Clifford 300 User manual

World-ClassAutoSecurity TM

Table of Contents
Standard Features of the ACE 300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Your 4-button/12-channel remote controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
How to use your keychain remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
What each button/channel does . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Anti-CodeGrabbing (ACG) with Random Code Encryption . . . . 8
Enhanced AutoArming™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
AutoArming enable/disable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
AutoArm & Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Instant AutoArming bypass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Valet mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
To enable valet mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
To exit valet mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Remote controlled valet mode entry and exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Keyless entry in valet mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
How to interpret the chirps and parking light flashes . . . . . . . . 10
Selectable starter/ignition interrupt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
AutoLock and AutoUnLock™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Dual-level tampering warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Smart trunk release option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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Table of Contents (cont.)
Smart AutoTesting™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Specific malfunction identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Automatic malfunction bypass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
TotalRecall™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Smart prior intrusion attempt alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Piezo Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
FACT — False Alarm Control and Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
High-output siren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Long-term chirp silencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Remote controlled chirp muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SmartPowerUp™ II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
User-selectable features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14
EXAMPLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Adding new remote controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
How to erase the codes of lost or stolen remote controls . . . . . . 15
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Standard Features of the ACE 300
✔Lifetime Warranty — For as long as you own the vehicle, Clifford will repair or
replace the control unit and remote controls free of charge (see warranty card for
full details).
✔FACT™—False Alarm Control and Test — One of many patented Clifford
innovations, FACT absolutely, positively ends recurring false alarms.
✔A Pair of 4-Button/12-Channel Remote Controls — Fingertip command from
a typical range of 100 feet.
✔Anti-CodeGrabbing™ (ACG) with Random Code Encryption— A
code-grabber is a new device that lets a thief record and capture off the air from a
distance the digital code transmitted by your remote control whenever you arm
your car. When you leave, the thief replays the code to disarm the alarm and
unlock your car’s doors. ACG with Random Code Encryption makes thieves’
code-grabbers completely useless, because each time you press the button on
your remote control a different random code is transmitted, yet the system will
flawlessly recognize and respond to your transmitter’s new code and ignore all
others.
✔Full-Time Remote Panic with Automatic Door Locking and Unlocking— If
you feel threatened, you can, with just a fingertip touch on your remote control,
sound the siren, flash the parking lights and unlock your vehicle’s power door
locks for quick entry into your car without fumbling with your keys. If you press
the panic button while driving, the siren will sound, the lights will flash and the
doors will lock to shield you from the assailant.
✔Remote Controlled Valet Mode— You can command the system to enter or exit
valet mode with just a press of button from 100 feet away. Parking light flashes
confirm valet mode entry and exit.
✔Remote Door Locking and Unlocking — No more fumbling with keys in the dark
or bad weather! A press of a button on the remote simultaneously arms ACE 300
and locks your car’s power locks. Another press disarms and unlocks.
User-Selectable AutoLock/AutoUnLock™ — Automatically locks the doors the
instant you start the engine, and unlocks the doors when you park.
Deluxe Remote Keyless Entry in Valet Mode — Use your remote control to lock
and unlock the car doors and remotely activate system accessories even while
the system is in valet mode.
✔Built-In Parking Light Flasher — Visually confirms door lock and system status.
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Standard Features of the ACE 300 (cont.)
✔Remote Controlled Courtesy Lighting — For your personal safety and
convenience, when you remotely disarm your ACE 300, the interior lights turn on
and stay on until you start the engine or 30 seconds, whichever occurs first.
✔Dual-Mode Chirp Silencing— Your choice of either long-term chirp silencing
or remote controlled chirp muting whenever you wish.
✔Enhanced User-Selectable AutoArming™— Automatically arms itself
“passively” if you forget. May qualify you for an insurance discount that could
pay for the system (consult your insurance company).
AutoArming Enable/Disable — You may disable or re-enable AutoArming
with just a few flicks of a switch.
