Hi everyone, 

I have an SL Compact alarm system installed and having an issue with the volume of the beeps from pressing buttons and setting the system.

 

I set it every night going to bed. My wife set it the alarm off earlier this week . Normally after the alarm is triggered the beeps from pressing buttons are very loud but pressing reset restores a quieter beep volume.

This is no longer re-setting and the system now gives off very loud beeps when pressing buttons and when setting. Also the time to set the alarm when leaving the house is taking around 1 minute of very loud beeping.

Does anyone know how to reset to a lower volume 'beep' when using the system. 

The loud beeps can be heard outside on the street and so anyone who hears the alarm setting will know we are all out.

Thanks in advance for taking the time to help

 

 

Kev

 

Is it actually setting

Hi James, 

 

Yes the alarm is setting and working as normal.

 

Its just the Beeps from pressing buttons and when setting are much louder than usual.

 

Thanks

 

Kev

I'd try a power cycle if that fails I'd replace it

The SL compact has a small volume control on the main board towards the bottom right which is usually adjusted with a small screwdriver. If the system was installed by yourself go ahead and open the panel, silence with your user code, adjust the volume. However, since this has happened during the normal course of things there may well be some other problem. When was the standby battery last changed - although this may have nothing to do with it, just asking out of curiosity. Have you had the builders in for any reason, ensure that only two lights are showing..red and green..There are any number of reasons for a tone suddenly changing I would therefore agree with Admin..remove the mains supply (a fuse in a white box close to the panel), remove the battery, give it say thirty seconds and connect battery first then mains. Let the site know the results. 

Hi Charlie,

 

I have been in the property  2 years and dont know last time the standby battery was changed. No builders , this happened after the alarm went off due to wife entering living room without switching off the alarm.

 

Red and green lights only showing. 

 

I have been into the box after taking out the fuse. I took out battery as suggested for a few minutes and still no change to the volume of the volume of pressing buttons and beeps for alarm setting

 

Any other ideas?

 

Many Thanks

 

Kev

One further things is that when I pull out the fuse and then pug back in the alarm goes off. If i then pull the fuse out again the alarm goes off.

 

I would have expected the alarm to keep going using the battery which it doesnt. Does this mean it needs a new battery? 

 

If pulling fuse out switches off the alarm then wouldnt burglars/intruders know this and be able to switch it off very quickly?

It's either s duff battery or a fault with the panel stopping the battery taking over -fuse blown, fault on the PCB etc.

Thanks Lwillis and all for helping me.

 

Strangest thing, just gone to bed now and volume of beeps back to normal.

 

Only thing that is different is that I removed battery a second time and cleaned the battery connectors with steels wool as they were a bit black and oily looking

 

Im going to buy a new battery and if any further probs I will let you know.

 

Thank you all very much for taking the time to help me. I really appreciate it, 

 

Thanks

 

Kev

Downpower and change the battery ..see post 5... After that, if you are still not happy, adjust the volume.