X10 TR16A User Manual

Touch Tone Controller

Model TR16A

Owner’s Manual

CONTENTS
Features...............................................................................................................................	2
Introduction ........................................................................................................................	2
Important Notice ................................................................................................................	3
How it Works .....................................................................................................................	4
Installation ..........................................................................................................................	4
Operation a .........................................................................................................................	5
From the Touch Tone Controller's keyboard (Local) .................................................	5
From an outside telephone (Remote) ...........................................................................	5
Problem Solving ................................................................................................................	6
Expand your system ..........................................................................................................	7

Features:

●Turns on or off up to 10 lights/ appliances over the telephone.

●Controls heating/air conditioning. You’ll never have to come home to a cold or dark home again.

●Lets you remotely control up to 8 X10 Modules from any convenient location in your home. You plug lamps and appliances into X10 Modules, and replace wall switches with X10 Wall Switch Modules, to control important inside and outside security lights. (sold separately).

●Sends signals to X10 Modules over your existing house wiring (no additional wiring necessary).

●Keep the Touch Tone Controller by your bedside and turn down the heating without getting out of bed.

●Turn on ALL lights connected to Lamp Modules and Wall Switch Modules with the touch of a button if you hear a strange noise at night.

●Turn off everything in the system with one button.

Introduction:

The Touch Tone Controller turns on up to 10 lights or appliances from any telephone in the world! So you can turn on your central heating or air conditioning before you leave work. Or you can warm up or cool down your vacation home from the airport. You’ll never have to come home to a dark home again.

It’s also a remote control so you can control up to 8 lights and appliances anywhere in your home. You can turn on ALL lights connected to Lamp Modules and Wall Switch Modules with the push of a button if you hear a strange noise at night. And you can turn off everything in the system with one button when you go to bed.

It can also flash a selected light or lights anywhere in your home when the phone rings (useful for the hearing impaired).

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Be very careful when you use your Touch Tone Controller with any kind of appliance. For example, if you use it to turn on a coffee pot that happens to be empty you could burn out its heating element, and possibly create a fire hazard. It would be even more dangerous if you used a remote control to turn on an electric heater that had clothing draped nearby.

USE YOUR TOUCH TONE

CONTROLLER CAREFULLY

IMPORTANT:

The Touch Tone Controller can be connected to most telephone lines. However, each telephone or telephone device that is connected to the telephone line draws power from the telephone line. This is referred to as the device’s ringer equivalence number, or REN. If more than one telephone or other device is connected to the same line, add up all the RENs. If the total is more than five, the telephones might not ring. In rural areas, a total REN of three might impair ringer operation. If ringer operation is impaired, remove one of the devices from the line.

Note: The Controller must not be connected to:

•Coin-operated systems

•Party-line systems

•Most electronic key telephone systems

The Touch Tone Controller complies with Part 68 of FCC Rules. You must, upon request, provide the FCC registration number and the REN to the local telephone company. Both numbers are shown on the bottom of the console.

In the unlikely event that the Touch Tone Controller causes problems on the telephone line, the telephone company can disconnect service.

The telephone company attempts to notify you in advance. If advance notice is not practical, the telephone company notifies you as soon as possible and advises you of your right to file a complaint with the FCC.

Also, the telephone company can make changes to its lines, equipment, operations, or procedures that could affect the operation of the Touch Tone Controller. The telephone company notifies the owner of these changes in advance, so the necessary steps can be taken to prevent interruption of telephone service.

If a problem arises with your telephone service after you have connected the Touch Tone Controller, disconnect the unit to see if the problem is caused by its use. If the Touch Tone Controller is at fault, leave it disconnected and have it replaced. If the telephone company makes a service call to your home and determines that the Touch Tone Controller has caused the problem, they have the right to charge you for a service call.

NOTE 1:

If you own and answering machine, set it to answer first. You can set the Touch Tone Controller to answer either 15 seconds or 35 seconds after ringing is detected.

NOTE 2:

The Touch Tone Controller ALWAYS answers a call. If you have an answering service provided by your phone company, the service picks up if your phone is not answered, so in this case the service will never pick up. If you have this kind of answering service, install the Touch Tone Controller on a separate phone line.

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