Linear DMC-10KIT Owner's Manual

DMC-10 Intercom System User’s Guide

Intercom Operation

Door Call

Greeting Visitors at the Door

When visitors arrive, they
push the door station button
to announce their arrival.
Pressing the door station’s
button sounds a chime on all
stations (unless the station is
set to Do-not-disturb Mode).

Door Answer

To communicate with the
visitor at the door station,
press and hold the room or
patio station’s DOOR button
while speaking. Release the
DOOR button to listen to the
visitor for 25 seconds. Press
and hold the DOOR button
again at any time to continue
talking to the visitor, each
time the DOOR button is
released, the listening time
will be extended another 25
seconds.

Door Unlock

If a door release has been
installed, pressing the
button on a room station will
activate the door release for
four seconds The door release
will stay activated as long as

button is pressed.

the

PRESS BUTTON
ON DOOR STATION
TO SOUND
CHIIME

PRESS AND HOLD
THE DOOR BUTTON
TO TALK TO
THE VISITOR

PRESS THE UNLOCK
BUTTON TO UNLOCK
THE DOOR

Communicating Throughout the Home

Talk Button

To com m uni cate wi th oth e r
people at room or patio
stations, press and hold the
room station’s TALK button
while speaking. Release the
TAL K button to listen to all
other room and patio stations
for 25 seconds (except
stations in Privacy Mute or
Do-not-disturb Modes). Press
and hold the TA LK button
again at any time to continue
talking, after the TALK button
is released, the listening time

DOOR

will be extended another 25
seconds.

Hands-free Reply Direction

Either person can change the
direction of the hands-free
conversation by pressing and
holding their TAL K button
while speaking. After any
TAL K button is released the
other person will be able to
reply hands-free during the
25 second listening period
(except after a TA LK button
has been pressed on a patio
station).

Mute/Cancel

The communication session
can be canceled at any time
before the 25 second listening
period expires by pressing the
MUTE button.

PRESS THE TALK
BUTTON WHILE
SPEAKING

RELEASE THE TALK
BUTTON TO LISTEN

HANDS-FREE
REPLY LASTS
25 SECONDS

PRESS THE MUTE
BUTTON TO CANCEL
LISTENING
EARLY

Communicating from the Patio

Patio Talk Button

TALK

To com m uni cate wi th p eop le
inside, press and hold the
patio station’s TALK button
while speaking. Release the
TAL K button and wait for a
reply from the inside stations.
Press a nd hold the TA LK but ton
again at any time to repeat
the call if it was unanswered.

For security and privacy, the
patio station will not trigger
hands-free reply from room
or other patio stations.

Room Talk Button

The person at a room station
(or another patio s tation) must
always press TALK to respond
to a patio station. Each time
the room station’s TAL K button
is released, the listening timer
is started and the room station
will listen to the patio station
and all other stations for
25 seconds (except stations
in Privacy Mute Mode or
Do-not-disturb Mode).

MUTE

Patio Privacy

To prevent neighbors from
hearing private inside intercom
conversations, reduce the
patio station’s volume when it
is not in use.

PRESS THE TALK
BUTTON WHILE
SPEAKING

PRESS THE TALK
BUTTON WHILE
SPEAKING

PRESS VOL FOR ONE

SECOND TO SILENCE
SPEAKER

PRESS VOL
FOR ONE
SECOND TO
RESET
VOLUME

TALK

TALK

VOL

DMC-10 Intercom System User’s Guide

Intercom Features and Special Modes

Volume Control

Volume at each station can
be set with its VOL button.
Each momentary VOL↑ press
increases, or VOL
decreases, the station’s
volume. Pressing and holding
the VOL↓ button for one second

↓

press

PRESS VOL FOR ONE
SECOND TO SILENCE
SPEAKER

PRESS VOL
FOR ONE
SECOND TO
RESET
VOLUME

will silence the stations speaker
(VOL button stays lit) . Pressing
and holding the VOL↑ button for
one second returns the volume
to its previous level.

Hands-free Reply

Room stations will automatically
listen to all other room and
patio stations for 25 seconds
after the room station’s TA LK

RELEASE THE TALK
BUTTON TO LISTEN

HANDS-FREE
REPLY LASTS
25 SECONDS

button is released (except for
stations in Privacy Mute Mode
or Do-not-disturb Mode).
This allows for a “hands-free”
reply from the person being
called. This also applies when
communicating with door
stations using the room or
patio station’s DOOR button.

Quick Listen

To momentarily listen to all of
the room and patio stations

PRESS AND HOLD THE
LISTEN BUTTON TO
MONITOR ALL
OTHER
STATIONS

without making a call, press
and hold the room station’s

LISTEN button. This mode
WILL NOT listen to stations
in Privacy Mute Mode or
Do-not-disturb Mode.

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Privacy Mute Mode

For privacy, room and patio

VOL

stations can be set to prevent
monitoring from other
stations.

To enter o r e xit Privacy Mute
Mode, momentarily press
the station’s MUTE button. In
Privacy Mute Mode the MUTE
button lights.

Regular intercom operation
still functions in Privacy Mute
Mode.

Do-not-disturb Mode

For privacy and silence, room
and patio stations can be set
to prevent monitoring and
calling from other stations.

To s el e c t Do-not-disturb Mode,
press and hold the station’s
MUTE button for two seconds.
In Do-not-disturb Mode the
MUTE and VOL buttons light.
To exi t Do-not-disturb Mode,
press the MUTE button again.

The station can still

LISTEN

perform regular intercom
communications if the call

is made from the station in
Do-not-disturb Mode.

Intercom Features

Privacy Modes

PRESS THE MUTE
BUTTON TO ENTER
OR EXIT
PRIVACY MUTE
MODE

OTHER
STATIONS CAN
NOT MONITOR

PRESS THE MUTE BUTTON
FOR TWO SECONDS TO
ENTER OR EXIT
DO-NOT-DISTURB
MODE

OTHER
STATIONS CAN
NOT MONITOR
OR CALL

PRESS THE TALK
BUTTON WHILE
SPEAKING

Monitor Mode

Monitor Mode is typically

MUTE

used for monitoring a baby or
other sounds in a room. When
a room or patio station is set
to Monitor Mode, the station’s
microphone is always on. Set
other stations to Listen Mode
(see below) to hear sounds
from any station(s) set to
Monitor Mode.

To enter o r exit Monitor Mode,
press the station’s MUTE and
TAL K buttons together. In

MUTE

Monitor Mode the TALK button
lights.

Listen Mode

When a room or patio station is
set to Listen Mode, the station’s
speaker is always on. Set a
station to Listen Mode to he ar al l
stations set to Monitor Mode.

Also, if the optional audio input
wall plate has been installed,
set a station to Listen Mode to
hear audio from the wall plate.

To enter o r e xit Listen Mode,

TALK

press the station’s MUTE and
LISTEN buttons together (on
patio stations, press MUTE and

↑

VOL

buttons together). In Listen

Mode the LISTEN button lights.

Regular intercom operation
still functions in Monitor Mode
and Listen Mode.

Constant Modes

PRESS MUTE AND TALK
TO ENTER OR
EXIT MONITOR
MODE

PRESS MUTE AND
LISTEN TO ENTER
OR EXIT
LISTEN MODE

PRESS MUTE AND VOL
TO ENTER OR
EXIT LISTEN
MODE ON
A PATIO
STATION

TALK

MUTE

MUTE

LISTEN

MUTE

VOL