Clifford Falcon II User manual

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Falcon
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Table of Contents
Standard Features of the Falcon II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Your Premier 4-button/12-channel remote controls . . . . . 6
Optional 4-button/12-channel ACG remotes . . . . . . . . . 7
Anti-CodeGrabbing (ACG) capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
AutoArming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
AutoArming enable/disable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
AutoArm & Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Visual Acknowledgment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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
Piezo Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
How to interpret the LED status indicator . . . . . . . . . . 10
High-output siren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Long-term chirp silencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Remote controlled chirp muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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Table of Contents (cont.)
How to interpret the chirps and indicator light flashes . . . 10
FACT — False Alarm Control and Test . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Smart boot release option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Smart prior intrusion attempt alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Smart AutoTesting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Automatic malfunction bypass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
TotalRecall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Selectable starter/ignition interrupt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
AutoLock/AutoUnLock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SmartPowerUp II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
User-selectable features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Programming Table for 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 Falcon II
✔Lifetime Warranty — Clifford Electronics will repair or replace the control
unit and remote controls free of charge for as long as you own the vehicle
(see the 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 Premier 4-Button/12-Channel Remote Controls —For fingertip
command from a distance with a 4.3 billion code universe for security.
✔AntiScan — Some car thieves still use “scanners” that transmit one digital
code after another until they hit the one code that disarms the alarm.
AntiScan blocks scanners to prevent disarming by anyone other than you.
✔Anti-CodeGrabbing (ACG) Capability— A code-grabber allows a thief to
record and capture off the air the digital code transmitted by a remote
control when used to arm an alarm. When the vehicle owner leaves, the
thief replays the remote control’s captured code to disarm the alarm and
unlock the doors. When used with the optional 4-button/12-channel
remote controls, Falcon II makes thieves’ “code-grabbers” useless,
because each time you press the button on the remote control, a different
random code is transmitted. Clifford’s optional 4-button/12-channel ACG
remote controls never transmit the same code twice.
✔Full-Time Remote Panic with Automatic Door Locking and Unlocking — If
you feel threatened, a fingertip touch on your remote control will sound
the siren, flash the indicator 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 (some
vehicles require optional relays to control the power locks).
✔Remote Door Locking/Unlocking Capability — No more fumbling with keys
in the dark or bad weather! A press of a button on the remote
simultaneously arms your system and locks your vehicle’s power locks.
Another press disarms and unlocks.
User-Selectable AutoLock/AutoUnLock — Automatically locks the doors when
you start the engine, and automatically unlocks them when you turn it off.
Deluxe Remote Keyless Entry in Valet Mode — You can remotely lock and
unlock the doors as well as activate system accessories even while your
Falcon II is in valet mode.
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Standard Features of the Falcon II (cont.)
✔Remote Controlled Valet Mode — A press of a button on the remote
control allows you to enter or exit valet mode. Indicator light flashes
visually confirm valet mode entry and exit.
✔Remote Controlled Courtesy Lighting — For your safety and convenience,
when you remotely disarm your Falcon II, the interior lights turn on and
stay on until you start the engine or for 30 seconds, whichever occurs first.
✔Built-In Indicator Light Flasher — Visually confirms lock and system status.
✔Dual-Mode Chirp Silencing — Your choice of either long-term chirp
silencing or remote controlled chirp muting whenever you wish.
✔Patented AutoTesting—Automatically tests all system triggers and sensors
every time you remotely arm and warns you if you accidentally arm your
Falcon II system with the bonnet or boot open.
✔Patented Malfunction AutoBypass —In the unlikely event of a trigger or
sensor malfunction, Falcon II will automatically bypass the malfunction
and arm all other points to continue relentless protection of your vehicle.
✔Patented Prior Intrusion Attempt Alert — When you return to your vehicle
and remotely disarm your Falcon II, a special chirp and indicator light
flash sequence will audibly and visually alert you from a distance if an
intrusion attempt was foiled while you were away.
✔High-Output Siren — Loud siren wail.
Patented Automatic Noise Abatement — The Falcon II limits alarm sounding
to no more than 3 minutes even if a door is left open in the wake of an intrusion
attempt. This ensures against battery drain or towing of your vehicle due to noise
pollution. The system then automatically resets and re-arms all other points.
✔Selectable Starter/Ignition Interrupt— At the time of installation, 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!
✔Piezo Sensor— An all-electronic, solid-state vibration/impact sensor that
delivers the utmost reliability and provides more accurate discrimination
between genuine intrusion attempts and non-threatening conditions (like
a heavy vehicle passing by) that cause other sensors to false alarm.
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Standard Features of the Falcon II (cont.)
✔User-Selectable AutoArming— Automatically arms itself “passively” if
you forget to arm it with the remote control.
AutoArming Enable/Disable — Enable or disable the AutoArming feature with
just a few flicks of a switch.
AutoArm & Lock — If you wish, you may set the system to automatically lock
the doors every time it AutoArms.
Instant AutoArm Bypass — Just two quick turns of the ignition switch will
bypass the AutoArming feature for one cycle — perfect when fueling the
vehicle. The AutoArming feature is automatically restored the next time you
start the engine.
✔Smart Remote Boot Release Capability — An electronic interlock assures
that the optional remote boot release can be activated only when the
system is disarmed. To further prevent any possibility of unintentional
opening of the boot, the interlock also makes sure that the boot release
cannot be remotely activated while driving.
✔Patented Remote Control Code Learning with MultiRemote Recognition —
Just a few flicks of a switch lets you match to the system up to 4 different
12-channel Premier or ACG Clifford remote controls. Just as easily, a lost
or stolen remote control can be deleted from the system memory.
