Silence feature on First Alert ONELINK The problem with smoke alarms in my house is that I always find them in the drawer with the batteries removed. This is why handling false alarms well is a really critical feature. I see the OneLink has a "silence" button. My question is that if I hit the silence button on one alarm, does it also silence all of the other alarms in the house that it is wirelessly connected to? Silence feature on First Alert ONELINK The problem with smoke alarms in my house is that I always find them in the drawer with the batteries removed. This is why handling false alarms well is a... » Read More Silence feature on First Alert ONELINK The problem with smoke alarms in my house is that I always find them in the drawer with the batteries removed. This is why handling false alarms well is a really critical feature. I see the OneLink has a "silence" button. My question is that if I hit the silence button on one alarm, does it also silence all of the other alarms in the house that it is wirelessly connected to? « Show Less
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Our fire alarm goes off when some burns some toast. It doesn't have a silence button, so the person who burned the toast frequently takes the alarm down and removes the batteries to stop the racket. But then they forget to put it back up.I would be happy to get several OneLink alarms, but if every alarm in the house goes off when someone burns toast and there is no quick and easy way to silence them, that would be a problem.
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Usually if you silence the source that triggered the alarm they will all shut off but if you silence any that did not trigger the alarm only that one will be silenced. It is suppose to help to identify which one was triggered while also allow alarms throughout the whole house which is mostly useful when a fire start at night while sleeping. It's unclear if these actually talk and identify the location like the talking Kidde models do. Kidde also make a model that can link wired interconnect to wireless interconnects. I do not think First Alert make a unit that useful. It all either wired or wireless and not both, really pretty lame by comparison. Usually if you silence the source that triggered the alarm they will all shut off but if you silence any that did not trigger the alarm only that one will be silenced. It is suppose to help to identify which one was triggered while also allow alarms throughout the whole house which is mostly useful when a fire start at night while sleeping. It's unclear if these actually talk and identify the location like the talking Kidde models do. Kidde also make a model that can link wired interconnect to wireless interconnects. I do not think First Alert make a unit that useful. It all either wired or... » Read More Usually if you silence the source that triggered the alarm they will all shut off but if you silence any that did not trigger the alarm only that one will be silenced. It is suppose to help to identify which one was triggered while also allow alarms throughout the whole house which is mostly useful when a fire start at night while sleeping. It's unclear if these actually talk and identify the location like the talking Kidde models do. Kidde also make a model that can link wired interconnect to wireless interconnects. I do not think First Alert make a unit that useful. It all either wired or wireless and not both, really pretty lame by comparison. « Show Less
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I've had these for years. If one alarm senses smoke they all go off but will report the name of the alarm location, such as "Kitchen". To silence all alarms I believe you must silence the one in that location. This makes sense as you'd want to check that location. The other alarms will silence after a few seconds. I'm not sure if hitting the silence button on a different alarm will silence them all or just that remote location as the only times they've gone off I've just run to the one that is triggering the alarm. I think this has happened only in our kitchen and we're usually right there cooking when that has happened. I've had these for years. If one alarm senses smoke they all go off but will report the name of the alarm location, such as "Kitchen". To silence all alarms I believe you must silence the one in that location. This makes sense as you'd want to check that location. The other alarms will silence after a few seconds. I'm not sure if hitting the silence button on a different alarm will silence them all or just that remote location as the only times they've gone off I've just run to the one that is triggering the alarm. I think this has happened only in our kitchen and we're usually... » Read More I've had these for years. If one alarm senses smoke they all go off but will report the name of the alarm location, such as "Kitchen". To silence all alarms I believe you must silence the one in that location. This makes sense as you'd want to check that location. The other alarms will silence after a few seconds. I'm not sure if hitting the silence button on a different alarm will silence them all or just that remote location as the only times they've gone off I've just run to the one that is triggering the alarm. I think this has happened only in our kitchen and we're usually right there cooking when that has happened. « Show Less
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The 'silence' button on any random linked alarm will not stop a broadcast from another linked alarm. To disable the alarm, you have to go to the specific detector that is 'causing the problem' and press the silence button on that one. A few seconds after that detector stops beeping, the other linked alarms in your house will stop alarming too.
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No, it will only silence that one alarm. If the smoke has not cleared in 4 minutes, it will sound again. It will also silence the low battery beep for 24 hours. (If your batteries happen to be low).Why are you finding alarms with missing batteries?
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The button on the front with a loudspeaker picture is called the Mute Button, and the Manual states: Mute: An illuminated line through the icon indicates that the audible alarm is disabled. However, I can't say if the button status is automatically reset upon a power-off reset or not.
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Not sure if i understand the question, but when the two pieces of the sensor on this unit are separated it sends a wireless signal to a base unit causing it to sent out an audio alert. It has other optional items that work with the same base unit but independently of a traditional alarm system.
