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by **glenandemm** » Tue May 26, 2015 3:31 pm

does anyone know if unlocking the door with a key will deactivate this alarm, im about to order one but its useless if people can open the door and it turns the alarm off!!

by **glenandemm** » Tue May 26, 2015 10:34 pm

Has anyone fitted one of these to they're mk7 on here too?
I really have to get an alarm ordered asap as I'm up every night when i hear a noise or the dogs yapping!!
I just want a basic alarm that goes off if the doors are opened with one of those tibb pickers etc but don't want to fit the factory alarms as I don't have ids to set up or want to bother with trying to get Mondeo looks etc?

by **scottmarc** » Tue May 26, 2015 10:47 pm

Not sure but ive got toad cat 1 and opening door with key sets it off

by **Altransit** » Wed May 27, 2015 9:30 am

Even the factory fitted Mk7 alarm goes off if you open the door with a key, but turning on the ignition silences it.

I have a Cobra alarm which has a separate fob, which won't deactivate unless you use the Cobra fob, so opening the door or breaking a window will set it off whatever you use to unlock the vehicle :mrgreen:

by **glenandemm** » Wed May 27, 2015 6:23 pm

Cheers pal, I might just buy a cheap toad alarm instead and just use that at nights to activate the alarm!

by **glenandemm** » Wed May 27, 2015 6:27 pm

Anyone fitted one of those £60-80 alarms that have a pager with them and remote start etc, I'm only interested in alarm going off if doors opened and possibly using the immobiliser wire too!

by **HARRYSPADGE** » Thu May 28, 2015 11:28 pm

glenandemm wrote:does anyone know if unlocking the door with a key will deactivate this alarm, im about to order one but its useless if people can open the door and it turns the alarm off!!

I have this alarm fitted on my MK7 and I can safely say NO, unlocking the door with a key does not deactivate the alarm providing its wired in correctly.
The instructions supplied for this alarm aren't 100% correct so when I fitted mine I had to contact the technical department at Cobra who told me the correct wires to tap in to.
It's a good alarm so don't dismiss it, and they're pretty cheap on eBay.

by **glenandemm** » Sat May 30, 2015 1:00 am

Cheers Matey do you have any links to them on eBay pal, I've only found them online elsewhere at £95 cheapest at moment!

by **stephenferguson** » Sat May 30, 2015 9:00 pm

my mate had a cobra fitted after hearing about all the thefts. at first it didn't sound when the door opened but they came back and re jigged it so it did go off... not sure how tho.

by **HARRYSPADGE** » Sun May 31, 2015 3:28 pm

glenandemm wrote:Cheers Matey do you have any links to them on eBay pal, I've only found them online elsewhere at £95 cheapest at moment!

Just had a look myself, it seems there is none available on there at the moment.
£95 is a good price for one of these though.

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