Car alarm question - where to install radar sensor
 

Where is the best place to install the microwave/radar/field disturbance
sensor? I have a Tuffy Console and was thinking about putting it inside the
arm rest. I have heard that under the plastic of the center console was
popular but having steel i'm not guessing it would work. IF it will go
through plastic i'm guessing some foam padding and a vinyl covering should
be OK.

It's a 2-stage sensor too, BTW, in case it matters. It was included with my
new Alpine alarm I just got at Circuit City for $38.xx brand new on
clearance. It's replacing my old alarm which apparently had a
non-functioning radar sensor....in the center console.

Shawn

Re: Car alarm question - where to install radar sensor
 

Hehe, you ought to take a look at the Mythbusters episode at Discovery where
they test all this radar gizmo's .-)

oil


"Endo" <me@oh.my> wrote in message
news:5PqdnYIQuuBzVtHfRVn-tg@comcast.com...
> Where is the best place to install the microwave/radar/field disturbance
> sensor? I have a Tuffy Console and was thinking about putting it inside
> the arm rest. I have heard that under the plastic of the center console
> was popular but having steel i'm not guessing it would work. IF it will
> go through plastic i'm guessing some foam padding and a vinyl covering
> should be OK.
>
> It's a 2-stage sensor too, BTW, in case it matters. It was included with
> my new Alpine alarm I just got at Circuit City for $38.xx brand new on
> clearance. It's replacing my old alarm which apparently had a
> non-functioning radar sensor....in the center console.
>
> Shawn
>
>

Re: Car alarm question - where to install radar sensor
 

Hehe, you ought to take a look at the Mythbusters episode at Discovery where
they test all this radar gizmo's .-)

oil


"Endo" <me@oh.my> wrote in message
news:5PqdnYIQuuBzVtHfRVn-tg@comcast.com...
> Where is the best place to install the microwave/radar/field disturbance
> sensor? I have a Tuffy Console and was thinking about putting it inside
> the arm rest. I have heard that under the plastic of the center console
> was popular but having steel i'm not guessing it would work. IF it will
> go through plastic i'm guessing some foam padding and a vinyl covering
> should be OK.
>
> It's a 2-stage sensor too, BTW, in case it matters. It was included with
> my new Alpine alarm I just got at Circuit City for $38.xx brand new on
> clearance. It's replacing my old alarm which apparently had a
> non-functioning radar sensor....in the center console.
>
> Shawn
>
>

Re: Car alarm question - where to install radar sensor
 

Hehe, you ought to take a look at the Mythbusters episode at Discovery where
they test all this radar gizmo's .-)

oil


"Endo" <me@oh.my> wrote in message
news:5PqdnYIQuuBzVtHfRVn-tg@comcast.com...
> Where is the best place to install the microwave/radar/field disturbance
> sensor? I have a Tuffy Console and was thinking about putting it inside
> the arm rest. I have heard that under the plastic of the center console
> was popular but having steel i'm not guessing it would work. IF it will
> go through plastic i'm guessing some foam padding and a vinyl covering
> should be OK.
>
> It's a 2-stage sensor too, BTW, in case it matters. It was included with
> my new Alpine alarm I just got at Circuit City for $38.xx brand new on
> clearance. It's replacing my old alarm which apparently had a
> non-functioning radar sensor....in the center console.
>
> Shawn
>
>

Re: Car alarm question - where to install radar sensor
 

I think you are confusing radar sensor with radar jammer. Yes, the Phazer
and the rest of the crap that Rocky Mountain Radar sells is nothing more
than a load of FUD. I have a radar detector, one of the better ones out
there...an Escort Passport. I'm covered as far as police radar detection
goes. Not that it helps much, only state troopers are allowed to use radar.
Everyone else uses VASCAR, which is only detectable as you are driving over
top the white lines painted across the road :) I do have an effective
X-band radar jammer that actually transmits a signal but it's usefulness has
declined since the introduction of K, KA, and LIDAR.

What I was talking about originally is the "dual sector digital radar
sensor" that alerts my car alarm when someone walks to close to the vehicle
or reaches inside while the top is off. I need to know what kind of
materials the signal will pass through and where the best place to mount it
inside my Wrangler is.

Shawn


"Odd-Inge" <oddinge@invenia.no> wrote in message
news:d2iv26$vkd$1@troll.powertech.no...
> Hehe, you ought to take a look at the Mythbusters episode at Discovery
> where they test all this radar gizmo's .-)
>
> oil
>
>
> "Endo" <me@oh.my> wrote in message
> news:5PqdnYIQuuBzVtHfRVn-tg@comcast.com...
>> Where is the best place to install the microwave/radar/field disturbance
>> sensor? I have a Tuffy Console and was thinking about putting it inside
>> the arm rest. I have heard that under the plastic of the center console
>> was popular but having steel i'm not guessing it would work. IF it will
>> go through plastic i'm guessing some foam padding and a vinyl covering
>> should be OK.
>>
>> It's a 2-stage sensor too, BTW, in case it matters. It was included with
>> my new Alpine alarm I just got at Circuit City for $38.xx brand new on
>> clearance. It's replacing my old alarm which apparently had a
>> non-functioning radar sensor....in the center console.
>>
>> Shawn
>>
>>
>
>

Re: Car alarm question - where to install radar sensor
 

I think you are confusing radar sensor with radar jammer. Yes, the Phazer
and the rest of the crap that Rocky Mountain Radar sells is nothing more
than a load of FUD. I have a radar detector, one of the better ones out
there...an Escort Passport. I'm covered as far as police radar detection
goes. Not that it helps much, only state troopers are allowed to use radar.
Everyone else uses VASCAR, which is only detectable as you are driving over
top the white lines painted across the road :) I do have an effective
X-band radar jammer that actually transmits a signal but it's usefulness has
declined since the introduction of K, KA, and LIDAR.

