Chesterfield Posted January 17, 2006 Posted January 17, 2006 On the missus' old car (mx-5 with clifford alarm) when you lock the car (and arm the alarm), it flashed twice. When you unlocked the car, it flashed once. If you came back to the car after the alarm had been set off, when you unlocked the car, it flashed three times to tell you that the alarm had been set off while you were away. My question is, does the Z do anything like this? Aparently she has searched the manual, but can't find any info.. Thanks, Chris. Quote
M13KYF Posted January 17, 2006 Posted January 17, 2006 Not worked it out myself. The LED flashes when the car is locked or not. Not studdied it long enough to see if there are different flash rates to notify of different setting. Quote
Removed Posted January 17, 2006 Posted January 17, 2006 it flickers more quickly when it's arming the alarm, but don't think it has a feature like the one you mention Chris... Quote
Chesterfield Posted January 17, 2006 Author Posted January 17, 2006 Sorry, I probably didn't make myself clear - I'm referring to the indicator flashes, not the LED. Quote
M13KYF Posted January 17, 2006 Posted January 17, 2006 Yes noticed that bit myself. Why does it flash though when the car isn't even locked? Quote
Removed Posted January 17, 2006 Posted January 17, 2006 Sorry, I probably didn't make myself clear - I'm referring to the indicator flashes, not the LED. aah ok don't think our alarm has that feature anyway (to flash the indicators x amount of times to tell it's been set off) Quote
Chesterfield Posted January 17, 2006 Author Posted January 17, 2006 Ahh ok. I thought it was worth checking. I suppose there is one way to tell for certain, but I doubt the neighbours would like it... Quote
M13KYF Posted January 17, 2006 Posted January 17, 2006 aahhh. Missed the point about the indicators and not the Led. Quote
Gus Posted January 17, 2006 Posted January 17, 2006 The indicators flash twice when openning the car, and once when locking the car - don't know about what happens if the alarm has been triggered in your absence though Gus Quote
M13KYF Posted January 19, 2006 Posted January 19, 2006 So why does the LED flash even when the alarm isn't set. Quote
BigD Posted January 19, 2006 Posted January 19, 2006 Is it not to do with the immobiliser, i.e. to let you know it is armed?? Don't need the alarm to be armed for that I think. Quote
M13KYF Posted January 19, 2006 Posted January 19, 2006 Not sure but maybe. You would thunk that the immboliser would be linked to the alarm in terms of activation. Quote
BigD Posted January 19, 2006 Posted January 19, 2006 Has the key not got some sort of transponder in it?? You don't really want the immobiliser linked to the alarm as it would be to easy to steal. Just disable the alarm and off you pop. Or steal it at a forecourt when it is not locked but has no keys in it. I think it has to be seperate for cat 1 status. Although not sure if the standard alarm is or not. Quote
Chesterfield Posted January 19, 2006 Author Posted January 19, 2006 Im pretty sure the are separate enities. The imobiliser kicks in every time you take your keys out of the ignition. That way the car is still secure if you leave it unlocked on a forecourt or while you are washing it and going to fill your bucket etc... At least thats the way I thought it worked, so the car was still secure even if you forget to lock it. Quote
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