{"id":1388,"date":"2012-05-18T15:31:19","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T03:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/?p=1388"},"modified":"2015-06-26T11:28:42","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T23:28:42","slug":"uniden-vs255xr-car-alarm-product-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/uniden-vs255xr-car-alarm-product-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Uniden VS255XR Car Alarm Product Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the economic climate we live in today it is ever so important to have some type of thief\u00a0deterrent installed in your vehicle, with the\u00a0economy getting worse the crime rate country wide seems to increase with it. This is where the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/Uniden_VS255XR\" target=\"_blank\">Uniden VS255XR<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Car Alarm comes into play.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/VS255-parts-pic-clear-cut.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1398\" title=\"VS255-parts-pic---clear-cut\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/VS255-parts-pic-clear-cut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/VS255-parts-pic-clear-cut.jpg 600w, https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/VS255-parts-pic-clear-cut-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>An Alarm system with automatic dual engine immobilisers<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Standards Compliant<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rolling Code technology provides 18,000,000,000,000,000,000 possible combinations that change every time the remote is used, making it virtually impossible for a thief to copy and use.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Central Locking Output<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When Arming or Disarming your car alarm, the Central Locking Output will activate \u00a0the control locking system &#8211; locking and unlocking the doors respectively. In some applications extra accessories will be required.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Flashing lights<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Car Alarm will flash the parking lights \u00a0during full alarm activation and when arming and disarming.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dual Stage Shock Sensor<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>A two stage Shock Sensor, The first stage (or light shock) causes the alarm to chirp 3 times warning the intruder the vehicle is armed. The second stage (or heavy shock) causes full alarm activation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Additional Features:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Battery back up capability<\/li>\n<li>Audible confirmation alarm set\/unset<\/li>\n<li>DIY Installation<\/li>\n<li>Emergency disarm\/manual\u00a0override<\/li>\n<li>Engine immobilizer input<\/li>\n<li>3-year extended warranty when installed by an authorised installer<\/li>\n<li>Flashing status LED<\/li>\n<li>Open door protection<\/li>\n<li>Pre-intrusion shock warning<\/li>\n<li>Central locking output<\/li>\n<li>Flashing lights<\/li>\n<li>Tamper indicator<\/li>\n<li>Visual alarm set\/unset<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Some people out there will say not to bother with a\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.5starcaralarms.co.nz\/range.html#Basic\" target=\"_blank\">non-rated Car Alarm<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0but the way I see it having a <strong>non-rated\u00a0Alarm<\/strong>\u00a0has to be better than having no alarm at all! And just look at the features that the <strong>Uniden VS255XR<\/strong> has for the money you pay for it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As a company we have been installing these alarms for over ten years and have found they are very reliable and are excellent as a deterrent if you are on a very tight budget.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the economic climate we live in today it is ever so important to have some type of thief\u00a0deterrent installed in your vehicle, with the\u00a0economy getting worse the crime rate country wide seems to increase with it. This is where the Uniden VS255XR\u00a0\u00a0Car Alarm comes into play. Features: An Alarm system with automatic dual engine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1388"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5847,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1388\/revisions\/5847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abtec.co.nz\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}