Radio Shack 49-2570 Home Security System User Manual


 
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GLOSSARY
Here are a few terms that will be help-
ful to know as you read this manual.
Arm and Disarm
— Terms for on and
off. When you arm the system, you
turn on protection. Disarming the sys-
tem turns off protection.
Awa
y
Mode
— Your system’s armed
mode when all sensor transmitters (in-
cluding motion detectors) are armed.
Console
— The system’s main control
panel.
Delay Mode
—A way of arming the
system so it delays sounding an alert if
a door/window sensor transmitter set
to
DELAY
reports an intrusion.
Door/Window Sensor Transmitter
— Triggers the alarm when a secured
door or window is opened.
Entr
y
/Exit Dela
y
— A setting on the
handheld remote control that allows
you time while entering and exiting
your house before the system arms or
the alarm trips.
Home Mode
— The system’s armed
mode when only doors and windows
are armed (not motion detectors). This
prevents you from accidentally tripping
the motion detector(s) as you move
around the house.
Instant Mode
— A way of arming the
system so the alarm immediately trips
if a door/window sensor transmitter set
to
INSTANT
or the motion detector re-
ports an intrusion.
Note:
The keychain remote control
only arms the system in the instant
mode.
Motion Detector
— Senses motion by
detecting a change in temperature
when someone walks across its path.
Remote Control
— A device that lets
you arm and disarm the system away
from the console.
Violation
— An alarm condition, such
as that caused by an opened door or
window, detected by a sensor trans-
mitter.
Zone
— The area protected by a door/
window sensor transmitter, a motion
detector, or other sensing/transmitting
device.
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