Clifford Alarm not making noise when arming/disarming
22 June 2006, 10:57 AM
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Clifford Alarm not making noise when arming/disarming
Hi people, my clifford concept 300 alarm has stopped 'chirping' when arming and disarming, how can i fix this? i have no idea why this has stopped working!
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22 June 2006, 01:10 PM
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Does the alarm still trigger? If not then it could be that the siren has gone down. If you are having no chirps on arm & disarm only then you can program this back in. Read your owners manual.
www.motorguarduk.co.uk
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22 June 2006, 01:37 PM
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Hey, just spent best part of 2 hours following the manual instructions to a T and it dont work!.... Can get to enter the valet mode pin number but then nothing happens..
Siren does work i tested it....
Never beeen so diisapointed with cliffords, it my fourth system on various cars and they all go wrong in the end!! pile of ****!
Siren does work i tested it....
Never beeen so diisapointed with cliffords, it my fourth system on various cars and they all go wrong in the end!! pile of ****!
22 June 2006, 07:34 PM
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If your siren is faulty then you will struggle to get the programming to work. you need to count siren chirps to know whats going on.
Chances are that the siren has gone and you will need to replace it.
Try this: Lock the car with the clifford remote then after about 30 seconds unlock with the subaru key and open the door.
If the indicators flash but there is no siren then the siren is goosed. Get a new one.
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Chances are that the siren has gone and you will need to replace it.
Try this: Lock the car with the clifford remote then after about 30 seconds unlock with the subaru key and open the door.
If the indicators flash but there is no siren then the siren is goosed. Get a new one.
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23 June 2006, 07:41 AM
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I am sure I read somewhere that the cirps when arming and disarming can disappear when the sirens backup battery dies. Might be worth sourcing a replacement to try, wouldn't have thought they were dear.
23 June 2006, 10:20 AM
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If the internal battery has died then it will not chirp on arm/disarm but it should still work on full alarm. If siren has died then it will not work on any of them.
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23 June 2006, 04:42 PM
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Siren is working fine, dont even know if i got a back up battery...... just wasted another hour of my life attempting to follow the manual's instructions and turn them on but to no avial.... i can get it to chirp when running through the menu's but always 3 chirps.
Seriously im loosing all interest in my car now, im really anoyed!
Seriously im loosing all interest in my car now, im really anoyed!
24 June 2006, 06:58 AM
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Have all clifford alarms got this battery pack? mines a concept 300, Didnt realisise that the siren has a battery pack, am i reading this right that its actually in the sirens itself?
Thanks in advance
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24 June 2006, 09:38 AM
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Mines done this more or less since I've had it.
It didn't chirp for about a year then I disconnected the battery and left the car for over a fortnight.
All of a sudden it comes back to life.
I've heard about this back up battery before but never managed to source one.
After reading this I'll make a point of disconnecting the battery overnight and see what happens tomorrow.
It usually works.
It didn't chirp for about a year then I disconnected the battery and left the car for over a fortnight.
All of a sudden it comes back to life.
I've heard about this back up battery before but never managed to source one.
After reading this I'll make a point of disconnecting the battery overnight and see what happens tomorrow.
It usually works.
24 June 2006, 10:45 AM
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As i said before its my fourth system on various cars and they all gone wrong in the end!! Next car i try and buy i will seriously walk away if its got a clifford!
24 June 2006, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by mozzaITA
Have all clifford alarms got this battery pack? mines a concept 300, Didnt realisise that the siren has a battery pack, am i reading this right that its actually in the sirens itself?
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
24 June 2006, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by mozzaITA
As i said before its my fourth system on various cars and they all gone wrong in the end!! Next car i try and buy i will seriously walk away if its got a clifford!
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24 June 2006, 11:44 AM
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Fitting had never been the problem as each system had been fitted maybe 1-5 years but all went wrong in the end. So they just in my opinion and experiance dont last very well without going wrong. Did have a toad alarm and was really pleased with it, no false alarms easy to use features and it never broke!!
25 June 2006, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by mozzaITA
Hi people, my clifford concept 300 alarm has stopped 'chirping' when arming and disarming, how can i fix this? i have no idea why this has stopped working!
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
by the way it was working but has stopped and it chirps when i disarm the car after it has been set off
any help would be great
craig
26 June 2006, 11:37 AM
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12 July 2006, 10:26 PM
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hi there people iv got a clifford ? my chirps have stopped when arm/disarm the car locks but alarm doesnt sound even when forced the alarm will only sound when i press the panic alarm [hold button down] any ideas???? and where would you find the siren backup battery? im clueless is it in the car or in the alarm pad ? help!!!!!
13 July 2006, 09:31 AM
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Disconnect the main car battery overnight and see what happens.
This cures mine and it now chirps once again. I've done this twice now when it stops so just keep doing that rather than start taking the siren apart etc.
This cures mine and it now chirps once again. I've done this twice now when it stops so just keep doing that rather than start taking the siren apart etc.
13 July 2006, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by EddScott
Disconnect the main car battery overnight and see what happens.
This cures mine and it now chirps once again. I've done this twice now when it stops so just keep doing that rather than start taking the siren apart etc.
This cures mine and it now chirps once again. I've done this twice now when it stops so just keep doing that rather than start taking the siren apart etc.
14 July 2006, 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by EddScott
Disconnect the main car battery overnight and see what happens.
This cures mine and it now chirps once again. I've done this twice now when it stops so just keep doing that rather than start taking the siren apart etc.
This cures mine and it now chirps once again. I've done this twice now when it stops so just keep doing that rather than start taking the siren apart etc.
when disconnected from load they do strengthen slightly and accept a bit of charge but are not strong enough to hold it!
you can get a set of batteries from Maplins , siren is not glued together ,just screwed together!
09 December 2006, 10:32 PM
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Time to resurrect this thread...which part am I after from Maplins? I can see they do separate nicad batteries, but they don't seem to have a battery pack like inside the siren?
12 December 2006, 05:47 PM
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Found someone online who's doing me the battery pack made up custom for a tenner delivered. Another interesting fact as well - as soon as I removed the original battery pack out of the siren, it's gone back to full chirping functionality! Must be that a low battery charge triggers the silence feature, but if they go totally dead it takes all power directly from the car battery.
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Originally Posted by silent running
Found someone online who's doing me the battery pack made up custom for a tenner delivered. Another interesting fact as well - as soon as I removed the original battery pack out of the siren, it's gone back to full chirping functionality! Must be that a low battery charge triggers the silence feature, but if they go totally dead it takes all power directly from the car battery.
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