Car Alarm goes of when I put cover on

[tigerfeet]

I bought a car cover for my car however if its a windy day the movement of the cover sets the alarm off !

Any ideas how I can stop this ? Thought about covering the movement sensors but I cant see where they are.

[jigs]

Probably just scared of the dark!

[Ballistic Banana]

mail me through my profile and i will enlighten you

BB

>> Edited by Ballistic Banana on Saturday 25th October 19:01

[simpo two]

Put the cover on first, then set the alarm. I'm sure the signal will go through a layer of vinyl!

[taylormj4]

Tigerfeet,
I had this problem with a car cover.
The chimaera uses a microwave transmitter for interior protection rather than the usual ultrasonics, and the microwave signal actually penetrates the roof / rear screen and can give protection around the exterior of the car if adjusted to a high sensitivity. You could try reducing the sensitivity - I have done this and now don't get any spurious triggers from the microwave unit. However, it does give less protection when parked with the roof off say - still goes off if someone tried to get in though!
Matt

[jigs]

Simpo - how would you know it had activated? - you'd have to place a small child under the cover to vertify the alarm had activated. As he/her might actually trigger the alarm if they then attempted to come out you'd have to place food supplies under the cover as well or NSPCC would have you IMO.

[IPAddis]

You can disable the radar sensors on the Meta alarm by holding down the remote button for about 5 seconds. The lights will flash in an odd sequence and the alarm is set apart from the movement sensors.

Ian A.