instruction manual

Refrigerator-freezer (household use)

Part No. NR-B143W Part No. NR-BW143C Part No. NR-B143E7

Part No. NR-B143WB Part No. NR-TB143W
Part No. NR-B173W Part No. NR-BW173C

NR-B143W NR-BW143C NR-B173W NR-BW173C

NR-B143E7 NR-B143WB
NR-TB143W

Warranty by the attached

This time is, for purchasing a Panasonic product, Thank you very much.
● Please read the instruction manual, please use it correctly and safely.
● Please be sure to read the "Safety Precautions" (P.2 ~ P.3) before use.
● Warranty is sure to fill, such as "date of purchase and sales shop name", please keep it together with the instruction manual.
● This instruction manual uses the NR-B143W, describes, but also how to use is the same as other models. Please refer to the "your

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Safety Precautions Please observe without fail
In order to prevent harm to people, damage property, it explains that get sure to observe.
■ By dividing the degree of harm or damage that occurs when the incorrect usage, are described.

It is "content that could result in death or serious It is "be held minor injuries and, what fear is that
injury". property damage will occur."

■ The charm if the contents are described in the following graphical symbols.

It is content that should not be. The contents that must be performed.

Fire, injury, explosion, fear of

electric shock

The power supply of the plug and cord ... If you are using ...
Protect the following: ● Not pour water into the body or the refrigerator.

(And cause a fire or electric shock) ● Not to damage the cooling circuit of the body (piping).
● Power supply, such as dust plug take on a regular basis. ● Disassemble and repair, remodeling is not an absolute.
● Using the AC 100V · rated 15A or more outlets ● Do not put something that is easy to ignite.
alone. ● Do not use flammable spray in the vicinity.
● Down code, power plug inserted completely up to the ● Do not put the electrical products such as deodorizer. (Electric
base. shock or ignition, there is a risk of explosion)

● When disconnecting the power plug, Nuku always hold the ● Not put chemicals or academic sample. (Severe temperature

power plug in without a code. management is a thing necessary, home for a cold

● When cleaning is sure to unplug the power plug. Can not be saved in the built warehouse)

● A long period of time disconnect the power plug when not in ● A container filled with water not placed on top of the refrigerator.

use from the electrical outlet. (Spilling and of electric shock or fire becomes the insulation failure

Cause to become)
Not the following:
● Do not place unstable objects on the refrigerator. (Fall in
(And cause a fire or electric shock)
vibration, there is a risk of injury)
● With wet hands, not the connect or disconnect the power plug.
● Do not step on or hang from the door.
● Do not be such as to damage the power plug and
(There is a risk of injury)
cord. Or hurt, processing or, closer Ketari hot parts,
forcibly bend, twist, Ri pulled, or placing heavy, not ● Once the leakage gas such as city gas, ventilate by opening a

or bundle. window without touching the refrigerator.

→ Repair of plug and cord, please consult the ● Since you are using a flammable refrigerant, from the ventilation by
dealer. opening a window If you damage the cooling circuit (piping), consult
● The power plug, not pressed against the back of the refrigerator. your dealer. (Electric shock or ignition, there is a risk of explosion)
● Guests cord is damaged or the power plug, do not use
when the plug outlet is loose.

When you recycle ...

When installing the ...
● Such as when it is recycled, remove the always
● The fall prevention treatment in preparation for an earthquake. Doapa Kkingu. (There is a toddler confining of fear)
(P.3) (There is a risk of injury)

● When you use a location where a damp, moisture attach the

At the time of abnormal or failure ...
earth (ground) earth leakage circuit breaker. (Please consult
your dealer) Stop using it immediately, unplug the power plug
Ground wire (There is a risk of electric shock at the time of the earth leakage) (Smoke, fire, there is a risk of electric shock)
connection
● Power cord, plug is abnormally hot
● Water is not installed in the place where it takes. (And ● There is a deep scratches and deformation in the power cord
cause a fire or electric shock) ● Smelling burnt smell is
ripped and electricity. Abnormality or failure case
● Clearance around the refrigerator is not obstructed. (Staying with the ● Please ask the inspections and repairs to the retailer immediately feel
refrigerant leaks, there is a risk of ignition)

