Question: What is Voice Warning with Location?
Answer: This is an exclusive First Alert® feature that verbally identifies not only the danger detected, i.e. Smoke or Carbon Monoxide, but also indicates the location of the initiating alarm. There are up to 11
locations stored in the alarm’s memory. Included are Basement, Kitchen, Child’s Bedroom, Living Room, Dining Room, Master Bedroom, Family Room, Guest Bedroom, Office, Hallway, Utility Room and No Location. For example when the alarm sounds, if programmed for “Basement”, it will say “Warning, Evacuate, Smoke in Basement” or “Warning, Evacuate, Carbon Monoxide in Basement”. If other First Alert® OneLink® alarms are located throughout the house they will also announce the same warning even though they were programmed with another location. This is a safety feature no one else has. When seconds count in an emergency it provides an audible indication of the possible threatened area and more importantly what area to investigate or avoid.
Question: How do the First Alert® OneLink® alarms communicate with each other?
Answer: The alarms interconnect via reliable and secure radio frequency (RF) communication. They operate on the 915MHz frequency bandwidth and employ 3 channel frequency hopping vs. 433MHz non frequency hopping with the competition. If for some reason one channel is blocked or being used by another device in the home it automatically switches to one of three frequencies increasing the chance that the signal will be received. This
“hopping” to the next frequency to complete the signal vs. WIRELESS waiting for the next send cycle saves precious time. Seconds
count in an emergency as a home fire doubles in size every 30 seconds.
Question: How do the First Alert® OneLink® alarms link with each other?
Answer: The linking is automatic through the software with 65,000 security code combinations. This eliminates manual dip switch programming as on the competitive product with only 255 combinations. This saves confusion, time and money on
Competitive Dip Switches
**Interconnected alarms provide added warning as compared to single alarms.
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