Clifford AvantGuard III User Manual
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AvantGuard
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III
WARNING
The AvantGuard III system is designed to be used ONLY on a fuel-injected, petrol
or diesel powered vehicle with an automatic transmission. Installing
AvantGuard III on a vehicle that has a manual transmission poses an EXTREME
SAFETY RISK! Never install a Clifford remote engine starting product on a manual
transmission vehicle.
Always exercise good judgment and common sense when using the
remote starter:
• NEVER remotely start the vehicle in an enclosed area without sufficient ventilation.
• NEVER allow children access to the remote controls.
• NEVER engage the ShortStop nor one or both AutoStart features if the
vehicle is in an enclosed area without adequate ventilation.
• NEVER remotely start or use the ShortStop feature with a person or
pet in the car (exhaust fumes may leak into the passenger compartment).
• In case of transmission slippage, NEVER remotely start the engine if
you or someone else is directly behind or in front of the vehicle.
The AvantGuard III system is covered by
one or more of the following Clifford Electronics U.S.A. patents:
4,158,874; 4,233,642; 4,327,444; 4,383,242; 4,430,685; 4,845,464;
4,887,064; 4,890,108; 4,922,224; 4,997,053; 5,081,667; 5,146,215;
5,157,375, 5,467,070 and other patents pending.
Table of Contents
Standard Features of the AvantGuard III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Remote Engine Starting Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Security and Additional Convenience Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Your 4-button/16-channel remote controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
How to use your keychain remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
What each button/channel does . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
How to interpret the chirps and side light flashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Anti-CodeGrabbing (ACG) with Random Code Encryption . . . . . . . . 17
Extended accessory power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
AutoArming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
AutoArming enable/disable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Visual acknowledgment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
AutoArm & Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
User-selectable entry delay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Instant AutoArming bypass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
UltraSecure Coded Valet Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Your secret valet code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
To enable valet mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
To exit valet mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Remote controlled valet mode entry and exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Keyless entry in valet mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Setting your own secret valet code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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Table of Contents (cont.)
Remote controlled seat positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Dual sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Remote controlled sensor adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Remote controlled override of one or both sensor zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
How to interpret the LED status indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Automatic battery-saving mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
NightVision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
FACT— False Alarm Control and Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Smart AutoTesting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Specific malfunction identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Automatic malfunction bypass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Multiple-event TotalRecall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Smart prior intrusion attempt alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
AutoLock and AutoUnLock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Smart boot release option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Smart Self-Powered Medallion Siren with Digital ComLink . . . . . . . . . 25
Unbreachable Digital ComLink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Smart-charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Automatic low battery warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Personalised Siren Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Long-term chirp silencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Remote controlled chirp muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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Table of Contents (cont.)
QuietChirps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Siren duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Automatic Noise Abatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Adding new remote controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
How to erase lost or stolen remote controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SmartPowerUp II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Remote Engine Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
How to remotely start/shutdown the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Diesel compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
To drive the vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
The AutoStart features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
ShortStop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Remote Starting DOs and DON’Ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
User-selectable features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
How to change a user-selectable feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Step-by-step programming instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
EXAMPLE 1:
Turn off siren sound number 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
EXAMPLE 2: Turn off siren sounds 4 and 6, then turn on QuietChirps . . . . . . . 32
Reset all features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Table of User-Selectable Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-35
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Standard Features of the AvantGuard III
✔
Lifetime Warranty — For as long as you own the vehicle, Clifford Electronics
will repair or replace the control unit and remote controls free of charge (see
warranty card for full details).
✔ FACT—False Alarm Control and Test — One of many patented Clifford
innovations, FACT
alarms.
✔
A Pair of 4-Button/16-Channel Remote Controls — Fingertip command
from a distance. Each remote has a unique high-gloss rosewood finish that
looks as smart as the electronics inside.