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 Preparations
Burns, injury, accident
1 To install
A risk of ● Hot air, out of direct sunlight
● Moisture is small, well-ventilated place
● strong and horizontal place

● Away from other devices (to prevent the disturbance of the noise and

the video to the TV)

● Power plug is cleaning convenient location

When storing the food ... ● Radiating space can be secured location (right 2cm or more, or more
● Not frozen bottle. (Cracking above 30 cm, rear 7cm or more) on the case of placing the like ovens its

frozen the contents, top 10cm or more, the rear 10cm or more

There is a risk of injury)

● Not issued before the shelves. 2 To fix the refrigerator

30cm or more
● It does not take things that do not fall ● So as not to fall down in an earthquake. Please

to the bottom of the door shelf. (By consult the dealer when you use the refrigerator to

dropping of food, prevent tipping belt (sold separately, part number /

7cm
AD-NRQBL09). 2cm or more
There is a risk of injury) more
(left and right)
● Turn the adjusting feet (Right only), and fixed down

the legs to the floor. (Prevention of vibration and

● Food and container in the freezer (especially metal), do not touch
noise)
with wet hands the ice. (It may not be possible to frostbite)
● When the carpet, tatami-vinyl chloride flooring, lay a
strong plate underneath. (Such as by discoloration heat)
● Or emits an unusual odor, discolored or food do not eat. (It may
cause of diseases caused by corruption)

3 Installing the glass tray

● The glass tray with vertically, (the lower the better Door switch
When you open and close the door ... with a white edge) ① put from the side between the

● Do not open and close when the other person is touched. body and the door, to securely inserted until ② the

back surface is rotated.

● Not closed Put your finger into the pull-out door top.
②
● Not to pinch your foot in the drawer below.
● So as not to hit the door switch on before the
(There is a risk of finger-justified) ①
internal right hand, careful Kedah again.
● Not opened and closed strongly the door.

(By dropping of food, there is a risk of injury)

Four Plug it into a power outlet

When the care ... ● Please use a dedicated electrical outlet (more than 100V AC rated 15A).
● There is no problem by inserting immediately the power plug after installation.
● Li with preparative glass tray, remove ensures. (If the
● After taking out the power cord, please be sure to re-attach the evaporation dish.
glass tray is dropped, there is a risk of injury due to
● It takes about 4 hours to cool in the refrigerator. compressor
bruising and damage)
● When hot, such as summer, it may take
● Do not put your hands or feet in the refrigerator bottom. (At the end face of 24 hours or more until it cools down.
the iron plate, there is a risk of injury)

● Do not touch the compressor and ● Enough to cool down, please do not evaporating dish

piping. (It may result in burns) open and close the little door. (Warm air
Ground Cooling circuit (piping)
flows, will be difficult to cool)
connection screw Dedicated outlet
power 100V
ground wire
When the movement and transportation ... Earth terminal

For the event of an electric shock accident prevention, it is recommended to earth

● Vulnerable lay or plate for protection on the floor.
(ground).
Such as kitchen and dirt floor, if you put in really damp and water, please be sure to
(There is a risk of damaging the floor)
attach the earth leakage circuit breaker.
● When you transport does not have the evaporating dish. (By the main → Mounting of the earth and the earth leakage circuit breaker, please contact us always to the dealer.

body fall, there is a risk of injury) (Earth construction costs are not included in the price of this product)

● Gas pipes and water pipes, please Never connect to the ground wire of the telephone line or

lightning rod. (Which is prohibited by laws and regulations)

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How to use the name of each part
door shelf small
The refrigerator compartment
table

● Heat resistance temperature 100 ° C.

