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RX8 Factory Fitted Alarm Volume

Old May 20, 2007 | 12:48 PM
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RX8 Factory Fitted Alarm Volume

Hi all,

Does anyone knowA) where the alarm unit is and B) if you can turn the volume up on on it, I have just set mine off to see how loud it was as the horn is quite loud !! to find a little fairy tweeting at me hardly able to hear to the fact that mates took the mickey !!!

Any help would be great !!

Cheers Alun
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Old May 20, 2007 | 12:55 PM
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The alarm is located at the passenger side.

the alarm vol = your horn's vol.

So no, you cannot change it, unless you change your horn.
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Old May 20, 2007 | 01:00 PM
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cheers for your reply
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Old May 20, 2007 | 01:10 PM
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yeah, the system doens't have a siren, just uses the horn. If you pull your horn fuse while the alarm is going off there will be no siren.
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Old May 20, 2007 | 01:48 PM
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I dont think its a factory fit then as the alarm is really quite quiet !!! and the horn is quite decent i mean i was stood about 20 feet from the car and could hardly hear it !!! its a 2003 model so were they fitted with factory units then ?
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Old Jun 3, 2020 | 03:01 AM
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Very quiet battery backed alarm

Yeah! I have the same problem as you. Mine is 04 with a battery backed alarm system. I tried setting it off and can barely hear anything from it. The turn signals flashes.
I disassambled the alarm sounder to check if it was anything wrong with the speaker/Siren and connected it to a speaker of my own, but it was nearly whispering too.
Maybe it's a Europe-model alarm for the 04s. Mine's from Austria.
Here is a video of it. Try hearing the alarm if you can:
https://streamable.com/6fm918
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