Using your refrigerator, Setting the controls, Changing the control settings – Whirlpool 2184589 User Manual

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Using Your Refrigerator

To obtain the best possible results from your refrigerator, it is important that you operate it properly. This section
tells you how to set the controls, remove and adjust the features in your refrigerator, and how to save energy.

Setting the controls

Controls for the refrigerator and freezer are in the

refrigerator. When you plug in the refrigerator for the

first time:

1. Set the Refrigerator Control to 3 (Recommended

Setting). Refrigerator Control settings range from

1 (warmest) to 5 (coldest).

2. Set the Freezer Control to 3 (Recommended

Setting). Freezer Control settings range from

1 (warmest) to 5 (coldest).

Give the refrigerator time to cool down completely
before adding food. This may take several hours.

The settings indicated above 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 these
settings, see “Changing the control settings” below.

Changing the control settings

• Adjust the Refrigerator Control first.
• Wait at least 24 hours between adjustments.
• Then adjust the Freezer Control if needed.

If you need to adjust temperatures in the refrigerator
or freezer, use the settings listed in the chart below as
a guide. If you have any questions, call our Consumer

Assistance Center number, 1-800-253-1301, from

anywhere in the U.S.A.

CONDITION:

REASON:

RECOMMENDED SETTINGS:

Refrigerator

Freezer

Refrigerator
section too warm

• Door opened often

• Large amount of food added

• Room temperature too warm

Freezer section

• Door opened often

too warm

• Large amount of food added

• Very cold room temperature

(can’t cycle often enough)

Refrigerator
section too cold

• Controls not set correctly for your conditions

Ice not made

fast enough

• Heavy ice usage

• Very cold room temperature

(can’t cycle often enough)

Both sections

• Door opened often

too warm

• Large amount of food added

• Very warm or very cold room temperatures