Heads-Up and Emergency Alarms
Alerts
When Nest Protect has something to say, it will speak
to you in words and light up instead of just beeping.
Nest Protect has two kinds of voice alerts: Heads-Up
and Emergency Alarms.
When smoke or carbon monoxide levels are heightened
but haven't yet reached Emergency Alarm levels, Nest
Protect can sound a Heads-Up as an early warning.
Nest Protect will pulse yellow and tell you where there's
smoke or carbon monoxide.
You'll get an Emergency Alarm when smoke or carbon
monoxide reach critical levels. Nest Protect will pulse
red, sound a loud alarm, and tell you what room the
emergency is in. If there's both smoke and CO present,
the smoke alarm will take priority.
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Silencing
Heads-Up alerts and some Emergency Alarms can be
hushed by using the Nest app or pressing the button.
In some cases, the smoke level may be too high for the
Emergency Alarm to be hushed. Only silence an alarm
once you have checked conditions at the Nest Protect
that first sounded the alarm. Do not silence Nest
Protect by removing the batteries. This will disable the
alarm so it cannot sense smoke or carbon monoxide,
leaving you at risk.
Because there are many different types of fires, you may
experience an Emergency Alarm without having first
experienced a Heads-Up alert. This means that critical
levels of smoke or CO occurred extremely quickly
and Nest Protect has to sound the Emergency Alarm.
Have more than one Nest Protect?
After all the Nest Protects in your home are connected
to each other, if there's a Heads-Up or an Emergency
Alarm in one room, they'll all tell you what the danger
is and which room it's in.
If multiple Nest Protects are interconnected, a Heads-Up
alert or Emergency Alarm can be silenced only at the
Nest Protect that originally sounded the alert. You'll need
to go to that room to silence all the Nest Protects in your
home. Always check the conditions near the Nest Protect
that first detected the smoke or carbon monoxide before
silencing it.