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- Page 1 World-Class Auto Security AvantGuard Owner's Manual...
- Page 2 WARNING The AvantGuard III system is designed to be used ONLY on a fuel-injected, petrol or diesel powered vehicle with an automatic transmission. Installing AvantGuard III on a vehicle that has a manual transmission poses an EXTREME SAFETY RISK! Never install a Clifford remote engine starting product on a manual transmission vehicle.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Standard Features of the AvantGuard III ....Remote Engine Starting Features ......5 Security and Additional Convenience Features . - Page 4 Table of Contents Remote controlled seat positioning Dual sensors ........21 Remote controlled sensor adjustments .
- Page 5 Table of Contents QuietChirps ........26 Siren duration .
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Page 6: Standard Features Of The Avantguard Iii
Standard Features of the AvantGuard III Lifetime Warranty — For as long as you own the vehicle, Clifford Electronics will repair or replace the control unit and remote controls free of charge (see warranty card for full details). FACT—False Alarm Control and Test innovations, FACT absolutely, positively puts an end to recurring false alarms. -
Page 7: Remote Engine Starting Features
30 minutes, whichever occurs first. If needed, the process will repeat every eight hours. AutoStart is automatically canceled as soon as the vehicle is driven. n Temperature Mode — You may set the AvantGuard III to AutoStart your vehicle if the engine temperature drops below 15°F (-9°C). n Dual-Mode —... -
Page 8: Security And Additional Convenience Features
UltraSecure Coded Valet Mode any thief can find within seconds to turn off the alarm. In contrast, Clifford’s UltraSecure Coded Valet Mode provides remarkable security utilising an attractive console-mounted switch. This switch is easy to use and allows you to set your own personal code with up to 1,000 different possibilities. - Page 9 Smart Self-Powered Circuitry — Unlike other battery-backed sirens, the AvantGuard III siren only draws power for its internal battery while you’re driving, so it can’t drain the battery of your parked car like all other battery backup sirens. n Automatic Low Battery Warning battery voltage is low or if its internal battery fails to hold a charge.
- Page 10 Security and Additional Convenience Features A Pair of Remotely Adjustable Dual-Zone Sensors Dual-Zone Proximity Sensor IV and a Dual-Zone Piezo Sensor giving four times the protection. n Digital Dual-Zone Proximity Sensor IV perimeter protection: If someone is lurking near your car, the system sounds a one-second warning tone, but if a thief leans into the passenger compartment through an open window, the system instantly blasts the siren, flashes the side lights and immobilises the starter and ignition system.
- Page 11 RainCheck — When the windscreen wipers are turned on, the AvantGuard III automatically turns on the headlights to increase your vehicle’s visibility to all other drivers on the road. And you’ll never have to worry about accidentally leaving the headlights on after parking.
- Page 12 Security and Additional Convenience Features Remote Controlled Courtesy Lighting when you remotely disarm your AvantGuard III, the interior lights turn on and stay on until you turn on the ignition or for 30 seconds, whichever occurs first. Remote Window/Sunroof Closure Capability power windows/sunroof via the driver’s door key (including several models...
- Page 13 Patented Smart Prior Intrusion Attempt Alert — When you return to your vehicle and disarm your AvantGuard III, a special chirp and side light flash sequence will audibly and visually alert you from a distance if an intrusion attempt was foiled while you were away. Your AvantGuard III will even identify the specific trigger or sensor that detected the intrusion attempt.
- Page 14 Security and Additional Convenience Features (cont.) Full-Time Programming Access — You can easily change the status of dozens of user-selectable features at any time, even while driving. Clear, audible signals confirm each feature selection and setting. Patented SmartPowerUp II — When power to the system is disconnected, the system’s non-volatile memory always remembers the last state (armed, disarmed or valet mode) and returns to that state when power is restored.
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Page 15: Welcome
— but Clifford’s ACG feature stops them dead in their tracks. AvantGuard III’s unique PlainView Coded Valet Switch ensures that no thief or joy-rider can turn off your AvantGuard III like they can with all other car alarm brands. For total freedom from incorrectly adjusted sensors, there’s remote controlled adjustment of the system’s dual-zone radar sensor and... -
Page 16: Your 4-Button/16-Channel Remote Controls
Your 4-button/16-channel remote controls The 4-button/16-channel rosewood-style remote controls are ultra-sophisticated miniature radio transmitters powered by a tiny 12-volt battery. A weak remote control battery will reduce the remote’s range. Electrical interference and even sunspots can interrupt the signal from your remote to the system. If this happens, repeatedly press the button (this works better than holding the button down). -
Page 17: What Each Button/Channel Does
What each button/channel does Your AvantGuard III remote controls come pre-programmed so that certain channels command certain functions. The following chart indicates what each remote control channel number does, and how to transmit each channel number. Factory settings of the 16 remote control channels... - Page 18 In addition, the system automatically adjusts the driving position to the settings you have programmed into your car’s memory seat button (see page 20 for further details). Press button 3 (channel 3). Your AvantGuard III system will arm TO SILENTLY ARM OR DISARM or disarm with all the indications noted above except for the chirp THE SYSTEM .
