Justice Posted February 23, 2008 Report Posted February 23, 2008 Would anyone know if I can get a arm / disarm beeb indication rather or as well as just the direction lights flashing.thanks. Quote
MrT Posted February 24, 2008 Report Posted February 24, 2008 If you mean a beep from the horn when you lock/unlock the car, yes you can. If you see the thread on auto locking the galaxy in this "questions about the galaxy" part of this forum and look at my last post you are most of the way there. Auto Locking. Quote
Justice Posted February 25, 2008 Author Report Posted February 25, 2008 Thanks that's a great help, will set VC when I have a spare afternoon. Quote
rob e Posted February 28, 2008 Report Posted February 28, 2008 something i found out tonite when i was getting out of the car i accedently locked the doors before the boy had shut his door the servos activated and it was not untill he shut the door did the indicators flash.I was surprised to find that the doors were locked,guess what like kids we tried it again and it was not a fluke it worked,all those times i have waited for them all to get out and lock up not any more. 2000 1.9 TDI Zetec 115 Mk2 Quote
MrT Posted February 29, 2008 Report Posted February 29, 2008 Another issue that you should be aware of is, if like me, you by habit lock the door with the fob when leaving the car. If you do this with the family inside, realise then unlock it again and walk away, the doors will automatically re-lock on deadlock after a minute or so then set off the alarm with the family locked in and unable to get out. This could be dangerous, especially when uncaging an angry other-half that has had half the car park amused at their predicament. You must open a door after unlocking it with ther fob or the car thinks you accidentally unlocked it and locks itself. Quote
Beyond Help? Posted February 29, 2008 Report Posted February 29, 2008 Another issue that you should be aware of is, if like me, you by habit lock the door with the fob when leaving the car. If you do this with the family inside, realise then unlock it again and walk away, the doors will automatically re-lock on deadlock after a minute or so then set off the alarm with the family locked in and unable to get out. This could be dangerous, especially when uncaging an angry other-half that has had half the car park amused at their predicament. You must open a door after unlocking it with the fob or the car thinks you accidentally unlocked it and locks itself.Yes, that is a deliberate function on all Thatcham approved central locking/alarm systems to prevent accidental unlocking. As said, a door must be opened or it will re-lock. This is also why you MUST NOT put your keys in the car when you remote unlock the car unless you are getting straight in. Just the other day I got called out to a driver who had put the keys on the floor whilst strapping their toddler in, but the door-open switch was not working, the system re-armed and the doors re-locked. The driver shut the door and realised the keys were inside, but then could not open the door. Anyone want to guess how I got the car open? Quote
MrT Posted February 29, 2008 Report Posted February 29, 2008 Maybe the locking system should be clever enough through the internal sensors which detect people in the car, not to auto-deadlock it that situation. Quote
gregers Posted February 29, 2008 Report Posted February 29, 2008 Another issue that you should be aware of is, if like me, you by habit lock the door with the fob when leaving the car. If you do this with the family inside, realise then unlock it again and walk away, the doors will automatically re-lock on deadlock after a minute or so then set off the alarm with the family locked in and unable to get out. This could be dangerous, especially when uncaging an angry other-half that has had half the car park amused at their predicament. You must open a door after unlocking it with the fob or the car thinks you accidentally unlocked it and locks itself.Yes, that is a deliberate function on all Thatcham approved central locking/alarm systems to prevent accidental unlocking. As said, a door must be opened or it will re-lock. This is also why you MUST NOT put your keys in the car when you remote unlock the car unless you are getting straight in. Just the other day I got called out to a driver who had put the keys on the floor whilst strapping their toddler in, but the door-open switch was not working, the system re-armed and the doors re-locked. The driver shut the door and realised the keys were inside, but then could not open the door. Anyone want to guess how I got the car open? you wont tell us anyway :D Quote
Beyond Help? Posted March 1, 2008 Report Posted March 1, 2008 you wont tell us anyway :DNo, I will, honestly! It won't be giving anything away! I asked the toddler sat in his car seat to pull the handle........ Quote
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