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Sam
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Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:43 pm Post subject:
Car Alarm: LED Flashes to beat of stereo |
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I have a Black Widow 1800 Car Alarm installed in my Mazda3. Everything
is stock inside the car. I noticed the other night while sitting in the
car and listening to the stereo that the LED was flashing to the beat of
the stereo. The heavier the beat, the stronger the flash. I only had
the ignition in the ACC position. This problem is not always easy to
replicate; however, it shows up most of the time.
The car installer said that he's never heard of this problem before.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Sam
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Jim Rojas
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Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:33 pm Post subject:
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It may be just your mind playing tricks on you. If you stare at anything
long enough, it will seem to do strange things. If your car alarm has a
shock detector attached to it, it may be reacting to the vibrations of the
music bass beat.
Jim Rojas
"Sam" <none@none.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I have a Black Widow 1800 Car Alarm installed in my Mazda3. Everything
is stock inside the car. I noticed the other night while sitting in the
car and listening to the stereo that the LED was flashing to the beat of
the stereo. The heavier the beat, the stronger the flash. I only had
the ignition in the ACC position. This problem is not always easy to
replicate; however, it shows up most of the time.
The car installer said that he's never heard of this problem before.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Sam
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Crash Gordon
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Wed Nov 09, 2005 8:42 pm Post subject:
Re: Car Alarm: LED Flashes to beat of stereo |
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It sounds like a "feature" not a bug :-)
"Jim Rojas" <jrojas@tech-man.com> wrote in message
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| It may be just your mind playing tricks on you. If you stare at anything
| long enough, it will seem to do strange things. If your car alarm has a
| shock detector attached to it, it may be reacting to the vibrations of the
| music bass beat.
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| Jim Rojas
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| "Sam" <none@none.com> wrote in message
| news:SMhcf.441004$oW2.244572@pd7tw1no...
| >I have a Black Widow 1800 Car Alarm installed in my Mazda3. Everything
| > is stock inside the car. I noticed the other night while sitting in the
| > car and listening to the stereo that the LED was flashing to the beat of
| > the stereo. The heavier the beat, the stronger the flash. I only had
| > the ignition in the ACC position. This problem is not always easy to
| > replicate; however, it shows up most of the time.
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| > The car installer said that he's never heard of this problem before.
| > Any thoughts?
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| > Thanks
| > Sam
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e-nigma
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Wed Nov 09, 2005 8:46 pm Post subject:
Re: Car Alarm: LED Flashes to beat of stereo |
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"Sam" <none@none.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I have a Black Widow 1800 Car Alarm installed in my Mazda3. Everything
is stock inside the car. I noticed the other night while sitting in the
car and listening to the stereo that the LED was flashing to the beat of
the stereo. The heavier the beat, the stronger the flash. I only had
the ignition in the ACC position. This problem is not always easy to
replicate; however, it shows up most of the time.
The car installer said that he's never heard of this problem before.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Sam
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Does it do this with the car running or with the engine off?
It may be a low battery and the bass notes are dropping the battery voltage
enough to cause the alarm to flash the LED |
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Stanley Barthfarkle
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Wed Nov 09, 2005 10:16 pm Post subject:
Re: Car Alarm: LED Flashes to beat of stereo |
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Voltage induction. Your LED wire is probably run next to a speaker wire. The
varying voltage from the speaker wire is "inducing" a small amount of
voltage onto the LED wire. Do a google search on electro-magnetic induction.
"Sam" <none@none.com> wrote in message
news:SMhcf.441004$oW2.244572@pd7tw1no...
| Quote: | I have a Black Widow 1800 Car Alarm installed in my Mazda3. Everything
is stock inside the car. I noticed the other night while sitting in the
car and listening to the stereo that the LED was flashing to the beat of
the stereo. The heavier the beat, the stronger the flash. I only had
the ignition in the ACC position. This problem is not always easy to
replicate; however, it shows up most of the time.
The car installer said that he's never heard of this problem before.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Sam
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Stanley Barthfarkle
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Wed Nov 09, 2005 10:16 pm Post subject:
Re: Car Alarm: LED Flashes to beat of stereo |
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Voltage induction. Your LED wire is probably run next to a speaker wire. The
varying voltage from the speaker wire is "inducing" a small amount of
voltage onto the LED wire. Do a google search on electro-magnetic induction.
"Sam" <none@none.com> wrote in message
news:SMhcf.441004$oW2.244572@pd7tw1no...
| Quote: | I have a Black Widow 1800 Car Alarm installed in my Mazda3. Everything
is stock inside the car. I noticed the other night while sitting in the
car and listening to the stereo that the LED was flashing to the beat of
the stereo. The heavier the beat, the stronger the flash. I only had
the ignition in the ACC position. This problem is not always easy to
replicate; however, it shows up most of the time.
The car installer said that he's never heard of this problem before.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Sam
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Jim
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Wed Nov 09, 2005 11:34 pm Post subject:
Re: Car Alarm: LED Flashes to beat of stereo |
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Sam wrote:
| Quote: | I have a Black Widow 1800 Car Alarm installed in my Mazda3. Everything
is stock inside the car. I noticed the other night while sitting in the
car and listening to the stereo that the LED was flashing to the beat of
the stereo. The heavier the beat, the stronger the flash. I only had
the ignition in the ACC position. This problem is not always easy to
replicate; however, it shows up most of the time.
