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TANT! PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND SAVE.
This user’s manual contains important information about your Smoke Alarm’s
operation. If you are installing this Smoke Alarm for use by others, you must
leave this manual—or a copy of it—with the end user.
USER’S MANUAL
Printed in Mexico
M08-0194-000
Q 03/07
FIRE SAFETY TIPS
Follow safety rules and prevent hazardous situations:
1) Use smoking materials pr
operly. Never smoke in bed. 2) Keep matches or
lighters away from children; 3) Store flammable materials in proper containers;
4) Keep electrical appliances in good condition and don’t overload electrical
cir
cuits; 5) Keep stoves, barbecue grills, fireplaces and chimneys grease-
and debris-fr
ee; 6) Never leave anything cooking on the stove unattended;
7) Keep portable heaters and open flames, like candles, away from flammable
materials; 8) Don’t let rubbish accumulate.
Keep alarms clean, and test them weekly. Replace alarms immediately if they
ar
e not working properly. Smoke Alarms that do not work cannot alert you to a
fir
e. Keep at least one working fire extinguisher on every floor, and an additional
one in the kitchen. Have fire escape ladders or other reliable means of escape
from an upper floor in case stairs are blocked.
BEFORE YOU INSTALL THIS SMOKE ALARM
Important! Read “Recommended Locations for Smoke Alarms” and “Locations
to Avoid for Smoke Alarms” before beginning. This unit monitors the air, and
when smoke reaches its sensing chamber, it alarms. It can give you more time
to escape before fire spreads. This unit can ONLY give an early warning of
developing fires if it is installed, maintained and located where smoke can
reach it, and where all residents can hear it, as described in this manual. This
unit will not sense gas, heat, or flame. It cannot prevent or extinguish fires.
Understand The Different Type of Smoke Alarms
Battery powered or electrical? Different Smoke Alarms provide different
types of protection. See “About Smoke Alarms” for details.
Know Where To Install Your Smoke Alarms
Fire Safety Professionals recommend at least one Smoke Alarm on every
level of your home, in every bedroom, and in every bedr
oom hallway or
separate sleeping area. See “Recommended Locations For Smoke Alarms”
and “Locations To Avoid For Smoke Alarms” for details.
Know What Smoke Alarms Can and Can’t Do
A Smoke Alarm can help alert you to fire, giving you precious time to
escape. It can only sound an alarm once smoke reaches the sensor.
See “Limitations of Smoke Alarms” for details.
Check Y
our Local Building Codes
This Smoke Alarm is designed to be used in a typical single-family home.
It alone will not meet requirements for boarding houses, apartment buildings,
hotels or motels. See “Special Compliance Considerations” for details.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Intr
oduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Fire Safety Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Befor
e You Install This Smoke Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Step By Step Guide To Programming This Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Adding and Linking Additional ONELINK
®
Alarms
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
What You Will See and Hear With This Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
W
ireless Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
How To Install This Smoke Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Optional Locking Featur
es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Weekly Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Regular Maintenance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
If This Smoke Alarm Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
What T
o Do In Case Of Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Using the Silence Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Silencing the Low Battery W
arning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Latching Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
If Y
ou Suspect A Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Recommended Locations For Smoke Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Agency Placement Recommendations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Locations To Avoid For Smoke Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
About Smoke Alar
ms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Special Compliance Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Limitations Of Smoke Alar
ms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
*All First Alert
®
Smoke Alarms conform to regulatory requirements,
including UL217 and are designed to detect particles of combustion.
Smoke particles of varying number and size are produced in all fires.
Ionization technology is generally mor
e sensitive than photoelectric
technology at detecting small particles, which tend to be produced in
greater amounts by flaming fires, which consume combustible materials
rapidly and spr
ead quickly
. Sour
ces of these fir
es may include paper bur
ning in
a wastebasket, or a grease fire in the kitchen.
Photoelectric technology is generally mor
e sensitive than ionization
technology at detecting large particles, which tend to be produced in
gr
eater amounts by smoldering fires, which may smolder for hours
before bursting into flame. Sources of these fires may include cigarettes
bur
ning in couches or bedding.
For maximum pr
otection, use both types of Smoke Alar
ms on each level
and in every bedroom of your home.
1
ONELINK
®
BATTERY
OPERATED SMOKE ALARM
3055574
UL STANDARD 217
Model SA511
Features:
ONELINK
®
Enabled
Voice with Programmable Location
T
wo Latching Features
Optipath 360 T
echnology
TM
T
wo Silence Features
INTRODUCTION
Thank you for choosing First Alert
®
for your Smoke Alarm needs. You have
purchased a state-of-the-art Smoke Alarm designed to provide you with early
warning of a fire.
Key features include:
ONELINK
®
Enabled. Alarm automatically communicates with other ONELINK
®
enabled alarms when installed.
Exclusive Voice Warning with Location will tell you the preprogrammed
location of the initiating unit and danger detected. Programmable up to 11
locations (ex. "basement"). When alarms sounds, if programmed for basement
it will say "Warning, evacuate, smoke in basement" along with all other
installed ONELINK
®
Voice alarms.
Spread Spectrum Horn Tone. Lower and varying horn frequency makes it
easier for elderly with normal age related hearing loss to hear horn. Sweeps
through the 2200 – 3400 Hz range.
RF Interconnect. Reliable and secure radio frequency communication
between alarms. 915MHz frequency with 65,000 security codes and 3 channel
frequency hopping.
Optipath 360 Technology
TM
provides 360 degrees of direct access to the
smoke sensor.
Single Button Test/Silence eliminates confusion. Depending on what mode
the alarm is in, pushing the button provides different functions such as testing
the alarm, silencing the alarm, re-testing the alarm when in silence and clearing
the Latching featur
es.
T
wo Silence Featur
es.
T
emporarily silence low battery chirp for up to eight
hours befor
e r
eplacing low battery or silence an unwanted alarm for several
minutes.
Two Latching Features. Alarm Latch: Easily identifies initiating alarm even
after alarm condition has subsided. Low Battery Latch: Identifies which unit is
in low battery condition.
Perfect Mount System includes a gasketless base for easy installation and a
mounting bracket that keeps the alarm secure over a wide rotation range to
allow for perfect alignment.
© 2007 BRK Brands, Inc., a Subsidiary of Jarden Corporation
All rights reserved.
BRK Brands, Inc., 3901 Liberty Street Road, Aurora, IL 60504-8122
Consumer Af
fairs: (800) 323-9005 • www.firstalert.com
• This unit will not alert hearing impaired residents. It is recommended
that you install special units which use devices like flashing strobe
lights to aler
t hearing impaired residents.
•
Unit will not operate without batter
y power
. The Smoke Alar
m
cannot work until you install the batteries in the correct position
(Match “+” to “+” and “-” to “-”).
•
This Smoke Alar
m has a batter
y drawer which r
esists closing unless
batteries are installed.
•
Do not install this unit over an electrical junction box. Air cur
r
ents
around junction boxes can prevent smoke from reaching the sensing
chamber and pr
event the unit fr
om alarming. Only AC powered units
are intended for installation over junction boxes.
• Do not stand too close to the unit when the alarm is sounding.
It is loud to wake you in an emergency. Exposure to the horn at
close range may harm your hearing.
• Do not paint over the unit. Paint may clog the openings to the
sensing chamber and pr
event the unit fr
om operating pr
operly
.