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  • Page 1 Installation guide and user instructions...
  • Page 2 Please read through this manual before using the product, and follow the instructions in it. This eTRV can only be fitted to a radiator that already has a thermostatic radiator valve, as shown opposite. It has been designed to fit most standard radiator valves (as shown on page 7).
  • Page 3 Handle the product with care. It can be damaged through being hit or dropped, even from a low height. Do not open the eTRV as it does not contain any parts that you need to service. If the eTRV arrives faulty, return it to where you bought it.
  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    General use......................... 6 Fitting the base ring and spacer……................... 6 Choosing the correct base ring................7 Choosing the correct spacer………............... 8 Attaching the base ring to the eTRV..............8 Batteries..........................9 Fitting the eTRV to the radiator ................... 10 Factory settings........................11 What the LED indicator means................
  • Page 5: Introduction

    Introduction ▲ This manual explains how to install, use and maintain the eTRV. Please keep this manual in a safe place so you can refer to it in the future if you need to. The box should contain the following items and accessories.
  • Page 6: General Use

    General use ▲ Each eTRV controls a radiator valve to regulate the heating in the room, based on time programmes, set temperatures and how the room is used. A remote control and LED indicator (a red, yellow or green light) allows you to programme and use the eTRV easily.
  • Page 7: Choosing The Correct Base Ring

    There are base-rings and spacers that allow your eTRV to fit to either 28mm or 30mm radiator valves, whichever is already on your radiator. The eTRV is compatible with valves made by: Barlo Braukmann Drayton Honeywell Landis & Gyr DuoGyr...
  • Page 8: Choosing The Correct Spacer

    If you need to use a spacer, put it in place in the base ring before you attach the base-ring to the eTRV. Once the spacer is in place, attach the base-ring to the eTRV. ▲ Attaching the base ring to the eTRV...
  • Page 9: Batteries

    Inside the battery cover there is a diagram showing which way to fit the batteries when looking from the front of the eTRV. Step 4 Put the battery-compartment cover back on. Hold it in place while you fully tighten the screw.
  • Page 10: Fitting The Etrv To The Radiator

    Important The batteries provided with the eTRV will last for up to 2½ years, depending on how often the motor runs. When you need to replace the batteries, insert new high-quality AA alkaline batteries.
  • Page 11: Factory Settings

    Once the stem has fully retracted, you can safely attach the eTRV to the radiator valve. Remember to have it facing forwards, with the LED indicator pointing forwards. Step 1 Place the eTRV on the valve. Step 2 Carefully screw the base ring clockwise by hand until it is firmly in place.
  • Page 12: What The Led Indicator Means

    ▲ What the LED indicator means The LED indicator flashes red, yellow or green to tell you what the eTRV is doing and it‟s setting. Lights Meaning Red light flashes once every five Dead battery needs replacing (see 6b seconds...
  • Page 13: Using Your Etrv

    Using your eTRV ▲ You can work the eTRV by pressing the grey push button on the front of the eTRV to adjust the temperature setting, or by using the remote control to set programmes and your own settings. ▲...
  • Page 14: Etrv Remote Control

    (when the eTRV is not locked) If the eTRV is not locked (see section 12g on page 31), press and hold the grey push button for two seconds and then release it. Each time you do this it increases the temperature setting by 1°C.
  • Page 15: Using As A Simple Thermostat

    ▲ thermostatHERMOSTAT OPERATION You can use your eTRV as a simple thermostat, giving you the choice of 10 different temperature settings – off (10°C) and then from 16°C to 24°C. Choose the temperature setting you want by pressing any of the buttons numbered 0 to 9 on the remote control.
  • Page 16: Off / Frost Protection

    OFF setting. To bring your eTRV out of the OFF setting, press any button from 1 to 9, whichever temperature you want (as set out on page 15), or one of the following.
  • Page 17: Changing The Stored Low, Eco And Comf Mode Temperature Settings

    ▲ Checking the temperature setting of the LOW, ECO and COMF modes The eTRV can confirm the LOW, ECO and COMF temperature settings by using the button on the remote control and then the appropriate LOW, ECO or COMF button.
  • Page 18: Boosting From Off, Low, Eco Or Auto Mode

    Examples To find out the LOW mode temperature, press: then To find out the ECO mode temperature, press: then To find out the COMF mode temperature, press: then The green light on the LED indicator will flash a number of times to show the temperature setting.
  • Page 19: Individual Programmes