The car installer said that he's never heard of this problem before.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Sam
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I think that some of the ideas of the cause are good but ...... I'd
leave it alone. Sounds like a neat feature to me. You might think about
hooking it to your neon running lights.
Das Coo man! |
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JW
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 12:58 am Post subject:
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Have you battery tested and if OK, leave it...
"Sam" <none@none.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | I have a Black Widow 1800 Car Alarm installed in my Mazda3. Everything
is stock inside the car. I noticed the other night while sitting in the
car and listening to the stereo that the LED was flashing to the beat of
the stereo. The heavier the beat, the stronger the flash. I only had
the ignition in the ACC position. This problem is not always easy to
replicate; however, it shows up most of the time.
The car installer said that he's never heard of this problem before.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Sam
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Chris Mullins
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:30 am Post subject:
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Make a sacrifice to the gods....its obvious that you've angered them.
"Jim Rojas" <jrojas@tech-man.com> wrote in message
news:b0mcf.69027$An6.36717@trnddc08...
| Quote: | It may be just your mind playing tricks on you. If you stare at anything
long enough, it will seem to do strange things. If your car alarm has a
shock detector attached to it, it may be reacting to the vibrations of the
music bass beat.
Jim Rojas
"Sam" <none@none.com> wrote in message
news:SMhcf.441004$oW2.244572@pd7tw1no...
I have a Black Widow 1800 Car Alarm installed in my Mazda3. Everything
is stock inside the car. I noticed the other night while sitting in the
car and listening to the stereo that the LED was flashing to the beat of
the stereo. The heavier the beat, the stronger the flash. I only had
the ignition in the ACC position. This problem is not always easy to
replicate; however, it shows up most of the time.
The car installer said that he's never heard of this problem before.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Sam
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Doug L
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:42 am Post subject:
Re: Car Alarm: LED Flashes to beat of stereo |
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Lower the volume
Doug L
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"Sam" <none@none.com> wrote in message
news:SMhcf.441004$oW2.244572@pd7tw1no...
| Quote: | I have a Black Widow 1800 Car Alarm installed in my Mazda3. Everything
is stock inside the car. I noticed the other night while sitting in the
car and listening to the stereo that the LED was flashing to the beat of
the stereo. The heavier the beat, the stronger the flash. I only had
the ignition in the ACC position. This problem is not always easy to
replicate; however, it shows up most of the time.
The car installer said that he's never heard of this problem before.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Sam
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Jim
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 5:42 am Post subject:
Re: Car Alarm: LED Flashes to beat of stereo |
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Doug L wrote:
| Quote: | Lower the volume
Doug L
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Eh? Wahdyasay? |
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Chad Wahls
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Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:18 pm Post subject:
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"Stanley Barthfarkle" <sbarth@yahoo.con> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Voltage induction. Your LED wire is probably run next to a speaker wire.
The varying voltage from the speaker wire is "inducing" a small amount of
voltage onto the LED wire. Do a google search on electro-magnetic
induction.
Highly unlikely, it will need to act as a transformer and the LED will |
require far more current to illuminate than simple paralell induction will
induce. Also if this were the case the problem would be more prominent if
the engine were on as the amplifier would be receiving more voltage and
would have greater headroom. I vote for a big voltage drop at the alarm
module causing a hickup that flashes the lamp.
Chad |
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petem
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 3:58 am Post subject:
Re: Car Alarm: LED Flashes to beat of stereo |
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simple...
the ground or power line for both the alarm and radio are shared...and its
too small (cant handle the total load of current) or its week..(bad
connection)...
"Sam" <none@none.com> a écrit dans le message de news:
SMhcf.441004$oW2.244572@pd7tw1no...
| Quote: | I have a Black Widow 1800 Car Alarm installed in my Mazda3. Everything
is stock inside the car. I noticed the other night while sitting in the
car and listening to the stereo that the LED was flashing to the beat of
the stereo. The heavier the beat, the stronger the flash. I only had
the ignition in the ACC position. This problem is not always easy to
replicate; however, it shows up most of the time.
The car installer said that he's never heard of this problem before.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Sam
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Sam
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:43 am Post subject:
Re: Car Alarm: LED Flashes to beat of stereo |
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"Chad Wahls" <cwahls@uiuc.edu> wrote in message
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: Highly unlikely, it will need to act as a transformer and the LED
will
: require far more current to illuminate than simple paralell
induction will
: induce. Also if this were the case the problem would be more
prominent if
: the engine were on as the amplifier would be receiving more voltage
and
: would have greater headroom. I vote for a big voltage drop at the
alarm
: module causing a hickup that flashes the lamp.
What would cause a big voltage drop at the alarm module causing a
hickup that flashes the lamp? |
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Sam
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Fri Nov 11, 2005 5:43 am Post subject:
Re: Car Alarm: LED Flashes to beat of stereo |
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"petem" <petem001@gmail.com> wrote in message
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: simple...
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: the ground or power line for both the alarm and radio are
shared...and its
: too small (cant handle the total load of current) or its week..(bad
: connection)...
what would you suggest be the fix to rectify the situation? |
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