Smart Thermostat - Thermostat TADO - Free user manual and instructions

USER MANUAL Smart Thermostat TADO

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Welcome to tado°

Congratulations on your tado° X purchase!

We want to ensure you have the best possible experience using our products, therefore we have created this guide to support you in creating your tado° account and controlling your heating using tado°.

Contents

1 App installation & account creation
2 Home screen explained
③ Manual control of your heating
4 Smart Schedule
5 Auto-Assist
6 Balance for Heat Pump
⑦ tado° Support

1 App installation & account creation

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App installation

Install the tado° app

Visit App Store

Visit Google play

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Account creation

Step 1

Create your account in the app.

Step 2.

Once you have created your tado° home select 'add device'.

If your setup includes a tado° Bridge X, Wireless Receiver X or Heat Pump Optimizer X, this should be the first device to register.*

Step 3.

After your tado° is professionally installed, select 'add device' and follow the instructions to scan in the QR code of the Bridge X. The QR Codes are laser-etched on each tado° X room control device and also printed on the Get started cards in each device's packaging.

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* If you're installing yourself, the app will guide you with customized instructions for each device. If your devices have already been professionally installed, you can skip those installation steps.

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② Home screen explained

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Your tado° home screen

The most important tado° features can be controlled from your home screen. Here you can also see the current temperature of your rooms or zones as well as the geofencing mode.

Zone/Room

Control your heating system per room.*

Air Comfort

Highlights the air quality in each room with a Smart Thermostat or Smart Radiator Thermostat.

Energy Savings Report

See how much energy you are saving thanks to tado° Skills.

My Home Turn OFF All Rooms Boost Heating 21° Living Room Heating to 25° 23° Bedroom Heating to 25° Air Comfort HOME Geoffencing Energy IQ Care & Protect

Quick Action

Quick Actions allow you to make changes that affect specific rooms or all of your rooms at once, from your Home screen.

Geofencing

Quickly check whether your tado ^® system is in Home or Away Mode.

Care & Protect

Monitors your heating system and notifies you if unusual heating behaviour is detected.

Settings & More

Access skills, settings, support and more.

* If the home is only set up with a single Smart Thermostat then the zone widget will control the heating in the entire home.
(!) Some features are only available with Auto-Assist.

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Your tado° home screen - explained

Heat Pump Optimizer X

The most important tado° features can be controlled from your home screen. Here you can also see the current temperature of your rooms or zones as well as the geofencing mode.

Heating & Hot Water schedules

Easily adjust the schedules for your heat pump heating and hot water.

Balance for Heat Pump

Adjust the activity of your heat pump to save energy and costs according to your electricity tariff.

My Home 20° Heating 50° Heat Mather ON Balance Heat Pump HOME Geotencing SAVE Energy 10

Energy IQ

Monitor the energy consumption of your heat pump.

(!) Some features are only available with Auto-Assist.

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③ Manual control of your heating

Smart Thermostat X/ Wireless Temperature Sensor X
Smart Radiator Thermostat X
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Manual control:

Smart Thermostat X/ Wireless Temperature Sensor X

To make temporary temperature adjustments via the Smart Thermostat press the button to activate the display.

The device will first show the current measured temperature in the room.

tado 20.º Display Shows the measured temperature Push Button to activate the display. Use the touch arrows to change temperature.

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Press the middle button again to view the current target temperature. You can use the up and down buttons to modify the target temperature manually.

The icons shown next to the target temperature indicate the current tado° mode:

- The Smart Schedule is active and tado° is in Home Mode

- The Smart Schedule is active and tado° is in Away Mode

- Manual control is active

tado 20.º Display Shows the current target temperature & mode Touch arrows To modify the target temperature manually

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Manual control:

Smart Radiator Thermostat X Tap the display of the Smart Radiator Thermostat X to check the current target temperature.

Turn the control knob to change the target temperature.

The icons shown next to the target temperature indicate the current tado° mode:

- The Smart Schedule is active and tado° is in Home Mode

- The Smart Schedule is active and tado° is in Away Mode

- Manual control is active

Display Shows current target temperature & mode 22.0° Control knob To activate the display and change the target temperature tado°

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Manual Control Duration

In the app you can modify the default behavior for how long a Manual Control setting stays active. This setting applies when you adjust the temperature directly on the device or with voice commands.

Just go to the settings in your app, select the room and open Manual control on tado° device.

Manual Control on tado® Device Until Next Automatic Change Timer 00:10 > Until Ended by User Any setting change on the tado® device will remain active until the next time block in the Street Schedule, or until residents leave or arrive.

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Manual control:

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Step 1

Open the room screen by tapping the widget.

1. Tap the room widget My Home Turn OFF At Rooms Boost Heating 21.0° Living Room Balance 23.0° Air Comfort HOME Experiencing Energy HD Care & Protect Living Room Increase over 30 m - increase by 50 m 20.0 m Home Change: 27 m of 10.00 m tado°

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Step 2.

