CIRCLE Circle Home User manual
USER MANUAL
Version 2.0.4 — October 2017
CONTENTS
GETTING STARTED
SETTING UP CIRCLE HOME
CIRCLE FEATURES
PAUSE THE INTERNET
USAGE
FILTER SETTINGS
TIME LIMITS
BEDTIME
OFFTIME
REWARDS!
DEVICES
MENU
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CONTENTS (cont.)
CIRCLE CONNECTIONS
CHORES!
ASSISTANT!
AUTOMATION
MYCIRCLE APP
CIRCLE GO
INSTALL CIRCLE GO
CONFIRM & MANAGE
HELP & LEGAL
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Circle User Manual
Welcome to the Circle Family
What Is Circle Home?
Circle Home allows your family to manage all of your home’s connected devices
with ease. Circle Home pairs wirelessly with your home network and allows you
to manage every device on the network—tablet, smartphone, game console,
laptop, and more. This manual is designed to help your family get the most out
of your Circle experience.
Through a licensing partnership with the Walt Disney Company, Circle provides
families with Disney entertainment that parents trust and children love. You will
have access to Disney videos, blogs, GIFs, memes, emojis, music, games,
characters and lots more all through MyCircle.
What Is Circle With Disney?
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Circle User Manual — Setting Up Circle
Setting up Circle Home
Circle Home Manages All Devices
Since Circle Home is paired with
your home Wi-Fi network, it can
only manage devices that are
connected to your home network. If
the device connects to a network
outside of the home or a cellular
connection, Circle’s management
settings will no longer apply to the
device until it connects back with
the home network.
Circle Go
Circle Go extends the reach of your
Circle Home experience to other
Wi-Fi networks and even cellular
3G / 4G / LTE connections. You
can read more about Circle Go and
the MyCircle companion app on
page 97 and following.
SETTING UP CIRCLE HOME:
GETTING STARTED
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Circle User Manual — Getting Started
Meet Circle Home
Circle Home Front
Power
Button
USB
Power LED Power
Indicator
Ethernet
(Lift Tab)
Circle Home Back
•Solid light: Circle is on and paired.
•Slow blinking light: Circle is on but not paired.
•Fast blinking light: Circle is resetting or there is an internal issue
(low battery, internal failure).
LED Power Indicator Behavior
Circle Home Hardware
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•Circle (included)
•USB cable (included)
•USB power adapter (included)
•Ethernet Cable (included, though wait until after setup to use)
•A Wi-Fi network with name & password
Circle User Manual — Getting Started
Before You Begin
What You Need
The Circle app requires an iOS device running iOS 9 or later, or an Android
device running Android 4.2 or above.
System Requirements
To setup Circle, please have the following ready:
Ensure that your router and extenders (if applicable) are
compatible with Circle. You can see the current list here:
https://support.meetcircle.com/is-my-router-compatible-with-
circle
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Circle User Manual — Getting Started
Setting up Circle
To Power Circle Home On
1. Plug the USB cable to the power adapter and connect to a power outlet.
2. Circle Home should power up by itself and the LED will turn on, indicating
that Circle Home has power.
3. If Circle Home does not power on immediately, press and hold the power
button for a few seconds to turn on.
Download the Circle App
•Visit meetcircle.com/app and download the appropriate
app for your device.
Circle Home is setup and managed through the Circle app.
To Power Circle Home Off
1. Hold the power button for 10-15 seconds.
2. Circle is powered off when the LED is no longer on.
Circle Home was designed with enterprising kids in mind and has an internal
battery that will keep it working even if it’s unplugged. There may be times when
you will need to power Circle Home off, however, and it’s a simple process:!
Circle User Manual — Getting Started
Circle Home Placement
How to Position Circle Home
1. Place your Circle Home within 5 feet
of your router.
2. Try to avoid having anything
between Circle Home and your
router that may block the
communication between the two,
such as metal shelving or a wall.
3. Do not attempt to connect Circle
Home to your router using the
Ethernet cable until after your Circle
Home is paired and account has
been setup.
4. Do not place Circle Home directly
on top of your router.
Circle Home Is Not a Router
Unlike routers and extenders in the
home, Circle Home does not
communicate directly with the devices
on your network.
Rather, Circle Home talks directly to
your router, so that connection is the
most critical for setting up your Circle.
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