U-Line refrigerator
showing ºF / ºC symbol flashing
A flashing °F / °C symbol, with the display and interior light working but no cooling, means the unit is in Showroom Mode.
Mon–Sat, 8am–8pm
- Mode, not a failure
- No repair needed
- Source: U-Line
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What ºF / ºC symbol flashing
actually means.
A flashing °F / °C symbol, with the display and interior light working but no cooling, means the unit is in Showroom Mode. It is meant for display floors. Nothing has broken. The mode is turned on and off by holding two keys together.
U-Line refrigerator display · also shown as Showroom Mode, °F / °C flashing
What to do when ºF / ºC symbol flashing shows on the refrigeratorKind of codeMode, not a failure
A setting somebody chose, or an alert it raised on purpose — a showroom mode, a door or power alarm. Nothing has broken and no part is needed.
Usually leads toNo repair
Check whether the cabinet is actually cold. In Showroom Mode it will not be.
Shows up asRefrigerator Not Cooling
The compartment is warm but the appliance still has power and still makes noise.
MakeU-Line
Undercounter refrigeration, ice machines, wine cabinets and beverage centers — almost nothing full-height.
SourceU-Line User Guide & Service Manual, model UHRE515-IG01A (u-line.com PDF)
Documented in U-Line's guide for the UHRE515 refrigerator. Which keys you hold depends on the model.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from U-Line's own guidance for ºF / ºC symbol flashing on its refrigerators. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Check whether the cabinet is actually cold. In Showroom Mode it will not be.
Hold the two keys shown in your guide's Showroom Mode row for 5 seconds. The same command turns the mode off again.
If the symbol stops flashing and the unit still does not cool, contact U-Line Customer Care.
Cleared?
Nothing needed repairing. If the refrigerator does not settle back to temperature, that is a separate problem.
What not to do
Do not treat it as a sealed-system failure or order parts. The unit is doing exactly what Showroom Mode tells it to.
What you may
notice with it.
The refrigerator problems ºF / ºC symbol flashing tends to arrive with. Answer these at the refrigerator before anyone is booked.
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No repair indicated
Nothing to repair.
A setting somebody chose, or an alert it raised on purpose — a showroom mode, a door or power alarm. Nothing has broken and no part is needed.
Read these
before the visit.
Short guides that make the call quicker and the diagnosis cheaper.
All guidesU-Line
refrigerators.
Undercounter refrigeration, ice machines, wine cabinets and beverage centers — almost nothing full-height.
U-Line refrigerator repair
In U-Line's own words
The ºF / ºC symbol will flash. Display will be lit and
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Documented in U-Line's guide for the UHRE515 refrigerator. Which keys you hold depends on the model.
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Questions
about ºF / ºC symbol flashing.
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Book with the exact characters, the full model number, and whether it is still cooling — on a code, that is the whole starting point.