Comments on: Skylink AA-433 Audio Alarm

By: voodoo

voodoo — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:17:12 +0000

I bought this to have a secondary alarm in case the main alarm on the SC-001 Control Panel was disabled somehow. It's a very simple unit, and if you pair it to the main Control Panel then the siren will go off when the main Control Panel siren goes off, and deactivates when the main panel is deactivated as well.

In my experience the alarm on this Audio Alarm will sound for a few seconds longer than the main Control Panel once it has been deactivated. I'm guessing this is due to the delay in the wireless signal from the main Control Panel telling the Audio Alarm to turn off. The weakest part of this unit is the plastic cover that is removeable to allow the A/C plug and antenna to be connected to the device. It's pretty weak and I can see it breaking over time, but realistically you should not have to remove the cover very often.

Overall the product works as advertised and I will be purchasing another to mount outside my house so my neighbor can hear the alarm if it goes off as he frequently keeps watch over our house for us.

Rating: 5 / 5

By: Jon Doe

Jon Doe — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 02:39:21 +0000

The skylink alarm system has a lot of potential, but it currently sucks!!!! This device is useless without the remote control that does not come with it. I purchased this device to work with the SC-1000 and was very disappointed. You can configure the main SC-001/SC-002/SC-100/SC-1000 control panel to trigger this alarm manually in panic mode, but the main panel can not arm/disarm this device. The only way this device has value is that you can marry/train the wireless remote to the main panel AND remote alarm. Pressing the arm/disarm button on the remote will then arm/disarm both of the devices seperately. Without the remote keychain transmitter the two alarms do not work together. If you are only planning on using the remote transmitter to arm and disarm the system it would probably work fine, but the main panel will not disarm this device.

Rating: 1 / 5

By: D.S.

D.S. — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:36:54 +0000

I was trying to use this product as an additional external siren to the alarm installed in SC-001 control panel and I was disappointed because it will not sound unless it was activated (armed) by the keychain transmitter. Arming SC-001 control panel and AA-433 Audio Alarm at the same time with one single button push of keychain transmitter is almost impossible due to different sensitivity of these devices (especially if they are in 2 different location in your house). You have to push the button several times to make sure that both devices are armed (very annoying!!). I think Skylink could easily fix this problem by allowing option of keeping AA-433 always armed when it used only as a “slave” siren for SC-001 control panel.
Rating: 1 / 5

By: Joshua Mcneese

Joshua Mcneese — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:53:40 +0000

Look you got to give this product five stars! Yes it may not be perfect but it is about as close as a product can be. Installation and Setup is a breez and I like the way it works, and how it is preset to about what you want without any programing… I think it’s packaging and design is very well done! My house got broken into twon months ago, and now I really feel safer knowing this is there!
Rating: 5 / 5

By: J. M. McManus

J. M. McManus — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:21:21 +0000

Product does not work with battery backup. Battery will run down in about a week.

Works well with ac only. But why have a battery?

Instructions are very little help. System is very difficult to get up and reset.

Rating: 1 / 5