Customer Reviews

Skylink AA-433 Audio Alarm

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This audio alarm works great as a secondary siren for your Skylink system, but there are a few things to note when using it through the SC-001 control panel:

- The "ARM" light on the audio alarm doesn't go on, even though system is armed.
- The siren on the audio alarm only goes off in one of the "armed" modes. In testing mode MPIN A #, the siren doesn't sound at all.
- The audio alarm doesn't beep when you arm/disarm your system.
- Program the audio alarm to the control panel. Don't program sensors to the audio alarm. This will cause you major headaches.

Also, the antenna that came with mine didn't fit well. It was a tad too long at the bottom, where it plugs into the audio alarm, so I had to cut off a bit so it'd go in all the way.

Overall, this audio alarm serves it's purpose. It's loud and I can arm/disarm it through my control panel.

BTW, I purchased the standalone AA-433, and the sticker on the back of the unit says model AA-433D.

Overall I like this product (and the entire system)... this product really only has one drawback: it doesn't participate in system "beeps"... while it DOES alarm when the system ALARMS, it doesn't beep when the system arms/disarms or when the system count-down timer is going. I would have liked it to do this because my main console is in an area that can't be heard very well throughout the house. A lot of times you can't hear the various system chimes -- which would have been substantially improved if this component did more than simply sound when the system alarm was triggered. :(

Otherwise, it's nice and loud and works well for it's main purpose. Eventually I'm considering getting 2 more: 1 for my garage and 1 for my backyard... to make my alarm REALLY NOISY. Currently, with this speaker and my main unit's speaker, the system is loud enough that anytime you are near them they actually hurt and disorient you). Not bad. :)

I have just finished puzzling my way through the installation of the Skylink autodialer, alarm, temperature and flood sensors.

I have a lot of experience with electronics and excellent reading skills.

The documentation is dreadful, and probably not proof-read [for example, the final page of Audio Alarm AA-433 manual switched from English to Spanish -- in the Spanish manual I found the final page was in English].

There are frequent poor translations from Japanese or Chinese to Japlish or Chinglish.

Nowhere in the documentation or on the Skylink website is a system overview or schematic, showing which components work with which other components.

It was not clear to me that the ONLY way to arm the Audio Alarm was to use the key chain or control pad, so now I have to order one of THOSE before the audio alarm component will work properly.

Nowhere is it clear that individual sensors must be programmed to the dialer and separately to the Audio Alarm -- I had to figure out that for myself, and then test the system to make sure that programming a sensor to one device did not deprogram the sensor with respect to the first device].

Nice hardware, but the points mentioned above I AM SURE reduce user satisfaction A LOT and probably lead to a lot of unnecessary returns.
Also, Skylink could probably charge higher prices if they dealt with the issues described above. As it is, Skylink is vulnerable to a competitor who deals more effectively with the human factors aspects of the product.

After buying a Skylink system for my home I was so pleased with it that I bought another for my workshop. I highly recommend this product it is easy to use and install.

We use a lot of Skylink security products on a farm. They work. We count on them.

I purchased the SC-001 control panel and the SC-10 kit together. The SC-10 comes with the AA-433 Audio Alarm, two transmitters, and two door/windows sensors. If you purchase it this way, to work in tandem with the SC-001, you will need to program all the componenents that accompany the SC-10 to 'sync' with the SC-001 control panel. Unfortunately, the instructions aren't too clear about this. If you refere to the PDF instructional sheet on their website, it will explain how to sync the Audio Alarm with the control panel. Besides the hassle with programming, it seems to work fine. 4 stars for quality but not 5 for lack of documentation.

I added this to my skylink main alarm panel because I wanted to hide my main panel and if you hide the main panel then it can be hard to hear it so I got this audio alarm for the other part of the house where you would not hear the main panel sounding off. it works nice. I did have a hard time programing it to the main panel because the instructions were a little unclear. also the alarm sound is not as loud as the main panel but all and all its does what I want it to do.

This was an addition to my SC-100 alarm system.

I found the location of the SC-100 alarm panel was not loud enough, due to the (secure) remote location.

It setup to the SC-100 exactly as the manual indicated.

It is definitely loud enough to "Wake the Dead"!

Like all of their products it sets up and works great!

I am very pleased to highly recomend their products!

Great value for the money, very easy to install, excellent piercing sound, drive the neighbors crazy, no more thieves and I have highly recommend this exterior alarm for your Skylink SC100 system.

This is a nice addition to the Skylink alarm system. It is plenty loud and real easy to program to the main unit. Directions are good. Easy to install inside or out.