What I was talking about originally is the "dual sector digital radar
sensor" that alerts my car alarm when someone walks to close to the vehicle
or reaches inside while the top is off. I need to know what kind of
materials the signal will pass through and where the best place to mount it
inside my Wrangler is.

Shawn


"Odd-Inge" <oddinge@invenia.no> wrote in message
news:d2iv26$vkd$1@troll.powertech.no...
> Hehe, you ought to take a look at the Mythbusters episode at Discovery
> where they test all this radar gizmo's .-)
>
> oil
>
>
> "Endo" <me@oh.my> wrote in message
> news:5PqdnYIQuuBzVtHfRVn-tg@comcast.com...
>> Where is the best place to install the microwave/radar/field disturbance
>> sensor? I have a Tuffy Console and was thinking about putting it inside
>> the arm rest. I have heard that under the plastic of the center console
>> was popular but having steel i'm not guessing it would work. IF it will
>> go through plastic i'm guessing some foam padding and a vinyl covering
>> should be OK.
>>
>> It's a 2-stage sensor too, BTW, in case it matters. It was included with
>> my new Alpine alarm I just got at Circuit City for $38.xx brand new on
>> clearance. It's replacing my old alarm which apparently had a
>> non-functioning radar sensor....in the center console.
>>
>> Shawn
>>
>>
>
>

Re: Car alarm question - where to install radar sensor
 

I think you are confusing radar sensor with radar jammer. Yes, the Phazer
and the rest of the crap that Rocky Mountain Radar sells is nothing more
than a load of FUD. I have a radar detector, one of the better ones out
there...an Escort Passport. I'm covered as far as police radar detection
goes. Not that it helps much, only state troopers are allowed to use radar.
Everyone else uses VASCAR, which is only detectable as you are driving over
top the white lines painted across the road :) I do have an effective
X-band radar jammer that actually transmits a signal but it's usefulness has
declined since the introduction of K, KA, and LIDAR.

What I was talking about originally is the "dual sector digital radar
sensor" that alerts my car alarm when someone walks to close to the vehicle
or reaches inside while the top is off. I need to know what kind of
materials the signal will pass through and where the best place to mount it
inside my Wrangler is.

Shawn


"Odd-Inge" <oddinge@invenia.no> wrote in message
news:d2iv26$vkd$1@troll.powertech.no...
> Hehe, you ought to take a look at the Mythbusters episode at Discovery
> where they test all this radar gizmo's .-)
>
> oil
>
>
> "Endo" <me@oh.my> wrote in message
> news:5PqdnYIQuuBzVtHfRVn-tg@comcast.com...
>> Where is the best place to install the microwave/radar/field disturbance
>> sensor? I have a Tuffy Console and was thinking about putting it inside
>> the arm rest. I have heard that under the plastic of the center console
>> was popular but having steel i'm not guessing it would work. IF it will
>> go through plastic i'm guessing some foam padding and a vinyl covering
>> should be OK.
>>
>> It's a 2-stage sensor too, BTW, in case it matters. It was included with
>> my new Alpine alarm I just got at Circuit City for $38.xx brand new on
>> clearance. It's replacing my old alarm which apparently had a
>> non-functioning radar sensor....in the center console.
>>
>> Shawn
>>
>>
>
>

Re: Car alarm question - where to install radar sensor
 

Endo did pass the time by typing:

> What I was talking about originally is the "dual sector digital radar
> sensor" that alerts my car alarm when someone walks to close to the vehicle
> or reaches inside while the top is off. I need to know what kind of
> materials the signal will pass through and where the best place to mount it
> inside my Wrangler is.

Last time I saw one of those installed it was on the overhead roll bar.
Usually they have a sensor light you can see and will run without being hooked
into the alarm system.. So get a long power jumper (speaker cord) and test fit it
all over. Sensitivity depends on the material. Cloth and plastic block a bit,
glass blocks a bit more, metal compleatly obscures.

--
DougW

Re: Car alarm question - where to install radar sensor
 

Endo did pass the time by typing:

> What I was talking about originally is the "dual sector digital radar
> sensor" that alerts my car alarm when someone walks to close to the vehicle
> or reaches inside while the top is off. I need to know what kind of
> materials the signal will pass through and where the best place to mount it
> inside my Wrangler is.

Last time I saw one of those installed it was on the overhead roll bar.
Usually they have a sensor light you can see and will run without being hooked
into the alarm system.. So get a long power jumper (speaker cord) and test fit it
all over. Sensitivity depends on the material. Cloth and plastic block a bit,
glass blocks a bit more, metal compleatly obscures.

--
DougW

Re: Car alarm question - where to install radar sensor
 

Endo did pass the time by typing:

> What I was talking about originally is the "dual sector digital radar
> sensor" that alerts my car alarm when someone walks to close to the vehicle
> or reaches inside while the top is off. I need to know what kind of
> materials the signal will pass through and where the best place to mount it
> inside my Wrangler is.

Last time I saw one of those installed it was on the overhead roll bar.
Usually they have a sensor light you can see and will run without being hooked
into the alarm system.. So get a long power jumper (speaker cord) and test fit it
all over. Sensitivity depends on the material. Cloth and plastic block a bit,
glass blocks a bit more, metal compleatly obscures.

--
DougW