✔ Anti-CodeGrabbing (ACG) with Random Code Encryption— Today’s
criminals are shifting from code scanning to a new, more efficient method of
electronic thievery: “code-grabbing.” When you use a car alarm remote, it
transmits a digital code to the alarm. A thief with a code-grabber can record that
code from hundreds of metres away, then play it back when you’re gone to
disarm the alarm and unlock the doors. Within seconds, your car is just
another theft statistic. Fortunately, Clifford’s Anti-CodeGrabbing (ACG)
randomly changes the transmitted code every time you press any of the
remote control buttons. And since these codes are selected by the system’s
microprocessor from an electronic file containing several trillion codes, the
remote control
unit
NEVER accepts the same code twice. That makes code-grabbing useless
against Clifford systems.
absolutely, positively puts an end to recurring false
NEVER sends the same code twice, and the system control
✔
Maximum Range — AvantGuard III’s ElectroLoop Antenna maximises
remote control range.
Remote Engine Starting Features
✔
Remote Engine Starting— Just a press of a button safely starts and idles your
vehicle’s engine for up to 30 minutes for maximum heating/cooling of the
passenger compartment. The side lights flash and then stay on while the
engine idles for clear, on-going visual confirmation from a distance.
✔ Automatic Safety Checks — Ensures that all of the following safety
conditions are met or your vehicle will not be remotely started:
• Transmission must be in park
• Engine and ignition must be off
• Engine must not be overheated
• Bonnet must be closed
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Remote Engine Starting Features
✔
Anti-Theft Measures — If the alarm is triggered, the system immediately shuts
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down the engine, and immobilises the starter motor and ignition system. Even if
the system is disarmed, the engine will be shut down if any of the following occur:
• The transmission is moved out of the “PARK” position
• The brake pedal is pressed
• Engine RPM exceeds a certain threshold
• The bonnet is opened
✔ Cold Weather Cranking — Cranks the engine for up to 10 seconds or until it
starts, whichever occurs first. If the engine does not start, or starts and then
stalls, the system will try to restart the engine up to two additional times.
✔ AutoShutDown— Automatically shuts down the engine after 30 minutes.
This extended runtime provides the maximum heating/cooling effect.
✔ StarterGuard— Prevents accidental grinding of the starter motor if you
inadvertently turn the ignition switch to the starter position while the engine
is running under the control of the AvantGuard III.
✔
ShortStop — Now you won’t need to shut off the engine when stopping at a
convenience store or making a delivery. Just a press on the remote control
while the engine is still running and you can remove the keys, exit, remotely
lock the doors and arm the alarm
without
shutting down the engine.
✔ Petrol & Diesel Compatibility— The AvantGuard III works with any
automatic transmission vehicle that has either a petrol or diesel engine (diesel
engine vehicles require an optional adapter).
✔ AutoStart Features— AvantGuard III provides these AutoStart features:
n Battery Mode — You may command the system to continually monitor the vehicle
battery when you are going to be away for an extended period of time. If the voltage
drops below a preset level, the system will automatically start the engine and
recharge the battery. It shuts down the engine once the battery is properly charged
or after 30 minutes, whichever occurs first. If needed, the process will repeat every
eight hours. AutoStart is automatically canceled as soon as the vehicle is driven.
n Temperature Mode — You may set the AvantGuard III to AutoStart your vehicle
if the engine temperature drops below 15°F (-9°C).
n Dual-Mode — You may set the system to monitor both the temperature and the
voltage and, if either one is needed, the system will AutoStart the engine.
✔ Automatic Transmission Required— The AvantGuard III is intended
exclusively for automatic transmission vehicles.
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Security and Additional Convenience Features
✔
Built-In Two-Point AutoImmobiliser — For the utmost in theft prevention, two
AutoImmobilisation relays interrupt both the starter and ignition while the
system is armed. Even if a thief were to pull all the fuses or cut all the wires,
both the starter and ignition remain immobilised.
✔ Remote Controlled Seat Positioning — When you remotely disarm, your
AvantGuard III will automatically activate your vehicle’s memory seat
setting. You can assign any one of up to four memory seat settings to each of
up to four different remote controls. For instance, when disarmed with your
remote control, AvantGuard III automatically activates the vehicle’s memory
seat position #1; when disarmed with your spouse’s remote control, memory
position #2 is automatically activated, and so on in any combination you wish
using up to four different remotes and four different memory positions.
