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GI81NH.. Freezer EN Information for Use Register your appliance on My Siemens and discover exclusive services and offers. Siemens Home Appliances...
Table of contents 1 Safety ........... 4 8.2 Manual Super freezing .... 15 1.1 General information.... 4 8.3 Automatic door-opening aid.. 15 1.2 Intended use...... 4 9 Alarm.......... 16 1.3 Restriction on user group.. 4 9.1 Door alarm ...... 16 1.4 Safe transport ...... 4 9.2 Temperature alarm ....
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15 Storage and disposal.... 25 15.1 Taking the appliance out of operation ....... 25 15.2 Disposing of old appliance ... 25 16 Customer Service.... 26 16.1 Product number (E-Nr.) and production number (FD).. 26 17 Technical data ...... 26 18 Declaration of Conformity .. 27 18.1 Statement of Compliance for Great Britain .....
en Safety 1 Safety Observe the following safety instructions. 1.1 General information Read this instruction manual carefully. ¡ Keep the instruction manual and the product information safe ¡ for future reference or for the next owner. Do not connect the appliance if it has been damaged in transit. ¡...
Safety en 1.5 Safe installation WARNING ‒ Risk of electric shock! Incorrect installation is dangerous. Connect and operate the appliance only in accordance with the ▶ specifications on the rating plate. Connect the appliance to a power supply with alternating cur- ▶ rent only via a properly installed socket with earthing. The protective conductor system of the domestic electrical in- ▶...
en Safety Portable multiple socket strips or portable power supply units may overheat and cause a fire. Do not place portable multiple socket strips or power supply ▶ units on the back of the appliance. 1.6 Safe use WARNING ‒ Risk of electric shock! An ingress of moisture can cause an electric shock.
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Safety en WARNING ‒ Risk of fire! Electrical devices within the appliance may cause a fire, e.g. heat- ers or electric ice makers. Do not operate electrical devices within the appliance. ▶ WARNING ‒ Risk of injury! Containers that contain carbonated drinks may burst. Do not store containers that contain carbonated drinks in the ▶...
en Safety 1.7 Damaged appliance WARNING ‒ Risk of electric shock! If the appliance or the power cord is damaged, this is dangerous. Never operate a damaged appliance. ▶ Never pull on the power cord to unplug the appliance. Always ▶ unplug the appliance at the mains. If the appliance or the power cord is damaged, immediately un- ▶...
Preventing material damage en Install the appliance as far away as ¡ Preventing material damage 2 Preventing material possible from heating elements, cookers and other heat sources: damage – Maintain a 30 mm clearance to electric or gas cookers. Preventing material damage ATTENTION! –...
en Installation and connection Installation instructions ¡ Climate Permitted room tem- User manual ¡ class perature Customer service directory ¡ 16 °C to 38 °C Warranty enclosure ¡ 16 °C to 43 °C Energy label ¡ Information on energy consump- ¡ The appliance is fully functional within tion and noises the permitted room temperature.
Installation and connection en 4.3 Installing the appliance Install the appliance in accordance ▶ with the enclosed installation in- structions. 4.4 Preparing the appliance for the first time Remove the informative material. Remove the protective foil and transit bolts, e.g. remove the ad- hesive strips and carton.
en Familiarising yourself with your appliance Familiarising yourself with your appliance 5 Familiarising yourself with your appliance Familiarising yourself with your appliance 5.1 Appliance You can find an overview of the parts of your appliance here. Control panel → Page 13 Rating plate → Page 26 Freezer compartment shelf Door opening aid Freezer compartment flap → Page 13...
Features en Note: Deviations between your appli- ance and the diagrams may differ with regard to their features and size. 5.2 Control panel You can use the control panel to configure all functions of your appliance and to obtain information about the operating status. alarm switches the warning Features 6 Features...
en Basic operation Ice pack 7.2 Operating tips Use the ice pack for temporarily Once you have switched on the ¡ keeping food cool, e.g. in a cool bag. appliance, the set temperature is Tip: If a power failure or malfunction only reached after several hours. occurs, the ice pack can be used to Do not put any food in the appli- slow down the thawing process for...
