Side-by-Side Refrigerator Quick Start Guide

Operating Instructions

IMPORTANT: Before operating this appliance, make sure it has been properly installed according to the appliance's Owner's Manual.

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 and freezer controls should be set to the "mid-settings."

Wait 24 hours before you put food into the refrigerator. If you add food before the refrigerator has cooled completely, your food may spoil.

NOTE: Adjusting the refrigerator and freezer controls to a higher (colder) than recommended setting will not cool the compartments any faster.

Refrigerator

IMPORTANT: The refrigerator control adjusts the refrigerator compartment temperature. Every click on the "Temp Setting" button makes the refrigerator compartment colder. LED indicators show the setting: 1 snowflake is Less Cold, 2, 3, or 4 snowflakes indicate colder settings, and all LED indicators on mean coldest. Once the last level is reached, the system will cycle back to the initial level.

Visual representation of temperature settings progression:

Less Cold (1 snowflake)

Colder (2 to 4 snowflakes)

Coldest (all snowflakes)

Freezer

The freezer control adjusts the freezer compartment temperature. Settings towards the front of the mid-setting make the temperature less cold. Settings towards the back of the mid-setting make the temperature colder.

Wait 24 hours before you put food into the refrigerator. If you add food before the refrigerator has cooled completely, your food may spoil.

Temperature Set Points

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.

CONDITION:	TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENT:
Refrigerator too cold	Refrigerator control one snowflake lower
Refrigerator too warm	Refrigerator control one snowflake higher
Freezer too cold	Freezer control one snowflake lower
Freezer too warm / too little ice	Freezer control one snowflake higher

Online Ordering Information

For detailed installation instructions, maintenance information, winter storage, and transportation tips, please see the Owner's Manual included with your appliance.

For information on a full cycle guide, detailed product dimensions, or complete instructions for use and installation, please visit https://www.whirlpool.com/owners, or in Canada https://www.whirlpool.ca/owners. This may save you the cost of a service call.

If you need to contact Whirlpool, use the information listed below for the appropriate region:

United States:

1-800-253-1301

Whirlpool Brand Home Appliances
Customer eXperience Center
553 Benson Road
Benton Harbor, MI 49022-2692

Canada:

1-800-807-6777

Whirlpool Brand Home Appliances
Customer eXperience Centre
200-6750 Century Ave.
Mississauga, Ontario L5N 0B7

Model Numbers

W11396840B

W11396855B-SP

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