Smarter Heating & Hot Water

How To – Pair up the devices – Hive 1

What to do if your Hive Thermostat has a 'No RF' message on the display

If your thermostat says 'No RF', it means 'No radio frequency' and has lost connection to the Hive Receiver. To fix this, try the below steps:

Step 1 Press the two buttons on the sides of the thermostat and slide it up and off the wall. Take your thermostat to the receiver which you will find near to your boiler/hot water tank.

Remove the Hive 1 thermostat from the wall

Step 2 Remove the batteries and put them straight back in again. This will turn the thermostat off and on which should help establish a connection to the receiver.

Remove and reinsert the Hive 1 thermostat batteries

Step 3 Place the thermostat back on the wall, the thermostat should then display an inside temperature and the letters 'DISP' in the top right hand corner.

Hive 1 thermostat showing room temperature and DISP

Step 4 Once you see an inside temperature again, try to turn the heating on. Press the '+' to increase the target temperature.

Increase the Hive 1 target temperature with the plus button

Step 5 If the heating is on you will see a flame image on the display.

Hive 1 thermostat flame symbol when heating is on

Step 6 When you can see that the 'status' and 'central heating' lights on the receiver have turned green you're done!

Hive receiver with green status and central heating lights

If the thermostat is still showing a 'No RF' message, the heating devices should be manually reset and paired.

Hive Hint: Please be aware that this will reset any heating/hot water schedules that you currently have set up.

Check your Hive Hub is placed correctly by following the guide here. Restart the hub by switching it off at the wall socket and switching back on again. Give the hub 5-10 minutes to reboot and then go to the dashboard in the app and refresh the page. The 'offline' message should no longer be showing for heating. If the 'offline' message is still showing, follow the below steps:

Step 1 Take the thermostat off the wall and remove a battery. Switch the boiler off at the isolation switch/fuse spur (this should be located near your Hive Receiver next to your boiler). All of the lights on the receiver will then go out.

Hive receiver isolation switch near the boiler

Step 2 Switch boiler back on at the isolation switch/fuse spur – the status light on the receiver should flash either pink/amber then turn to a solid green colour.

Hive receiver status light after power is restored

Step 3 Hold the central heating button down on the receiver until the status light is flashing pink. Release the button and then hold it again until the status light is double flashing amber.

Hold the Hive receiver central heating button for pairing

Step 4 To connect the receiver to the hub, put the hub into pairing mode. You can do this by selecting 'Install devices' within the Hive app menu. From there tap 'Add another device' and then 'Go' which will start the hubs search. Leave the hub searching and the receiver will change to a single flash of amber.

Hive receiver status light flashing amber while searching

Step 5 To reset the thermostat, hold the thermostat in your hand with the back facing you. Hold down the '+' and '-' buttons on the front of the thermostat at the same time. Keep a hold of those buttons while putting the battery back in and keep holding them in until the word 'FIND' appears on the screen. At this point, let go of the buttons.

Reset the Hive 1 thermostat by holding plus and minus while inserting a battery

Step 6 The hub should still be searching through the app, when you see the word 'FIND' disappear from the screen, the receiver status light will turn green.

Hive receiver status light green after pairing

Step 7 Wait 5 minutes and then go to the dashboard in the app and refresh the page. The 'offline' message should no longer be showing for heating. Once you see an inside temperature display on your thermostat again, try to turn the heating on.

Hive app dashboard after reconnecting heating

Step 8 If the heating turns on and you can see that the 'status' and 'central heating' lights on the receiver have turned green you're done!

Hive receiver with green status and central heating lights