techfreak Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Hi all I have an Accenta 6 system, as pictured, works fine but when the alarm goes off - for example when walking in the house or walking downstairs in the morning it's extremely loud. So loud i've had neighbours at the bottom of the street ask me where that sound is coming from! I've looked in the big box and there's a volume control button in there but turning it does nothing - sound stays the same. I've turned it every which way. Am I missing something? Thank you Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/42473-accenta-6-volume-control-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.wilson Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 you could put a resistor in series on the speaker. I assume its the entry exit tones? securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount. Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/42473-accenta-6-volume-control-help/#findComment-480233 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FASTCAR Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 You could try removing the connection to the speaker , and just use the keypad tones...but you will loose high volume alerts and alarms. Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/42473-accenta-6-volume-control-help/#findComment-480236 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixwheeledbeast Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Some numpty wired a sound bomb in the speaker terminals? Found that one a few times. Loudspeakers are generally not too loud. It could also be the alarm is programmed incorrectly and is full alarming on entry, the volume pot will do nothing for that. Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/42473-accenta-6-volume-control-help/#findComment-480238 Share on other sites More sharing options...
al-yeti Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 14 minutes ago, sixwheeledbeast said: Some numpty wired a sound bomb in the speaker terminals? Found that one a few times. Loudspeakers are generally not too loud. It could also be the alarm is programmed incorrectly and is full alarming on entry, the volume pot will do nothing for that. As swb it's going into full alarm in part set Or your full setting at night with no sensor upstairs anyway and triggering full alarm Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/42473-accenta-6-volume-control-help/#findComment-480240 Share on other sites More sharing options...
techfreak Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 On 25/10/2018 at 22:30, sixwheeledbeast said: Some numpty wired a sound bomb in the speaker terminals? Found that one a few times. Loudspeakers are generally not too loud. It could also be the alarm is programmed incorrectly and is full alarming on entry, the volume pot will do nothing for that. Thanks for the replies everyone. SWB - this sounds exactly like what's happening. It's not the entry or exit tones - that changes with the volume control but it's the full alarm that's triggering. Any way to fix this ? Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/42473-accenta-6-volume-control-help/#findComment-480451 Share on other sites More sharing options...
al-yeti Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 2 hours ago, techfreak said: Thanks for the replies everyone. SWB - this sounds exactly like what's happening. It's not the entry or exit tones - that changes with the volume control but it's the full alarm that's triggering. Any way to fix this ? So you must have a PIR in hallway which needs it's setting changed, do you have engineer access? Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/42473-accenta-6-volume-control-help/#findComment-480454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
techfreak Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 No idea? So I’m guessing probably not? I did read something about checking the pulse count setting on the PIR and setting this to 3? Would that help? Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/42473-accenta-6-volume-control-help/#findComment-480455 Share on other sites More sharing options...
al-yeti Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 8 hours ago, techfreak said: No idea? So I’m guessing probably not? I did read something about checking the pulse count setting on the PIR and setting this to 3? Would that help? No The sensor that is activating needs programming correctly as swb has mentioned so that it starts the timer , It's better in this case you get an engineer to do it for you , it will be worth it and he can check the alarm for you same time connections battery charging and so on Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/42473-accenta-6-volume-control-help/#findComment-480456 Share on other sites More sharing options...
techfreak Posted November 8, 2018 Author Share Posted November 8, 2018 Hi Yeti You're right. I'll get a pro in to sort it. Cheers Link to comment https://www.thesecurityinstaller.co.uk/community/topic/42473-accenta-6-volume-control-help/#findComment-480525 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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