Testing the alarm

[r-designbob]

Originally Posted by mfresh

Aha! Well that's interesting. Having never heard the alarm go off I didn't realise that it had its own sound - I though it probably used the horn.

At least I know that the horn works, although I believe that there is another way of testing it by pressing on the centre of the steering wheel...

Lol, I'll try that tomorrow.

[darbs]

Originally Posted by wimorrison

So what was going off to make the noise on the ferry?

Sure sounded like a horn to me , not a siren and disarming the alarm stopped the noise

mine went off the other day. i locked the doors with family inside. thought i set the internal sensors off, but didn't. i was surprised how relatively quiet it was. it wasn't a horn. it was a distinct car alarm sound.

[The Hooded Claw]

I have ALWAYS "Fancied" re-wiring my alarm to a CD player & an outside "megaphone"..... When the alarm is triggered it would "Play" the following...

"Oi! YOU Stop ignoring me & Listen ... I'm being ROBBED Do you understand... Now stop looking damned stupid & go & find MY owner hes in that shop over there".... Then 30 Secs of Silence & then "Oi YOU STILL HERE I'm being robbed get off yer ass & find my owner NOW, Come on Quick Smartish like"

Bit like them big HGV's that have the Speaker saying .."Danger this vehicle is reversing" ect ect ....

Keith

[Teejay1]

Originally Posted by darbs

ask someone to sit in the car, then lock the doors with the fob (or door button if you have pcc). get them to move around a bit.

I found this out to my cost, I secured "The Wife" in the vehicle and then went into the shop. She sneezed and all hell broke loose. I managed for a very short period of time make out she had broken something. Thankfully she had the common sense to open the door from the inside. She got a shock and was somewhat embarrassed.

On another note we went to view a Skoda (4wd thingy, can't remember the name) any way the salesman locked us in the car. Only way to get attention of the
passersby was to rock until the alarm went off. He didn't even apologise.

[darbs]

Originally Posted by Teejay1

I found this out to my cost, I secured "The Wife" in the vehicle and then went into the shop. She sneezed and all hell broke loose. I managed for a very short period of time make out she had broken something. Thankfully she had the common sense to open the door from the inside. She got a shock and was somewhat embarrassed.

On another note we went to view a Skoda (4wd thingy, can't remember the name) any way the salesman locked us in the car. Only way to get attention of the
passersby was to rock until the alarm went off. He didn't even apologise.

sounds like you've had a couple of very alarming experiences!