This remote control is included with every NXT Gen, Image and Custom Image IR Heating
Panel. It features an LCD display on its front, and an integrated room temperature sensor at
its top.
Before using your remote, you will need to pair it with your panel. To do this, please ensure
that once your IR Panel is connected to the mains supply, and that the red rocker switch at
the back of the panel is on, and the green rocker switch at the back of the panel is off.
Once you have inserted 2 x AAA batteries into the remote, press the ‘On/Off’ button to switch
the remote on. You should see the display switch on.
Next, hold down the ‘Mode’ and ‘
o
C/
o
F’ buttons together for 3 seconds. You should hear a
beep sound from the thermostat at the back of the panel. This indicates that the panel and
remote have successfully been paired together.
If you have multiple panels that you would like to pair to the same remote, ensure that any
previously paired panels are switched off by putting the red rocker switch on the back of the
panel into the off position. After this, simply repeat the process detailed in the previous
point.
To override the remote, place the green switch on the back of the panel into the on position.
At this point, the heater will be on, irrespective of the room temperature or remote control
settings.
To switch the heater on or off, press the ‘On/Off’ button. If you have any previous timer
settings saved, this will cause the heater to switch on or off on its own. You can override this
by simply switching the heater on if it is off, and off it is on.
To switch the temperature display between Celsius and Fahrenheit, press the ‘
o
C/
o
F’ button.
To lock the remote, press the ‘Lock’ button for 3 seconds. Hold it down again for 3 seconds to
unlock the remote.
To set the date and time, hold down the ‘Time’ button until the year starts flashing. Use the
‘Up’ and ‘Down’ buttons to adjust the year. To confirm your selection, press the ‘Time’ button
again, and the month will start flashing. Again, use ‘Up’ and ‘Down’ to adjust the month, and
confirm your selection using the ‘Time’ button. Then, the day will start flashing. Simply repeat
the process for the day, the hour and the minutes until you’re done.
To toggle the Timer functions and the Adaptive Start function, hold down the ‘Mode’ button
for 3 seconds. You will see the timer setting for the weekdays flash on the remote (designated
by the flashing ‘1-5’ which refers to Mon-Fri), which you can toggle on and off using the
‘Up/Down’ buttons. Once you have made your selection, press ‘Mode’ again to toggle the
timer function for Saturday (designated by the flashing ‘6’). Pressing mode again allows you to
toggle the Timer for Sunday (designated by the flashing ‘7’). Once you are done selecting your
options for the Timer, you can then choose whether you would like Adaptive Start on, going
through the same process as the Timer settings.
Pressing the ‘Fav’ button will change the desired room temperature to the favourite tempera-
ture. By default, this is set to 20
o
C.
The electronic temperature control function built into the heater allows you to set your desired
temperature, and your heater will switch on and off in order to maintain that temperature,
increasing efficiency.
On the LCD screen, the temperature next to “Room” displays the current room temperature, and
the temperature next to “Set” displays the desired room temperature.
For the most accurate reading, place the remote in an area where you are most likely to sit, as
the temperature sensor is located on the top of the remote.
Press the ‘Up’ button to increase the desired temperature, and press the ‘Down’ to decrease the
desired temperature.
If the current room temperature is lower than the desired temperature by 0.5
o
C or more, the
panel will switch on.
If the current room temperature is higher than the desired temperature by 0.5
o
C or more, the
panel will switch off.
The built-in 7-day timer allows you to set a separate on and off time and temperature for the
weekdays, Saturdays and Sundays.
To change the settings on the 7-day timer, press and hold the ‘Set’ button for 3 seconds. You will
see a time flashing – this is for what time you would like the heater to come on in the weekdays
(indicated by the flashing Timer On, and 1-5). You can adjust this by pressing the ‘Up’ and ‘Down’
buttons (‘Up’ will adjust the hours, and ‘Down’ will adjust the minutes in 15-minute increments).
Press the ‘Set’ button on the remote once you are happy with your selection.
You will then see the Timer Off start flashing, where you can set the time you would like the
heater to switch off. Again, use the ‘Up’ and ‘Down’ buttons to adjust the time. Pressing the ‘Set’
button will confirm your selection.
You will then see the temperature flash on the top half of the display – this lets you decide what
temperature you would like the room to be warmed up to during the hours you selected in the
previous steps. Use ‘Up’ and ‘Down’ to adjust the temperature, and once you’re happy with your
selection, press the ‘Set’ button to confirm it.
You can then repeat the process to set the time for Saturdays and Sundays (indicated by the
flashing ‘6’ for Saturdays and ‘7’ for Sundays on the remote-control display).
After this, you can toggle your adaptive start settings, which are detailed in the next section.
Adaptive Start is a function that helps eliminate the guess work that is normally involved when
switching heaters on early.
It works by measuring the temperature 3 hours before it is supposed to come on, and calculat-
ing how early it needs to come on to bring your room up to your desired temperature for the
time it is scheduled to come on.
To see how this works in practice, let’s go through an example.
Let’s say you have your heater set to come on at 8:00am at a temperature of 21
o
C. The remote
will measure the temperature 3 hours prior – so at 5:00am.
Let’s now say that the temperature at 5:00am is 14
o
C. This gives us a difference of 7
o
C between
the current temperature and desired temperature.
In order for the panel to bring your room up to 21
o
C at 8:00am, it will switch on 6 minutes early
for every degree Celsius it needs to increase.
In our example, this means 7 degrees multiplied by 6 minutes, which gives us 42 minutes. As a
result, the panel will switch on at 7:18am.
In order to toggle this setting on or off, you must have completed the steps detailed in the
section titled ‘7-Day Timer’.
After you have confirmed your 7-day timer settings, the Smart On will start flashing on the LCD
display, where you can toggle whether you would like it to be on or off. Press the ‘Set’ button to
confirm your choice, after which you can set the temperature you would like your room to be at
the time it is scheduled to come on.
The remote has an automatic open window detection function built into it. This is designed to
make your heating system as efficient as possible, saving energy on bills.
If the sensor at the top of the remote detects a drop in temperature of 1.5
o
C or more within a 3
minute window, it will automatically switch the heater off.
If the heater then detects a rise in temperature of 1.5
o
C within a 3 minute window, it will assume
that the window has been shut and will switch back on.
Getting Started
Basic Functions