AutoArm & Lock™ — You may set the system to automatically lock the doors
every time the system AutoArms.
Instant AutoArm Bypass — Just two quick turns of the ignition switch will
bypass AutoArming for one cycle — perfect when fueling the vehicle. The
AutoArming feature is automatically restored the next time you park your
vehicle.
✔Smart Remote Trunk Release Capability — An electronic interlock assures
that the optional remote trunk release can be activated only when the system is
disarmed. To further prevent any possibility of unintentional opening of the
trunk, the interlock also makes sure that the trunk release cannot be remotely
activated while driving.
✔All Electronic Piezo Sensor— An all-electronic vibration/impact sensor that
delivers the utmost reliability and provides more accurate discrimination between
genuine intrusion attempts and non-threatening conditions (like a large truck
passing by) that cause other sensors to false alarm.
✔Patented Smart AutoTesting™—Automatically tests all system triggers and
sensors every time you remotely arm and warns you if you accidentally arm your
ACE 300 system with the hood or trunk open. If there is a genuine trigger or
sensor malfunction, the system will specifically identify the problem, thereby
eliminating time-consuming and costly trouble-shooting.
✔Patented Malfunction AutoBypass™ —In the unlikely event of a trigger or
sensor malfunction, your ACE 300 will automatically bypass the malfunction and
arm all other points to continue relentless protection of your vehicle.
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Standard Features of the ACE 300 (cont.)
✔TotalRecall™— ACE 300’s memory stores the identity of the last trigger or
sensor activated. This provides an invaluable diagnostic means, since, whenever
you wish, the system will visually identify the last activated trigger or sensor.
✔Patented Smart Prior Intrusion Attempt Alert — When you return to your
vehicle and remotely disarm your ACE 300, a special chirp and parking light
flash sequence will audibly and visually alert you from a distance if an intrusion
attempt was foiled while you were away. Your ACE 300 will even identify the
specific trigger or sensor that detected the intrusion attempt.
✔High-Output Siren — Loud siren wail for 30 seconds when the alarm detects an
intrusion attempt. The system then automatically resets and rearms.
✔Patented Remote Control Code Learning — Just a few flicks of a switch lets
you match to the system up to 4 different 12-channel Clifford ACG remote
controls. Just as easily, a lost or stolen remote control can be deleted from the
system memory.
✔Control Unit with 5 Channels— For remote controlled system operation and
remote controlled accessories.
✔Advanced CMOS Microcomputer —Very large scale integration (VLSI)
microprocessor commands and monitors all system functions more than
1,000,000 times per second, yet it draws less power than the vehicle’s clock, so it
won’t deplete your car battery like other alarms.
✔Selectable Starter/Ignition Interrupt — You may choose either a fault-proof
mode, which lets you start the engine even in the unlikely event of a system
malfunction, or ultra-secure mode that ensures a thief won’t be able to start the
vehicle even if he finds the system control unit and disconnects it!
✔Hood/Trunk Trigger Input— For full perimeter protection of the engine
compartment and trunk contents (may require optional pin switches).
✔High-Luminescence LED Status Indicator — Adds visual deterrence and
identifies system status.
✔Patented SmartPowerUp™ II — When power to the system is disconnected, the
system’s non-volatile memory always remembers the last state (armed, disarmed
or valet mode) and returns to that state when power is restored. So if a thief
disconnects the power and then restores it in an attempt to start the car, the
system will re-arm and instantly sound the siren while immobilizing the vehicle.
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Your 4-button/12-channel remote controls
The 4-button/12-channel remote controls are ultra-sophisticated miniature radio
transmitters powered by a tiny 12-volt battery. Range is up to 100 feet. A weak
remote control battery will reduce range. Electrical interference and even sunspots
can interrupt the signal from your remote control to the system. If this happens,
repeatedly press the remote control button (this works better than holding the button
down). The 4-button/12-channel remote control is the key to your system. It has
Clifford’s Anti-CodeGrabbing™ (ACG) technology for the ultimate protection
against “code-grabbing” devices (see page 8). You will use your remote control to
arm and disarm the system, lock and unlock the doors, activate the panic feature,
enable/exit valet mode, command options such as a remote trunk release, power
window operation, electric garage door interface and even remote starting of the
engine and heater or air conditioner, among other options.
