Control heating with Fritzbox - how it works

If you want to control one or more heaters in your household with the FritzBox, you need a special thermostat. We show you how the control works.

FritzBox: Control heating with an intelligent thermostat

First you need the right thermostat. The FRITZ! DECT 301 is currently the latest model and costs around 50 euros.

• Communication is not via WLAN, but via DECT. It is the radio standard that also runs cordless telephones for Internet telephony.
• The digital control of the thermostats can sometimes save considerable energy costs. Thanks to a personally defined schedule, the heating always has the temperature you want at any time of the day.

Instructions: Control heating with the FritzBox

If you want to control your heating with the FritzBox, you have to do the following:

• Mount the FRITZ! DECT on your heating system like a normal thermostat. You can find instructions for changing the thermostat here.
• Now press the DECT button on the thermostat and the DECT button on the FritzBox. The devices then connect to each other automatically.
• To set up and control the thermostat, use either the free MyFritz app for your smartphone or the user interface of the FritzBox on your computer.
• You can now set how many degrees you want in the room for each day of the week and every hour. The heating is then turned up and down on time by the thermostat so that the desired temperature is reached.
• You can also use the app to turn up the thermostat on the go if you come home unexpectedly earlier. You can also temporarily increase or decrease the temperature on the thermostat itself and are therefore not always dependent on digital helpers.

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