Trevor & Windy Miller not the best of freinds

[mr wilkinson]

Sadly (due to no garage) my chim sleeps on the driveway. Like a good responsible owner I bought him a nice waterproof breathable cover, but whilst he is perfectly happy under it for most of the time he gets scared when it is windy and starts sounding the alarm.

This is obviously a pain in the ar5e (for me and my neighbours!) particularly when it goes off in the middle of the night!

The only thing that I can think it might be is if the cover is flaping on the back screen (I know that the alarm is sensitive enough to be triggered by this moving as it went off when I was washing it once). Any one else had simular? Or anyone got suggestions as to what else might be causing the alarm to go off?

[apache]

Another thing to watch out for is the damn thing rubbing the paint, mine left some pretty bad marks on the Griff

[hut49]

mr wilkinson said:

The only thing that I can think it might be is if the cover is flaping on the back screen (I know that the alarm is sensitive enough to be triggered by this moving as it went off when I was washing it once). Any one else had simular?

Yes - both setting it off by touching the rear screen when washing it and watching the (wet) cover flap onto the rear screen during a windy shower also causing it to trigger. Some folks on here will tell you this isn't possible because it operates on a microwave sensor that detects mass or some other technobabble, but they probably believe the earth is flat too

[zippee]

There is a way to trun down the sensitivity of the proximity sensor though I've never done it myself.
Do a search on here as I know it's been discussed before, If your really stuck then give Carl Baker a call [url]www.tvruk.tv[/url] what that man doesn't know about TVR alarms isn't worth knowing.

[SharkyTVR]

Pretty sure you can turn down the sensitivity - Fernhursts said they'd done it to mine. It has never gone off due to wind, and is pretty safe even leaving the hood down. You have to put your hand in and move it about, then it will go off.

Like someone said on an earlier post, get in touch with Carl Baker. He's very knowledgeable and will be able to help you, I'm sure.

[mr wilkinson]

Cheers sharky / zippee - I've used Carl previously when I had problems with the imobiliser and agree - when it comes to TVR's and alarms, he's the daddy. I'll give him a shout and see what he can do.

[rfisher]

You could try disarming the microwave sensor by holding down the plipper button until the lights flash 3 times instead of 2.