I think the landlord doesn’t know what he is talking about. An analogue thermostat has 3 wires and the same three wires connect to regular digital/programmable thermostats. The talking thermostats which are not Wi-Fi connected are simply regular digital/programmable thermostats except that they have speech output and they should work anywhere an analogue one works. Wi-Fi connected thermostats do generally require a fourth wire which provides power to the thermostat, the Wi-Fi radio needs to be powered and I can see where this could be an issue in a building where this fourth wire is not present.
Regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 6:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Talking thermostat, analog or digital? There are no analog thermostats that I know of that talk. It requires digital output to a speech chip to provide the spoken information. I’m surprised your place cannot take anything but analog. Honeywell, I believe it is, makes a very good tactile thermostat, which we currently have. It is a simple dial with good marks that are easy to feel and my wife just put a bump dot at 70 on the moving part and the stationary part so if I line them up it is set to 70 and I can judge moving it up or down from there if needed. We also have Air conditioning, so the same bumps work for that in the hot weather. The thermostat has a simple, three position switch with off in the middle, cool in the down position and heat in the up position. I’ll check and see if I can get the model number if you are interested. I’d have the landlord talk to the folks at Talking Thermostats about the set up for the VIP 3000 to make sure it wouldn’t work. We are going to buy that one when we get our furnace service scheduled in the next month or so. Later, Richard From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jenifer Barr Sent: Monday, October 10, 2016 6:11 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: Talking thermostat, analog or digital? This is digital... I actually need analog. Thanks for the link though. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 10, 2016, at 8:54 AM, Richard Turner <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: The VIP 3000 looks really good, has a 5 year warrantee and everything talks, so using the iPhone is not necessary. https://www.talkingthermostats.com/blind.shtml (Sent from my iPhone 5S) On Oct 10, 2016, at 5:26 AM, Jenifer Barr <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi all. My mom wants to buy me a talking thermostat or one that works with my phone but my landlord said that our heating system seems to not work with digital thermostats. Do any of you know of one that is analog but will still work with the home kit in IOS 10? Thanks. Jen -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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