User's Manual

HEADS-UP AND EMERGENCY ALARMS
ALERTS
Nest Protect has two kinds of voice alerts: Heads-
Up and emergency alarms. Both tell you what and
where the danger is, but the spoken Heads-Up
is designed to give you a friendly warning before
conditions get dangerous.
A Heads-Up can be silenced by standing
underneath Nest Protect and waving at it or
pushing the Nest button.
When smoke or carbon monoxide reach dangerous
levels, Nest Protect tells you where the emergency
is and pulses red, in addition to making a loud
alarm sound. This is an emergency alarm.
The smoke alarm will take precedence when
carbon monoxide is also present.
NEST WAVE™
You can silence Nest Protect by simply standing
under it and waving at it.
Dense smoke or rising CO level will override Nest
Wave and sound a continuous alarm.
WIRELESS INTERCONNECT
Nest Protects connect wirelessly to each other so
that when one speaks, they all speak. That means
when one Nest Protect raises any kind of alerts,
every Nest Protect in the house will tell you in
which room the smoke or CO is in. For example,
if you’re in the bedroom and the alarm goes off in
the basement, the Nest Protect in the bedroom
will speak up and relay that alarm so that you
know where the danger is. To silence the alert, go
to that room and wave at the Nest Protect there.
That will hush every Nest Protect in the house.
Nest Protects can typically communicate with
each other if they’re 50ft (15m) apart inside a
home. Some features of a home may reduce
their range, including the number of oors,
number/size of rooms, furniture, type of building
material, suspended ceilings, ductwork, large
metallic appliances and metal studs. This kind of
interference can be overcome by adding more
Nest Protects that can route wireless signals
around obstructions.
Nest Protect battery (model number 05A) and
Nest Protect wired 120V (model number 05C) are
compatible and can be interconnected wirelessly.
Nest Protect is not compatible with smoke/
CO alarms from other manufacturers. Nest
Protect wireless interconnect will not work
with other products from other brands. We
recommend using only Nest Protect alarms.
WARNING
Before waving at Nest Protect to silence it,
identify the source of the danger and make
sure you’re safe.
Your hand should be 2 ft – 6 ft (15 cm – 1.8 m) away
from Nest Protect when you wave. If your hand is
within this range, Nest Protect will tell you that it
is ready to be hushed. Children or pets are not tall
enough to accidentally trigger the Nest Wave.
You can also push the Nest button to quiet
Nest Protect.
WHICH ALERTS CAN BE HUSHED
• Heads-Up alerts can be hushed by using Nest
Wave or the Nest button.
• Emergency alarms cannot be hushed by using
Nest Wave or the Nest button if the smoke or
carbon monoxide levels reach emergency level.
Because there are many different types of
fires, you may experience an Emergency alarm
without having first experience a Heads-Up
alert. This means that dangerous levels of smoke
or CO occur extremely quickly and Nest Protect
had to sound the Emergency alarm.
• After the Nest Protects in your home are
connected to each other, whenever there’s a
Heads-Up in one room, they’ll all tell you what
and where the danger is. So go to that room and
wave at the Nest Protect there to hush every
Nest Protect in the home. This will ensure that
you will identify the source of the danger in
that room.
WARNING
• The range and proper operation of any
wireless device will vary depending on
its surroundings.
• Nest Protect alarms are not to be used
outdoors or to transmit between buildings.
The alarms will not communicate properly in
those conditions.
• Metal objects and metallic wallpaper may
interfere with signals from wireless alarms.
Test your Nest Protects with metal doors
opened and closed.
PATHLIGHT
Usually Nest Protect has its light turned off, but
it will light your way when it’s dark as you walk
underneath it. You can enable Pathlight from the
Nest Mobile app.
2 ft to 6 ft
15 cm to 1.8 m
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