X10 TR16A User Manual

Touch Tone Controller

Model TR16A

Owner’s Manual

CONTENTS

IMPORTANT NOTICE

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: Introduction:

●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

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.
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

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.
your bedside and turn down the heating
without getting out of bed.

●Turn on ALL lights connected to Lamp

Modules and Wall Switch Modules

It can also flash a selected light or lights

anywhere in your home when the phone

rings (useful for the hearing impaired).
with the touch of a button if you hear a
strange noise at night.

●Turn off everything in the system with

one button.

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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