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/,0,7$7,2162)7+,66<67(0WARNING! THE LIMITATIONS OF THIS ALARM SYSTEM
While this system is an advanced design security system, it does not offer guaranteed protection against burglary or other
emergency. Any alarm system, whether commercial or residential, is subject to compromise or fail ure to warn for a
variety of reasons. For example:
• Intruders may gain access through unprotected openings or have the technical sophistication to bypass an alarm
sensor or disconnect an alarm warning device.
• Intrusion detectors (e.g. passive infrared detectors), smoke detectors, and many other sensing de vices will not work
without power. Battery operated devices will not work without batteries, with dead batteries, or if the batteries are
not put in properly. Devices powered solely by AC will not work if their AC power supply is cut off for any reason,
however briefly.
• Signals sent by wireless transmitters may be blocked or reflected by metal before they reach the alarm receiver. Even
if the signal path has been recently checked during a weekly test, blockage can occur if a metal object is moved into
the path.
• A user may not be a ble to reach a panic or emergency button quickly enough.
• While smoke detectors have played a key role in reducing residential fire deaths in the United States, they may not
activate or provide early warning for a variety of reasons in as many as 35% of all f ires, accor ding to d ata publishe d
by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Some of the reasons smoke detectors used in conjunction with this
System may not work are as follows. Smoke detectors may have been improperly installed and positioned. Smoke
detectors may not sense fires that start where smoke cannot reach the detectors, such as in chimneys, in walls, or
roofs, or on the other side of closed doors. Smoke detectors also may not sense a fire o n another level of a residence or
building. A second floor detector, for example, may not sense a first floor or basement fire. Moreover, smoke detectors
have sensing limitations. No smoke detector can sense every kind of fire every time. In general, detectors may not
always warn about fires caused by carelessness and safety hazards like smoking in bed, violent e xplosions, escapin g
gas, improper storage of flammable materials, overloaded electrical circuits, children playing with matches, or arso n.
Depending upon the nature of the fire and/or the locations of the smoke detectors, the detector, even if it operates as
anticipated, may not provide sufficient warning to allow all o ccupants to escape in time to prevent injury or death.
• Passive Infrared Motion Detectors can only detect intrusion within the designed ranges as diagrammed in their
installation manual. Passive Infrared Detectors do not provide volumetric area prot ection. They do create mu ltiple
beams of protection, and intrusion can only be detected in unobstructed areas covered by those beams. They can not
detect motion or intrusion that takes place behind walls, ceilings, floors, closed doors, glass p artitions, gl ass doors, or
windows.
Mechanical tampering, masking, painting or spraying of any material on the mirrors, windows or any part of the
optical system can reduce their detection ability. Passive Infrared Detectors sense changes in t emperature; however,
as the ambient temperature of protected area approaches the temperature range of 90° to 105°F, the detection
performance can decrease.
• Alarm warning devices s uch as sire ns, bells or horns m ay not alert pe ople or wa ke up sleep ers if t hey are located on
the other side of closed or partly open doors. If warning devices sound on a different level of th e residence from the
bedrooms, then they are less likely to waken or alert people inside the bedrooms. E ven persons who are aw ake may
not hear the warning if the alarm is muffled from a stereo, radio, air co nditioner or other appliance, or by passing
traffic. Finally, alarm warning devices, however loud, may not warn hearing-impaired people or waken deep sleepers.
• Telephone lines needed to transmit alarm signals from a premises to a central monitoring station may be out of
service or temporarily out of service. Telephone lines are also subject to compromise by sophisticated intruders.
• Even if the system respo nds to the emergency as i ntended, howev er, occupants ma y have insu fficient time t o protect
themselves from the emergency situation. In the case of a monitored alarm system, authorities may not respond
appropriately.
• This equipment, lik e ot her electr ica l devices , is s u bject t o com po nent f ailure. Eve n though this equipment is designed
to last as long as 10 years, the electronic components could fail at any time.
The most common cause of an alarm system not functioning when an intrusion or fire occurs is inadequate maintenance.
This alarm system should be tested weekly to make sure all sensors and transmitters are working properly.
Installing an alarm system may make one eligible for lower insur ance rate s, but an alarm system is not a s ubstitute for
insurance. Homeowners, property owners and renters should continue to act prudently in protecting themselves and
continue to insure their lives and property.
We continue to develop new and improved protection devices. Users of alarm systems owe it to themselves and their loved
ones to learn about these developments.