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Technical => Electronics & Car Audio Forum => Topic started by: Matt on April 15, 2004, 06:21:12 PM
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I think the alarm that was installed by the p.o. on our truck is WAY to sensitive. the rain today in downtown Langly was enough to set it off. I haven't had a chance to pull out the siren and see brand it is, but is there usually a way to knock the sensitivity down???
Matt
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If you look under your drivers side dash you might be able to locate the shock sensor(tiny black box).Most likely tie wrapped to the steering coloum or to a wire harness.If you find it there will be a dial on it to adjust the sensetivity.If you told me what model it is I could tell you excactly how to do it and what the sensor looks like.Good luck
Evan
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Sweet! thanks Evan, my wife has it now at school so I will look tommorow.
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Eric from Kaferkraft has done a ton of wiring and knows alarms..
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67kafer is right on the money. Don't rely on the label on the siren to tell you what brand it is. Some people don't use original siren ( don't like the sound or not loud enough.....). Don't you have a remote control for it? The brand should be on the remote. Like 67kafer said.... under the drivers steering collumn. If you don't find the shock sensor you will likely find the brain or at least some of the wiring you can follow. The adjustment will be on the shock sensor.
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is the siren just a siren or is it a box with a siren in it? Some crap alarms are all in one boxes and have a sensitivity setting on there somewhere, some just get water inside and act up as well.
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I think it's a cheap-o aftermarket jobby. The siren is tucked inside the left fender, real pain in the ass to get out. The remote/key fob doesn't have any markings on it. I crawled under the dash and tried to follow the wires that entered from the firewall, I found a small black box cable tied to the sterring column just as described but there is no adjustment for sensitivity on it, just a row of switches? I will keep diggin through the under dash wiring when I get a few extra minutes.
any other ideas??
Matt
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there is no hole on the little black box? I would be just a hole with a adjustment inside. Otherwise you need to find the brain, many cases it will be located behind a kick panel or glove box. I could take a look if you want to look at my van and its need for bodywork.
Also is there an FCC ID on the remote? Its a good way to track down the manufacturer.
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there should be a little box something like this (the thing on the right) (https://airspeedparts.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.securityconcepts.bigstep.com%2FImages%2Fala95fkelrg.jpg&hash=394dc51a36c6bea8e1c6122f74e4fd49797ce75f)
it may be black, it may be clear, but something like that
and you see the hole in the top left, thats the sensitivity adjuster, just turn it counter-clockwise to turn it down
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hey matt, my friend would beable to help you out. he redid the alarm / stereo in my golf for VERY cheap and he is a great guy to talk to. he might beable to help you out over the phone.
his name is Moe Esmail.
anyways, let me know if you'd like his number.
he runs his business out of his home right now, and does excellent work.
Stephan
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hey matt, my friend would beable to help you out. he redid the alarm / stereo in my golf for VERY cheap and he is a great guy to talk to. he might beable to help you out over the phone.
his name is Moe Esmail.
anyways, let me know if you'd like his number.
he runs his business out of his home right now, and does excellent work.
Stephan
I don't wanna use your friend, or any other \"contacts\" you may have. go away.
Thanks for all the other tips guys, when I get a chance next I'll have another look at that box.
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hey matt, my friend would beable to help you out. he redid the alarm / stereo in my golf for VERY cheap and he is a great guy to talk to. he might beable to help you out over the phone.
his name is Moe Esmail.
anyways, let me know if you'd like his number.
he runs his business out of his home right now, and does excellent work.
Stephan
I don't wanna use your friend, or any other "contacts" you may have. go away.
Thanks for all the other tips guys, when I get a chance next I'll have another look at that box.
no worries
Stephan