● put a such as load-bearing 30kg

oven or microwave oven.
Door shelf

LED Lighting (LED2 or built-in)

Glass tray leg door Tanadai

Free case

Bottle shelf

Cold air volume adjustment lever

Adjustable leg Adjust the flow rate distribution of cold air to

Adjustable
the freezing chamber and the refrigerating
chamber. (It is usually used in "standard")
NR-B143W NR-BW143C NR-B173W NR-BW173C
NR-B143E7 NR-B143WB Cold air volume regulation

NR-TB143W Freezing chamber side Refrigerating

chamber side
maximum maximum standard

Freezer compartment

For cold air volume adjustment lever

Freezer compartment upper stage
Ice tray ● When the temperature of the surroundings, such as winter is
Case low (about 10 ℃ or less), please refer to the cold air flow
Please put in this
adjustment lever to the "maximum freezing chamber side". *
position.
Freezer compartment body In addition to winter, when the lever to the "maximum

Case freezing chamber side", the cold of the refrigerator

compartment will be weak.

● And high ambient temperature, such as summer is (about 35 ℃

or higher), especially when opening and closing frequency of

the refrigerating compartment door is large, please refer to the

Ice corner
cold air flow adjustment lever to the "maximum refrigeration

Can ice is stored here. chamber side". * A long period of time, please do not the lever

to the "maximum refrigeration chamber side". Cold of the

Water until the water line. freezing chamber will be weak.

Ice remove twist.

Please
● Vegetables and fruits are placed in a wrap or container or the like, please store in a glass tray. (Prevention of drying and freezing)

● Food of the freezing chamber upper stage so that does not protrude from the case, please houses. (Cold hardly
closed the door becomes worse, cause, such as frost is attached)

● Inter-leg dimensions of the range, which put on the table is within a width 447mm depth 429mm. If you want to place a such as an oven range, 10cm from the top of the range, please open the
gap more than 10cm from the rear.

　In addition, the shape of the bottom of the microwave oven, please check at the time of installation so you may not put.

Four
 Good ways you can use
Notice
● Defrosting is not required. Automatically evaporated to melt the frost.
Chopped citrus, please wrapped
● The internal temperature will not automatically adjusted optimally. It does
in wrap and plastic bags
not need temperature control.

()
About 3 ℃ ~ 6 ℃ cold storage room, about -18 ℃ ~ -22 ℃ freezer compartment, is an estimate of when the
(Because the plastic is altered)
stable close the door without putting the ambient temperature 30 ℃ food

● Glass tray can be adjusted height replacement.

Foods of moisture is ● Water of the freezer compartment door and the freezer compartment ice tray and to strengthen the loading and unloading of

Please avoid the outlet the upper case might Rukoto spill.
※

That it may freeze, ● In the refrigerator inside of catechin antibacterial deodorizing filter, it reduces the activity of bacteria in the cold air.
Opening balloon
please do not block (Replacement of the filter is not required)

the outlet and inlet ● Body back side of the seal (rear left and right in two places), please do not remove. It will cause the cold
port. worse. When I peeled off if, please crawling off the cloth packing tape to the square.

※ We are a confirmation of the antibacterial effect.

Test request destination: Guangdong microbiological analysis gage center Test

method: film adhesion method (JIS Z 2801) Antimicrobial Methods:

Antimicrobial target location by catechin component of the filter: Filter Test

Suction port
Result: 99.9% of the antimicrobial effect

How to care Before cleaning, please disconnect the power plug

Please immediately wipe dirty Dirt easy to place

Dirt in the refrigerator Let's quickly wipe prior to harden in the cold air. Especially
Door packing
Easily damaged and dirty, it will also be the cause
edible oil cracking of the plastic, juice of citrus will lead to discoloration.
of the cold air leakage.

