How to Use an ecobee Smart Thermostat
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Introduction
Before You Begin:
- Have your smartphone or tablet with the Ecobee app installed, in case you desire more detailed information.
You must have the ecobee app installed
Your smart thermostat must already be installed
1 Learn How to Use Your ecobee Smart Thermostat
Heating and Cooling Ranges
Your ecobee Smart Thermostat can be set to only allow specific heating and cooling temperature ranges. This prevents someone from accidentally selecting an absurdly high or low temperature value when manually adjusting the thermostat.Configure Heating and Cooling Ranges
Adjusting Preferences
You can adjust certain preferences for your ecobee Smart Thermostat including screen brightness and termperature thresholds.Configure Preferences
Status Icons
Your ecobee Smart Thermostat uses different icons for settings and notifications.Learn About Status Icons
Room Sensors
Room Sensors allow your thermostat to read the temperature from distant rooms instead of just the thermostat.Pairing Your Room Sensor
Schedules and Comfort Settings
Your ecobee Smart Thermostat uses different 'Comfort settings' that specify what temperatures to maintain while you are Home, Away, or Sleeping. They work in tandem with the 'Schedule' that you've defined to help it determine which Comfort setting it should be using at any given time throughout the day.Configure Schedules and Comfort Settings
Temperature Averaging
Learn about the Follow Me ability and how it keeps your home comfortable.Temperature Averaging and Room Sensors
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Before You Begin:
- Have your smartphone or tablet with the Ecobee app installed, in case you desire more detailed information.
You must have the ecobee app installed
Your smart thermostat must already be installed
Heating and Cooling Ranges
Your ecobee Smart Thermostat can be set to only allow specific heating and cooling temperature ranges. This prevents someone from accidentally selecting an absurdly high or low temperature value when manually adjusting the thermostat.Configure Heating and Cooling Ranges
Adjusting Preferences
You can adjust certain preferences for your ecobee Smart Thermostat including screen brightness and termperature thresholds.Configure Preferences
Status Icons
Your ecobee Smart Thermostat uses different icons for settings and notifications.Learn About Status Icons
Room Sensors
Room Sensors allow your thermostat to read the temperature from distant rooms instead of just the thermostat.Pairing Your Room Sensor
Schedules and Comfort Settings
Your ecobee Smart Thermostat uses different 'Comfort settings' that specify what temperatures to maintain while you are Home, Away, or Sleeping. They work in tandem with the 'Schedule' that you've defined to help it determine which Comfort setting it should be using at any given time throughout the day.Configure Schedules and Comfort Settings
Temperature Averaging
Learn about the Follow Me ability and how it keeps your home comfortable.Temperature Averaging and Room Sensors