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4. Troubleshooting Guide
If you are experiencing a problem with your alarm, or a fault, and are unsure of the next action, please
contact product support at 1-800-880-6788 before discharging the battery. You may also write us at:
Kidde, 1016 Corporate Park Drive, Mebane, NC 27302, or visit our internet address at www.kidde.com.
3. Other Alarm Visual And Audible Indicators
Operational Mode Visual Indications Audible Indications Action/Note
Normal (standby)
AC power: Green LED on
continuously.
DC power: Green LED blinks
approx every 60 sec.
Test (button press when
no alarm condition is
present)
(Note: Test is very loud,
stand a few feet away.)
Red LED blinks in time with
alarm pattern.
• • Single beep.
• 3 long beeps, voice “Fire!,”
3 long beeps.
Perform button press once a week
to verify proper alarm operation.
Smoke Alarm Memory
(unit has experienced a
smoke event.)
Red LED blinks
every 15 sec.
After button push, voice
“Smoke previously detected.”
NOTE: Alarm memory is only
retained for 24 hrs. Push button to
clear Alarm Memory.
Smoke Alarm Hush
TM
Mode
Red LED blinks every 2 sec.
(only on the initiating alarm)
After button push, voice
“Hush Mode Activated.”
Smoke alarm pattern stops.
If there is too much smoke to
allow Hush
TM
, voice “Too much
smoke, alarm cannot be hushed.”
(smoke alarm pattern continues)
This feature is to be used only when
a known alarm condition, such as
smoke from cooking, activates the
alarm. Push button during Hush
TM
to
clear Hush
TM
and perform a test.
Initiating Alarm
(multiple alarms in an
interconnected system)
Red LED blinks in time with
alarm pattern indicating that
this is the unit initiating the
alarm in an interconnected,
multiple alarm, system.
NOTE: It is possible for more
than one unit to detect a haz-
ard and become an initiating
alarm unit (Red LED blinking).
Unit in smoke alarm mode.
Trouble Condition
Visual Indications Audible Indications Action
False Low Battery
(AC power
connected before
backup battery
activated)
None Chirp and voice “Activate
Battery” every 60 sec.
After 1 hour, voice occurs only
once every 15 mins.
* Rotate the alarm onto the
mounting bracket to activate backup battery.
Low Battery Amber LED blinks every
60 sec.
Chirp and voice “Replace
Alarm” every 60 sec.
After 1 hour, voice occurs
only once every 15 mins.
After button push, voice
“Hush Mode Activated.”
* Push button once to silence for 24 hrs.
(Pushbutton again to clear Hush
TM
and
perform a test.) Note: 7 days after Low
Battery begins, the notifications cannot be
silenced.
* Remove alarm, discharge, dispose unit, and
replace as soon as possible.
Smoke Sensor Fault Amber LED blinks
every 60 sec.
3 chirps every 60 sec and
voice “Smoke Sensor Error.”
After 1 hour, voice occurs only
once every 15 mins.
* See Cleaning Your Alarm section.
* Push button once to attempt to reset the unit.
* If error continues, remove alarm, discharge,
dispose unit, and replace as soon as
possible.
Fatal Fault Amber LED blinks 3
times every 60 sec.
3 chirps every 60 sec and
voice “Replace Alarm.”
After 1 hour, voice occurs only
once every 15 mins.
* Push button once to attempt to reset the unit.
* If error continues, remove alarm, discharge,
dispose unit, and replace as soon as
possible.
End of Unit Life Amber LED blinks 2
times every 60 sec.
2 chirps every 60 sec and
voice “Replace Alarm.”
After 1 hour, voice occurs only
once every 15 mins. Voice
“Hush Mode Activated” after
button push (first 7 days only).
* Push button once to silence for 24 hrs.
(Push button again to clear Hush
TM
and
perform a test.) Note: 7 days after End of
Unit Life begins, the notifications cannot be
silenced.
* Remove alarm, discharge, dispose unit, and
replace as soon as possible.
MCU Failure None Constant Tone * Remove alarm, discharge, dispose unit, and
replace as soon as possible.
Stuck Button Amber LED blinks 4 times
every 60 sec.
3 chirps every 60 sec. * Push button to dislodge it from being stuck.
If button cannot be unstuck, remove alarm,
discharge, dispose unit, and replace as soon
as possible.
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