alarm sounds you hear in the movies?
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Topic: alarm sounds you hear in the movies?
Posted By: badhorsie
Subject: alarm sounds you hear in the movies?
Date Posted: September 12, 2006 at 12:26 PM
i'm just wondering does anyone know what alarm sounds like the one you always here in the movies.
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Posted By: pss5075104
Date Posted: September 12, 2006 at 12:32 PM
can you give anymore info like what movie? ------------- D
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Posted By: kgerry
Date Posted: September 12, 2006 at 1:56 PM
scrolling 6 tone like in "The Super"? that would be a Directed piece like Viper..
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Posted By: Chris Luongo
Date Posted: September 12, 2006 at 2:11 PM
I've always wondered the same thing. Whenever a car alarm goes off in the movies or on TV, it almost never sounds like the real thing.........usually has a cooler sound to it.
I know that old Code Alarms had a really cool sounding siren. Code is now owned by Audiovox, and their alarms are packaged with the standard-issue Audiovox siren.......you'd have to find an old one.
The factory alarm siren that comes with Hyundais sounds really shrill and attention-getting, but it unfortunately is not very loud.
Also, don't forget there are some sirens where you can modify the sound. If you take apart an Audiovox siren, there are six traces on the circuit board, representing the six different sounds the siren can play.
If you scratch away some of the traces, those sounds will be eliminated.
Posted By: badhorsie
Date Posted: September 12, 2006 at 3:00 PM
Posted By: cavsfan
Date Posted: September 12, 2006 at 3:38 PM
Alpine ???
Posted By: kgerry
Date Posted: September 12, 2006 at 5:55 PM
sounds like an old Ungo Box.....
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Posted By: dualsport
Date Posted: September 12, 2006 at 10:24 PM
Chris] wrote:
If you take apart an Audiovox siren, there are six traces on the circuit board, representing the six different sounds the siren can play.
If you scratch away some of the traces, those sounds will be eliminated.
Didn't know about that, that's be good. I always wondered what the point of those multisound sirens were, since they all sound identical to one another anyway. The only advantage would have been to be able to customize it to one that you wanted, so as not to have the same tone as your neighbor's.
I guess that could be a plus, if it gets him to take a look when your car is going off- :)
Posted By: iskidoo
Date Posted: September 13, 2006 at 1:34 AM
I believe they actually may use a home alarm siren which is that warbling tone in most cases. It's the movies and it may have just been added in the editing room. I've found most multi-tone alarms seem to sound similar to that though. DEI also has the ability to pick and choose which tones you want to omit, to personalize it so you recognize yours from some other car on the street. Kinda like changing your ringtone so you don't always reach for your cell when your in a crowd of people and someone else is more important than you.  ------------- Steve G
Posted By: Powermyster
Date Posted: September 13, 2006 at 2:51 AM
alot of the manufacturers have multi tones. i have a clifford smart siren and can choose my tones with the wizzard software..
i thought th reason for the multitones was not for customization but for security as different sounds penetrate materiels differently.
you might not hear tone one in your house but tone 2 might get your attention or 3 etc.
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Posted By: Chris Luongo
Date Posted: September 13, 2006 at 7:13 AM
dualsport wrote:
Chris] wrote:
If you take apart an Audiovox siren, there are six traces on the circuit board, representing the six different sounds the siren can play.
If you scratch away some of the traces, those sounds will be eliminated.
Didn't know about that, that's be good. I always wondered what the point of those multisound sirens were, since they all sound identical to one another anyway. The only advantage would have been to be able to customize it to one that you wanted, so as not to have the same tone as your neighbor's.
I guess that could be a plus, if it gets him to take a look when your car is going off- :)
Yeah, it's cool. Also, if you eliminate the first chirp, it'll change the arm/disarm sound.
In my company truck, I installed 11 (yes, really 11) Audiovox sirens, each one set with different tones deleted........as well as having the alarm honk the factory horn as well.
Man, that thing was LOUD! Especially if the other installers would set it off in the shop garage. The sirens were so loud that you could hardly even hear the horn honking.
And as all the different sirens cycled through all their different tones at the same time, it would sound really weird.
I just got rid of the truck, and it's going to another installer at our other store.....I am curious what he'll think when he opens the hood!
Posted By: dualsport
Date Posted: September 14, 2006 at 10:00 AM
Chris Luongo wrote:
In my company truck, I installed 11 (yes, really 11) Audiovox sirens, each one set with different tones deleted........as well as having the alarm honk the factory horn as well.
Man, that thing was LOUD! Especially if the other installers would set it off in the shop garage. The sirens were so loud that you could hardly even hear the horn honking.
That must sound like quite the carnival! Definitely no mistaking it as another vehicle when it goes off, I'm sure-
Are other multi tone alarms set up with this ability to customize the output, or have you found Audiovox to be the only one that can do that? Would have been nice if they supplied an access panel with jumper plugs so it could be done easily without having to cut pc board traces-
Posted By: Chris Luongo
Date Posted: September 14, 2006 at 11:19 PM
Yeah, it would be nice if they made it a little easier.
At least as of around 5 years ago, when I used to install DEI, their sirens were all set up for cutting out the different tones........you were required to take it apart first, but I believe there were six little loops of wire you could cut, or something like that.........I never actually did it, but the instructions said how to do it.
Lately, other DEI sirens state specifically on the box that you can't change the tones.
And the Audiovox sirens don't specifically say you can do this.....but one of my co-workers mentioned something, so I got curious and took it apart.
Posted By: gcorrea
Date Posted: September 16, 2006 at 12:12 AM
the disarming ring tone you posted sounds like the siren im using from an ungo ms850. its also single tone and louder than most of the sirens that come stock now a days.
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