Radio Shack CENTRAL 5000 49-2570 User manual

Cat. No. 49-2570
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
CENTRAL 5000
Monitored Wireless Security Alarm System
MOTION DETECTOR
ARM AC POWERMONITOR BATTERY LOW
ZONES
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BYPASS
ON - LIGHTS - OFF
ZONES 9-16
PANIC
AWAY - ARM - HOME
plug'n power
C O M P A T I B L E
CENTRAL 5000
MONITORED WIRELESS SECURITY ALARM SYSTEM
BATTERY
ARM
DISARM
ON
OFF
PANIC
LIGHTS
PANIC
ARM
HOME
ARM
AWAY
SECURITY
LIGHT
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INSTANTDELAY
BRIGHT DIM
ENTRY
WIRELESS
SECURITY
SYSTEM
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AUTOMATIC
MESSAGE
DIALLER
plug'n power
C O M P A T I B L E
DISARM
ON OFF
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FEATURES
Radio Shack and ORCA, the security monitoring company, are independent of one another.
No warranty or guarantee of performance of the ORCA Monitoring Service Agreement
is provided by Radio Shack.
© 1995 Tandy Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
Radio Shack is a registered trademark used by Tandy Corporation.
ORCA is a registered trademark of ORCA Technology
You can install the Radio Shack Cen-
tral 5000 Monitored Wireless Security
Alarm System anywhere in your home
using existing wiring. The system uses
radio frequencies, so it does not need
more wiring. It includes a handheld re-
mote, a keychain remote, two door/
window sensor transmitters, a motion
detector, and a lamp module so you
can immediately use the system. The
console monitors up to 16 sensor
transmitters (with additional remote
sensor transmitters) and sounds its
built-in alarm and calls ORCA Monitor-
ing Services when a violation occurs.
Here are the system’s features.
Two Door/Window Sensor Trans-
mitters — trigger the console’s built-in
alarm when a secured door or window
opens (additional sensor transmitters,
Cat. No. 49-2585).
Handheld Remote — lets you control
the system plus lights and appliances
connected to Plug ´n Power modules
(additional handheld remotes, Cat. No.
49-2591T).
Ke
y
chain Remote — lets you arm/dis-
arm the system and control lights and
appliances (additional keychain re-
motes, Cat. No. 49-2591).
Lamp Module — lets you turn on/off a
lamp using a remote control. The lamp
also flashes during an alarm (addition-
al lamp modules, Cat. No. 61-2682).
Motion Detector — protects an area
an intruder might enter (additional mo-
tion detectors, Cat. No. 49-2589).
Plu
g
´n Power Compatible Desi
g
n—
lets you add a total of 16 door/window
sensor transmitters, lamp modules,
motion detectors, and other accesso-
ries to customize your system.
Supervised Operation — keeps track
of each door/window sensor transmit-
ter’s status and alerts you if there is a
problem (such as an intrusion or a low
battery).
ORCA-Monitored Securit
y
—means
you get 24-hour monitoring to alert the
police, neighbors, or you at work if the
system detects an unauthorized entry.
Auto Timer—gives your home a
lived-
in
look when you are away by turning
on one module and randomly turning
on and off up to three other modules
from dusk until about 11:30 PM (re-
quires additional modules).
Important: In some areas, you must
get a permit for monitored alarm ser-
vice. We recommend that you contact
your local law enforcement agency
and inquire about local alarm permits.
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Notes:
• In addition to the parts provided,
you need one 9V alkaline battery
(such as Radio Shack Cat. No.
23-553) to operate the console;
six AAA alkaline batteries (such
as Cat. No. 23-558)—two to oper-
ate the keychain remote control
and four to operate the handheld
remote control; and eight AA alka-
line batteries (such as Cat. No.
23-552)—two in each door/win-
dow sensor transmitter and four to
operate the motion detector.
• The suitability of this system to
perform as a burglar alarm or
emergency service device has not
been evaluated by Underwriters’
Laboratories, Inc.
Warning: To prevent fire or shock haz-
ard, do not expose this product to rain
or moisture.
This symbol is intended to alert you to
the presence of uninsulated dangerous
voltage within the product’s enclosure
that might be of sufficient magnitude to
constitute a risk of electric shock. Do
not open the product’s case.
This symbol is intended to inform you
that important operating and mainte-
nance instructions are included in the
literature accompanying this product.
READ THIS BEFORE
INSTALLATION
Your console’s telephone dialer is de-
signed to conform to federal regula-
tions, and you can connect it to most
telephone lines. However, each tele-
phone or telephone device that you
connect to the telephone line draws
power from the telephone line. We re-
fer to this power draw as the device's
ringer equivalence number, or REN.
