American Standard ASYSTAT500C - Manual (Page 13)

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After installation or new schedule programming, your
thermostat learns from experience. How? Each day it
checks how closely it hit the recovery target (for
example, 70° at 6:00 AM) and adjusts the next day’s
recovery start time accordingly. After four to eight
days, the thermostat has adjusted to local weather,
your lifestyle, the construction of your home, and your
heating and cooling system.
The Optimum Comfort and
Energy Savings Solution
In this example, Adaptive Intelligent Recovery Control
starts to recover at 4:00 AM and reaches the comfort
temperature of 68° at 7:00 AM. Recovery time varies
with the starting temperature and the comfort tem-
perature you choose.
Your new thermostat saves energy and keeps you
comfortable at the same time. By now you may be
wondering how to program your thermostat and how
to use some more time and energy-saving features.
First, let’s look at features you’ll be using often, like
how to override the current programming mode or
hold the thermostat at a specific temperature while
you go on vacation. You can even program the
thermostat to return to normal scheduled program-
ming on your last day of vacation so you don’t have to
worry about energy saving while you are gone or not
being comfortable when you return.