Albourneboy
Member Since: 23 Feb 2006
Location: An old Victorian town in the NE
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Hi There
I'm a newcomer to the world of Land Rovers having bought my very first one last September mainly to tow a 1900Kg caravan (being delivered on 4th Mar) and accomodate a family of 6. I now have a TDV6 with auto gearbox; it is awesome and we love it to bits . So far (after 5000 miles), nothing has gone wrong with it and I hope it stays that way.
Having looked through some of the other posts on this site, I now know that there is an issue with the alarm in that it is far too quiet but I'll continue with my little tale.
Some f*!@#wit with nothing better to do smashed my rear (tailgate) window last Thursday evening whilst the car was parked outside my house. We didn't hear the alarm go off so I tested it by sitting in the car and locking myself in with the key. After squirming around in there for a least 3 minutes whilst waving my arms around in front of the sensors, the alarm finally sounded but it was pathetic and no one in our house heard it, even though they were stood at the window watching some 30 feet way!
On Saturday, I went to the dealers and got them to lock me and one of their salesmen in one of their cars with the same result. It took me and him 3 or 4 minutes of frantic arm flapping and trying to rock the car to get the alarm to go off and once again, it was pathetic - wouldn't alarm a baby let alone a hardened 14 year old yobbo!
Why does it take all this effort to make the alarm go off in the first place? I realise that you wouldn't want it going off at every slightest movement but if waving hands in front of the sensors for several minutes doesn't do it, will breaking a window?
I have written to Land Rover about this as I don't think this is good enough protection for a £40,000+ car. I know it wouldn't have stopped the little git from breaking in to the car but if the alarm had gone off (I'll never know if it did or not), and you could actually hear it when it did, he might have been caught and I wouldn't be £60 out of pocket.
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 23rd Feb 2006 8:19 am |
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lee01277
Member Since: 06 May 2005
Location: Shed
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Question ( because I don't know ) ..
Do the sensors detect change in air pressure, rather than movement ? ..............Somewhere in-between my old D3 and what's to come next .........
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| 23rd Feb 2006 9:39 am |
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Gareth
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Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
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I have never heard my alarm, but where is the sounder? Do you think it is possible to change it for an after market proper loud siren. 
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| 23rd Feb 2006 9:43 am |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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On a related note (and yes I agree the alarm is way to soft - but then my audi's was too) twice now when I've unlocked the car, the indicator lights will flash very rapidly.
Is this an attempted entry warning ? Not heard the alarm go off - but then its very quiet.
Maybe the sign of a false trigger ?
-s
Last edited by simon on 23rd Feb 2006 10:08 am. Edited 1 time in total
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| 23rd Feb 2006 10:00 am |
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dazzpowder
Member Since: 27 Jan 2006
Location: London
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I set mine off yesteday by accident and I was suprised at how such a big car has a pathetic alarm, it's the equivalent of having Frank Bruno with Joe Pasquale's voice.
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| 23rd Feb 2006 10:01 am |
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Gareth
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Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
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Simon, Whats a Flash Trigger?
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| 23rd Feb 2006 10:02 am |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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Gareth wrote:Simon, Whats a Flash Trigger?
Sorry  edited.
Was thinking of those RRS people on the other side, they must have a flash trigger on their rides.
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| 23rd Feb 2006 10:09 am |
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Gareth
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| 23rd Feb 2006 10:18 am |
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10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
Posts: 16534
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the pathetic level could be some euro-edict on the maximum output so as not cause hearing loss or fright to the scroat trying to steal your Disco3 
Seem to remember something on this a good while ago where someone got the dealer to tweak the output level? - or maybe I dreamt it 
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| 23rd Feb 2006 10:50 am |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296
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Should there not be a 'pot' or dial in the sounder to tweek ?
-s
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| 23rd Feb 2006 10:58 am |
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10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
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I don't think its an alarm sounder in the traditional sense, seems to be linked to the CJB, the interior protection does disable if you use the tailgate opening trick for the keyfob so the chances are it is linked to the IHU also. Both sensors - not sure if they're ultrasonic or volumetric (microwave), seem to point rearwards as well. As they don't seem to be affected by an open window i'd guess at volumetric
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| 23rd Feb 2006 11:03 am |
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MVS
Member Since: 18 Jul 2005
Location: People's Republic of Yorkshire
Posts: 419
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Interior detection is by 'Air movement within the cabin' if you care to check your manual. So this suggests that it may be worth blowing the cob-webs out of the sensor pod on the roof lining. Either that or eat more baked-beans. 
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| 23rd Feb 2006 11:16 am |
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10forcash
Member Since: 09 Jun 2005
Location: Ubique
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maybe it was a calm day when I 'tested' mine then 
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| 23rd Feb 2006 11:19 am |
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MVS
Member Since: 18 Jul 2005
Location: People's Republic of Yorkshire
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Sorry just being a sad git sat looking at the manuals, as its half-term(and the weather's orrible). Trying to see if the phone kit will allert me for texts.
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| 23rd Feb 2006 11:26 am |
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Martin
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Member Since: 06 Nov 2004
Location: Hook Norton
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Welcome to DISCO3 Albourneboy  06 D3 SE / 15 LR D90 XS SW / 88 LR 90 Td5 / 68 BMW 2000 ti
Any issues with the site let me know!
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| 23rd Feb 2006 11:30 am |
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