✔ UltraSecure Coded Valet Mode — Other alarms use a “hidden” valet switch
any thief can find within seconds to turn off the alarm. In contrast, Clifford’s
UltraSecure Coded Valet Mode provides remarkable security utilising an
attractive console-mounted switch. This switch is easy to use and allows you
to set your own personal code with up to 1,000 different possibilities. And,
any time you wish, you can change your code. No thief can breach the
security of Clifford’s coded valet switch even if he tries entering codes at
random. Why? Because after three incorrect codes are entered, the system
immediately sounds its siren, flashes the indicator lights, shuts down the
engine (if it was remotely started), immobilises the vehicle’s starter and
ignition systems and ignores for a certain time any more code entry attempts .
. . even if the thief were to actually stumble onto your secret code!
n Remote Controlled Valet Mode — With just a press of a button on your remote
control, you can enter or exit valet mode. Side light flashes visually confirm valet
mode entry and exit.
✔ Extended Accessory Power — After you park and turn off the ignition, the
AvantGuard III will continue to provide power to your vehicle’s power
windows, car stereo and any other components on the vehicle’s accessory line
until one of the doors is opened or for five minutes, whichever occurs first.
✔ Full-Time Remote Panic with Automatic Door Locking and Unlocking — If you
ever feel threatened, a press on the remote will sound the siren, flash the parking
lights and unlock the doors of your parked car for quick entry without fumbling
with the keys. If you ever need to panic the system while driving, the siren will
sound, the lights will flash and the doors will lock to shield you from the assailant.
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Security and Additional Convenience Features
✔
Smart Self-Powered Siren with Unbreachable Digital ComLink —
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Continuous two-way digital communication between the system’s control
unit and the siren assures that if, at any time, the system fuse is pulled or any
siren wire is cut while the system is armed, the siren will instantly activate
for five minutes. Yet when the system is disarmed and power is interrupted,
the siren will remain silent.
n Smart Self-Powered Circuitry — Unlike other battery-backed sirens, the
AvantGuard III siren only draws power for its internal battery while you’re driving,
so it can’t drain the battery of your parked car like all other battery backup sirens.
n Automatic Low Battery Warning — The siren will audibly warn you if its back-up
battery voltage is low or if its internal battery fails to hold a charge.
n Personalised Siren Sounds — You may select any combination of 6 different
sound patterns for unmistakable recognition from a distance. So if you hear a siren
at a distance, you will know for sure whether or not it is your car.
n Ultra-Reliability — Clifford Electronics’ unique design and rugged construction
ensure that the Smart Self-Powered MultiSound Medallion Siren delivers 10 times
the reliability of conventional sirens.
n User-Selectable Siren Duration — Your choice of a 30- or 60-second siren blast
when the alarm is triggered.
n Patented Automatic Noise Abatement — Automatically limits alarm sounding
to no more than five minutes even if a door is left open in the wake of an intrusion
attempt, then automatically resets and re-arms.
✔ Remote Door Locking/Unlocking — No more fumbling with the keys in the
dark or bad weather! One press of a button on the remote simultaneously arms
the system and locks the doors. Another press disarms and unlocks.
n
User-Selectable AutoLock with Smart ReLocking and User-Selectable RPM
Dependence
15-20 mph). If a passenger enters or exits your car while the engine is running,
AvantGuard III automatically relocks the doors after you accelerate. If you prefer,
you can set the system to automatically lock the doors the instant the ignition is
turned on, or you can turn off the AutoLock feature entirely.
n User-Selectable AutoUnLock — Automatically unlocks the doors when the
ignition is turned off (this feature is user-selectable regardless of the AutoLock
setting).
n Deluxe Remote Keyless Entry in Valet Mode — You may use the remote control
to lock and unlock the car doors, start the engine and activate accessories even
while the system is in valet mode.
— Automatically locks the doors after you start driving (at about
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Security and Additional Convenience Features
✔
A Pair of Remotely Adjustable Dual-Zone Sensors — Both a Digital
(cont.)
