartment is closed.
● 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.
● There are no changes in vacuum effect when food is covered with plastic wrap. Carbon dioxide will be detected if food is wrapped lightly.
● A light from an LED light can be seen through door gaskets while the photocatalyst function works in the dark.
■ 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.
Precautions before use
Dew and/or frost may occur in the Compartment due to moisture contained in foods or in the air
because the Vacuum Compartment is sealed.
● Wipe dew and/or frost off with a soft cloth wet by lukewarm water.
● Wipe water or soup spilled in the compartment soon, if any.
Caution
※ A water droplet and/or frost won't have a bad impact on performance.
● Do not touch the glass on the ceiling in the compartment (photocatalyst & LED light) with a fi nger or do not rub it with a dry cloth.
Use a wet cotton-tipped stick, etc. to remove dirt, gently, if any.

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 / SUBZERO / 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.
● 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.

Maintenance and care

Aluminum Tray
Vacuum Container
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Vacuum gasket
Wipe the vacuum packing, the inside the Vacuum Case and the
packing support, using a soft cloth wet by lukewarm water.
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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.
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Scraps
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.
Gasket seat
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.
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.
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Fully press down the handle to lock
the door.
Dew and/or frost
Notch of the groove
Tab
Vacuum release valve Vacuum release valve
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