Monthly Archives: February 2014

A Tilt Sensor is a very effective way to protect your vehicle from being jacked up or towed, The tilt sensor knows what position the vehicle is in when the alarm is armed, this means if your parked up on  a curb the tilt sensor will work the same as if the car was on flat level ground. You need to make sure the sensor is fitted correctly in the center of the vehicle for it to remain level and central within the car or van. If you have nice alloy wheels your car is a target and the slightest bit of jacking the vehicle up will fully trigger the alarm sounding the loud siren and in many cases the thief will simply run away. The other reason why many people want these sensors installed is in case the car is dragged or towed which is very common on high end cars and 4×4’s.

The tilt sensor is a low maintenance item which only needs testing once each year to ensure correct operation. The sensor uses a very small amount of power and uses no more than a dual zone proximity sensor, the Tilt Sensor is available from all major alarm brands such as Cobra, Toad and Clifford. This still gives you the choice of having a system you would like installed by a certain brand but it also allows you to upgrade the alarms features at a later date.

Wondered why car alarms chirp or bleep when you walk past the windows? The owner has had a dual zone proximity sensor installed which sets an inner and outer field around the vehicle. The inner zone is set up to only sound the full alarm if a large object like a body enters the vehicle interior. And the outer zone is set up only to detect movement around the front side windows on your vehicle. The outer zone should be set up correct during the installation but sometimes the dual zone sensor settles down after a week or so and may need a very small adjustment, this is just a nature of the product. Always make sure you know where your installer has mounted the sensor for ease of use. When adjusting the sensor it is very important not to use the adjuster pot as a volume knob, only make very small adjustments arm the alarm and let the RF field settle for about 30 seconds then re test. Once a dual zone has been set up you shouldn’t need to ever touch it again.

One of the main flaws in having one of these sensors is the installer doesn’t know or understand what should and shouldn’t be done. A dual zone microwave proximity sensor should never be mounted under money coin trays this will cause the RF beam to scatter and it will lead to false alarms. Another very important part is making sure the sensor is mounted correctly. I have seen loads of these sensors throw into a dashboard and never work correctly. They need to be fixed correctly under the plastic center console or the roof lining. I always say there is no point in getting one of these sensors fitted unless you are going to get the alarm fitted correctly. Many customers think they have a good cheap alarm fitter, sorry to break the good news but specialist alarm fitters don’t come cheap. An alarm with a dual zone proximity needs an alarm engineer that has set these up many times before to give you the customer perfect results.

<img class=”size-medium wp-image-356 aligncenter” src=”https://caralarmsessex.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/glass-break-300×300.jpg” alt=”glass break” width=”300″ height=”300″ />Glass Break sensors are not an expensive alarm add on and can be very reliable and effective in your vehicle. We fit Glass break sensors for all the alarms we supply and fit and they help against car theft. The sensor itself needs to be set up correctly to make sure its not over sensitive and it will trigger to the sound of breaking glass. It is electronically programmed in the factory to listen to the sound of a glass crack and also a glass smashing sound.  An alarm can be perfectly set up with a glass break and with dual zone proximity this gives all around vehicle protection and the best part is the glass break sensor draws very little current. The glass breaking listening device is a tiny microphone and will sit neatly in the corner of your dashboard or on the a pillar.

I would not suggest having a glass break sensor on it’s own due to the car still being able to be jacked up and if the vehicle is attacked in such a way the door skin is pulled down to make entry the glass break won’t trigger. You need this sensor for extra piece of mind for your perfect vehicle security set up.