Dual-Zone Proximity Sensor IV and a Dual-Zone Piezo Sensor giving four
times the protection.
n Digital Dual-Zone Proximity Sensor IV — The two sensor zones provide full
perimeter protection: If someone is lurking near your car, the system sounds a
one-second warning tone, but if a thief leans into the passenger compartment
through an open window, the system instantly blasts the siren, flashes the side
lights and immobilises the starter and ignition system. You can adjust, test and set
sensitivity of each zone of this efficient microprocessor-controlled passenger
compartment sensor via a few presses on the remote control. To minimise current
draw, this new-generation radar sensor uses only 30% of the power required by
other radar sensors, yet provides better sensitivity and far more precise
discrimination between genuine threats to your vehicle and everyday
environmental conditions that cause other radar sensors to false alarm.
n Dual-Zone Piezo Sensor — Just like the Digital Dual-Zone Proximity Sensor IV,
you can adjust and test sensitivity of each zone of this all-electronic
vibration/impact sensor via the remote. Unlike other vibration/impact sensors, the
sensitivity of the Dual-Zone Piezo Sensor stays where you set it regardless of time
or temperature. The warning zone of the Dual-Zone Piezo Sensor has a different
sound than that of the Dual-Zone Proximity Sensor for distinct identification.
n Tonal Confirmation of Remote Sensor Adjustments — For the utmost in sensitivity
adjustment ease and instant feedback, just press a few buttons on the remote to
adjust the sensitivity of each zone of each of the two system sensors.
there is to it! Higher and higher pitched tones confirm each sensitivity increase,
lower and lower tones confirm each decrease.
n 32/16-Step Incremental Sensitivity — For fine-tuning accuracy, each of the two
zones of the Digital Dual-Zone Proximity Sensor IV has a 32-step adjustment
range, as does the alarm zone of the Dual-Zone Piezo Sensor. The Piezo Sensor’s
less critical warning zone utilises 16 steps for adjustment speed and accuracy.
n
Adjust and Test Unobtrusively — No repeated arming and disarming, and no siren
wailing. You set, adjust and test sensitivity of each sensor and each sensor zone
without activating the alarm!
n
Remote Override of Each Proximity Sensor Zone — One press of a button on the
remote control overrides the Proximity Sensor IV’s perimeter warning zone when
you need to park in an area with heavy pedestrian traffic. A second press turns off
both zones for those times when you must leave a passenger or pet in the vehicle.
That’s all
✔ SilentNight — This user-selectable feature automatically silences the normal
arm and disarm chirps at night, restores them in daylight.
✔ QuietChirp— User-selectable soft or full-volume arm/disarm chirps.
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Security and Additional Convenience Features
✔
User-Selectable NightVision Headlight Automation — All electronics for
(cont.)
this popular accessory are built-in to provide all these great features:
n Safety Above All — You’ll never again accidentally drive in the dark without the
headlights on nor forget to turn the headlights off after parking. For your safety
and that of other motorists, when driving at twilight, the car’s headlights
automatically turn on at dusk and switch off at dawn.
n Precision Activation — The headlights are turned on or off only when necessary.
Briefly driving under a dark overpass in daylight or quickly passing through a
brightly lit area at night
n User-Selectable Automatic Post-Parking Illumination — For your safety when
parking at night, the headlights will stay on for your choice of any duration
between one second and 2 minutes (factory preset to 30 seconds) to light your way
in the dark. If you prefer not to have any post-parking illumination, but do want all
the other NightVision features, this one particular feature can be programmed off.
n Complete User Control — The NightVision circuitry enhances headlight
operation without interfering with normal operation. At any time, you may use the
vehicle’s headlight switch to override NightVision and turn on the headlights even
in broad daylight.
n RainCheck — When the windscreen wipers are turned on, the AvantGuard III
automatically turns on the headlights to increase your vehicle’s visibility to all
other drivers on the road. And you’ll never have to worry about accidentally
leaving the headlights on after parking.
n
Built-In Remote Headlight Activation — Just a press on the remote instantly turns
on the headlights for any duration you wish between one second and two minutes.
will not
cause the headlights to switch on and off.
✔ Dual-Mode Chirp Silencing— When you remotely arm or disarm, the siren
“chirps”
and the side lights flash to confirm system status. Whenever you
wish, just a press on the remote will arm and disarm the system silently. It’s
perfect when parking at night in a quiet residential area. Or, if you prefer, you
can turn off the chirps on a long-term basis until you wish to turn them back on.
✔ One-Step Reset of All User Features— A simple procedure using the
PlainView switch allows you to reset all user programmable features (except
programmed remotes and your secret valet code) to their factory presets.
✔ Built-In Side Light Flasher — The side lights flash to confirm arming,
disarming, AutoArming countdown, remote valet entry and exit as well as
remote engine starting. For ongoing visual confirmation of engine idling, the
side lights stay on.
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