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Page 19: How To Interpret The Chirps And Side Light Flashes
(see Remote controlled override of one or both Proximity Sensor zones on page 22) Anti-CodeGrabbing (ACG) with Random Code Encryption A Clifford exclusive that protects you and your automobile from the most effective and onerous car stealing device ever used by car thieves — a code-grabber. Code-grabbers are far more effective and efficient than scanners. -
Page 20: Extended Accessory Power
How many times have you parked and turned off the ignition only to realise that you forgot to close one of the power windows? Now your AvantGuard III will continue to power your vehicle’s power windows, car stereo and other accessories even after you park and turn off the ignition, withdrawing power only when you open the driver’s door. -
Page 21: Definitions
Definitions n Digit: A digit is defined as any number from 1 to 9, inclusive. n Valet code: A valet code may be 1 to 3 digits: A one-digit code=X=any number between 1-9 A two-digit code=XY=any number between 11-99 (excluding numbers with zeros) A three-digit code=XYZ=any number between 111-999 (excluding numbers with zeros) Remember, no code can have a zero. -
Page 22: Setting Your Own Secret Valet Code
When your spouse disarms with the other remote, the seating position will automatically adjust to your spouse’s settings. In other words, when you disarm with remote #1, AvantGuard III will automatically activate the vehicle’s memory seat position #1; when disarmed with remote #2, memory position #2 is activated, and so on in any combination you wish using up to four different remote controls and four different memory positions. -
Page 23: Dual Sensors
Dual sensors Your AvantGuard III system has both a Digital Dual-Zone Proximity Sensor IV and a Dual-Zone Piezo Sensor. The Digital Dual-Zone Proximity Sensor IV is a microprocessor-controlled passenger compartment radar sensor that provides full perimeter protection: If someone is lurking near your car, the sensor’s exterior warning zone will trigger the system to sound a... -
Page 24: Remote Controlled Override Of One Or Both Sensor Zones
a. Proximity Sensor alarm zone: Lean into the passenger compartment. You’ll hear a chirp when the zone detects your presence. Ideally, it should chirp when you lean over the driver’s seat, but remain silent as you lean toward the window. b. -
Page 25: Nightvision
NightVision All of the following NightVision Headlight Automation features are built into your AvantGuard III: n User-selectability: You may turn the NightVision features on or off whenever you wish (see User-Selectable Features on pages 31-35). n When driving at dusk: The system automatically turns on the headlights. -
Page 26: Smart Autotesting
Authorised Clifford Dealer. If you accidentally armed the system with the bonnet, boot or a door open, just close the open point and the system will again monitor that point. -
Page 27: Smart Prior Intrusion Attempt Alert
If the remote boot release feature was installed, you may use the remote control’s button 2 to remotely pop the boot. Your AvantGuard III has a built-in electronic interlock to prevent unintentional activation of the remote boot release when you drive, or when the system is armed. -
Page 28: Personalised Siren Sounds
III will respond to as many as four 16-channel remote controls, and you can also program them into Clifford ACG systems on your other vehicles. To add a new remote control to the system, use the procedures noted in the User-selectable features section on pages 31-35. -
Page 29: Smartpowerup Ii
SmartPowerUp II If power to the system is ever removed, SmartPowerUp II ensures the system will automatically restore itself to its previous state when power is restored. So if a thief disconnects the power and then restores it in an attempt to start the car, the system will re-arm and instantly sound the siren while immobilising the vehicle. -
Page 30: Remote Engine Starting
While the engine idles, the side lights will remain illuminated for on-going visual confirmation. When the engine is running under the control of your AvantGuard III, you may, if you wish, shut down the engine by again transmitting channel 5. -
Page 31: The Autostart Features
4. Exit the vehicle and arm the system with button 1 on the remote control. The engine will continue to idle under the control of your AvantGuard III for up to 30 minutes. 5. When you have completed your errand, just use the normal procedure noted in the To drive the vehicle section on page 28. -
Page 32: Remote Starting Dos And Don'ts
Remote Starting DOs and DON’Ts Park in an open, well-ventilated area. Always engage the parking brake. Make sure you put the transmission in PARK before shutting down the engine. Set the air conditioner, heater, defroster and other accessories to the desired levels. -
Page 33: User-Selectable Features
User-selectable features Your AvantGuard III allows you to set many of its features to your own personal preferences. Although the system’s programming capabilities are very extensive, we have made the programming procedures very simple: to make a change, you just flick the PlainView switch a few times. -
Page 34: Example 1: Turn Off Siren Sound Number 2
b. To select a different feature column, go to step 4. c. To exit program mode, turn the ignition off (you’ll hear 3 chirps and the LED will turn off to indicate exit of programming mode). If driving, just wait 60 seconds and the system will automatically exit program mode. -
Page 35: Reset All Features
4. Now look up the location on the table of QuietChirps. Note that it’s in column 3, row 5 (latched, centre, latched, centre, latched, centre, wait for the 3-chirp/column 3 confirmation, then 5 momentary presses). After a brief pause, you’ll hear two chirps to confirm that the QuietChirps feature is now on. -
Page 36: Table Of User-Selectable Features
1, 2, 3 or 4, respectively, that has been set for the secondary driver. You may do this with up to four different remote controls and up to four different memory seat positions, in any combination. © Copyright Clifford Electronics, Inc., 1997 Column 5 Column 6...