miniAlarm™ should answer after six rings. If the alarm has been tripped, you will hear your Personalized Alarm Message
played back to you, twice. By calling back and letting the miniAlarm™ answer, you have disabled the call-out feature and no
more calls will be made by the miniAlarm™.
NOTE! If you call back to the miniAlarm™ and the unit does not respond after 6 or 7 rings, it may mean the unit has
been disabled or tampered with.
B. At the miniAlarm™, enter your four digit security code followed by the star “*” key. This will discontinue the call-out feature and
DISARM the motion sensor. The Indicator Light should be off after you complete this.
This feature allows someone who is at the miniAlarm™ location to initiate an automatic call-out to all the programmed telephone
numbers. To activate the PANIC EMERGENCY feature, press the pound “#” key three or more times, quickly. The miniAlarm™ will
begin calling out to all three numbers immediately. The audible alarm will sound.
You can check the alarm status of the miniAlarm™ by calling the unit from any phone in the world. You can also “listen-in” to
background noises at the miniAlarm’s™ location by calling the miniAlarm™. To check the status or listen in:
A. Call your miniAlarm™ and let it ring six or seven times.
B. When your miniAlarm™ answers, it will play one of two messages to indicate if the unit is in alarm mode or not.
1. You will hear a short burst of beeps followed by your Personalized Alarm Message. This means the unit is either ARMED or
DISARMED, but not in alarm mode.
2. You will hear your Personalized Alarm Message only - no beeps. This means the unit is in alarm mode and has detected an
intruder. Help is needed immediately.
C. After either of these two responses, the miniAlarm’s™ on-board microphone will allow you to listen in to the background noises for
up to two minutes.
What happens when the power goes out at the miniAlarm™ location or if I unplug the miniAlarm™?
A. The back-up 9 Volt battery will begin powering the miniAlarm™ and will have enough power to call-out during an alarm for several
hours before running too low.
B. The programmed telephone numbers, your personalized alarm message and all settings will not be affected by an power outage
or if the back-up battery is dead.
Can I DISARM the miniAlarm™ remotely?
No. The miniAlarm™ can only be DISARMED at the miniAlarm™ location. You can remotely disable the call-out feature during an
alarm.
How do I get in and out of my home/apartment/business without tripping the miniAlarm™?
When ARMING the miniAlarm™, the miniAlarm™ gives you 20 seconds to leave the premises.
When coming home, you will most likely trip the alarm as you enter, but it gives you, 20 seconds to DISARM the alarm.
NOTE! If you don’t leave the premises or DISARM the miniAlarm™ in time, the unit will go into full alarm and begin dialing
out to your call-list. The only way at this time to DISARM the unit is to wait between dialing sequences and attempt to
DISARM the miniAlarm™ at that point. This is a security design to prevent intruders from attemping to DISARM once the
miniAlarm™ has detected an intruder.
Will the miniAlarm™ work with an answering machine or voice mail?
There are two parts to this question.
1. Will the miniAlarm™ leave a message on an answering machine or voice mail when calling about an alarm?
It may not. When the miniAlarm™ gets an answering machine or voice mail during its call-out, it automatically begins playing
your Personalized Alarm Message. The answering machine or voice mail is simultaneously playing its outgoing message. The
two may overlap, thus preventing a message from being recorded. If the outgoing message on the answering machine is short,
some of your Personalize Alarm Message may still be recorded.
2. Can I have an answering machine or voice mail at the miniAlarm™ location?
Yes. When you need to call your miniAlarm™, either to disable a call-out or to check the status, you must let the phone ring
at least 6 times before the miniAlarm™ can answer. The miniAlarm™ will count those six rings over a six minute period of time,
even if they accumulate over several phone calls to the miniAlarm. Therefore, call your answering machine and let it answer. Call
it again repeatedly until the miniAlarm™ answers.
PANIC EMERGENCY FEATURE
REMOTE STATUS CHECK & LISTENING-IN
COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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