| | |  | | Home » Skylink SC-1000 Complete Wireless Alarm System | | | | | | | Description: | | Skylink Wireless Alarm System... It's a complete WIRELESS security system that can be installed easily in minutes. It's ideal for your home, business office, stores, retail operations, wherever security is a concern. And thanks to the emergency dialer, there are no monthly charges because you don't have to sign up for additional monitoring services. The control panel can control up to 24 different sensors... triggering 120dB siren sounds, and sending a wireless signal to the emergency dialer that calls for help. Act ONLINE now... for some peace of mind! AVAILABLE SEPARATELY: Smoke / Carbon Monoxide, Extra Door / Window or Extra Motion Sensors - word search in our Store for 'Sensors'. Skylink Complete Wireless Alarm System | | | Features: | |
• Rolling Code Technology - Leading edge technology
• Provides maximum security and reduces false alarm
• Dials up to 9 different numbers of your choice
• Sends out your personal 40 second message
• Easy installation
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Weight:
| 20.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 15.3 inches | | Package Width:
| 12.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 4.0 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 113 reviews |
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207 of 213 found the following review helpful:
 Good price but one major flawNov 27, 2008
By Kay Hayes
"knitting ninja"
We bought this system to monitor our travel trailer while parked outside of our house during a remodel. We have 110v to the trailor so the system doesn't have to run from it's own batteries all of the time. The door sensors and motion detector are easy to mount, even in a trailer. Programming the base key pad is a snap and the remote control is great. With the remote, I don't really ever use the key pad. The alarm is painfully (literally) loud when it goes off. The system even has entry delays and one can program all of the input devices to a selected zone - delayed or instant.
My one complaint - the dialer functionality. The concept of the dialer is great. It will call your phone when the alarm goes off. The draw back is you have to turn it off and on seperately from the rest of the system. It does not "talk" with the remote or the keypad. Also, It will dial when anything is tripped, even when the system is not armed. It will dial if the system is set to monitor only the doors but the motion detector is activated (the "at home" setting). The only solution is to keep the dialer off when anything could be tripped and only turn it on when you leave. Also, if we arm the system for the doors only and one of the dogs activates the motion detector while we are gone...guess what. We get dialed. That is so annoying. The only work around is to hide the motion detector when we are gone.
UPDATE: After reading some truely helpful comments to the above review, I have reprogrammed the system and deleted all of the sensors except the main control panel from the dialer and that has solved the excessive calls. Now, my suggestion would be to clarify the instructions - which provide directions for registering the sensors before registering the panel. I am a very step by step person and I just followed the directions not realizing registering a device was optional and what impact that would have on the system as a whole.
155 of 158 found the following review helpful:
 Great productApr 21, 2008
By JT
This is a wonderful system that allow for peace of mind when leaving the premises. I bought the complete system with alarm and dialer. The systems come linked together, so if someone sets off the door/windows alarms or the motion detector, the dialer will begin calling the pre-programmed numbers with your custom pre-recorded message. So far it has worked very well. The built in alarm is unbearably loud, so be careful if you set it off by accident. Be sure you have the remote handy as you do NOT want to get near it to disarm it. It has the ability to trip the phone dialer based on the sensors by themselves, as a whole, or by the main security system. The dialer can be set so that you can hear the numbers being dialed, or you can opt to make it completely silent. I have mine silent as I don't want someone finding it and pulling the phone cord out. Besides, the alarm is enough to scare anyone off. The motion detector is very touchy however, and it will trip the system with slight movement. In my opinion that is a good thing. At night I set it so that only the doors and windows are alarmed, and the motion detector is off. This is a handy feature. I've purchased many security devices lately and this one is certainly the best. If you combine this with an in home motion detection webcam such as the Linksys WVC54GC you can not only be alerted via phone, but also get pictures sent to your cell phone, send streaming media to your cell phone, or simply hop onto the web and view your house in real time with no computer needed. This is my setup and it gives you an amazing piece of mind. Just be sure to mount everything out of sight!
89 of 89 found the following review helpful:
Effective remote monitoring systemDec 17, 2007
By Kennedy De Silva
This system is ideal if you want to be notified if there's is a break in, but don't want to pay an arm and a leg, plus your first born for the service.
It can call multiple numbers with a pre-recorded message to let your friends, family and you etc, know that there's a break in. You can set the order or frequency of calls to the programmed numbers. It can be set to silent or audible alarms and you can add vibration, smoke , temprature detector etc, modules to it.
You can set different zones to react instantly or to count down before going off. In addition you can slowly keep growing/adding on security sensors as your budget allow.
I've been using it for some months now with no problems and its real, real, easy to configure. I had one issue with it however and it's not a unique problem to the device. Be careful where you put the motion sensor or you'll get constant false alarms. Light reflecting through your windows/glass doors could set it off. Have it face inwards and away from mirrors that can 'see' the windows/glassdoors. Forgetting to turn off the ceiling fan caught me in the first few days. Apparently it was turning the pages on a magazine in some cases, and moving the curtains in the next.
