Clifford Wireless Immobilizer XL 500 User manual

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Standard Features of the XL500
✔Lifetime Warranty— For as long as you own the vehicle (see warranty card for details).
✔FACT™ — False Alarm Control and Test — Eliminates recurring false alarms.
✔A Pair of 2-Button/3-Channel Remote Controls — Fingertip control from 100’ away.
✔Patented Remote Control Code Learning and MultiRemote™ Recognition — Add or
delete, with just a few flicks of a switch, up to 2 different Clifford remote controls.
✔Multiple-Car Control — Allows you to command, with the same remote control, a
Clifford vehicle security system on your second vehicle.
✔AntiScan™ — Blocks electronic scanners from disarming the alarm.
✔Remote Controlled Chirp Muting — Lets you arm or disarm silently anytime you
wish (the parking lights provide visual confirmation).
✔Remote Door Lock/Unlock Outputs — Automatically locks/unlocks your vehicle’s
doors when you remotely arm/disarm your XL500 (some vehicles require optional
relays).
✔Parking Light Flasher Output— Visually confirms alarm status from a distance (most
vehicles require an optional relay).
✔Patented AutoTesting™ — Automatically tests for any trigger/sensor malfunction.
✔Malfunction AutoBypass™ — Bypasses any malfunction and arms all other points.
✔Patented Prior Intrusion Attempt Alert — Identifies whether a trigger or a sensor was
activated during an attempted intrusion while you where away.
✔Advanced CMOS Microprocessor — Commands and monitors system functions
more than 10,000 times per second, yet draws less power than your car’s clock.
✔Full-Time Remote Panic — For your safety, you can remotely activate the siren and
flashing parking lights from inside or outside the vehicle, even while driving.
✔High-Output Siren — Very loud alarm sound with automatic noise abatement to
ensure against excessive battery drain or towing of the vehicle due to noise
pollution.
✔Smart AutoArming™ — Arms itself “passively” if you forget.
AutoArming Enable/Disable — Enable or disable AutoArming any time.
User-Selectable AutoArm & Lock — Select whether the doors lock upon AutoArming.
✔Fault-Proof Starter Interrupt Output— With the addition of an optional relay,
prevents an intruder from starting the engine.
✔Magnetic Resonance Sensor™ — Detects intrusion-related vibrations and impacts.
✔High-Luminescence LED Status Indicator — Adds visual deterrence and provides
alarm status confirmation.
✔Hood/Trunk Trigger Input — For full perimeter protection of the engine
compartment and trunk contents (may require optional pin switches and wiring).
✔User-Friendly Programming — A few flicks of a switch is all it takes.
✔Secured Valet Mode — Permits vehicle servicing and valet parking without
relinquishing your remote control.
1

Your 2-button/3-channel remote controls
The 3-button/3-channel remote control is a miniature radio transmitter powered by a
tiny 12-volt battery. Range is up to 100 feet. Obstructions, electrical interference,
weather conditions or a weak battery will reduce the range. Your 2-button/3-channel
remote is the key to your XL500 system. You will use it to arm and disarm the
system, lock and unlock the doors, activate the panic feature and control options
such as a remote trunk release. Additional remote controls and remote control
batteries are available from any Authorized Clifford Dealer, or call our 24-hour
Customer Service Department toll-free at [phone].
TO ARM
THE SYSTEM . . . . . . . Press button I once. You will hear two chirps and the parking
lights will flash twice (most vehicles require an optional
parking light relay). The dashboard LED will flash repeatedly
and the car doors will automatically lock (some vehicles
require optional relays). Any attempt to break into the vehicle
will sound the siren, optionally flash the parking lights and, if
you have this option, electronically disable the starter.
TO DISARM
THE SYSTEM . . . . . . . Press button I again. One chirp and, optionally, one flash of
the parking lights, will confirm disarming. In addition, the car
doors will unlock.
TO SILENTLY
ARM OR DISARM. . . Simultaneously press buttons I+II. The system will arm or
disarm with all the indications noted above except the chirps.
TO ACTIVATE
THE PANIC
FEATURE . . . . . . . . . .
Press button I for 3 seconds. The parking lights will flash
repeatedly (again, most vehicles require an optional parking
light relay) and the siren will blare for 30 seconds, or until you
press button I again to turn it off.
TO ACTIVATE
AN OPTION . . . . . . . Button II may activate a remote controlled option, such as a
remote trunk release, IntelliStart remote engine starter,
NightVision’s remote headlight activation feature, the venting
and rolldown features of SmartWindows II, etc.
AntiScan™
Car thieves use electronic scanners that rapidly transmit one remote control code after
another to defeat ordinary car alarms. AntiScan prevents scanners from disarming your
system.
2

