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According to the Dealer, The Red Clips purpose is not to enable the IR sensors for security, It comes with the Speedhumps, When you put your speedhump on while the top is down, your suppose to place the red clip on as a reminder to remove the humps prior to raising the top...plus you cannot raise your top if the clip is on...its a prevenative measure to keep you from breaking something.

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Originally Posted by mwh98

To me the thing that does not make sense, is why is the IR alarm enabled with the top up, but not down. One would think exactly the opposite. Someone is more likely to reach into the car with the top down, than break into or cut the top when up.

Mark Hudson
2001 Seal Gray
San Antonio, Texas

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Originally Posted by MNBoxster

Hi,

This is because with the Top Down, there is a great potential for many false alarms. A Leaf falling in the car or an insect passing through would trigger it.

Interestingly, I know the ROW cars have a different alarm system and this IR system activates independent of Top position - I don't know why the USA Cars are different, not aware of any regulations governing it...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

Personally I have to disagree with the sensitivity of the sensor. I've found that it has to be major movement of generally large objects. I've tested the sensor with the red clip and it does work. However, I recently had my side window smashed in with glass flying everywhere inside the car and.... Nothing. Not a peep! I once set the alarm and then reached in to grab something off the seat.... Nothing. It only went off when I waved my arm around the center of the car.

I agree, Pete. I just bought the red clip and it's pretty much worthless on my 987. I put it on, activated the alarm, then reached in and touched the steering wheel, radio facia, and opened the center storage bin, without triggering the alarm. It wasn't until i reached under the dashboard that the alarm went off.

When i take the car in for its service, I'm gogin to ask about the sensitivity of the infrared .

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Originally Posted by TVC15

Damn...you must have long a$$ arms! :D

"According to the Dealer, The Red Clips purpose is not to enable the IR sensors for security, It comes with the Speedhumps, When you put your speedhump on while the top is down, your suppose to place the red clip on as a reminder to remove the humps prior to raising the top...plus you cannot raise your top if the clip is on...its a prevenative measure to keep you from breaking something."

This makes the most sense..............but when i turn my alarm on, isnt it on. its not like my alarm is only activated when the roof is closed.....i'm kinda lost.

last week, i had one drunk idiot do a dukes of hazard and jump over my door and right into the driver side(he was part of the wedding party, i didnt know him, and i pretty much completly lost my mind as to why this fool would even attempt this). i was in the parking lot and my car was sitting locked/alarm on, windows down, roof down. alarm went off.....

but what i am trying to say is that the alarm was on, and when he jumped in, the alarm went off. so why do i need a red clip. or was i very drunk and not realize how this useless alarm works.

Have any other 987 owners noticed that the red clip interferes with the Bose? I think it's just with 'AP' turned on, but the dynamic processing changes with the roof up or down (I guess that's why there's a sound pause when the roof engages), and if you leave the red clip on the roof-up processing is used.

I've been known to drive with the red clip in place. Sometimes I forget to take it off, sometimes I just leave it on because frankly...it looks cool ! Everyone knows that anything red (e.g. calipers) on Porsches = "Better".