AAS 500 Wireless Home Security Alarm System Kit DIY (R)

by AAS

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 7.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B002JFFX2E
• Item model number: AAS 500
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #88 in Home Improvement > Safety & Security > Home Security Systems
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 28, 2009

Product Description

The AAS Security System provides you and your family the piece of mind that only the most advanced wireless alarm system can provide. The AAS Security System is the most affordable, technologically advanced, sophisticated, yet easy to use and install wireless home or office security systems available today. The wire-free AAS will monitor your property continually whether you are home or away. A full-featured wireless security system that combines the most popular security features in a convenient and economical package. This system offers all the bells & whistles you need to effectively protect your home from burglars.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

55 of 57 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars AAS 500 Wireless Home Security System, December 5, 2009

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J. Walsh "Sparkie" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AAS 500 Wireless Home Security Alarm System Kit DIY (R) (Electronics)

The system I purchased was the AAS 500 Wireless Home Security System. In rating this security system, I have good news and bad news. First, the good news. I have installed and programmed the equipment and it works very satisfactory. The controller programmed easily. All other components worked as they should. I used screws instead of the double faced tape that was provided to mount the door and window switches because overtime, the tape will become brittle and allow the switches to become unreliable. Now the bad news. I am a retired electrician and found the installation instructions to be very inadequate. After 40 years of experience in the business I found it necessary to Email the company twice and call once. The power supplies are not clearly identified. The Door and window switches do not have installation instructions even though they must be mounted in a certain way. The instructions for the keypad/dialer unit are totally inadequate. During my 40 years of experience in the business my goal was always to give very clear, concise, "idiot proof" instructions to the people I worked with. Not because I worked with idiots but because I did not want anything left to interpretation. To my way of thinking, every piece of equipment in the package should come with idiot proof installation instructions. I will finish by saying I will probably buy a second system for another project, especially now that I know how it works.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not overly complicated, but works as advertised, February 24, 2010

By 

Corey H. Perez (Fairbanks (AK)) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AAS 500 Wireless Home Security Alarm System Kit DIY (R) (Electronics)

I'll start with saying that the limitations of the design of the system didn't allow me to use the alarm system to its fullest ability. Due to the phone system we have and the way the alarm system requires to be tied into the phone system, we could not use the dialer.

That being said...

The setup of the alarm was pretty straight forward. It took me a few tries to get through the initial setup, but it worked. I would recommend setting everything up on a table and use a sheet of paper with the numbers and what they are supposed to be used for. For example, the door sensors are numbered 10-? (depending on the system), the motion was 20-? and such. Number your front door as #11, back door #12, windows.... etc. This will allow you to go through and make logical sense of what unit is "activated". My only issue IS the numbering system and its limitations. For example, I would have wanted to number my garage door #6, the garage window #7 the motion sensor #8. But because the instructions said they had to go in their pre-designated group of numbers, I couldn't group my numbers to a location of the house/garage. If I got an activation of #24 I would have to see on a quick reference sheet what was causing the activation.. Beyond this, that was my only issue with the numbering of the sensors.

Programming: I somehow activated two door sensors the same number but was unable to un-program the one sensor. It appears as if I would have to delete ALL the programming I had setup. This seems to be a big flaw in the system. If I deleted or needed to delete one, you actually have to "wipe" the memory and re-program the entire system. Huge flaw I feel.

Use: The system is "wireless", but uses a lot of wires (power, alarm horns, phone, etc). It could be worse, but just take into consideration that your control box will have a power wire into it (battery backup) and a wire for the alarm horn exiting it at a minimum. When we have had accidental activations you can very easily "silence" the alarm by unplugging the horn from it. Our system has the black-remote direct plug in (110vlt) horn. The horn has a "broken" siren. It works, cuts off in the middle, works again, cuts off... I don't know if ours is broken or what, but if it's going off, we get the idea. The way it works is, it is remote, and must work on a signal sent off by the control head. We mounted ours in a remote place of the house, so even if the main siren is deactivated, the remote one is still doing its (quieter and less effective) notification.

Complaints:
#1: I have with the system vs. my ADT system is the "Door Chime". Our sensors with ADT, when opened (doors, windows, etc) could "chime" the control box. This unit does not do that. It was nice to know when the kids were opening and closing doors to go in and out of the house.

#2: Activation: There is an "entrance & exit" delay. The issue is, if you set up a "delay" it ALWAYS delays. For instance, the two settings it has "Home/Away". I would want a delay for entering/exiting when set to "away" that way when we exit and enter the house when away, the alarm gives us a moment to disable the alarm, but if HOME, and a door is opened, I want that thing to sound off and let us know a door was just opened! This is not an option with this system. I think that is one of the largest flaws.

Wrap up:
As stated, I have not used the alarm dial out feature. I'm sure it is a nice feature, but due to our house wiring, we cannot run wires to the control head to allow us to use that feature. An issue I see in the future is the motion sensor has a very flimsy mount, I can see the "orbit ball" which allows for adjustment as being the obvious failure point. The only other issue with motion is the LED inside the sensor is BRIGHT. To the point it actually freaks out my 18M/O son!!

Suggestions:
Get more than what you need. The system uses odd batteries. I had assumed it would be a AA or AAA battery, but they are small remote type batteries. Since we didn't use all our door sensors, I removed the extra batteries and will use those to offset the cost when new batteries are needed. By buying more sensors, this would allow you to replace ones in the event they go bad. The motion sensor uses 9vlt battery (FYI).

Misc:
The company says they will give two wireless door alarms if feedback is left. Guess we will see!

Thanks for reading, I hope this helps somebody with their purchase! If you have questions or comments, please post them and i'll attempt to update/reply!

Corey

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fix the DIY Instructions - I Like the System, January 22, 2010

By 

Dollar Bill (Harrisburg, PA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: AAS 500 Wireless Home Security Alarm System Kit DIY (R) (Electronics)

I viewed the reviews prior to my purchasing the AAS 500 Security System. They highlighted the cumbersome DIY instructions. I encountered the same; however, I found the cause and have the solution.

The needed instructions are there, but the various instructional paragraphs are out of synch with the corresponding and illustrating graphics. The seller should reprint the instructions and ensure the corresponding and illustrating graphics are directly beneath the related instructional paragraph.

I hasten to add that the customer support was super. They fixed me right up. I was assisted by a very pleasant and knowledgeable lady. Also, the AAS 500 works like a charm. Don't fix the instructions if it will put the nice lady out of work. (SMILE)