    ▲ Setting the day and time The first step in setting up a programme is to set your eTRV clock with the current day and time, as explained below. The time should always be entered in 24-hour format, with hours being entered first.
  • Page 20: Checking The Day And Time Settings

    The programme you set will only work as you want it to if you have set the correct day and time. ▲ Checking the day and time settings You can check that the eTRV is set to the correct day Number of and time. flashes...
  • Page 21: Setting Quick Programmes

    Green light on for two seconds ▲ Setting quick programmes Your eTRV comes already set with three quick programmes which you can use straight away. The programmes, which all control the heating to the temperature set for the ECO mode, are as follows.
  • Page 22: Customised Programmes

    You can set your own customised programmes to suit your household‟s needs, as shown in the following sections. The eTRV allows you to set up to three programmes a day. For each programme you choose the temperature setting, and the time the radiator goes on and off, to suit the room.
  • Page 23 You set your own customised programme by following the steps below. Press to start. Step 1 Choose the programme you want to set – for example, PROG 1 for morning, PROG 2 for afternoon, and PROG 3 for evening. Step 2 For example: Press Step 3...
  • Page 24: Example Of A Customised Programme

    ▲ Example of a customised programme A typical programme for Monday to Friday is the COMF temperature mode from 6.30am to 8.30, and then the ECO temperature mode from 4pm to 10pm. In this example, no PROG 2 is set as nobody is at home in the afternoon. To set this programme you would press the following buttons, in the order shown.
  • Page 25: Deleting Day Programmes

    (three red flashes). If the next programme is blank, the eTRV will change to this setting. If you press the forward button during the last programme of the day, an error message (three red flashes) will be displayed.
  • Page 26: One-Hour Boost

    To cancel, press RESET or any temperature or mode setting. Checking settings and modes ▲ ▲ modesQUESTIONING FEATURE Your eTRV allows you to check many of its settings and temperature modes. The LED indicators‟ response depends on what you are checking. ▲ Check current mode Number of...
  • Page 27: Check Temperature Set For Auto Mode

    COMF mode. Note If the yellow light stays on for two seconds, this means that the eTRV is in SLEEP mode, set to a single temperature or has been adjusted using +/-1°C to a temperature other then LOW, ECO or COMF mode temperature. To check the temperature setting, follow the instructions in 11c below.
  • Page 28: Check The Current Room Temperature

    This means that even if someone presses 24°C on the remote control, your eTRV will limit the temperature to 21°C. Similarly, if you set a minimum temperature of 18°C, your room temperature could not be turned down to less than that, even if someone presses the 17°C button on the remote control.
  • Page 29: Checking Maximum And Minimum Temperatures

    Setting an ‘offset’ temperature ▲ If the flow of air around the eTRV is restricted (for example, if it is covered by curtains or blocked by furniture), or the flow of air around the room causes cold and hot spots (for example, because of where furniture is placed or the shape of the room), you can set an „offset‟...
  • Page 30: Checking The Offset Temperature

    For example, if the eTRV is reading 24°C, however the opposite side of the Offset room is 22°C, the eTRV temperature reading can be decreased by 2°C so that Down the temperature reading is adjusted. (To reset, refer to section 12e below.) To set an offset temperature down, (for example, -2°C), press the following buttons.
  • Page 31: Retracting And Extending The Stem Manually

    To lock the eTRV, press the following buttons. then The red LED light will flash twice to show that the eTRV is now locked. The following table shows the settings and functions that will be locked and those that are still available.
  • Page 32: Exercising The Valve

    The green LED light will flash twice to show that the eTRV is now unlocked. Note If anyone tries to use a locked feature while the eTRV is locked, the red LED light will flash twice. ▲ Exercising the valve Some radiator valves can stick after a long period without moving.
  • Page 33: Restore Factory Settings

    ▲ Restore factory settings To reset the eTRV to the settings that were originally stored in it, press the following buttons. then then then then then and then This will restore the temperature of the modes to those set at the factory, and delete all AUTO programmes.
  • Page 34: Programme Tables

    Programme table 1 ▲ We recommend that you fill in the table below to keep track of settings and programmes that you have set your eTRV to control to. Room: _____________________ Minimum Maximum Offset Temperature Temperature Temperature °C °C °C °C...
  • Page 35 Programme table 2 ▲ We recommend that you fill in the table below to keep track of settings and programmes that you have set your eTRV to control to. Room: _____________________ Maximum Minimum Offset Temperature Temperature Temperature °C °C °C °C...
  • Page 36: Etrv Quick Guide

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