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 Alarm Systems???
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Wed, 20 August 2003 23:22
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Hey guys. Just wondering where is a good place to buy a really good alarm system (preferably with keypad). Also how much would I be looking at paying for one?
Most importantly, what is a good alarm system? What brand etc?
Cheers
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Penrith
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August 2003
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April 2003
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Penrith
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Re: Alarm Systems???
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Thu, 21 August 2003 11:34
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dick smith sell rhino alarms.....dont trust strathfield if you love your car...all you usuyally get from there is shit installs, and more problems than what its worth
they do sell black widow systems though which are semi decent:)
as with everything, for an alarm system you get what you pay for:)
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January 2003
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Re: Alarm Systems???
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Thu, 21 August 2003 11:52
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Got a Rhino in mine, works nicely...
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Re: Alarm Systems???
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Sat, 23 August 2003 07:26
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Alarms are just a matter of hooking the right wires up to the right places. Things needed, basic knowlage of electronics, wire cutters, some way of connecting the wires (screw terminals, crimping connectors or soldering. Screw terminals are generaly the eaisest way of doing it and are avaliable from Jaycar and DickSmith), a shop manual so you know which wires are which and if your hooking it up to an immobiliser you'll need to know which of the wires on the immobiliser do what. Sometimes you can get some sort of add on kit for your immobiliser to turn it into a car alarm. This kit would be the same brand as your immobiliser. If you used a different brand your would have to figure out which wires you were going to have to connect to what. Eg. there could be a relay that goes closed circuit when the alarm is triped and you would connect this to the immobiliser so that when the alarm is triped the immobiliser will be activated. If you were going to do this and ran into trouble hooking it up you could scan the wireing diagrams for the immobiliser and alarm and email them to me (sargmul@hotmail.com) and i could tell you which wires to connect together. And if you get real stuck i live in Maroubra in Sydney so you could come on over sometime and i could have a look at it for the price of a good joke or a pack of smokes if you cant tell a joke. I'm not a sparkie but i have an intrest in electronics. If you want to get someone to do it for you im sure you could find a sparkie who could pop it in and it should take less than an hour to hook up. Sometimes auto electricians will have a long cue of jobs and for a small job like this you would have to fit in with their sceduale. I'll add one more thing, im not really a fan of car alarms. i think a better setup is an immobiliser which can control power door locks so you get keyless entry and if someone does break in they cant drive the car away because of the imobiliser. those alarms are just noisey and who pays any attention to them anymore? also those little fake or not fake, flashing red lights a pretty cool as when a theif is looking to break into you car they see it, think you have an alarm and just move onto the next car as the one with the alarm is more hassle than its worth. Anyway, i hope this helps. Good luck with the alarm.
david...
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Re: Alarm Systems???
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Sat, 23 August 2003 10:15
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Neither. They are ultrasonic things (probably what you mean by microwave thing). The actual sensors are pretty usless as you need the alarm box thing to connect them up to and usualy the box matches the sensors and usualy when you buy an alarm with ultrasonic dector feature you get the dectors included. So the only good thing they are for is if burglars see them they might think twice before breaking in as they might think you have an alarm.
david...
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June 2003
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Re: Alarm Systems???
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Sun, 24 August 2003 22:58
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Hmmm. Ok thanks guys. Do you know if you can take your car to Jaycar or whatever, and just leave it for a day and they will install the alarm for you? I could do it myself, but it would be a lot of hassle.
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There are these 2 sensors on the A piller pointing at the front windows, is that a shock sensor or microwave??