How to use your keychain remote control
Your remote control can individually
command up to 12 different system
functions and options. It’s like having a
TV with 12 channels. You change
channels (functions) with your keychain
remote control. But instead of putting 12
buttons on the remote, we made it easy:
To transmit either channel 1, 2, 3 or 4:
Just press either button 1, 2, 3 or 4.
For instance, to transmit channel 3, press button 3. While you transmit, the
LED indicator will blink once every second: this indicates level 1.
To transmit either channel 5, 6, 7 or 8: Press the LevelShift button once. This
shifts buttons 1–4 to level 2 (channels 5–8). Then press the desired button
within the next 7 seconds. For instance, to transmit channel 5, press the
LevelShift button once, then press button 1. While you transmit, you’ll notice
that the LED indicator blinks twice, pauses, blinks twice, etc.: this indicates
level 2.
To transmit channel 9, 10, 11 or 12: Press the LevelShift button twice. This
shifts buttons 1–4 to level 3 (channels 9–12). Then press the corresponding
button within the next 7 seconds. For instance, to transmit channel 12, press
the LevelShift button twice, then press button 4. While you transmit, you’ll
notice that the LED blinks three times, pauses, blinks three times, etc.: this
indicates level 3.
NOTE: One second after you stop transmitting level 2 or level 3 (channels 5–12),
the remote control automatically returns to level 1 (channels 1–4).
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What each button/channel does
Your ACE 300 remote controls come pre-programmed so that certain channels
command certain functions. If you wish, you can actually assign any channel to any
function (see pages 13-14). The following chart indicates what each remote control
channel number does, and how to transmit each channel number.
Factory settings of the 12 remote control channels
Transmitting
channel
number: Causes the system to: Press the
LevelShift
button?
How
many
times?
Press
button
number
1arm or disarm and lock or unlock the doors no —1
2optionally pop the trunk (if the system is disarmed) no —2
3silently arm or disarm no —3
4activate optional accessory function #1 no —4
5remotely enter or exit valet mode (see page 9) yes once 1
6activate optional accessory function #2 yes once 2
7activate optional accessory function #3 yes once 3
8activate optional accessory function #4 yes once 4
9activate optional accessory function #5 yes twice 1
10 activate optional accessory function #6 yes twice 2
11 activate optional accessory function #7 yes twice 3
12 activate optional accessory function #8 yes twice 4
TO ARM
THE SYSTEM . . . . . . . Press button 1 (channel 1) once. You will hear two chirps and
the parking lights will flash twice. The dashboard LED will
flash repeatedly and the car doors will automatically lock.
TO DISARM
THE SYSTEM . . . . . . . Press button 1 (channel 1) again. One chirp and one parking
light flash confirms disarming. In addition, the doors will
automatically unlock and the interior lights will turn on and
stay on for 30 seconds or until you start the engine, whichever
occurs first.
TO SILENTLY
ARM OR DISARM. . . Press button 3 (channel 3). The system will arm or disarm
with all the indications noted above except the chirp
acknowledgments.
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TO ACTIVATE
THE PANIC
FEATURE . . . . . . . . . .
Press button 1 (channel 1) for 3 seconds. The parking lights
will flash repeatedly and the siren will blare for 30 seconds or
until you press button 1 again to turn it off. If the ignition is on
(indicating you are in the car), the doors will automatically
lock to prevent an assailant from entering. If the ignition is
off, the doors will unlock, allowing you to enter immediately
without fumbling with your keys.
