Café SA — Sabbath mode on a cold storage unit
Café's own manuals describe SA as the display shown once Sabbath Mode is active, entered by holding a specific button combination for a few seconds; the exact buttons differ between a beverage/wine column and a French-door cold storage unit, but the letters shown and the general behavior are the same.
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- Setup modes, not failures
- No installation needed
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What SA
actually means.
Café's own manuals describe SA as the display shown once Sabbath Mode is active, entered by holding a specific button combination for a few seconds; the exact buttons differ between a beverage/wine column and a French-door cold storage unit, but the letters shown and the general behavior are the same.
Café appliance display · also shown as Lights off and SA shown
What to do when SA 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
Confirm whether the household wants this mode active before assuming the display has frozen.
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.
MakeCafé
A Café install is often a statement range or a French-door refrigerator whose door handles and finish must line up with the kitchen around it.
SourceCafé beverage center owner's manual — Sabbath Mode
Café documents this mode on both its beverage/wine columns and its French-door refrigeration line, with a different button combination for each.
Before you book,
in this order.
Each step comes from Café's own guidance for SA on its appliances. Follow it to the end: the last card says whether this is a visit.
Confirm whether the household wants this mode active before assuming the display has frozen.
Use the documented button hold for that specific model to exit the mode.
Confirm the interior temperature is holding normally once the mode is cleared, since the unit keeps running while SA is shown.
If SA will not clear with the documented sequence, book a visit rather than repeatedly cycling power to the unit.
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
SA does not mean the compressor or the control board has stopped working; the unit is documented to keep operating normally while the mode is active. It is a deliberate setting rather than any kind of failure.
What you may
notice with it.
The appliance problems SA 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.
Café
appliances.
A Café install is often a statement range or a French-door refrigerator whose door handles and finish must line up with the kitchen around it.
Café appliance installationSetup 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.
Cooking appliances
Hooking up ranges, cooktops, wall ovens, microwaves and hoods: gas connectors leak-tested, anti-tip brackets fastened, ducts sized and the first light checked.
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.
In Café's own words
To activate the Sabbath Mode, press and hold down the - and DISPLAY for 5 seconds. SA will be displayed on the control.
Every code on this site is taken from the manufacturer's documentation, never from a forum or a parts listing. Café documents this mode on both its beverage/wine columns and its French-door refrigeration line, with a different button combination for each.
Café SA appliance installation,
where we come out.
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 SA.
Can I clear SA myself?
Why does a brand-new cold storage unit already show SA at delivery?
Is food still being kept cold while SA is displayed?
Does the same button combination clear SA on every Café cold storage model?
Back to your everyday
Still showing SA?
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.