Use and Care Manual

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RTH8500 Series
Back Select
Sched.
On/O
Back Select
Back Select
Sched.
On/O
AM
HeatTo
Cancel Period
Done
6 Edit the next period or use the
until you see Done, then press Select
to save changes and go to the home
screen.
NOTE: To temporarily cancel a schedule
period (such as SaturdaySunday Away,
for example, because you’ll be home), go
to the SCHEDULE option and touch the
or arrows to select a period. Touch
Select on the period you want to cancel,
then touch Cancel Period. To reactive the
period you cancelled, touch Cancel Period
again to select period start time and
preferred temperature.
Program schedule override (temporary)
1 Touch or on the thermostat
home screen to set your desired
temperature. Hold Until will appear
together with the time the hold will
end.
2 To change when the hold will end,
touch the time and wait until the time
starts blinking. Then, touch
or
to set when you want the hold to end.
Touch Hold Until once more to confirm
changes and return to the home
screen.
NOTE: After the hold period ends, the
thermostat will automatically return to
the program schedule. If you want to
cancel the hold, touch Hold Until and then
touch Run Schedule.
AM
AM
Heat On
Hold Until
Menu FanMode
Fan
Auto
Mode
Heat
AM
AM
Hold UntilPermanent Hold
Run Schedule
Back
Schedule overrides
Hold Until (temporary hold): Overrides the current temperature setpoint for a
maximum of 12 hours. You might use this feature to hold a temperature until a
specific time.
Permanent hold: Overrides the current temperature set point permanently until
you manually change it or reactivate a schedule.