LG GM-589 Series User manual

BOTTOM FREEZER
REFRIGERATOR
User’s Guide
Please read this guide thoroughly
before operating and keep it handy for
reference at all times.
Models
GM-589**
P/No. 3828JL8025B

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Safety Instructions 3 -4
Grounding Requirements 5
Parts and Features 6 - 7
Refrigerator Installation 8-16
Unpacking Your Refrigerator 8
Installation 8
Base Grille 8
Removing, Reversing and Replacing
Your Refrigerator Doors 9 -15
Pull out Drawer 12
Door Closing and Alignment 16
Using Your Refrigerator 17 - 26
Ensuring Proper Air Circulation 17
Multi Flow 17
Setting the Controls 17 -18
Adjusting Control Settings 18
Food Storage Guide 19
Storing Frozen Food 19
Refrigerator Shelves 20
Deli Fresh / Snack Pan 21
Crisper Humidity Control 21
Optibin Crisper 21
Crisper cover with lattice on inner surface 22
Dairy Bin 23
Freezer Wire Door Racks 23
Ice Bin 23
DuraBase 23
Tilting Door 24
Pull out Drawer Basket 24
DuraBase Divider 24
Can Dispenser 25
T
Freezer Shelf
riple Twist Ice Tray 25
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Filter 26
Care and Cleaning 27 - 28
General Cleaning Tips 27
Outside 27
Inside Walls 27
Door Liner and Gaskets 27
Plastic Parts 27
Condenser Coils 27
Light Bulb Replacement 27 -28
Power Interruptions 28
When you go on vacation 28
About the Custom Cube Icemaker 29
Connecting the Water Line 30 -32
Troubleshooting Guide 33 -36
Drawer Tray 24
Door Racks 22
Design-A-Door 22

DANGER: RISK OF CHILD ENTRAPMENT
BEFORE YOU THROW AWAY
YOUR OLD REFRIGERATOR
OR FREEZER
Take off the doors.
Leave the shelves in place so that
children may not easily climb inside.
CFC & HCFC DISPOSAL
Child entrapment and suffocation are not problems of
the past. Junked or abandoned refrigerators are still
dangerous... even if they will sit for “just a few days”. If
you are getting rid of your old refrigerator, please follow
the instructions at right to help prevent accidents.
IF YOU WANT TO THROW AWAY YOUR LG REFRIGERATOR
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
Ensure that none of the pipes on the back of the appliances
are damaged prior to disposal.
Your old refrigerator may have a cooling system that used
CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons). CFCs are believed to harm
stratospheric ozone.
If you are throwing away your old refrigerator, make sure
the CFC refrigerant is removed for proper disposal by a
qualified servicer. If you intentionally release this CFC
refrigerant, you can be subject to fines and imprisonment
under provisions of enviromental legislation.
Ensure that none of the pipes on the back of the appliances
are damaged prior to disposal.
Refrigeration from late nineties have a cooling system that
used HCFC's (Hydrochloroflurocarbons). (134a) These
gases must be reclaimed.
If you are throwing away your old refrigerator, make sure
the HCFC's refrigerant is removed for proper disposal by a
qualified servicer. If you intentionally release this HCFC's
refrigerant, you can be subject to fines and imprisonment
under provisions of enviromental legislation.
Ensure that none of the pipes on the back of the appliances
are damaged prior to disposal.

