User's Manual
Alarm limitations
Limitations of smoke alarms
Smoke alarms have signicantly helped to reduce the number of re fatalities in coun-
tries where they are widely installed. However independent authorities have stated that
they may be ineective in some circumstances. There are a number of reasons for this:
Smoke alarms will not work if the batteries are depleted or if they are not connected.
Test regularly and replace the entire smoke alarm when it fails to operate.
Smoke alarms will not detect re if sucient smoke does not reach the smoke alarm.
Smoke may be prevented from reaching the smoke alarm if the re is too far away, for
example, if the re is on another oor, behind a closed door, in a chimney, in a wall
cavity, or if the prevailing air draughts carry the smoke or heat away. Installing smoke
alarms on both sides of closed doors and installing more than one smoke alarm as
recommended in this leaet very signicantly improve the probability of early detection.
The smoke alarms may not be heard.
The radio link to the supplementary Visit receivers may not work due to interference
or due to the signal being blocked by furniture, renovations etc.
A smoke alarm may not wake a person who has taken drugs or alcohol.
The smoke alarms may not detect every type of re to give sucient early warning.
They are particularly ineective with: res caused by smoking in bed, escaping gas,
violent explosions, poor storage of ammable rags and/or liquids, (for example petrol,
paint, spirits etc.), overloaded electrical circuits, arson, children playing with matches.
Smoke alarms don’t last indenitely. We recommend replacement after 10 years as
a precaution.
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RF module features
This smoke alarm is equipped with an RF module that transmits radio signals to one or
several supplementary Visit receivers. A Visit receiver will help to ensure that the alarm
is noticed throughout the property. The alert and signal pattern for the Visit receiver is
found in the product’s user manual.
Activating additional surveillance functions
BE1443 Visit Flash receiver ONLY
By default, all Visit units are factory set to the same radio key, channel 0. This means
that any added Visit receiver within radio range will automatically alert in case of re.
If you pair the smoke alarm to the BE1443 Visit Flash receiver, you get access to addi-
tional network surveillance functions such as low battery, lost connection and hardware
failure warnings. Proceed as follows to pair the units:
1 Press and hold the test button on the Flash receiver until the green and yellow LEDs
start to blink. Release the test button. The Flash receiver will now be in programming
mode for about 30 s.
2 Press and hold the smoke alarm test button.
3 The LEDs on the Flash receiver will blink three times in quick succession to show that
pairing was successful. The Flash receiver will then automatically return to normal mode.
4 Test the connection by pressing the smoke alarm test button. The Flash receiver will
start to ash and light up a red LED. It will automatically time out in 40 seconds.
Note: The Flash receiver is also able to distinguish between the activated smoke alarm units.