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MODEL OVERVIEW
About this model: Midea MRU21C7BWW
MRU21C7BWW is the white 20-cu-ft Canadian 50/50 Flex refrigerator/freezer, with three storage modes, 2.4-GHz smart setup and four verified icon-pair faults.
Plan the white two-door cabinet
MRU21C7BWW is Midea Canada's white 50/50 Flex convertible refrigerator/freezer. Its two chambers total twenty cubic feet: 10.9 in the upper part and 9.1 below. The listing gives 29.72 inches width, 32.68 depth, 66.61 height and 185.19 pounds. At a ninety-degree door opening, the required depth reaches 59 inches, so a nominally 30-inch-wide position still needs a generous swing path. The exact owner PDF cover names white MRU21C7BWW beside stainless MRU21C7BST, and the technical page confirms the shared twenty-cubic-foot cabinet and 115-volt, 60-hertz supply. The product has no water filter, dispenser or AutoFill pitcher, despite those features on other Midea refrigerators. Its purpose is flexible storage across two separately organised spaces, not dispensing water or producing ice. Choose this exact number before consulting its panel or error guide.
Choose a mode before moving food
The central choice is what each chamber will be. MODE can put both into freezing service, both into refrigeration, or leave the upper one refrigerated and lower one frozen. At first use the guide starts in the mixed refrigerator-freezer mode at 39°F above and -4°F below. The four snowflake levels have different preset values by mode: in all-fridge use both chambers can be set to 2, 4, 6 or 8°C; in all-freezer use the levels are -24, -20, -18 or -16°C. A mode change is a food-storage decision, not merely a display preference. Move food that needs frozen conditions before converting a chamber to refrigeration and allow its temperature to settle. The product gives different garage ambient ranges: 3–43°C in fridge mode and -18–43°C in freezer mode. The manual says the operating state is remembered through a power failure, so verify the mode after power returns.
Connect without confusing network and fault icons
Smart+ cooling and Wi-Fi are offered on the white model. The panel is on the upper chamber's right inner wall, where the MODE and TEMP buttons sit beside the mode and snowflake icons. Holding MODE for three seconds enters network configuration. The SmartHome instructions require a 2.4-GHz wireless network; 5-GHz networks are unsupported. A connection problem belongs to this setup path, not automatically to a temperature sensor. The unit is free standing and needs more than 100 mm clearance above and at both sides, with 50–75 mm behind. Its reversible doors can change the room layout, but the door-reversal procedure also reconnects a signal wire at the upper hinge, so follow that exact guide carefully. Annually remove dust behind the cabinet and check door gaskets. These ordinary setup and care details often explain poor results before electronics are involved.
Check everyday temperature changes
A temperature different from the selected value does not always mean a failed sensor. The troubleshooting chapter says warm food causes a temporary rise and that a new setpoint needs time to stabilize. It also notes that positions within a compartment can differ by roughly three degrees Celsius. Check that the plug is firm, the household circuit is working and no package holds a door open. Food that freezes too readily should be moved away from the cold rear wall. In a humid room, condensation on the exterior can be normal and wiped dry; inside moisture also increases when doors open often or seals do not close properly. The door-swing depth and ventilation gaps matter to those checks. None of these simple observations substitutes for a paired flashing fault indication on the control. Record the mode and food movement history before calling service.
Report the actual paired-icon faults
The image-checked table on PDF page 13 lists four distinct flashing pairs. Icon 7 with icon 8 means the refrigerator temperature sensor has failed. Icon 6 with 8 identifies the freezer defrost sensor. Icon 5 with 8 identifies the ambient-temperature sensor. Icon 5 with 7 identifies the freezer temperature sensor. All four are pairs of position numbers in the panel illustration, not alphanumeric messages. The guide says cooling or freezing may continue during a fault, yet asks for a maintenance specialist to restore normal use. Keep the second icon number exact: 5+7 concerns the freezer temperature, whereas 5+8 concerns the surrounding air. Tell the technician MRU21C7BWW, the active mode and both flashing positions. A steady mode icon, a wireless connection light or a changed setpoint should not be presented as one of these four sensor faults.
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White 20-cu-ft cabinet with 10.9/9.1 split
Source for this detailThree convertible compartment modes
Source for this detailSmartHome connection separate from service faults
Source for this detailFour paired-icon diagnostics on PDF page 13
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20.0 Cu. Ft. 50/50 Flex Convertible White | Midea CA
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