This guide contains many important safety messages. Always read and obey all safety messages.
This is the safety alert symbol. It alerts you to safety messages that inform you
of hazards that can kill or hurt you or others, or cause damage to the product.
All safety messages will be preceded by the safety alert symbol and the hazard
signal word DANGER, WARNING, CAUTION. These words mean:
WARNING
CAUTION
You can be killed or seriously injured if you don’t follow instructions.
Indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if not avoided,
may result in minor or moderate injury, or product damage only.
All safety messages will identify the hazard, tell you how to reduce the chance of injury and tell you what can happen if
the instructions are not followed.
SAFETY MESSAGES
WARNING
To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, or injury
to persons when using your product, basic safety
precautions should be followed, including the following:
NEVER unplug your refrigerator by pulling on the power cord.
Always grip the plug firmly and pull it straight out from the
outlet. After switching off at power point.
Repair or replace immediately all electric service cords that
have become frayed or otherwise damaged. Do not use a cord
that shows cracks or abrasion damage along its length or at
either the plug or connector end.
When moving your refrigerator away from the wall,
be careful not to roll over or damage the power cord.
DO NOT store or use gasoline or other flammable vapors and
liquids in the vicinity of this or any other appliance.
DO NOT allow children to climb, stand or hang on the
refrigerator doors or shelves in the refrigerator. They could
damage the refrigerator and seriously injure themselves.
Keep fingers out of “pinch point” areas; clearances between
Unplug your refrigerator before cleaning or making any repairs.
NOTE: We strongly recommend that any servicing be
performed by a qualified individual.
Before replacing a burned-out light bulb, unplug the
refrigerator or turn off power at the circuit breaker or fuse box
in order to avoid contact with a live wire filament. (A burned-
out light bulb may break when being replaced.) NOTE: Setting
either or both controls to the OFF position does not remove
power to the light circuit.
Read all instructions before using this appliance.
Use this appliance only for its intended purpose as described
in this use and care guide.
After your refrigerator is in operation, do not touch the cold
surfaces in the freezer compartment when hands are damp or
wet. Skin may adhere to the extremely cold surfaces.
In refrigerators with automatic icemakers, avoid contact with
the moving parts of the ejector mechanism, or with the heating
element that releases the cubes. DO NOT place fingers or
hands on the automatic icemaking mechanism while the
refrigerator is plugged in.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
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the doors and cabinet are necessarily small. Be careful
when you open the doors when children are in the area.
For personal safety, this appliance must be properly grounded.
Have the wall outlet and the circuit checked by a qualified
electrician to make sure the outlet is properly grounded.
The appliance is not intended for use by young children or
infirm persons without supervision.
Young children should be supervised to ensure that they do not
play with the appliance.
Do not store bottles in the freezer compartment - they may
break when frozen, causing damage.

Ensure proper
ground exists
before use.
3-pins
grounding
plug
3-pins
grounding type
wall receptacle
IMPORTANT: Please read carefully.
TO CONNECT ELECTRICITY
Do not, under any circumstances, cut or remove the
third (pin) prong from the power cord.
NOTE: Before performing any type of installation,
cleaning, or removing a light bulb, turn the control
(Thermostat, Refrigerator Control or Freezer Control,
depending on the model) to OFF and then disconnect the
refrigerator from the electrical source. When you are
finished, reconnect the refrigerator to the electrical source
and reset the control (Thermostat, Refrigerator Control or
Freezer Control, depending on the model) to the desired
setting.
DO NOT USE EXTENSION CORDS
Because of potential safety hazards under certain
conditions, we strongly recommend against the use of
an extension cord.
WARNING
Electrical Shock Hazard
GROUNDING REQUIREMENTS
POWER CORD REPLACEMENT
iIf the supply cord is damaged, it must be replaced by
the manufacturer or its service agent or similary
qualified person in order to avoid a hazard.I
The refrigerator should always be plugged into its own
individual properly grounded electrical outlet rated for
230-240 Volts, 50 Hz, AC only, and fused at 10 amperes.
This provides the best performance and also prevents
overloading house wiring circuits which could case a fire
hazard from overheated wires.
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When you decide the placement of your refrigerator,
as a stationary appliance, it should have its plug accesible
at all times.
Where a standard two-prong wall outlet is encountered,
it is your personal responsability and obligation to have it
replaced with a properly grounded three-ping wall outlet.
Ensure proper
ground exists
before use.
3-pins
grounding
plug
3-pins
grounding type
wall receptacle
RECOMMENDED GROUNDING METHODS
(Plug type depending on region)
It is recommended that a separate circuit serving only
this appliance be provided.
Use a receptacle which can not be turned off with a
switch or pull chain. Do not use an extension cord.
ACCESSIBILITY OF SUPPLY CORD
FOR PERSONAL SAFETY, this appliance must be
properly grounded (earthed). Have the wall outlet and
the circuit checked by a qualified electrician to make
sure the outlet is properly grounded.