Geo TRIO ACCESSIBLE User manual

Quick start guide
trio accessible
AIHD-A-QSG-001_4

Introduction
The Trio shows energy use for
electricity and gas smart meters and
will have been congured to work
with the meters you have installed,
which may be electricity, gas or both.
Please read the important safety notice
overleaf before using your Display.
Setting up
Connecting the power supply
Connect the power supply to
your Trio. Your Display will turn on
automatically when plugged into
the mains. You should always leave
your Display connected to the
power supply.
You can congure the screen to dim
or sleep at certain times of the day.
(Menu > Settings > Display)
The power supply is made
exclusively for the Trio Display and
must not be used with other devices.
Built-in rechargeable battery
Your Display is tted with a
rechargeable battery. It comes
tted with a battery tab which
should be removed (your installer
may already have done this). To
remove the tab, remove the back
cover and pull it out.
When operating on battery power,
the banner bar will display the
battery symbol (o). It’s advisable to
power the Display with the supplied
power supply and to not use
batteries for a prolonged period.
Smart meter connection
Each time the Display is connecting
to the smart meter it will give an
audible notication, speak and show
Connecting to smart meter… this
can take up to ve minutes.
It may take up to one hour after the
initial setup for the gas consumption
to show on the screen.
Speech
Your Trio is designed to speak the
contents of each screen. You can
interrupt the speech at any time
by pressing the top button (middle
LED). This button also functions as
a repeat button if you would like to
hear something again.
Speech can be turned on and off
by long pressing the top button.
Speech volume and repeat
options can be adjusted in the
Talking options screen
(Menu > Settings > Talking options)

Now
Electricity Gas
£0.06/hr
Today
Home
Prepay
14:37
£0.14 /hr
The Trio has seven buttons, three
on the left, three on the right and
one on the top.
The buttons on the left are from
top to bottom:
1) t Home button. Press to
return to the Home screen.
2) k Back button. Press to
return to the previous screen
3) u Left arrow button. Press to
navigate to the previous item
on the screen (e.g. in a menu
or where there are several
tabs, e.g. on the home screen)
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Overview of your new Trio
Buttons
The buttons on the right are from
top to bottom:
4) i Menu button. Press to go
to the menu.
5) OK Okay button. Press to select
an item (e.g. in the menu) or
to change an underlined
item (e.g. change between
cost or energy consumption)
6) v Right arrow button. Press
to navigate to next item on
the screen.
There are three LEDs on the top,
the middle one is also a button
7) The three LEDs show your
electricity usage (green/left for
low, amber/middle for medium
or red/right for high), or gas
usage if only gas is available.
The middle LED is also a button
to interrupt or repeat the
speech. A long press will turn
the speech on or off.

On the home screen the layout is as
follows. All information on the screen
will also be spoken when selected:
8) The banner bar at the top of
the screen allows you to
check the smart meter(s)
signal strength. If there is an
issue you will be alerted in
speech if speech is on.
9) The left of the screen shows
the current rate of electricity
consumption. As appliances
and light are switched on
and off, the dial needle will
move and the change will
also be spoken.
*prepay tab is only shown when the
meter is in prepayment mode
If you only have one fuel, then only that
fuel will be shown.
Now
Electricity Gas
£0.06/hr
Today
Home
Prepay
14:37
£0.14 /hr
Overview of your new Trio
Screen
10) The rate of consumption is
shown in cost per hour or, if kW
is selected, the rate of energy
being used.
11) Underneath the banner on
the home screen there are
three tabs, use the left and
right buttons to move
between the ‘Now’, ‘Today’
and ‘Prepay’ tabs*.
12) The right of the screen shows
a ame, indicating the recent
rate of gas consumption
(typically over the last
30 minutes)
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Menu
The main menu is available from
any screen. To select it, press the
ibutton.
Prepay (prepay customers only)
Includes: Top-up your current
balance, activate emergency credit,
view your top-up history and adjust
the low credit alert setting.
Electricity/Gas usage history
Detailed information on the
electricity and gas consumption
shown by hours, days, weeks
or months.
System status
Quick indicator of whether the
system is working OK (GREEN
ring with black ll) or if there is
something that needs attention
(RED ll).
The banner bar will also change to
RED to indicate there is a problem
(shown on all screens).
Meter balance
Information on the current
balance of energy used for
electricity and gas.
Tariffs
Displays electricity and gas
tariffs, and any standing charge
(if applicable).
Money owed (Prepay only)
Outstanding money owed will be
outlined with a breakdown of the
charges and recovery rate.
Inbox
View messages received from
your utility provider(s). New
messages will be shown on the
Inbox screen automatically.
Message details are not supported
by speech, please contact your
supplier if they cannot be read.
Meters
Information on your electricity or gas
meter and current meter readings.
Support
Contact details for your utility
provider(s), (may include a telephone
number and email address).
Settings
Personalise your Trio within the
Settings screen.

