Anyone have an E39 with a factory alarm in it?

[jochen 4]

I have some questions as to how it works...

[BMW POWER 2]

I have some questions as to how it works...

I do.

Though I'm not overly technical....

[jochen 4]

Hi Ems (?),

What year is your car?

Is it NZ-New or ex-Japan or ex-Singapore?

Do your indicators flash when you lock/unlock the car?

Have you every tested the alarm to see how it goes off?

Does it sound the horn as well as siren?

Ta, Jochen

[bumpdE30 0]

lollllll ^^

[Jazzbass 1]

Jochen - my E39 does.

What year is your car? - 1996

Is it NZ-New or ex-Japan or ex-Singapore? - NZ new

Do your indicators flash when you lock/unlock the car? - when I lock it only (not when unlock)

Have you every tested the alarm to see how it goes off? - only by accident

Does it sound the horn as well as siren? - just the siren (I think -not sure)

The first time the alarm went off was when a friend was wandering around by the parked car with a portable phone from his house. That triggered it. The other time, I left my dogs in my car while I went into a shop. I forgot about the internal motion sensor. Off she went.

Cheers,

Rog

[martyyn 2]

The other time, I left my dogs in my car while I went into a shop. I forgot about the internal motion sensor. Off she went.

I dont know if your aware Roj but on my e38 if I press the remote once to lock the car then press it a second time after its looked it sets the alarm but disarms the interior motion sensors.

I assume the e39 is the same.

[Jazzbass 1]

Thanks, mate. I had forgotten that. I do remember reading about it in the handbook, but age being what it is ....

[BMW POWER 2]

Hi Ems (?), Yep im Ems

What year is your car? 1996

Is it NZ-New or ex-Japan or ex-Singapore? NZ New

Do your indicators flash when you lock/unlock the car? Only when I lock it

Have you every tested the alarm to see how it goes off? No, though it has gone off once.Just siren.

Does it sound the horn as well as siren? I'm not sure. Pretty sure it was just a siren.

Ta, Jochen

Edited October 2, 2006 by BMW POWER

[Jazzbass 1]

Jochen, did the above answer your questions, or is there something more specific we could help with?

[jochen 4]

Hi Jazzbass,

I am trying to nut out why my car doesn't flash the indicators when I lock it.

I may be forced to have the tilt sensor and the ultrasonic sensor - I thought i might be able to ignore them

I'll try and find the right bits on ebay etc and try it out.

Jochen

[Huttey 0]

Jochen, when I use the remote infrared keylock to lock my 99 E39 there is no noise or light flash, if you find out how to turn this on I would be interested in knowing

Edited October 3, 2006 by Huttey

[Jazzbass 1]

Jochen, btw - I'm Roger from Palmy - E39 Radio...

[jochen 4]

To turn it on:

Go to BMW dealer, connect DIS

Run the retro-fit alarm coding for your car

Enable light flash for lock / unlock as desired.

May or may not work - didn't flash lights on my car, maybe because it wants the extra devices connected as welll (tile sensor, movement sensor)

Jochen

[Huttey 0]

Thanks Jochen