✔Multiple-Car Control— You can interface your Falcon II remote controls
with Falcon II systems on your other vehicles.
✔Control Unit with 4 Channels— For remote controlled system operation
and remote control of optional accessories.
✔Bonnet/Boot Trigger Input— For full perimeter protection of the engine
compartment and boot 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 immobilising the vehicle.
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Your Premier 4-Button/12-Channel Remote Controls
The Premier 4-button/12-channel remote controls are miniature radio transmitters.
Obstructions, interference or a weak remote control battery will reduce the range. Your
remote control is the key to your Falcon II. You will use it to arm or disarm the system,
lock or unlock the doors, activate its panic feature or control options such as a remote
boot release or IntelliStart remote engine starter. With the red side switch in the UP
position, buttons I-IV transmit channels 1-4; in the DOWN position, they transmit
channels 5-8. If you simultaneously press both buttons II and IV (regardless of the
side switch position), buttons I-IV transmit channels 9-12. These additional channels
can be used to control Falcon II systems and accessories on your other vehicle(s).
TO ARM
THE SYSTEM . . . . . . . Press button I once. You will hear two chirps and the indicator
lights will flash twice. The dashboard LED will flash
repeatedly and the car doors will automatically lock.
TO DISARM
THE SYSTEM . . . . . . . Press button I again. One chirp and one indicator 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
THE SYSTEM . . . . . . .
Press button III. Your Falcon II system will arm or disarm
with all the indications noted above except for the chirp
acknowledgments.
TO ACTIVATE
THE PANIC
FEATURE . . . . . . . . . .
Press button I for 3 seconds. The indicator lights will flash
repeatedly and the siren will blare for 30 seconds or until you
press button I again. 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 unlock,
letting you enter immediately without fumbling with your keys.
TO REMOTELY
OPEN THE BOOT. . . . Button II can control an optional remote boot release if the
system is disarmed. This ensures that you can’t accidentally
false-alarm the system while it’s armed.
TO ACTIVATE
OTHER OPTIONS. . . . .Button IV (channel 4) can activate another accessory such as
the IntelliStart remote engine starter, etc.
TO CONTROL
OTHER VEHICLES . . . .Channels 6–12 can operate Falcon II systems and accessories
on your other vehicles.
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WHAT ABOUT
CHANNEL 5 . . . . . . . .Channels 5 of the optional 4-button/12-channel ACG remote
control is used to remotely engage or disengage the system’s
valet mode. See pages 9 and 10 for details.
Optional 4-button/12-channel ACG remote controls
The optional 4-button/12-channel remote control incorporates Anti-CodeGrabbing
(ACG) technology for the ultimate protection against “code-grabbing” devices (see
page 13). The optional ACG 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. But instead of putting 12
buttons on the remote, we made it easy: First, the button you use the most — button
1 to arm, disarm, lock and unlock — is larger than the others. Buttons 2, 3 and 4 are
the smaller buttons to the right, below and left of button 1. The LevelShift button on
the side of the remote control allows you to select channels 5–12:
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 flash 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 flashes twice, pauses,
flashes 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 10, press
the LevelShift button twice, then press button 2. While you transmit, you’ll
notice that the LED flashes three times, pauses, flashes 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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Anti-CodeGrabbing (ACG) Capability
Clifford Electronics’ optional 4-button/12-channel Anti-CodeGrabbing (ACG)
remote controls protect you and your automobile from the most effective and
onerous car stealing device ever used by car thieves — a code-grabber.
Code-grabbers literally record, from hundreds of meters 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. Your Falcon II has
Clifford Electronics’ proprietary ACG technology built into its control unit. Our
ACG technology uses complex proprietary digital signal processing and
unbreachable encryption to randomly change the digital code every time you use the
optional 4-button/12-channel Anti-CodeGrabbing (ACG) remote control. Your
optional ACG remote control will never transmit the same code twice, and the
control unit will never accept the same code twice.
Clifford Electronics also offers an optional ACG interface (#64-128/ACG) to your
electric garage door/gate opener that not only allows you to command your garage
door and/or gate opener(s) via your optional Clifford ACG remote control, but also
protects your garage and home from burglars with code-grabbers.
AutoArming
If this feature is enabled and you forget to remotely arm, the system will
automatically arm itself 30 seconds after the vehicle 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. Falcon II 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.
Visual acknowledgment: Five seconds after you exit the vehicle and close all
the doors, the indicator lights will flash twice to confirm that the AutoArming
countdown is progressing. Then, 25 seconds later, the system will AutoArm
itself.
Instant AutoArming bypass: Prevents AutoArming when fueling the vehicle
and other times when you wish to temporarily bypass the AutoArming
feature. To activate Instant AutoArming Bypass, 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 Falcon II will revert to its
normal operating mode when you next start the engine.
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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 continually for on-going
visual confirmation of valet mode.
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 even enable or exit valet mode via your remote control. All you need to do
is transmit channel 5 (red side-switch down, then press button I or, on the optional
ACG remote control, one press of the side LevelShift button, then press button 1).
In addition to the previously noted indications, two indicator 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 if valet mode is enabled, you can still remotely control the convenience
features. For instance, simply press button I as if you were disarming and the doors
will unlock (confirmed by one indicator light flash) and the interior lights will turn
on. Press button 1 again and the doors lock (confirmed by two flashes). You can
also use the other channels to activate options such as an optional remote boot
release or optional remote engine starting.
Piezo Sensor
The Piezo Sensor detects intrusion-related vibrations and impacts. For an even
greater level of security, consider an optional Clifford Glass Tampering Sensor,
which detects any attempts to break any of the vehicle windows and/or a Proximity
Sensor, which uses radar to detect movement within the passenger compartment
(particularly recommended for convertibles).
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