Firex FADCQ manual Quick Reference Guides, General Information and Features, About this Alarm

I. QUICK REFERENCE GUIDES

IMPORTANT: ALL Quick Reference Guides in this manual are designed to introduce you to the basic features, operations, and safety considerations of the 7000 Combination Smoke/CO Alarm. You MUST read this entire manual before installing and using the alarm.

General Information and Features

About this Alarm

This combination alarm has separate sensors to detect smoke and carbon monoxide (CO). The smoke alarm has priority over the CO alarm.

This alarm can be powered two ways: Battery (DC) only, or 120V AC with a 9-volt battery back-up source.

This alarm can be interconnected in a series of up to 18 compatible devices (maximum of 12 can be Firex smoke alarms and 6 CO alarms or heat detectors).

Features/Benefits:

•Quick Quiet™ False Alarm Control™

Helps you evaluate and respond more calmly to alarm situations by quieting the alarm horn(s) without disrupting protection.

•Smart Quiet ™ One feature, two functions.

1)Smart Quiet ™ Trigger Alarm Locator: Improves safety by identifying areas of immediate danger, and helps residents calmly evacuate without the distraction of all alarm horn(s) sounding. All but the trigger alarm(s) will be silenced for up to 10 minutes.

2)Smart Quiet ™ Low Battery Alert: Residents can silence alarm and sleep without losing protection for up to 8 hours, and replace the battery in the morning.

•Ramp-up Horn: Protects your hearing when testing the alarm. Ramp-up horn gives you time to move away from the horn before the full alarm horn sequence begins.

•Alarm Horn: Separate and distinct horn pat- terns for smoke and CO alarms. Sounds a minimum of 85dB at 10 feet. Meets or exceeds UL and ULC standards for audible horn. Listed for use in US or Canada.

•Three Indicator Lights With Five Communication Colors: Improves safety.

BLUE/CO: Blue light flashes rapidly when sensor detects elevated CO levels. Horn alarms 4 times, pauses, repeats.

RED-YELLOW-ORANGE/SMOKE: Patented Red-Yellow-Orange light flashes rapidly when sensor detects elevated smoke levels. Horn alarms three times, pauses, repeats.

GREEN/AC POWER: Improves safety by giving visual indication that 120V AC is powering the alarm. Meets UL/ULC agency compliance regulations for visual AC power notification.

•Low Battery Warning: (Audible and Visual) Increases protection with visual and audible alert of low battery before protection is lost.

In an interconnected series, helps you quickly identify the unit with low battery.

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