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Problem

Solution

 

 

You do not hear a chime from

Check if you can arm the system when INSTALL/RUN 1/

the console when you press

RUN 2 on the console is set to RUN 1 or RUN 2. If you can,

ARM to install a remote.

the remote control is already installed and no further ac-

 

tion is necessary. If not:

 

1. Set INSTALL/RUN 1/RUN 2 on the console to

 

INSTALL.

 

2. Press CODE (located beneath the label on the

 

remote control) with a pencil, then press ARM again.

 

 

You do not hear a chime from

With INSTALL/RUN 1/RUN 2 on the console set to RUN 2,

the console when you press

check that the console chimes when you press TEST on

TEST to install a door/window

the sensor transmitter or motion detector. If it does, the

sensor transmitter or motion

sensor transmitter or motion detector is already installed

detector.

and no further action is necessary. If not:

 

1. Set INSTALL/RUN 1/RUN 2 on the console to

 

INSTALL.

 

2. Press CODE on the motion detector with a pencil or

 

remove then reinstall the batteries in the sensor

 

transmitter. Then press TEST again.

 

Note: If the sensor transmitter/motion detector is already

 

installed, it is installed again into the next available zone.

 

 

The BATTERY LOW indicator

Replace the console’s battery.

on the console is on.

 

 

 

You lose your remote control.

Purchase a replacement remote control (Cat. No. 49-

 

2591T or 49-2591), and then completely re-install your

 

system to prevent someone else from using the lost re-

 

mote control.

 

 

The system arms or disarms

A neighbor might have a compatible system. Re-install

by itself.

the remotes.

 

 

The red indicator on the hand-

Press the button located beneath the label with a pencil

held remote control stays on

and then press ARM. If it still stays on, remove the bat-

during installation.

tery, wait a few seconds, then replace the battery. Press

 

the button and then ARM again.

 

 

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Radio Shack 49-2570, 5000 owner manual Press Code located beneath the label on

5000, 49-2570 specifications

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