HIVE SLT6 Active Heating Thermostat Mini User Guide
- June 6, 2024
- HIVE
Table of Contents
HIVE SLT6 Active Heating Thermostat Mini
OVERVIEW
Hot tip: If you’ve bought ht Hive Active Heating , for help controlling your heating and hot water remotely visit hivehome.com
Getting started
How to change the temperature:
- Tap the up arrow to increase the target temperature
- Your heating will come on if the target temperature is above the actual temperature (you’ll see when the heating is on)
- Tap the down arrow to lower the target temperature
Heating
How to change mode:
Your thermostat has 3 different heating modes: Schedule, Manual, and Off
- Tap any icon to wake up the thermostat
- Once the screen turns on press the Menu/Confirm icon
- Here you’ll see the different modes: Schedule, Manual, and Off (if you have Heating and Hot Water, you will first be presented with a screen to Choose Function Heating Hot Water.
Use or to select the function and tap on Menu/Confirm to select)
Select the model you want by using the up or down arrow and tapping the Menu/Confirm icon to confirm selection
Schedule turns your heating on and o when you want it to and can be more energy y e client
Manual makes sure your home maintains a constant temperature
Off leaves your heating in Frost Protection – so your heating will only come on if your home drops below 7°C. You’ll see on the screen to remind you that Frost Protection is enabled.
Setting up a heating schedule
- To set-up your heating schedule for the Hive Mini Thermostat, you will need to do so via the app.
- To view our help article on setting up schedules for heating and hot water via the Hive app, this can be found under the support section of our website, or directly at the link below:
- https://community.hivehome.com/s/article/How-do-I-set-up-heating-and-hot-water-schedules-using-the-Hive-app
Hot water
Hot water features are not shown on combi boilers (boilers without a separate hot water tank) as they automatically heat water when it’s needed.
How to turn your hot water on or off:
- Wake your thermostat by tapping any of the icons on the screen
- Once the screen turns on press the Menu/Confirm icon
- Use the Up or Down icon to choose between Heating & Hot Water function, then tap Menu/Confirm to select Hot Water
- Choose between On, Schedule or Off using the Up or Down icons
- Tap Menu/Confirm to confirm
Hot tip: If you only want hot water at certain times of the day, using Schedule mode could be more energy y e client.
Setting up a new hot water schedule:
- To set-up your Hot Water schedule for the Hive Mini Thermostat, you will need to do so via the app.
- To view our help article on setting up schedules for heating and hot water via the Hive app, this can be found under the support section of our website, or directly at the link below:
- https://community.hivehome.com/s/article/How-do-I-set-up-heating-and-hot-water-schedules-using-the-Hive-app.
How to boost your heating or hot water for a short time:
- On the Hive Thermostat Mini, you can send a boost command through your Hive app, ranging from 15 minutes right up to 6 hours.
- Once the set boost duration has finished, your thermostat will resume it’s previous setting of either manual set temperature, schedule or off in frost protection mode.
- You can find out more about our boost functionality in the app here: https://community.hivehome.com/s/article/How-do-I-boost-my-heating-or-hot-water-using-the-Hive-app.
Hive Multizone
Multizone lets you control up to six existing plumbed heating zones in your
home. Each zone needs its own Hive thermostat and receiver.
If you are a Hive Multizone customer, to chan e the zone name of each
thermostat lo in to the Hive app or online dashboard and select
Manage Devices
Troubleshooting
If you need to identify which of your Hive thermostats belon s to which receiver follow these steps:
- Turn the heating o in every zone using the app or thermostats
- When you look at the receivers the ‘central heating ’ light should be switched o on each receiver
- Turn the heating on in one zone only by using the app or thermostat. The ‘central heating ’ li ht on one receiver will turn green showing that this thermostat is paired to this receiver
- Repeat these steps to identify which receivers your other thermostats are paired with.\
For more information on Hive Multizone, please visit hivehome.com/support
A red battery symbol means your batteries need to be replaced with four new AAA batteries.
How to change the batteries:
- Pull the front of the Thermostat away from the backplate
- Lift your thermostat off the hooks that hold it against the wall and turn it over to access the batteries
- Simply pop the batteries out and put the new ones in
- Re-hook the top of your thermostat and then press the bottom until it clicks to secure it to the wall
No signal
If this message shows along with this symbol – it means your thermostat and
receiver aren’t communicating.
For more information visit hivehome.com/support
or get in touch with the Hive team by going to hivehome.com/contact-
us
Hot tip: Even without a signal you can still manually switch your heating and hot water on and o by pressing the buttons on the Hive receiver (usually beside your boiler) when it’s Status’ li ht is red.
Icons you might see on your thermostat
- Hot Water mode on
- Heating mode on
- Actual temperature
- Down button
- Menu button
- Up button
- Frost protection
- Target temperature
Can we help?
You can view our handy how-to-use videos along with hints and tips at
hivehome.com/support
If for any reason you need to return your Hive Active Heating , simply return
your box and its contents to the retailer. Any return is subject to the
retailer’s refund policy so please don’t for et to check the retailer’s refund
policy too.
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