Nest Protect Wired User's Guide

WHAT YOU HEAR
ALERTSSILENCING
WHAT IT MEANS WHAT TO DO
“HEADS-UP. THERE’S
SMOKE IN THE [ROOM
NAME]. THE ALARM
MAY SOUND.”
Smoke levels are rising. Put out the source of the
smoke. Then use the Nest
app or press the Nest
button to hush the alert.
Open a window or door
to get fresh air. Then use
the Nest app or press
the Nest button to hush
the alert.
Get out of the house
immediately.
Make sure you’re safe and
have put out the source of
smoke or carbon monoxide.
1) Operate reset/silence
button (Nest button).
2) Call your fire dept. or 911.
3) Move to fresh air.
4) Do not reenter the
premises until the
emergency services tell
you to. Refer to page 30
for complete instructions.
Carbon monoxide
levels have been high
for a while.
You’ve hushed an alert.
Nest Protect will now
keep quiet, unless smoke
or carbon monoxide
remains at critical levels.
The carbon monoxide in
the room has reached
critical levels.
“HEADS-UP. THERE’S
CARBON MONOXIDE IN
THE [ROOM NAME]. THE
ALARM MAY SOUND.”
(Alarm sound)
“EMERGENCY. THERE’S
CARBON MONOXIDE IN
[ROOM NAME]. MOVE TO
FRESH AIR.”
(Alarm sound)
“EMERGENCY. THERE’S
SMOKE IN [ROOM NAME]”
“SMOKE ALARM HUSHED.”
“CARBON MONOXIDE
ALARM HUSHED.”
“THE ALARM IS OVER.”
YELLOW pulses.
YELLOW pulses.
RED pulses.
RED pulses.
YELLOW or
RED pulses.
GREEN pulses.
WHAT YOU SEE
HEADSUP AND EMERGENCY ALARMS
The smoke in the
room has reached
critical levels.
Make sure you’re safe and
have put out the source or
smoke or carbon monoxide.
Smoke or carbon
monoxide levels
are decreasing.
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HEADSUP AND EMERGENCY ALARMS
ALERTS
When Nest Protect has something to say, it
will speak to you in words and light up instead
of just beeping. Nest Protect has two kinds of
voice alerts: Heads-Up and Emergency Alarms.
When smoke or carbon monoxide levels are
heightened but haven’t yet reached Emergency
Alarm levels, Nest Protect can sound a Heads-Up
as an early warning. Nest Protect will pulse
yellow and tell you where there’s smoke or
carbon monoxide.
You’ll get an Emergency Alarm when smoke or
carbon monoxide reach critical levels. Nest
Protect will pulse red, sound a loud alarm, and
tell you what room the emergency is in. If there’s
both smoke and CO present, the smoke alarm
will take priority.
SILENCING
Heads-Up alerts and some Emergency Alarms
can be hushed by using the Nest app or
pressing the Nest button. In some cases, the
smoke level may be too high for the Emergency
Alarm to be hushed. Only silence an alarm
once you have checked conditions at the Nest
Protect that first sounded the alarm. Do not
silence Nest Protect by disconnecting it from
line voltage and removing the batteries. This
will disable the alarm so it cannot sense smoke
or carbon monoxide, leaving you at risk.
Because there are many different types of fires,
you may experience an Emergency Alarm without
having first experienced a Heads-Up alert.
This means that critical levels of smoke or CO
occurred extremely quickly and Nest Protect
has to sound the Emergency Alarm.
HAVE MORE THAN ONE NEST PROTECT?
After all the Nest Protects in your home are
connected to each other, if there’s a Heads-Up
or an Emergency Alarm in one room, they’ll all
tell you what the danger is and which room it’s in.
If multiple Nest Protects are interconnected,
a Heads-Up alert or Emergency Alarm can be
silenced only at the Nest Protect that originally
sounded the alert. You’ll need to go to that room
to hush all the Nest Protects in your home.
Always check the conditions near the Nest
Protect that first detected the smoke or carbon
monoxide before silencing it.