Finally, it has a wide detection arc, so really think about where you are placing it(motion sensor).
Did I also mention that it uses 9volt batteries as backup power, though I am not sure how long that last or if it can recharge rechargable ones.
53 of 53 found the following review helpful:
Decent consumer systemOct 22, 2008
By Daniel H. Hamilton
"danham"
This is not a professional-grade alarm system, but armed (sorry) with that information, consumers can choose it and end up with a decent amount of protection for a small-to-medium size home.
The two professional features I would have liked to get (but which may not be available at this price) are a way for the system to store which zone tripped an alarm, and warning when a door or window is open and you try to arm the system.
Ability to know what triggered the alarm is important for troubleshooting, though to be fair this system has not yet given me any trouble with false alarms. An important tip is that the motion sensor ships with its jumpers in the "high" sensitivity mode. Switch to low and test thoroughly to avoid false alarms.
If I leave one of the protected windows or doors open I can still arm the system and leave the house. There is no warning of this and for obvious reasons it would be nice if it blinked or beeped.
Finally, it would be very easy for a burglar to rip the main alarm unit off the wall and smash it into silence, so I ignored the instructions which advise mounting the control unit near the door you usually enter. I'd recommend being much more creative about locating the panel and if that means you have trouble disarming when you enter, use the remote, which works great. You can also re-program individual zones to respond instantly, which is a nice feature and helps guard against this problem.
When our house was burglarized recently, we were advised by the police to get a device that makes plenty of noise, and not to waste money on a fancy system. So we bought this alarm and it does a good job.
The instructions could be better, but they are not bad and the installation went smoothly and rapidly.
36 of 36 found the following review helpful:
Pretty good alarm, but several complaints and annoyancesFeb 25, 2009
By Jim
I recently ordered the SC-1000 alarm package, along with the SC-10 package and one extra door sensor. Amazon, as always, was great. I ordered it with next day shipping, and I did indeed get it the next day. The SC-1000 comes with the keypad, the separate AD-433 auto dialer, motion sensor, two door sensors, and one keychain transmitter. Don't know why it only comes with one transmitter, I would think most people need at least two. I needed two transmitters and 5 door sensors, so I ordered the SC-10 because it comes with two sensors and two door transmitters, along with the AA-433 external siren. Saved a little money that way. Apparently, the SC-10 can be used as a stand-alone alarm. Why does it come with two transmitters, while the much more comprehensive SC-1000 package only comes with one? Weird.
Installation of all components was easy, took me about three hours, including programming. I did all the programming at my kitchen table, before I installed everything. Much easier that way. As another reviewer pointed out, you MUST clear all sensors from the AD-433 auto dialer and AA-433 siren before you can program them to the keypad. I'm glad she mentioned that, because it's not too clear in the instructions. Also, there's nothing in the SC-10 instruction book about programming it to be used as an external siren only with the SC-1000. I had to go online to Skylink's website and download the instructions for the AA-433 siren - the information was in there. That was the only problem, really, that I had with the programming.
The door sensors work very well. However, they're big, bulky, archaic, and downright ugly. They use an old style wired door magnet switch, and a separate transmitter with a short wire that goes to the magnet (you can see them in the photos I uploaded). In my opinion, they could have made them MUCH smaller and more streamlined, and much better looking. These stick out like a sore thumb.
The motion sensor is very sensitive. However, once it trips, it won't trip again for thirty seconds. Why is that? It's weird. It has high and low sensitivity jumpers, but I haven't tried it on low, so I can't comment on that. I do know that on high, my 50lb dog will trip it. But I have it in a room that I keep closed when I'm gone, so that's not an issue for me. I would imagine that on low sensitivity, and with the sensor pointed up more, a dog wouldn't trip it. But I don't know for sure.
The transmitters could be smaller, and with clearly marked buttons. The only markings at all are a series of raised dots on the buttons, which are worthless to me. The panic button is red, but the other three are the same color. I marked the arm and disarm buttons with red and blue Sharpies so I could tell them apart.
It would be nice, as another reviewer pointed out, if the alarm would tell you if a door was open when you try to arm it. It would also be nice if the external siren beeped when you arm it. It beeps when you disarm it, so why didn't they program it to beep when you arm it? Also, arming or disarming both give you a single beep. Why didn't they program it to give a double beep when you disarm?
The auto dialer works very well. But it would be nice if it could go into a "listen" mode when you answer the call, so you can hear if anything is going on inside the house, like the Macally Air Alarm does.
But with all of my complaints above, I am pretty happy overall with the system. It seems to work well, programming wasn't too difficult, and it has given me a measure of confidence when leaving the house. The Macally Air Alarm I bought previously didn't work at all, so obviously this one is much better. Would I recommend it to a friend? Yes, because even with its shortcomings, it has more features for the price than other alarms I've looked at do. Would I buy it again? Yes, for the same reasons.
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