Clifford concept 20 Owner's Manual
Clifford concept 20 Owner's Manual

Clifford concept 20 Owner's Manual

Vehicle security/convenience system

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Summary of Contents for Clifford concept 20

  • Page 1 World-Class Auto Security concept Owner's Manual...
  • Page 2 All Concept Series systems are covered by one or more of the following Clifford Electronics patents: 4,158,874; 4,233,642; 4,327,444; 4,383,242; 4,430,685; 4,845,464; 4,887,064; 4,890,108; 4,922,224; 4,997,053; 5,081,667; 5,146,215; 5,157,375 and other patents...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Standard Features of the Concept 20 ....3 Welcome ....... . 9 Your 4-button/12-channel remote controls .
  • Page 4 Table of Contents How to interpret the LED status indicator ....16 Automatic Battery-Saving Mode ..... . 16 AutoLock and AutoUnLock™...
  • Page 5: Standard Features Of The Concept 20

    UltraSecure Coded Valet Mode™ your Concept 20 like they can all other brands of alarms. Remote Controlled Valet Mode Entry and Exit — With just a press of a button on your remote control from up to 100 feet away, you can enter or exit valet mode.
  • Page 6 Long-Term Chirp Silencing chirps until you choose to reactivate them. Remote Controlled Courtesy Lighting convenience, when you remotely disarm your Concept 20, the interior lights turn on and stay on until you start the engine or 30 seconds, whichever occurs first.
  • Page 7 Patented Smart AutoTesting™ and sensors every time you remotely arm and warns you if you accidentally arm your Concept 20 system with the hood or trunk open. If there is a genuine trigger or sensor malfunction, the system will specifically identify the problem, thereby eliminating time-consuming and costly trouble-shooting.
  • Page 8 Patented Smart Prior Intrusion Attempt Alert vehicle and remotely disarm your Concept 20, a special chirp and parking light flash sequence will audibly and visually alert you from a distance if an intrusion attempt was foiled while you were away. Your Concept 20 will even identify the specific trigger or sensor that detected the intrusion attempt.
  • Page 9 The AutoArming feature is automatically restored the next time you park your vehicle. Patented Remote Control Code Learning lets you match to the system up to 4 different 12-channel Clifford remote controls. Just as easily, a lost or stolen remote control can be deleted from the system memory.
  • Page 10 Standard Features of the Concept 20 (cont.) High-Luminescence LED Status Indicator with Automatic Battery-Saving — Adds visual deterrence and identifies system status. To conserve Mode vehicle battery power, if the system has remained continuously armed for 48 hours, the flash rate will automatically slow to half the normal rate. If left continuously armed for 96 hours, the blink rate will slow to one-quarter the normal rate.
  • Page 11: Welcome

    Clifford’s unique PlainView Coded Valet Switch ensures that no thief can turn off your Concept 20 like the 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 piezo sensor...
  • Page 12: Your 4-Button/12-Channel Remote Controls

    If this happens, repeatedly press the remote control button (this works better than holding the button down). The 4-button/12-channel remote control is the key to your system. It incorporates Clifford’s Anti-CodeGrabbing™ (ACG) technology for the ultimate protection against “code-grabbing”...
  • Page 13: What Each Button/Channel Does

    30 seconds or until you start the engine, whichever occurs first. Press button 3 (channel 3). Your Concept 20 system will arm or TO SILENTLY ARM OR DISARM disarm with all the indications noted above except for the chirp THE SYSTEM .
  • Page 14: How To Interpret The Chirps And Parking Light Flashes

    ALARM STATE ..power window control, electric garage door and entry gate opener(s), Concept 20 systems on your other vehicles, etc. Channels 9, 11 and 12 control remote valet mode entry/exit (see What about...
  • Page 15: Anti-Codegrabbing™ (Acg) With Random Code Encryption

    Thus the code recorded and played back by the thief’s code-grabber will never be accepted by your Concept 20. Only ACG can make a car alarm impervious to code-grabbing, and only Clifford systems have ACG with Random Code Encryption.
  • Page 16: Ultrasecure™ Coded Valet Mode

    UltraSecure™ Coded Valet Mode Your secret valet code In seconds, thieves can disable all other alarm brands by hotwiring the ignition and flicking an easy to find “hidden” valet switch. Your system has safeguards that absolutely ensure a thief cannot enable the valet mode as a way of “turning off” your system. How? To enable valet mode, the driver must first enter a secret valet code on the PlainView switch.
  • Page 17: To Exit Valet Mode

    To exit valet mode 1. Turn the ignition switch to its “ON” position or start the engine. 2. Flick the switch back to its center position. The LED will turn off to confirm that the system is now in its normal operating mode. Setting your own secret valet code Since all Concept Series systems have the same factory-set code, it is highly advisable that you set your own valet code.
  • Page 18: Fact - False Alarm Control And Test

    User-selectable features on pages 20-24.) Selectable starter/ignition interrupt At the time of installation, you can select whether your Concept 20 interrupts the starter line or the ignition line. To verify which line is electronically interrupted, enter the vehicle, close the doors, arm the system while inside the vehicle, then try to start the engine.
  • Page 19: Autolock And Autounlock

    An improperly adjusted sensor is the most common cause of false alarms. With other alarms, this requires repeated trips back to the dealer. Not so with Concept 20. You can adjust sensitivity electronically without tools and without even knowing where the sensor is mounted! If the setting(s) of the Piezo Sensor is either too sensitive or not sensitive enough, you may individually test and adjust the settings of each zone.
  • Page 20: Specific Malfunction Identification

    To provide the utmost protection even if a system component malfunctions, your Concept 20 system will automatically bypass any faulty point and arm all other triggers and sensors to provide the utmost possible protection until you can have the system serviced by your local Authorized Clifford Dealer.
  • Page 21: High-Output Insignia™ Siren

    All the siren electronics are in the system control unit rather than the siren itself. This protects them from heat, dirt and exposure to the elements (other alarm companies’ sirens are far more susceptible to failure). Your Concept 20 also provides these additional features:...
  • Page 22: User-Selectable Features

    PlainView switch a few times. Once you’ve changed a few settings, you’ll find that programming Concept 20 is so easy that you can even do it while driving! The system comes with all of its features pre-programmed as noted by the bold type in the Table of user-selectable features on pages 23-24.
  • Page 23: Example 1

    c. To exit program mode, turn the ignition off (you’ll hear 3 chirps and the LED will turn off to indicate exit of program mode). If driving, just wait 60 seconds and the system will automatically exit program mode. EXAMPLE 1: Turn on AutoArm & Lock: You can set the system to automatically lock the car doors when the system AutoArms (see page 21).
  • Page 24: Adding New Remote Controls

    Clifford Dealer and program them into the system yourself. Each Concept 20 will respond to as many as four 12-channel remote controls. To add a new remote control to the system, use the procedures noted in the User-selectable features section on pages 20-24.
  • Page 25: Table Of User-Selectable Features

    The LED will illuminate. If it does not, the new code you programmed and the one you just entered do not match. The system has reverted to the previous code. © Copyright Clifford Electronics, Inc., 1994 Column 3 3rd latched...

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