TO REMOTELY
OPEN THE TRUNK . . . Button 2 (channel 2) can optionally pop the trunk when the
system is disarmed. Pressing button 2 while the system is
armed will not activate this option to ensure against false
alarms.
TO ACTIVATE
OTHER OPTIONS
REGARDLESS OF
ALARM STATE. . . . . . .
Button 4 (channel 4) and channels 6–12 (see How to use your
keychain remote control on page 6) can activate accessories
such as the IntelliStart remote engine starter, remote power
window control, electric garage door and entry gate opener(s),
ACE 300 systems on your other vehicles, etc.
What about
channel 5? . . . . . . . .Channel 5 controls remote valet mode entry/exit (see page 9).
Anti-CodeGrabbing™ (ACG) with Random Code Encryption
A Clifford exclusive that protects you and your automobile from the most effective
and onerous car stealing device ever used by car thieves — a code-grabber.
Code-grabbers are far more effective and efficient than scanning. Unlike scanners
that sequentially transmit one digital code after another until they hit the correct
code to disarm the alarm (a process that may take minutes to years depending on the
system’s total number of codes), code-grabbers literally record, from hundreds of
feet away, the code sent by your car alarm remote control. Then the thief simply
plays back the code when you’re gone, instantly disarming the alarm and unlocking
the doors. It’s like giving the thief your car keys. Non-Clifford alarms can be
defeated that easily. In contrast, Clifford systems use complex digital signal
processing and unbreachable encryption to randomly change the digital code every
time you use the remote control. Your remote will never transmit the same code
twice, and the control unit will never accept the same code twice. Thus the code
recorded and played back by the thief’s code-grabber will never be accepted by your
ACE 300. Only ACG can make a car alarm impervious to code-grabbing, and only
Clifford systems have ACG with Random Code Encryption.
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Enhanced AutoArming™
If this feature is enabled and you forget to remotely arm, ACE 300 automatically arms
itself 30 seconds after the doors are closed. For your convenience, if you re-open any
door(s) within the 30-second countdown, AutoArming will restart from the beginning
once all doors are closed. ACE 300 has these additional AutoArming features:
AutoArming enable/disable: If you prefer, you may deactivate or reactivate
the AutoArming feature. See User-selectable features on pages 13-14.
AutoArm & Lock: To ensure you can’t accidentally lock your keys inside the
car, the system is factory-set not to lock the doors upon AutoArming. To
change this setting, see User-selectable features on pages 13-14.
Instant AutoArming bypass: Prevents AutoArming when fueling the vehicle
and other times when you wish to temporarily bypass AutoArming. To do so,
rapidly turn the ignition switch to “ON” then “OFF” twice. You will hear a
single siren chirp to confirm that the system will not AutoArm. Your ACE
300 will revert to its normal operating mode when you next start the engine.
Valet mode
Whenever the system is put in valet mode, all of the system’s security features are
switched off. At various times, you will need to turn the system off. For instance,
when having your car serviced, washed or parked by a valet.
NOTE: If you temporarily lose the use of your remote controls, you can disarm
the system by enabling valet mode.
To enable valet mode
1. Turn the ignition switch to its “ON” position or start the engine.
2. Flip the valet switch. The system’s LED will glow for on-going confirmation.
To exit valet mode
1. Turn the ignition switch to its “ON” position or start the engine.
2. Flip the valet switch. The system’s LED will turn off to confirm that the system
is in its normal operating mode.
Remote controlled valet mode entry and exit
You can remotely enable or exit valet mode via your remote control. Just transmit
channel 5 (one press of the side LevelShift button, then button 1). In addition to the
previously noted indications, two parking light flashes will confirm that you have
remotely enabled valet mode, while a single flash confirms exiting of valet mode.
Keyless entry in valet mode
Even in valet mode, you can still remotely convenience features. Press button 1 as if
disarming and the doors will unlock (indicated by one parking light flash) and the
interior light will turn on. Press button 1 again and the doors lock (two flashes).
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