AutoArming™
If this feature is enabled and you forget to remotely arm your XL500, the system will
arm itself automatically (“passively”)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. Your XL500
includes these additional AutoArming features:
AutoArming enable/disable:If you prefer, you may deactivate or reactivate the
AutoArming feature. See User-selectable features on page 6.
AutoArm & Lock: To ensure that 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 page 6.
NOTE: To prevent AutoArming of the system when fueling the vehicle, either
enable valet mode (see below) or leave one of the doors open.
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. Flick 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. Flick the valet switch. The LED will turn off to confirm that the system is in its
normal operating mode.
Magnetic Resonance Sensor™
The Magnetic Resonance Sensor detects intrusion-related vibrations and impacts. For
an even greater level of security, consider Clifford Electronics optional sensors: the
Glass Tampering Sensor (detects attempts to break any of your vehicle’s windows)
OmniSensor (a digital analysis vibration/impact sensor) and/or the Proximity Sensor
(a passenger compartment radar sensor, particularly important for convertible and
other open-top cars).
3

AutoTesting™
Each time you remotely arm your XL500, it will automatically perform an extensive
series of tests on all the system’s triggers and sensors. If a trigger malfunction is
found, you will be visually and audibly alerted immediately with 4 chirps and 4
flashes of the parking lights instead of the usual 2 and 2. If a sensor is
malfunctioning, you will receive the usual 2 chirps and 2 flashes, then, a few
seconds later, there will be 4 chirps and 4 flashes.
Automatic malfunction bypass
To provide the utmost protection even if a system component malfunctions, your
XL500 will automatically bypass the faulty point and arm all other triggers and
sensors to provide the utmost possible protection until you can have the system
serviced by your local Authorized Clifford Dealer.
FACT™— False Alarm Control and Test
With FACT, you’ll never experience repeated false alarms. If your siren goes off,
DO NOT remotely disarm the system while the siren sounds; allow it to run for the
full siren duration of 30 seconds. Before sounding the siren a second time, the
system automatically checks for another activated trigger to verify that an intrusion
is in progress. Should the siren sound again, you will know for sure that someone is
tampering with your vehicle. (To disable FACT, see User-selectable features on
page 6.)
Prior intrusion attempt alert
When you remotely disarm, if you hear 3 chirps instead of the usual one chirp it
means that the system foiled an intrusion attempt while you were away.
How to interpret the chirps
When you use the remote control, the system will respond with chirps and, optionally,
flashes the parking lights to confirm system status. The meaning of these
acknowledgments is as follows:
Chirps Meaning
1Alarm is disarmed, you may enter the vehicle
2Alarm is armed and protecting your vehicle
2 and then 4 Alarm is armed, but there is a sensor malfunction (see AutoTesting above)
3Alarm is disarmed, but there was an intrusion attempt (see Prior intrusion attempt alert above)
4Alarm is armed, but there is a trigger malfunction (see AutoTesting above)
4