If it is difficult to fall is to use diluted kitchen detergent (neutral), finishing with water weapon. The rear-floor of the refrigerator

By the back and floor convection of air, or

accumulated dust, it is where easy to dirty
black. (A guide about once a year)
Please do not use the next thing. (It damages
the surface) Evaporating dish (P.3)
Alkaline or Evaporating dish is less likely to evaporate with
weakly Juice receiving portion
that dirty with dust, can cause the water is
alkaline Scrub brush
Please wipe When the
overflowing or stench. (A guide about once a
accumulated dirt and juice.
year)

Tray is made of glass. So as not to fall and damage or injury,

Kitchen detergent scouring powder,
(→ plastic is broken!) Soap powder benzine,
Alcohol,thinner,
acid, oil hot water please be securely attached.

Removing the parts

Door shelf bottle shelf freezing compartment upper case freezer compartment main body case

Remove tapped from the bottom. To the front on taking out the freezing ① further pull out the door　　 ② open the refrigerator compartment door, the freezer compartment

(It is fixed at firm) compartment upper case. Lift put on the floor. Take out the main body case.

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Troubleshooting
Do not use a long ● Reduce the opening and closing of the door, please avoid to save the new food.

period of time the

● Please insert wait 7 minutes or more.
refrigerator remove (A load is applied to the compressor and immediately plug, cause of failure)

the power plug of a

● Please be cleaned out everything in the refrigerator.
power outage 1. Unplug the power plug. 3. allowed to dry open 2 to 3 days door. (If drying is insufficient, mildew,
2. Clean the inside of the cabinet. cause of smell)

● Horizontal loading transport are not. (Cause of the failure)

● Thing or in the refrigerator, to move at least two people from the removal of the water in the ice making.

Moving and 1. out the food, throw away the water-ice of the ice tray.

transportation to 2. increase the adjustment leg.

3. Remove the fall prevention equipment.

move
4. Disconnect the power plug.

5. Discard the water in the rear of the evaporation dish. (Quietly pulled out has with both hands)

● LED lighting is not lit, when such cover is broken, please contact your dealer.

Failure kana? Please

First of all, please check the following let us Itknow
contents. shouldyour dealer.
be noted that when there is abnormal immediately

Feel hot surface of the body A built-in heat dissipation pipe, to prevent dew. Use began and summer, the surface of the body

(side surface) (both sides) will be especially hot, but this is not a malfunction.

● First use may take about 4 hours to 24 hours or more until cool.
Not cold at all
● Power plug or missing, or does not have or fall breaker?

● Air outlet and the suction port, or not covered, such as in the food?
● In the refrigerator, or have hit direct sunlight, or you do not have near the heating appliance?

● Or the periphery of the gap has fully opened?

Not cold well ● Are you frequently open and close the door?

● Cold air flow adjustment lever is or has become a "standard"? (P.4) → If it is set to "maximum refrigeration

chamber side", the cold of the freezing chamber will be weak. When the → set to "maximum freezing chamber side",

the cold of the refrigerator compartment will be weak.

The food is frozen ● Foods of moisture, please put to avoid the blow-out port. (P.5)

● Or smell of strong foods have been sealed?

The internal is smell ● In the refrigerator, you may smell is attached. → Soak a soft cloth in warm
water, please wipe squeeze.

● The firm floor, or was set up so as not to rattle?

Is annoying sound
● Evaporating dish is firmly inserted, or has been fixed?

● "Bashed" → Is a sound of refrigerant flowing through the cooling device (gas).

Unusual sound ● "Ju'" → Is the sound of the heater to defrost during or stop operation.

is ● "Boone" → Is the sound the fan is rotated at a high speed in order to cool quickly.

● By the "whack," "Pashi'" → temperature change, it is part creaking sound.

Stick frost or dew ● When the humidity is high, and when I opened the door long, it may stick to when you frequently open and close.

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Warranty and after-sales service Please read well
Repair and how to use, care, etc. When you ask for repair
■ First of all, please consult our sales representative "Failure kana?" The check in (page 6) after, when does not solve the problem, at first disconnect the

power plug, please contact the contents of the lower and the date of purchase. It should be noted
▼ it is useful to be filled at the time of purchase
that, Such as food of compensation, responsibility other than the product repair, please forgive me.

