Whirlpool RT12DC - Manual (Page 4)

Setting the controls
Controls for the refrigerator and freezer
are in the refrigerator. When the
refrigerator is plugged in for the first
time:
1. Set the Refrigerator Control to 3.
2. Set the Freezer Control to B.
Using Your Refrigerator
3. Let the refrigerator and freezer
compartments get cold for several
hours before adding food.
4. When the refrigerator keeps milk or
juice as cold as you like and the
freezer compartment keeps ice
cream firm, the settings are conect
for your household.
Changing control settings
1. Adjust the Refrigerator Control
according to the settings listed in
the chart below.
2. Wait 24 hours or more before
making additional adjustments to
the Refrigerator Control or
adjusting the Freezer Control.
Refrigerator control Exterior moisture control Light switch Freezer control
Condition Check if Set control setting
Refrigerator section ■ Door is opened often. Refrigerator 4
TOO WARM ■ Large amoimt of food added.
■ Too-warm room temperature. Freezer C
Freezer section ■ Door is opened often. Refrigerator 3
TOO WARM ■ Large amount of food added.
■ Too-cold room temperature
(freezer can’t cycle often enough).
Freezer A
Both sections ■ Door is opened often. Refrigerator 4
TOO WARM ■ Large amount of food added.
■ Too-warm or too-cold room
temperatures.
Freezer B
Refrigerator section
• Controls not set correctly. Refrigerator 2
TOO COLD Freezer B
Ice is not made ■ Heavy ice usage. Refrigerator 3
fast enough ■ Very cold room temperature
(freezer can't cycle often enough).
Freezer A
Exterior moisture control
The Exterior Moisture Control operates
electric heaters around the door
openings. These heaters help keep
moisture from forming on the outside of
the refrigerator.
EXTERIOR MOISTURE CONTROL
■< OFF OON ►
m
1. Use the OFF setting when humidity
is low.
2. Use the ON setting if moisture
forms on the outside of the
refrigerator.
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Adjusting refrigerator
shelves
Shelves can be adjusted to match the
way you use your refrigerator.
Shelf
stop
Guide
stop
Shelf
guide
To remove:
1. Remove food from shelf.
2. Slide shelf straight forward to the
guide stops.
3. Lift front until shelf clears stops,
then slide shelf out the rest of the
way.
To replace:
1. Fit back of shelf on top of guides
with wire stops on the bottom of
the guides.
2. Lift front and slide shelf in until it
clears guide stops. Slide shelf in the
rest of the way.