Bosch BORECTWODWMW811 Home Connect manual
Installation
guide
EN Connect your refrigerator to the future. 2
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Welcome to the
connected home!
Congratulations on your new smart appliance with HomeConnect, designed to simplify your life
and make it more enjoyable.*
HomeConnect helps you to manage your home appliances with ease and comfort, providing a
variety of functions beyond simple remote control.
The HomeConnect app gives you important and useful information about your home appliance,
allowing you to customize and trigger certain functionalities and actions. Furthermore, the app
offers support on how to properly maintain your home appliance and also inspires with a variety
of recipes. Explore our ecosystem of partners and gain even more functionalities and services.
HomeConnect opens up a world of possibilities exceeding your expectations of a home
appliance.
* The availability of the HomeConnect function depends on the availability of HomeConnect services in your country.
HomeConnect services are not available in every country. You can nd more information on www.home-connect.com
Explore: With the HomeConnect app
you can...
Let’s get started:
What you need
Manage your appliance
In the app’s appliance section you have an overview of
your connected home appliances, offering a variety of
functions beyond simple remote control. Monitor the home
appliance’s progress, change or pause programs, change
settings, trigger actions, and receive notications.
Be inspired
The recipe section provides a variety of inspiring recipes,
tips and videos, that will make cooking and baking even
more enjoyable.
Get support
The service section gives helpful information on how to
maintain and operate your home appliance properly.
Discover even more benets
We are constantly expanding our ecosystems of partners.
Please refer to www.home-connect.com for an overview of
all partners.
1 | Your refrigerator, connected to the power supply and
switched on.
2 | A smartphone or tablet with a current version of the iOS or
Android operating system.
3 | Your refrigerator, located within the range of your home
network's Wi-Fi signal.
4 | The name (SSID) and password (key) of your Wi-Fi network.
5 | These installation instructions.
Important information:
Data security: HomeConnect takes data security
extremely seriously. Data transfer is always
encrypted. HomeConnect employs security
measures that are regularly reviewed and updated.
For more information on this
see www.home-connect.com.
Appliance safety: To safely operate your home
appliance with the HomeConnect function, please
observe the safety instructions in the appliance's
user manual.
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Step 1: Download the HomeConnect
app and create a user account
1 | Open the App Store (Apple devices) or Google Play Store
(Android devices) on your smartphone or tablet.
2 | Search for the “HomeConnect” app in the store’s search
and install it.
The HomeConnect app:
3 | Open the app and register to create a HomeConnect
account.
4 | Write down your HomeConnect account credentials
(user account and password), you will need them later.
The app will guide you through the steps of adding your
appliance to HomeConnect. It will refer to this guide only
when needed.
Step 2: Connect your refrigerator with
your home network
1 | Your refrigerator must be installed properly and turned on.
2 | Open your HomeConnect app to add your refrigerator.
3 | Please follow the directions in the app and refer to this guide
only when prompted to by the app.
Information:
We are constantly working to improve the
HomeConnect app, which may lead to differences
in the setup steps. Please rely on the instructions in
the latest version of the HomeConnect app to guide
you through the setup process.
Step 2.1: Connect your refrigerator to
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your home network with WPS
The app will get notied once your refrigerator has been
successfully connected to your Wi-Fi network.
4 | Press Continue.
Please enter step 2.1 only when prompted to by the app.
The following steps describe operations at the home
appliance itself.
1 | Open the Settings menu and scroll to HomeConnect.
2 | Press Continue to conrm the precondition.
Home Connect assistant
Install and open the "Home
Connect" app on your mobile device
Continue
3 | Activate the WPS function on your home network router
within the next 2minutes.
The following message appears on the control panel of
your refrigerator: Connection successful. Now connect
refrigerator with the app.
Home Connect assistant
To automatically connect the
appliance with the network, activate
the WPS function of your router.
Some routers have a special WPS
button for this.
Connect manually
Home Connect assistant
Connection successful.
Now connect refrigerator with the
app.
Continue
5 | Follow the instructions in the app.
Information:
If the connection could not be established within
2 minutes, make sure your refrigerator is within the
range of your Wi-Fi network.
For some appliances the WPS mode is also called
"automatic mode".
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Step 2.2: Connect your refrigerator to the
home network step-by-step
Please enter step 2.2 only when prompted to by the app.
The following steps describe operations at the appliance
itself.
1 | Open the Settings menu and scroll to HomeConnect.
2 | Press Continue to conrm the precondition.
Home Connect assistant
Install and open the "Home
Connect" app on your mobile device
Continue
3 | Press Connect manually to start manual network
connection.
Home Connect assistant
To automatically connect the
appliance with the network, activate
the WPS function of your router.
Some routers have a special WPS
button for this.
Connect manually
The following message appears on the control panel of your
refrigerator: Home Connect assistant. Have your mobile
device ready for manual connection to network.´
4 | Press Continue.
Home Connect assistant
Have your mobile device ready for
manual connection to network
Continue
The appliance will open a temporary Wi-Fi network,
"HomeConnect" with the password "HomeConnect" for
5 minutes.
Using this temporary Wi-Fi network, the app will
transfer the name (SSID) and the password of your
home network to the refrigerator, thereby enabling
the refrigerator to connect to your home network.
5 | Follow the instructions in the app.
The following message appears on the control panel of
your refrigerator: Connection successful. Now connect
refrigerator with the app.
Information:
For some appliances the step-by-step mode is also
called "SAP mode" or "manual mode".
If the step-by-step mode does not work please
check:
- Your appliance is in the range of the Wi-Fi network.
- Your smartphone/tablet is connected to your
home Wi-Fi network.
- Your smartphone/tablet and appliance are
connected to the same home Wi-Fi network.
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