3.Press ✱ READY to accept your entry. The keypad will display the system status.
MEMO/MESSAGE CENTER (5828V only)
Recording and playing back messages
The keystrokes required for message recording and playback are as shown in the table below.
In this table, read the + sign as “followed by.”
Example: # + 1 would be read as the [#] key followed by the [1] key.
MESSAGE CENTER (LYNX)
TO: | PRESS: |
Record a message: | # + 1 |
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Stop recording before end of 20 seconds: | 1 |
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Playback a message: | # + 3 |
Adjust message playback volume: | # + 2 + 3↑ or 6↓ |
Mute system status announcements: | # + 2 + 1 |
Restore system status announcements: | # + 2 + 3↑ or 6↓ |
MESSAGE CENTER (VISTA) | |
TO: | PRESS: |
Record a message: | # + 0 + 1 |
Stop recording before end of 20 seconds: | 1 |
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Playback a message: | # + 0 + 3 |
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Adjust message playback volume: | # + 0 + 2 + 3↑ or 6↓ |
Mute system status announcements: | # + 0 + 2 + 1 |
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Restore system status announcements: | # + 0 + 2 + 3↑ or 6↓ |
New message indication: If powered by battery, the Message LED will only blink when you activate the keypad by requesting status. If powered by AC, the Message LED will blink continuously. Once the message is played back, the LED will no longer blink.
NOTE: If using a LYNX control, and the word
“MESSAGE” is announced at the 5828V keypad, it means that there is a message waiting at the control panel, which can only be retrieved using the LYNX keypad.
MESSAGE CENTER NOTES
•Allow any alarm system status annunciation to complete before starting to record your message.
•Messages up to
•When messages are first recorded, the red message LED will continuously flash to show that a new message is contained in the message center memory. Once that message is played back, the LED will no longer flash but the message is retained until a new message is recorded over it.
•A status announcement will interrupt the recording or playback of a message. If this happens, begin recording or playing the message back again.
If you Mute system status announcements for any reason, you must Restore system status announcements by pressing the keys indicated in the “MESSAGE CENTER” table (above) in order to hear them again. They will not restore on their own.
•Recording a message or playing back a stored message is NOT affected by muting.
•If you adjust the volume (3↑ or 6↓) when you play back a message, and still want system status announcements to be muted, you must again mute system status announcements (# + 2 + 1 for Lynx panels or # + 0 + 2 + 1 for VISTA panels).
HOW TO REPLACE THE BATTERIES
1.If the keypad is AC powered, unplug the AC transformer from the wall outlet.
2.If the keypad is not wall mounted advance to step 3. If the keypad is wall mounted, perform the following:
Grasp the keypad firmly. Lift straight up (about 1/4 inch) and then out, to separate the keypad from the mounting plate. This exposes the covered battery compartment on the backside of the keypad.
3.Rest the inverted keypad on a
4.Replace the old batteries with 3 AA, 1.5 Volt, Alkaline batteries (ADEMCO part number 468 or equivalent). Always replace all three batteries at once to ensure normal operation of the keypad over the anticipated battery lifetime. Make sure that battery positive (+) and negative
AA BATTERY
AA BATTERY
AA BATTERY
Battery Compartment
5.Replace the battery cover.
6.If the keypad is not wall mounted advance to step 7. If the keypad is wall mounted, perform the following:
Reattach the keypad to its mounting plate by aligning the four mounting holes in the keypad case back with the four mounting clips on the mounting plate. Lower the keypad onto the clips.
7.If the keypad is AC powered, plug the AC transformer into the wall outlet.
8.Activate the keypad by pressing any numbered key until it beeps.
9.Enter the following twice: your
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