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UTOMATIC
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RANSMITTER
V
ERIFICATION
The patented ATV
TM
technology, which is standard on all Crime Guard
models, is the only defense against an inherent weakness found in any
remote-controlled vehicle security system. In all such systems, allowance
is made for multiple transmitters to operate the system. In a matter of
seconds, anyone familiar with the programming procedure can easily code
their own unauthorized transmitter into the system. Although every vehicle
remote-controlled keyless entry or security system is susceptible, Crime
Guard security systems audibly alerts you if the system’s programming
mode has been accessed and visually informs you at all times of the number
of remote controls capable of operating your system. Someday this technology
will be standard on all remote-controlled keyless entry and security systems;
today, only the most advanced systems offer this complete protection.
How It Works
:
Audible ATV
TM
Warning:
Anytime the system has a transmitter
programmed, for 48 hours thereafter the siren will emit a brief series of chirps
every time the vehicle’s ignition is turned on. This audible warning alerts
you that the system has had transmitter programming activity. Please note
that the audible ATV
TM
Warning, in addition to the extended Status Indicator
Light visual display, will be active for the first 48 after the system is installed.
Visual ATV
TM
: In normal everyday use, for a period of 10 seconds after the
vehicle’s ignition is turned on, the system’s Status Indicator Light reports the
total number transmitters which can operate the system. However, if the
ATV
TM
Warning has been activated, this visual display period is extended to
90 seconds. For example: After turning on the vehicle’s ignition, if the Status
Indicator Light flashes twice between pauses, two transmitters are
programmed to operate the system. If the indication were three flashes
between pauses, three transmitters are capable of operating the system.
In the event that the ATV
TM
Warning is activated, or if the Status Indicator
Light a shows different number of authorized transmitters, you can easily
reprogram your transmitters to eliminate the threat.
(please refer to page 40)
Personal security advisement:
Only recently have law enforcement
authorities discovered the prevalence of this type of theft, as it is virtually
undetectable. In most of these cases, the theft of personal items from the
vehicle has been dismissed as the owner’s failure to lock the vehicle’s doors!