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no- good question, if you are outside, and want to come in. the alarm will LOUDLY go off, and then once you walk IN the house you can reach to shut it off. IF you are INthe house and want to leave, you can press the bypass button, but you will need to close the door completely in a few seconds, or the alarm will go off. ( example--you can not go out and leave the door open b/c you're coming right back...you MUST close door as soon as you pass through it)
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The "Latching alarm" only comes into play if the unit is hooked up to a A/C power source. and after the unit is exposed to alarm levels of smoke or CO2, and then the levels of smoke or CO2 are lowered, there is a red light flashing until the unit is tested, this also is a means of helping to determine the area where the smoke or CO2 comes from if the whole system of detectors are connected together.
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It has a test / silence button. I would think that you would just need to press the button if you accidentally cause it to go off.
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If installed correctly, when one unit is activated then all units will alarm. The value of this is that you will be fully warned when a distant hazard is detected. I'm sure that you'd want to know (while sleeping in the master bedroom), that there's a problem brewing in a bedroom on the far end of your home. For this may be the bedroom of your sleeping child. When I installed my new smoke/CO units one-at-a-time, I tested after each install. When I pressed the center test button, my new and old (smoke only) detectors all fired.
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It is like a smoke alarm. I just replaced an existing one, so did not have to decide on location.
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If by silent alarm means nothing is felt, heard, or seen when you want it to alarm then YES! :) Unfortunately, this does not have any alarm nor any type of audible or mechanical notification. It is a trade off for having a device whose battery lasts up to a year.
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I just bought this remote, and I can confirm that it has a Mute button. The remote in the photo has two white buttons between the "VOL" and "CH" buttons, labeled (top to bottom) "MENU" and "RECALL". However the one I received has two white buttons between VOL and CH labeled "RECALL" and "MUTING". I'm thinking the one in the photo was defective since there's a black MENU right above the white MENU button. On my remote, MUTING is indeed activating the Mute function on the Kenwood receiver I programmed it to control.
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Most of these type alarms have what they call a silence mode. If you push the test button while the alarm is going off it should silence the alarm for a said amount of time, say 5 minutes. What this does is gives you a chance to clear the air from burned toast for example. I will also say that many of these alarms are required to be photo electric which in most cases eliminates "false" alarms such as above. As I tell most of my customers please take the time to read the manuals supplied with the alarms and If you can't understand them have someone you know and trust look at them for you. Hope this helps. Most of these type alarms have what they call a silence mode. If you push the test button while the alarm is going off it should silence the alarm for a said amount of time, say 5 minutes. What this does is gives you a chance to clear the air from burned toast for example. I will also say that many of these alarms are required to be photo electric which in most cases eliminates "false" alarms such as above. As I tell most of my customers please take the time to read the manuals supplied with the alarms and If you can't understand them have someone you know and trust look at them... » Read More Most of these type alarms have what they call a silence mode. If you push the test button while the alarm is going off it should silence the alarm for a said amount of time, say 5 minutes. What this does is gives you a chance to clear the air from burned toast for example. I will also say that many of these alarms are required to be photo electric which in most cases eliminates "false" alarms such as above. As I tell most of my customers please take the time to read the manuals supplied with the alarms and If you can't understand them have someone you know and trust look at them for you. Hope this helps. « Show Less
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The sensor can't be turned off. Once set and the alarm is turned on, if the two pieces are moved away from each other the alarm will sound.If an attempt is made to open the sensor it would be moved away from its counterpart which would fire the alarm.As a side note, we use ours for a sleep walking child who has left the house and it works perfectly.
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One of the buttons is to answer a call when you hear the beep that indicates that you have one. I believe one button is to disconnect a call when you are finished. I can't tell you which one is which because I just do it by feel, never look at them. Just try them out to see what they do.
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I have not heard that and nothing in the literature mentioned that. We have them in several houses with no other smoke alarms.
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Yes, Pressing the silence button on the detector (Example kitchen) will silence all others. no need to silence each individually.You can press silence on any detector and they will all silence. If you don't know which detector was originally activated (for example a false alarm situation), you can visually check each detector after silencing. The detector that first triggered will be flashing a red LED and it flashes for a few minutes after the system is silenced for you to be able to determine which detector triggered first.
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I can see your point about turning it off. I have a cheaper unit that I keep in my shop. Thinking about upgrading. I just turn the sensor toward the wall when I'm working out there so the alarm will not be sounding constantly all day when I'm out cleaning or working. Kind of like telling the guard "don't shoot! It's me! Just take the afternoon off"! I just have to turn it back around when I lock up. Form a habit like pulling your keys out of the door after you lock the lock. It's just habit.
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If they are hardwired they are designed to all go off if one goes off. This way if you are in another part of the house you know there is an alarm within the house.