clifford 650

[DC-TYPER]

was going bloody mental last night. flippin weather, my brand new battery is now flat!! proximity sensors were working on overtime because of the wind. this is the second time this has happened to me.  i was up at 3am trying to shut the thing up!
 
any one else had a problem?
 
dave

[Nik da Greek]

Not since I made enough room to park in the garage! Proximity sensors are just a total PITA, either they\'re so sensitive they go off all the time or you adjust the sensitivity way down and then they don\'t go off at all! My tame mechanic has a M3 cab, it was hillarious watching him spend weeks trying to adjust his prox sensors, I think he just disabled them in the end.
 
The other problem I have with my 650 is that the indicator flash doesn\'t anymore, you still get the beeps, but no flash. Huets in Worthing said it\'s fairly common, but might need the alarm taking out to send away for testing. Righto, then, shan\'t bother with that! Apparently the quality of the installer has quite some bearing on the longevity and reliability of the alarm. I\'ve not heard too much good stuff said about GAP yet, good job they did mine then... hmmmm...

[DC-TYPER]

this is the only problem i have with it. its still doing its job, but its bloody enoying. what colour is your car nick? i always see a red rex turning into the airport in the morning, is it you?

[Nik da Greek]

No! Mine is red, and I use the top road past the airport, but I work out of Brighton station, so just go past the airport. I\'ve only seen another red one once locally, but maybe it\'s him? It had a Mazdaspeed-stylee sort of spoiler if that\'s any help

[Nik da Greek]

Ooops, just read what I wrote there. When I say I work out of Brighton station, makes it sound like I\'m selling dodgy personal services or something! Better make it clear I drive trains, not anything unsavoury!
 
Sorry to anyone who\'s ever had to use public transport, ever. It wasn\'t my fault, okay? Whatever it was that went wrong on your particular journey!

[stocky]

ive got a clifford 650 in my wrx and got problems with that the blue light stopped working and the proximatey senors are effing useless they either dont work or just set the alarm off straight away regardless of what sensitivity there set at
was thinking of getting one in the rx7 due to it having a turbo timer function but is everyone with a fd having the same problems???

[batman]

not a fan of cliffords myself to many false alarms but sounds to me like the proxy is turned up to high .
if you didnt know the proxy is different to ultrasonics they measurse air presure change  the proxy is an imaginary bubble inside the car set to high and the bubble comes out the top of the car so rain will set them off go back to the installer and ask them to set them lower a bit and make sure when the alarms being set up if its in a work shop the flourecent lights need to be turned off they can mess the setting up !

[batman]

oh just noticed you said wind if thats the case no rain then the shock control bolted ( should be ) to the steering rack or colum is again set to sensitive ask for this to be lowered a little

[stocky]

thats another thing that dont work on my wrx :2Mad that shock senor dont work either you can set the alarm and bounce the car up and down and no blaring sirens damn heap of poop

[batman]

sounds like a good install stocky got back to the installer and moan there use to it

[stocky]

its hopefully going soon the alarm has been in nearly a year so out of warrenty so not going to use that installer again took it to gap and they want 185 plus parts to sort it

[civicboy28]

iv got the same alarm. no false alarms, and the proximity sensor only beeps if your pear into the windows which is good, as it does the job correctly.
mine was fitted by InCAR in cheshunt hertfordshire

[mread4]

i have the same alarm, how do you turn down the proxy sensor?

[rx7veilside]

i have the sheet at home to adjust prox sensor will update over next day or so as working solid at moment

[stocky]

press clifford on your remote control transmitter 3times and then press the button that has 1 star.it will give u one chirp and your led light will come on.you r already in primary zone for the proximity sensor.now to adjust sensitivity to iincrease u press the trunk button on your remote transmitter and to decreaseu press the button that has one star.if u increase the chirps will be higher and if u decrease the chirps will be lower.u will lower the sensitivity all the way down until u get 2 chirps that means u have gone to minimum sensitivity.once that is down press the button that has 2 stars . now you are in warn away zone u adjust the sensitivity the same way u adjusted it in the primary zone. remember trunk button to increase and the one star button on the remote.in the warn away zone u will go ahead and increase the sensitivty.every time u increase stop momentarily and approach the divers window as into u wanted to look inside like a thief would. if alarm does not give u one chirp when u approach window continue increasing the sensitivity and approaching the window until it gives u one chirp. when one chirp is given stop increasing and approach the car and walk away.if the alarm chirps every time you approach taht means u have gooten a reasonable sensitivity.if it only does it once or twice from many times testing continue increasing once or twice and then test again for constant chirping when you approach the car.when goten to desirable sensitivity that u are satisfiedd with press the lock button u should receive two chirps u are back on primary but do not adjust it simply press the lock button once again and it will give uthree chirps. u have fully exited programing on the proximity now open door and then close again and activate the alarm. allowe about one minute and a half for the sensors to fully adjust. then approach the window and it should chirp strangley. leave alarm activated and test all four window doors and it should chirp strangely every time .if found to high or to low the sensitivity simply press the button that says clifford once again and then the button that has one star once u will go back to primary zone on the proximity skip the primary by pressing the button with the two stars. u will then be once again in the warnaway.u can now go higher or lower as explained before.once that press the lock button once and it should give u two chirps.press the lock button again to fully exit and retest as explained before. if u are satisfied disactivate alarm and go back to program proximity by pressing the cliffford button 3 times and then the button with one star once.but before u begin entereing the programing make sure to go and roll down your windows on your car. and then enter programming.remember then once you have pressed clifford buttton 3 times and then once the button with one star u are entering the primary zone once there go ahead and start increasing the sensitivity by pressing the trunk button once again continue increasing as the chirps go higher and higher. as u do that also start sticking your hand into the vehicle like if u wanted to grab the radio.if it chirps stop and press the lock button it should give u two chirps press it once more and it will give u three chirps u have fully exited the programming sequence. activate the alarm again but remember to always give the alarm about one minute and a half so the sensors can fully adjust. then stick your hand in the vehicle and act like if you wanted to reach for the radio. if it goes off you have completed programming the proximity sensor if not repeat the steps to adjust the primary zone.and test again