Additional functions en Switching on manual Super Additional functions 8 Additional functions freezing Press super. Find out which additional functions Additional functions ▶ can be used for your appliance. "super" lights up. Note: After approx. 60 hours, the ap- 8.1 Automatic Super freezing pliance switches to normal operation. With automatic Super freezing, the Switching off manual Super freezer compartment cools down to a...
en Alarm Press repeatedly until the tem- Setting the compressive force of perature display shows the re- the automatic door-opening aid quired compressive force. The compressive force is the force → "Setting the compressive force that you must apply in order to trig- of the automatic door-opening ger the automatic door-opening aid.
Home Connect en The temperature alarm can be After switching on the appliance, wait switched on in the following cases: at least 2 minutes until internal The appliance is switched on. device initialisation is complete. Only ¡ then should you set up Home Con- Do not store any food until the ap- nect.
en Home Connect Open the Home Connect app and If the update cannot be completed scan the following QR code. after several attempts, contact cus- tomer service → Page 26 . 10.4 Resetting Home Connect settings If your appliance experiences con- nection problems with the WLAN home network (Wi-Fi) or your appli- ance wants to log into a different WLAN home network (Wi-Fi), you can Follow the instructions in the...
Freezer compartment en This initial registration prepares the 11.2 Fully utilising the freezer Home Connect functions for use and compartment volume is only required when you want to use the Home Connect functions for Learn how to store the maximum the first time. amount of frozen food in the freezer compartment.
en Defrosting Food that is unsuitable for freezing These items should no longer be ¡ ▶ includes lettuce, radishes, eggs in stored for the maximum storage shells, grapes, raw apples and period. pears, yoghurt, sour cream, crème Defrost animal-based food, such ¡...
Cleaning and servicing en Take out all of the food and store it Insert the fittings. in a cool place. Electrically connect the appliance. → Page 11 Place ice packs (if available) onto the food. Switch on the appliance. → Page 14 Remove all fittings and accessor- ies from the appliance.
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en Cleaning and servicing Removing the frozen food container Take out the frozen food container as far as it will go. Lift the frozen food container at the front and remove it .
Troubleshooting en Troubleshooting 14 Troubleshooting You can rectify minor faults on your appliance yourself. Read the troubleshoot- Troubleshooting ing information before contacting after-sales service. This will avoid unneces- sary costs. WARNING Risk of electric shock! Improper repairs are dangerous. Repairs to the appliance should only be carried out by trained specialist ▶...
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en Troubleshooting Fault Cause and troubleshooting Temperature display Do not exceed the max. freezing capacity. ▶ flashes. → "Freezing capacity", Page 19 A warning tone Different causes are possible. sounds, the temperat- Press alarm. ▶ ure display flashes The alarm is switched off. and "alarm"...
Storage and disposal en If, at the end of the appliance self- 14.1 Power failure test, 5 audible signals sound and During a power failure, the temperat- "super" flashes for 10 seconds, in- ure in the appliance rises; this re- form customer service. duces the storage time and the qual- ity of the frozen food.
en Customer Service tion of the warranty (manufacturer's WARNING warranty for private consumers) in Risk of fire! the European Economic Area is 2 If the tubes are damaged, flammable years according to the terms of war- refrigerant and harmful gases may ranty applicable to the location.
Home Connect functionality is in compliance with relevant statutory requirements. A detailed Declaration of Conformity can be found online at siemens- home.bsh-group.com/uk/ among the additional documents on the product page for your appliance. Only applies to countries in the European Economic Area...
¡ Connectable Products) Regulations 645 v2.1.1; 2023 can be found online at provision 5.3-13 of ETSI EN 303 ¡ www.siemens-home.bsh-group.com/ 645 v2.1.1. uk/home among the additional docu- ments on the product page for your Support period appliance. BSH Hausgeräte GmbH will provide...
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EN Manufactured by BSH Hausgeräte GmbH under the trademark licence of Siemens AG Valid within Great Britain: Imported to Great Britain by BSH Home Appliances Ltd. Grand Union House Old Wolverton Road Wolverton, Milton Keynes MK12 5PT United Kingdom BSH Hausgeräte GmbH Carl-Wery-Straße 34...