Tap on the centre of the screen where the set temperature is shown.

Step 3.

Drag the slider up or down to make changes to the target temperature.

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Step 4.

You can edit the duration of this temperature change at any time. tado° will remember your settings for the next manual control.

Manual Control Duration:

- Until next time block in your Smart Schedule

- Duration according to the Timer you specified

- In manual control Until ended by user

4. Edit the duration by sliding the dot to the left or right Living Room minutes 21:00 - 24h 30:00 24h 2h 25 m 00s

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4 Smart Schedule

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Set up – Smart Schedule

Your tado ^° account comes with a default Smart Schedule already set up. To personalize it, go to the room screen of your choice and tap the Smart Schedule button.

1. Tap the Smart Schedule button Living Room HINDA ROOM 20° Add change: 25 at 10:30 AM Living Room Home Away Monday 16.0" 20.0" 30.0" 40.0" 50.0" 60.0" 70.0" 80.0" 90.0" 100.0" Add time black Tuesday 16.0" 20.0" 25.0" 35.0" 45.0" 55.0" 65.0" 75.0" 85.0" 95.0" Add time black Wednesday 19.0" 25.0" 35.0" 45.0" 55.0" 65.0" 75.0" 85.0" Add time black Thursday 19.0" 25.0" 35.0" 45.0" 55.0" 65.0" 75.0" Add time black tado°

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Set up – Smart Schedule

Heat Pump Optimizer Smart Schedule

The Heat Pump Optimizer X gives you smart multi-room control with your heat pump. If you have tado° thermostats to control individual rooms, these rooms schedules will be unified in the heat pump schedule when you activate.

Heating Schedule: HEATING MODE Room Guided Heat Pump Guided In Heat Pump Guided mode, your Heat Pump schedule and manual controls determine heating behavior. WEEKLY SCHEDULE Eco Temperature 15 °C The heat pump will drop to this temperature when no heating block is active. Schedule Days Mon, Tue, Wed... Monday 15° 20° 3:00 8:00 16:00 24:00 Tuesday 15° 20° 3:00 8:00 16:00 24:00 Wednesday

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Your Smart Schedule consists of a Home and an Away section

Home Settings:

These settings will be active when tado° is in Home Mode. You can divide your days into multiple time blocks and specify custom settings for each block here.

Living Room Home Away Monday 16:00' 20:00' Add time block Tuesday 18:00' 25:00' Add time block Wednesday 19:00' 30:00' Add time block Thursday 18:00' 28:00' Add time block

Living Room Smart Schedule Home Away MINDIAN AWAY TEMPERATURES Away temperature Frost Protection When Frost Protection is enabled, babyTM makes sure that the temperature in your home does not drop below 5°C, providing protection against potential damage caused by freezing.

Away Settings:

These settings will be active when tado° is in Away Mode. When tado° is in Away Mode it ensures that the home stays at least at the minimum temperature you set.

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You can personalise your Smart Schedule to your needs

2. Tap to select the days

for which you want to set a specific schedule.

Living Room Home Away Monday 18:00 20:00 Add time block Tuesday 18:00 20:00 Add time block Wednesday 18:00 20:00 Add time block Thursday 18:00 20:00 Add time block

1. Tap a time block to open the settings and personalise them to your needs.

Edit time block Heating Temperature 19.5° TIME BLOCK TIMES Start 10.00 End 12.00 By adding this new slowdowns you will change the all-time times of your working time blocks and may convert them. Delete Time Block

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You can easily add additional time blocks to your Smart Schedule

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5 Auto-Assist

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Auto-Assist

A feel-good package: tado° Auto-Assist

Get an overview of the energy savings you've made so far, including comparisons with previous months, and get help to recognize and solve any problems with your heating system. In addition, Geofencing and Open Window Detection control your heating automatically, instead of sending you notifications. You can purchase a subscription and activate Auto-Assist through your tado® app. Only €3.99/month, €29.99/year, if you're not satisfied, you can cancel at any time.

Auto-Assist Enjoy fully automated Comforting and Open Window Defense, and Net Care & Protect look after your Healing system for you. Active Ranors on July 20th 2023 Monthly gain

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6 Balance for Heat Pump

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Balance for Heat Pump

Turn your heat pump into a cost saver

Subscribe to tado° Balance for Heat Pumps and ensure to shift the energy consumption for your heat pump to times when electricity prices are lower. Balance scans the development of the electricity price over the course of the day and reduces the operation of your heat pump when prices are high. Consumption is thus shifted to times when electricity prices are more favourable. Simply subscribe through the tado° app (€49.99/year). To use Balance, you need the tado° Heat Pump Optimizer X.

Balance for Heat Pumps Today's optimization Balance reduces consumption when electricity prices are high and pre-heats when prices are low Your price region Germany Munich More How valuable is Balance to you? Not valuable Very valuable

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⑦ tado° Support

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Need additional help? tado° is here to help!

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