The REN is shown on the bottom of the
console.
If you use more than one telephone or
other device on the line, add up all the
RENs. If the total is more than five,
your telephones might not ring. In rural
areas, a total REN of three might im-
pair ringer operation. If ringer opera-
tion is impaired, remove a device from
the line.
Note: You must not connect your con-
sole to:
• Coin-operated systems
• Party-line systems
• Most electronic key telephone
systems
Your console’s telephone dialer com-
plies with Part 68 of
FCC Rules
. You
must, upon request, provide the FCC
registration number and the REN to
your telephone company. Both num-
bers are shown on the bottom of the
console.
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK.
DO NOT OPEN.
CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF
ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE
COVER OR BACK. NO USER-SERVICE-
ABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVIC-
ING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL.
CAUTION !
!
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CONTENTS
Glossar
y
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
How the S
y
stem Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Setting Up Monitored Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Plannin
g
Your Securit
y
S
y
stem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Assigning Security Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Reassigning Security Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Quick Installin
g
/Testin
g
Your S
y
stem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Setting Up the Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing the Keychain Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installing the Handheld Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Initializing the Door/Window Sensor Transmitters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Initializing the Motion Detector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Installing the Lamp Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Testing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Mountin
g
Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Mounting the Door/Window Sensor Transmitters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Mounting the Motion Detector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Making a Pet Zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Testing the Motion Detector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Arming/Disarming the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Arm Away/Arm Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Instant/Delay Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Trouble Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using the Panic Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Zone Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Viewing the Status of Zones 9-16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Other Console Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
During an Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
After an Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Controlling Plug ´n Power Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Turning Modules On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Using SECURITY LIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using BRIGHT/DIM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Resetting the Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Troubleshootin
g
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Replacing the Console’s Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Replacing the Remotes’ Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Replacing the Door/Window Sensor Transmitters’ Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Intercom Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
FCC Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Lightning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Telephone Line Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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GLOSSARY
Here are a few terms that will be help-
ful to know as you read this manual.
Arm and Disarm — Terms for on and
off. When you arm the system, you
turn on protection. Disarming the sys-
tem turns off protection.
Awa
y
Mode — Your system’s armed
mode when all sensor transmitters (in-
cluding motion detectors) are armed.
Console — The system’s main control
panel.
Delay Mode—A way of arming the
system so it delays sounding an alert if
a door/window sensor transmitter set
to DELAY reports an intrusion.
Door/Window Sensor Transmitter
— Triggers the alarm when a secured
door or window is opened.
Entr
y
/Exit Dela
y
— A setting on the
handheld remote control that allows
you time while entering and exiting
your house before the system arms or
the alarm trips.
Home Mode — The system’s armed
mode when only doors and windows
are armed (not motion detectors). This
prevents you from accidentally tripping
the motion detector(s) as you move
around the house.
Instant Mode — A way of arming the
system so the alarm immediately trips
if a door/window sensor transmitter set
to INSTANT or the motion detector re-
ports an intrusion.
Note: The keychain remote control
only arms the system in the instant
mode.
Motion Detector — Senses motion by
detecting a change in temperature
when someone walks across its path.
Remote Control — A device that lets
you arm and disarm the system away
from the console.
Violation — An alarm condition, such
as that caused by an opened door or
window, detected by a sensor trans-
mitter.
Zone — The area protected by a door/
window sensor transmitter, a motion
detector, or other sensing/transmitting
device.
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HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS
After you set up your account with
ORCA Monitoring Services, your sys-
tem calls and reports alarms to ORCA
Monitoring Services’ trained staff of se-
curity professionals. See “During an
Alarm” on Page 26.
The system also automatically calls
ORCA Monitoring Services about once
per month to perform a routine check-
in. This call is made between Midnight
and 6 AM to avoid possible interfer-
ence with other phone calls. If you lift
the handset and hear strange tones,
hang up and wait a few minutes for the
call to end. If ORCA Monitoring Servic-
es does not receive a check-in within
this time, they call you to let you know
of a possible problem with the system.
ORCA Monitoring Services can also
have the system blink the MONITOR
indicator and sound a chirp. If you see
this, call 1-800-FOR-ORCA to deter-
mine the problem.
SETTING UP
MONITORED SERVICE
Important: Your system is not fully op-
erational until ORCA Monitoring Ser-
vices programs the system.
To set up service, you need to:
• Fill out the enclosed monitoring
agreement and mail or fax it to
ORCA Monitoring Services.