Troubleshooting
My Display isn’t showing
any information
If your Display shows Awaiting data,
the banner bar is red, or there is
no lsymbol in the banner bar,
this could be because your Display
is out of range and is not able
to communicate with the smart
meter. Try moving your Display
closer to the smart meter.
If problems persist, please contact
your supplier.
Display keeps repeating the same
speech every few minutes
The Displays speech Repeat
setting has been set to Always or
Limited. Change it to Once (Menu
> Settings > Talking options >
Repeat).
My Display is blank or has
switched itself off
The Display backlight may have
turned itself off to save power, press
one of the buttons to switch it back
on. This setting can be changed
under Menu > Settings > Display.
If you unplugged the Display, the
battery may have gone at. The
Electricity & Gas
You can see more about your
electricity and gas consumption
by selecting an option from the
Menu. (see Menu > Usage history).
Hours
Your hourly energy use for today.
You can see or hear this in terms of
energy (kWh) or cost (£) - to switch
between cost per hour and kWh
press the OK button.
The hour during which most energy
was consumed will also show the
value (cost/kWh).
Days, Weeks and Months
A visual representation of energy use
over the past nine days, six weeks
or 14 months, with the period of
highest energy or cost highlighted.
In cost views if a budget has been
set (see Menu > Settings > Budget),
performance against a budget is
shown. The red and grey striped
areas show where you are over
budget, per day, week, or per month.

Technical specifications
This Trio is designed to be
used indoors in a domestic
environment. It is not suitable
for outdoor use. It is intended to
be installed and congured by a
qualied installer only.
Model Trio Accessible
Supply voltage 230Vac, 50Hz
Battery type
Li-Po
rechargeable
battery
(non-replaceable),
3.7V, 450mAh
Operating voltage 5Vdc
Operating power < 0.6W
Operating
temperature 0 to 40ºC
Operating
humidity
0 to 85%
non-condensing
battery icon (o) will be shown
when operating on battery power.
The running time is four hours.
Reconnect to the mains adaptor to
recharge the battery.
We recommend that the Display
is powered continuously using the
power supply provided.
How do I turn off the audio or
stop it talking?
To stop the Display from talking,
long press the top button (it is the
middle LED). The Display will tell you
speech has been turned off.
Additionally speech can be
interrupted. Whilst the Display is
speaking press the top button
to interrupt speech. This will not
affect the device the next time it is
due to speak.
How long with the battery last?
The rechargeable battery should
last around four hours with the
default settings. When using the
battery the Display will dim, and
switch itself off when not in use.

Manufacturer
Designed and manufactured by:
Green Energy Options Ltd.
3 St. Mary’s Court, Main Street,
Hardwick, Cambridge
CB23 7QS, UK
Hereby, Green Energy Options
Ltd. (UK) declares that the radio
equipment enclosed (identied by
the product type numbers on the
product label) are in compliance
with Directive 2014/53/EU.
The full text of the EU declaration
of conformity is available online at
www.geotogether.com/cedoc
RF Transmitter Information
This device operates at radio
frequencies in the range
2.4000GHz to 2.4835GHz (2.4GHz
Zigbee). The transmit duty cycle
is less than 1% (typically 0.1%). The
peak emitted power does not
exceed 25mW.
Some variants of the
Accessible Display operates at
radio frequencies:
• in the range 2.4000GHz to
2.4835GHz. The transmit duty
cycle is less than 1%. The peak
emitted power does not exceed
100mW (2.4GHz WiFi)
• in the range 863MHz to 876MHz.
The transmit duty cycle is less
than 0.1%. The peak emitted
power does not exceed 25mW
(868MHz Zigbee)
Further information
If you require this document in
an accessible format please contact
your supplier.
More detailed information on the
Trio is available online at
http://www.geotogether.com/Trio2