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Setting the clock and day of the week

This thermostat is fitted with a real time clock. It is essential that the clock time 

and day are set accurately if you require your programmed events to start on 

time. To set follow the steps below:

(1). Touch the word “Time” and the time will start flashing. Use the up and down 

arrows to set the time. Pressing down for longer will make the time change 

quicker. 

(2). Press 

NEXT

 to move to the Day setting and use the up and down arrows  

 

to get to the correct day.

(2). Press 

DONE

 to store and exit.

Alternating Heating Zones

In order to alternate between the devices or heating zones being controlled press 

and hold “TIME” The LCD will display ZONE 1 or ZONE 2 in the top left corner. 

Zone 1 will be your under floor heating. Zone 2 will be your heated towel rail. 

Setting the Programme Schedules

This thermostat has the ability to programme each individual day of the week 

separately, or programme 7 days of the week at once. You can also programme 

weekdays (5 days) to one schedule and then weekends (2 days) to a different 

schedule. See the Menu information for details on how to set this up.(refer to 

Menu 10) 

See page 4 of this manual.

LCD symbols

The buttons are locked

Icon Legend

Heating is turned on

Frost protection activated

Programme number

Manual mode

Temporary temperature override

Automatic mode, executes the programmed schedules

AUTO

Er

The floor sensor is not being read by the thermostat

Override

Programming your Thermostat. 

Programme

Start 
Time

Setpoint

Explanation

01

WAKE

07:00

22 °C

This is the time the heating will come on in 

the morning. 

02

LEAVE
 09:30

16 °C

This is the time the heating will switch off 

in the morning. It can also be used to set a 

minimum temperature for the day. 

03

RETURN 

16:30

22 °C

This is the time the heating will come on in 

the afternoon. 

04

SLEEP 

22:30

16 °C

This is the time the heating will switch off in 

the afternoon / evening. If you do not 

require the heating in the afternoon / evening, 

simply set this time to a couple of minutes 

after the “on” time. 

Default Programming is as follows. 

This will help you programme your thermostat to come on and off automatically. 

If you want to simply turn it on and off when required skip this section. When 

programming Zone 2 for your Heated Towel Rail it will not be necessary to set 

the temperature in the below steps. You simply set the time only and then select 

“On” for options 1 and 3, and “Off” for options 2 and 4. 

(1). Press 

SCHEDULE

 and the day display will start flashing. Using the arrow to  

 

select the day you wish to programme. Then press Next. (If your thermostat  

 

is set to 5+2 day programmable mode, the programming will skip to step 3)

(7). Use 

 and 

 to adjust the time you wish the heating to switch off in  

 

the morning on the  selected day or days. 

(8). Press 

NEXT

 and the temperature will start flashing. This can be used to  

 

maintain a minimum temperature. In most cases this is not required and the  

 

temperature should be set to 5.

(9). Press 

NEXT

 and the 

3

 icon will display. The time is also flashing. Set the  

 

time at which you want the heating to come on in the afternoon or evening. 

 NOTE:

 If you do not wish the heating to come in the afternoon, simply  

 

set the “off” time for only a couple of minutes after the “on” time.

(*). Hint: During setting programs, press 

DELETE

 will clear a programme entry and  

 

thermostat will maintain the temperature setpoint of the last executed   

 

programme until the beginning of the next programme.

 

If you use the default programming of 5 week days plus 2 weekend    

 

days you will now need to repeat the above steps for the weekend. 

(11). Press 

NEXT

 and the LCD screen will show programme 

4

 This is the time  

 

that the thermostat will switch off in the afternoon / evening. Press 

NEXT

  

 

and set the temperature. As per above we recommend 5. Then Press 

DONE

(3). Press 

NEXT

 and   is displayed. This is the first programme function of the day. 

(10). Press 

NEXT

 and set the temperature required in the afternoon. 

(6). The LCD screen will show programme 2( 

2

 ) and the time will be flashing.  

 

This is the time that the thermostat will switch off in the morning.

(4). The time is now flashing. Select the time you want the heating to come on  

 

in the morning. Then press next. 

(5). The temperature is now flashing. Set the temperature that you want the floor  

 

to heat to. Then press next. 

(2). To select every day to be the same simply press All Days.

Hotwire

Thermostat

Instructions

The thermostat is a Dual Control model. You can 

use it to program both your Hotwire Floor Heating 

and Hotwire Heated Towel Rail.

This manual outlines how to program the unit. If 

you have any difficulties we have a step by step 

video on our website at,

www.hotwireheating.com.au (Australia)

www.theheatingcompany.co.nz (New Zealand)

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