• Install the system.
• Call ORCA Monitoring Services
by lifting your phone’s handset
and pressing MONITOR on the
console or by dialing 1-800-FOR-
ORCA (1-800-367-6722) from a
telephone on the same line as
your system.
During the call, ORCA Monitoring
Services instructs you to press
MONITOR on the system and then
hang up the phone. They then
program option settings (listed on
Pages 8–9) into the system. The
preferred settings work best for
most situations. However, you can
ask ORCA Monitoring Services to
change these settings to make the
system work best for you. (If you
do not ask for changes, the pre-
ferred settings are used.)
Note: The system beeps when
programming is complete. To
avoid interrupting system pro-
gramming, do not lift your tele-
phone’s handset until you hear the
beep.
After ORCA Monitoring Services pro-
grams your system, you can begin us-
ing it. However, they do not notify
emergency services of an alert until
they have received and responded to
your monitoring agreement. Allow 24
hours for faxed requests and 5 days for
mailed requests.
Note: Call 1-800-FOR-ORCA at least
5 days before you move to another ad-
dress.
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Place a check mark next to any settings you want to discuss with ORCA, and refer
to these settings when you call them to set up service.
oHouse Code
Preferred settin
g
:House Code A
Can be any House Code (A-P).
Your system can control all mod-
ules set to the same house code.
oFlashing Alert Unit Code
Preferred settin
g
:Unit Code 16
Can be any Unit Code (1-16). A
light connected to a module set to
the same House and Unit Codes
you select flashes when the alarm
is tripped, and can be controlled
by the SECURITY LIGHT buttons
on the handheld remote. This light
also turns on at dusk and turns off
around 11:30 PM when the sys-
tem is armed in the away mode.
oSilent Alarm
Preferred settin
g
: Audible alarm
Can be set to only call ORCA
Monitoring Services and not
sound the siren at all. If you select
silent alarm, you will hear no indi-
cation that the system has been
tripped.
oLived-In Look Unit Codes
Preferred settin
g
: 2, 3, and 4
You can select any three Unit
Codes. Modules set to the same
House Code and the three Unit
Codes you select turn on and off
at random times after dusk when
you arm the system in the away
mode. This gives your home a
lived-in appearance.
oEntry and Exit Delays
Preferred settin
g
: 60-second exit
delay; 30-second entry delay
Each can be set from 0 to 1000
seconds.
oDial Delay
Preferred settin
g
:40 Seconds
Can be set from 0 to 1000 sec-
onds. This sets how long the con-
sole waits after it has been tripped
before it calls ORCA Monitoring
Services.
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oTouch-Tone Dialing
Preferred settin
g
:Touch-tone
dialing
Can be set to use rotary dialing if
you do not subscribe to touch-
tone service from your local tele-
phone company.
oAlarm Flash Option
Preferred settin
g
: Flash only the
module set to the House and
Flashing Alert Unit Code you
select
You can have the system flash all
light modules set to the same
House Code or flash no modules
at all.
oPanic Alarm Dial
Preferred settin
g
:Always call
ORCA Monitoring Services when
the panic alarm is tripped
Can be set to only call ORCA
Monitoring Services if the system
is armed when the panic alarm is
tripped.
oLights Off Time
Preferred settin
g
: Turn random
and security lights off at 11:30 PM
Can be set to any time. The secu-
rity light turns on and lived-in
lights randomly turn on and off
around dusk, then turn off at the
time you select here.
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PLANNING YOUR SECURITY SYSTEM
Before you set up your system, draw a
security plan of your home. This is es-
pecially important if you install sensor
transmitters to protect several different
zones.
If you live in an upstairs apartment, the
front door might be the best place to
mount a door/window sensor transmit-
ter. If you live in a house or downstairs
apartment, you might want to cover a
back door or window.
Your security system has three goals:
• To prevent loss by discouraging
potential intruders.
• To scare intruders away before
they can take your property or
break into your home.
• To alert ORCA that someone is
breaking into your home.
To help accomplish these goals, you
should:
• Post decals on doors and win-
dows stating that your home is
protected by a security system.
Monitored Alarm decals are
included with your system. Addi-
tional decals (Cat. No. 49-507) are
available at your local Radio
Shack store.
• Choose a location for the console
where it is not easily accessible or
seen by intruders.
In addition, most police departments
offer information that might be helpful.
After making a preliminary plan, con-
tact your local police department to
see if they offer guidelines or other ser-
vices for planning a home securitysys-
tem.
Floorplan Goes Here
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