Optional automatic starter interrupt
Your XL500, if equipped with an optional relay, will automatically prevent engine
from being started while the system is armed.
How to interpret the LED status indicator
The LED status indicator on your vehicle’s dashboard or console is used to inform
you of the system status:
LED Condition Meaning
Off System is disarmed and in normal operating mode (i.e., valet mode is off)
On Valet mode is on, the vehicle can be driven or serviced without having to disarm
Flashing System is armed and protecting your vehicle
Pause between flashes Either a malfunction or an intrusion was attempted (see page 4)
High-output siren
Provides these additional features:
Patented automatic noise abatement: Limits alarm sounding to no more than
three minutes even if a door is left open in the wake of an intrusion attempt.
This ensures against excessive battery drain and towing of the vehicle due to
noise pollution.
Remote controlled chirp muting: Remote controlled chirp muting capabilities
are especially valuable when parking late at night in a quiet residential area. To
arm or disarm silently, simply press both buttons I+II on your remote control
instead of the usual button I.
SmartPowerUp™
If power is ever removed and restored in an attempt to steal your car,
SmartPowerUp automatically will re-arm the system, sound the siren, flash the
parking lights and electronically interrupt the starter. To disconnect power for
servicing, simply insert your key into the ignition and turn it to the “ON” position
before reconnecting power. Your XL500 recognizes this an an authorized power
reconnection and will not alarm.
5

User-selectable features
Your XL500 vehicle security system allows you to set many of its features to your own
personal preferences. We have made the programming procedures very simple: to make
a change, you just flick the valet switch a few times. The system comes from the factory
with all of its features pre-programmed as noted in the table below. To change any of the
settings, use the procedure noted. To restore the feature to its factory setting, just repeat
the procedure:
1. Select the feature you wish to program from the table below and on the following
page. Note the number of flicks and chirps associated with that feature.
2. Turn your vehicle’s ignition switch to its “ON” position.
3. Immediately flick the valet switch back and forth, counting the number of chirps
you hear. Stop when you reach the number associated with the feature you selected.
4. If noted, perform the “secondary action.”
5. After a 3-second pause, you will hear 1 chirp to confirm that you have changed
the setting of the feature. Turn the ignition off.
6. Repeat steps 1-5 for any other features you wish to program.
Programming table for user-selectable features
Feature Factory
setting
# of flicks
and
chirps
Secondary
action
Program
completion
confirmation Result
AutoArming ON 4—1 chirp 3
seconds after
last step Change state from
ON to OFF or vice-versa
AutoArm
& Lock OFF 5—1 chirp 3
seconds after
last step Change state from
ON to OFF or vice-versa
FACT —
False Alarm
Control and
Test ON 12 —1 chirp 3
seconds after
last tap Change state from
OFF to ON or vice-versa
Add a New
Remote to
Channel 1
(arm/disarm) —13 Press remote control button I1 chirp Button I/channel 1 code
of the new remote control
has been memorized
Add a New
Remote to
Channel 2
(remote
accessory)
—14 Press remote control button II 2 chirps Button II/channel 2 code
of the new remote control
has been memorized
Add a New
Remote to
Channel 3
(silent
arm/disarm)
—15 Simultaneously press
remote control buttons I+II 3 chirps Buttons I+II/channel 3 code
of the new remote control
has been memorized
6

Adding new remote controls
Your XL500 will respond to as many as two Clifford 3-channel remote controls.
You can buy additional remote controls from any Authorized Clifford Dealer (or
call our 24-hour Customer Service Department at 800-824-3208) and program them
into the system yourself. To add a new remote control to the system, use the
procedures noted in the User-selectable features section on page 6.
How to erase the codes of lost or stolen remote controls
If one of your remote controls is ever lost or stolen, you can push its digital codes
out of system memory to make sure that the missing remote control can never be
used to disarm your system. Just use the Adding new remote controls procedures
noted in the User-selectable features section on page 6 for a total of two times (if
you have only one remote control, program it twice).
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Example
To change the AutoArming feature from its factory setting of on to off, you
would do the following:
Turn the ignition key to the ON position.
Immediately flick the valet switch 4 times (you a chirp each time you
flick the switch for a total of four chirps).
Wait 3 seconds. The system will sound one more chirp to confirm that
the AutoArming setting has been changed.
Turn the ignition off (you’ll hear 3 chirps to confirm exit of program
mode).
That’s all there is to it!