unknown alarm
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Forum Name: Car Security and Convenience
Forum Discription: Car Alarms, Keyless Entries, Remote Starters, Immobilizer Bypasses, Sensors, Door Locks, Window Modules, Heated Mirrors, Heated Seats, etc.
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Printed Date: April 29, 2024 at 4:55 AM
Topic: unknown alarm
Posted By: madferraristi
Subject: unknown alarm
Date Posted: February 27, 2007 at 10:42 AM
Some years ago I bought this alarm but never quite got it installed. I now have a use for it but unfortunately the instruction manual has found an unknown place to live. There is no name or model number on it and apparently never was.
I believe it is an Anes or a Clifford but cannot find anything that resembles it on either of their websites.
Can anybody tell by looking at these pics what it is? 
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Posted By: peterubers
Date Posted: February 27, 2007 at 2:08 PM
pictures no worky.
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Posted By: madferraristi
Date Posted: February 27, 2007 at 9:57 PM
Posted By: swamprat323
Date Posted: February 27, 2007 at 11:10 PM
ive never seen an car alarm that had dials on it liek that. unless its soem sort of home made :P iteam
Posted By: madferraristi
Date Posted: February 27, 2007 at 11:46 PM
Not home made, as I recall it was expensive when I bought it.
One dial adjusts the alarm delay and the other adjusts the horn run time
Posted By: captainzab
Date Posted: February 28, 2007 at 12:40 AM
Sounds to me like its a timer (a few capacitors and resisters)
not an alarm unit (every alarm i worked with has atleast an antenna and more wires than that)
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Posted By: madferraristi
Date Posted: February 28, 2007 at 1:04 AM
Trust me, it's an automotive alarm, albeit, not as technologically advanced as those made today but it has a microphone trigger and an input from the interior light circuit and another to connect to any other form of trigger such as a motion detector. The adjustment are for arming delay upon exit and re-entry and the other for alarm duration. I'd just like to know who the manufacturer was.
Posted By: captainzab
Date Posted: February 28, 2007 at 5:02 PM
See if you can open it up to reveal the circuit board
most company print their name and the model number on them
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Posted By: master5
Date Posted: March 01, 2007 at 6:57 PM
Do you really need a manual? I looks like about 3 wires...12v red..ground black...ignition..that terminal on the side perhaps or to a "secret" disarm...a speaker or siren output..and a mic. It probably works as such..you turn off key..it arms in a set length of time...you open door..the mic pics this up (or whatever it senses)..perhaps voltage as well..real reliable...lol) then if the ignition is not turned on in a length of time..it makes noise. That thing has got to be old..like the first alarm ever made..and it looks home made as well..like a science project...but those knobs are classic..perhaps off an old gibson guitar..lol..those might be worth something...I hope I helped because I am willing to bet that there is no manual in exsistance for that piece..the paper would be disintegrated by now..lol...oh man that is funny...hope you find use for it... best of luck -------------
Posted By: madferraristi
Date Posted: March 02, 2007 at 2:23 AM
master5 wrote:
Do you really need a manual? I looks like about 3 wires...12v red..ground black...ignition..that terminal on the side perhaps or to a "secret" disarm...a speaker or siren output..and a mic. It probably works as such..you turn off key..it arms in a set length of time...you open door..the mic pics this up (or whatever it senses)..perhaps voltage as well..real reliable...lol) then if the ignition is not turned on in a length of time..it makes noise. That thing has got to be old..like the first alarm ever made..and it looks home made as well..like a science project...but those knobs are classic..perhaps off an old gibson guitar..lol..those might be worth something...I hope I helped because I am willing to bet that there is no manual in exsistance for that piece..the paper would be disintegrated by now..lol...oh man that is funny...hope you find use for it... best of luck
I won't argue that it's old but I have a use for it. Thinking about it though, while it is crude, it would probably be almost as effective as the more sophisticated alarms. Most car thefts are of cars with alarms, and if the alarm system doesn;t disable the electrical system, 90% of alarms that sound are ignored, sometimes even by the police. So, if you don't know the answer to my question, then i'll hope somebody comes along that does.
Posted By: Twelvoltz
Date Posted: March 02, 2007 at 7:31 AM
I do not think that you are going to have much luck finding an install diagram for a piece of that age. If the device was built by Clifford, it was built when they were an infant company, and have since been bought out by DEI. If you have access to a small 12VDC power supply I would hook it up on a bench, make sure the power supply you use has short protection (most do) and test away to figure out which wire does what. It appears that the system has a door trigger, power, ground, ignition, and speaker output (siren) from the picture shown.
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Posted By: madferraristi
Date Posted: March 02, 2007 at 8:49 AM
Twelvvoltz, thanks for your response, that's exactly what I did and exactly what I found though I would still like to have the book just for future reference.
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