Asko SHO: showroom mode on a cold storage unit
ASKO's own manual lists SHO alongside an unplugged cord and a tripped breaker as reasons a unit will not run — grouping a display setting with the two most basic power checks.
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- Setup modes, not failures
- No installation needed
- Source: ASKO
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What SHO
actually means.
ASKO's own manual lists SHO alongside an unplugged cord and a tripped breaker as reasons a unit will not run — grouping a display setting with the two most basic power checks. While SHO is active, the control panel works normally but the refrigeration system itself is deliberately held off, exactly like a unit on a showroom floor.
ASKO appliance display
What to do when SHO shows on the applianceKind of codeSetup modes, not failures
Nothing is wrong with the new appliance; it has come out of the carton in a state the store or the factory left it in. A showroom or demo mode lights the display and the fans while the unit never cools or heats, a Sabbath setting holds the oven light and hides the controls, a control or shipping lock refuses every key, and some laundry and dish care machines ask for a first calibration cycle before normal use. The manual gives the key sequence that turns each one off; once it is off, the appliance runs as it should.
Usually leads toNo installation
Press and hold the ALARM button and the minus pad together for five seconds, following ASKO's own sequence.
Shows up asCold Storage Slow to Cool on the First Day
Cold storage slow to cool is a new refrigerator, freezer, wine or beverage unit that still feels warm inside many hours after its installation.
MakeASKO
ASKO installs mean a compact Scandinavian dish care machine or laundry pair, set level and stacked with the maker's own kit where space is short.
SourceASKO US Instructions for use, model RF2826S, problem solver table
Confirmed on ASKO's US instructions for use for its RF2826S model; other ASKO cold storage models may use a different sequence, or may not offer this setting at all.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from ASKO's own guidance for SHO on its appliances. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Press and hold the ALARM button and the minus pad together for five seconds, following ASKO's own sequence.
Watch for SHO to leave the display, confirming the setting has been turned off.
Give the cabinet a full day to reach temperature, since ASKO's own manual expects a full 24 hours for a freshly started unit to cool completely.
If SHO reappears on its own after being turned off, book a visit.
Cleared?
The message has gone from the display, the setting or connection behind it has been corrected, and the new appliance finishes a full first cycle without raising it again. A setup code that comes straight back after the hookup has been checked points to something the install missed, such as a kinked hose or a harness left unplugged, so note it when you book.
What not to do
SHO does not mean the compressor or the sealed system has failed. ASKO's own manual treats it purely as a display-floor setting, cleared with a button sequence rather than a repair.
What you may
notice with it.
The appliance problems SHO tends to arrive with. Answer these at the appliance before anyone is booked.
All problems
No installation indicated
Nothing to install.
Nothing is wrong with the new appliance; it has come out of the carton in a state the store or the factory left it in. A showroom or demo mode lights the display and the fans while the unit never cools or heats, a Sabbath setting holds the oven light and hides the controls, a control or shipping lock refuses every key, and some laundry and dish care machines ask for a first calibration cycle before normal use. The manual gives the key sequence that turns each one off; once it is off, the appliance runs as it should.
ASKO
appliances.
ASKO installs mean a compact Scandinavian dish care machine or laundry pair, set level and stacked with the maker's own kit where space is short.
ASKO appliance installationMore ASKO codes
Setup modes, not failures on other makes
Cold storage
Setting a new refrigerator, freezer, wine or beverage unit or ice maker into its opening: measured, connected to water, leveled and started.
Dish care
Fitting a new dishwasher or dish drawer under the counter: supply line, drain loop or air gap, power, mounting brackets and a first test cycle.
Laundry
Setting up a new washer, dryer or stacked pair: shipping bolts out, hoses on, drain and exhaust run connected, power checked and the machines leveled.
In ASKO's own words
If your control panel says SHO, then your showroom mode was enabled.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Confirmed on ASKO's US instructions for use for its RF2826S model; other ASKO cold storage models may use a different sequence, or may not offer this setting at all.
ASKO SHO appliance installation,
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The same visit in every metro below: the code, the model number, and a diagnosis before any part is ordered.
All service areasTampa BayFL · 31 areas
Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas
New York MetroNY · 75 areas
HoustonTX · 36 areas
ChicagoIL · 50 areas
Los AngelesCA · 95 areas
San DiegoCA · 31 areas
Questions
about SHO.
Can I clear SHO myself?
How is SHO different from the unit simply being unplugged?
How long should I wait after clearing SHO before deciding the unit is actually working?
Can SHO be set again by accident during normal use?
Back to your everyday
Still showing SHO?
A booking moves faster with three things: the message exactly as the display shows it, the model number from the carton or the rating plate, and the moment it first appeared. With those, the office can tell whether it is a setup step or a connection to put right, and send the part that fixes it.