Dealer name phone　　 () -

● Product Name 　Refrigerator-freezer

● number
Product

Date of purchase Year Month Date ● Situation of failure as specific as possible

● During the warranty period, we will travel repair in accordance with the provisions of the warranty.　Warranty: our 1-year body from the date of purchase, however the refrigerant
circuit (compressor, condenser, cooler, capillary tube and piping), cooler fan cooler fan motor is 5 years.
● After the warranty period is over, if you can repair the diagnosis will be repaired upon request.
※ repair fee is consists of the following contents.
※ holding period 9 years of repair performance parts
The cost of dispatching the cost part cost components and auxiliary
The Company, the repair parts for its refrigerator (parts in order to maintain the
material cost business trip fee engineers and technical fee diagnosis, function of the product), owns nine years after the end of production.
repair, adjustment and inspection

■ If you're having trouble, such as moving or gifts, please contact us to the next point of contact
● Please use the "question that common," such as "Contact us by
● Consultation, such as how to use, care is ......
e-mail" is ... home. http://panasonic.co.jp/cs/

● Consultation on the repair ........................

※ Depending on your use of the line (such as IP phones and Hikari telephone) might expire in a few minutes when the line congestion.

- Please see the back cover for handling, such as your personal information in the consultation.

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 Specifications
NR-B143W NR-BW143C NR-B143E7 NR-B143WB
NR-B173W　　NR-BW173C
NR-TB143W
Full rated in volume 138L 168L
Rated
The refrigerator compartment 94L 124L
internal volume
Freezer compartment 44L <29L> 44L <29L>
width 480mm 480mm
Depth
External dimensions 584mm 584mm
height 1119mm 1293mm
mass 33kg 38kg
Rated voltage AC 100V
Rated frequency 50Hz / 60Hz common

Rated Electric motor 57W / 62W

power consumptionElectric heating apparatus 120W
50Hz
Power consumption Yes displayed on the refrigerator compartment quality display label of the inside of the door.
60Hz

● Rated in volume in <> is the "measure of food storage space." Rated internal volume, based on the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS C 9801), contains a food storage
space and cold air circulation space.
● This product is for the Japanese domestic home, not suitable for use and business abroad.

The performance of the freezer compartment ● Shelf life of frozen food

The performance of the freezer compartment of the refrigerator (Four Type of food, depends on the preservation of the
To your customers in the
Star) is. When tested in the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS C 9607) over-the-counter status, etc. refrigerator
hot spring area
following the method defined in, it is indicated by refrigeration load conditions of use. The table below is a tentative

temperature in the freezing compartment (Food Temperature). JIS test standard. By hot spring component in
method is as follows. ① cold room temperature is adjusted to be the lowest Symbol the air there are times when
temperature within the range that do not 0 ℃ less. anti-rust treatment of the
Parameter Forster
cooling circuit (pipe) is
② refrigerator of the installation location is based on the range of 15 ℃ ~ Estimated about 3 months of refrigeration load
required. Please consult your
30 ℃. temperature (food temperature) -18 ℃ or less

③ the freezer compartment 4.5kg or more food per the volume 100L rating, shelf life of frozen food dealer.
and Forster chamber freezer compartment that can be frozen at -18 ℃ or
less within 24 hours.

Affection inspection For many years your refrigerator of the inspection!

● Power cord, plug is abnormally hot.

● There is a deep scratches and deformation in the power cord.
To prevent accidents, please
Is there any such ● Smelling burnt smell is. Your ask the Always inspect the
symptoms ● It is always accumulated water in the refrigerator floor. withdrawal dealer remove the power
● Feel ripped and electricity. plug.
● There are other abnormality or failure.

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Please note that at the time of disposal

Pay Recycling
Please! In the Home Appliance the fee, Law,
it is ifalso required
the customer to properly
is discarded deliver the
the refrigerator target
of your products
used, to dealers
collection and andfee,
transportation municipalities.
recycling, etc.

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