Just hooked up the Elk-M1 and fired it up for the first time. I don't have the door, motion, or water sensors hooked up yet, just a keypad and the siren. I have an Elk-45 on Output 2, but it emits a constant high pitched tone. Its not super loud, but obviously any sound coming from the siren isn't good. Fairly new to this, so am unsure as to what the problem might be. Any suggestions?
Constant High Pitched Tone
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tmbrown97
Senior Member
To clarify on DEL's post - this is definitely the supervisory voltage... here's a post to the solution straight from Elk's engineer: http://cocoontech.com/forums/topic/8470-elk-siren-whispering-to-me-during-the-day/?p=73084
That said I definitely prefer speakers over sirens with the Elk. The reason is that the elk uses a single siren driver for both internal and external speakers, and though the interior speakers will cut to voice and make announcements, then back to the siren - they'll be in perfect sync which adds to the overall clarity. Additionally, using the Elk's built in amp is safer for overall amp draw than a separate siren driver. If you were to crack open that speaker you'd see that it's the exact same speaker as elk sells without the siren driver, but with a separate siren driver included. You could totally bypass that if you wanted and hook it up as a speaker instead - solving both problems at once.
That said I definitely prefer speakers over sirens with the Elk. The reason is that the elk uses a single siren driver for both internal and external speakers, and though the interior speakers will cut to voice and make announcements, then back to the siren - they'll be in perfect sync which adds to the overall clarity. Additionally, using the Elk's built in amp is safer for overall amp draw than a separate siren driver. If you were to crack open that speaker you'd see that it's the exact same speaker as elk sells without the siren driver, but with a separate siren driver included. You could totally bypass that if you wanted and hook it up as a speaker instead - solving both problems at once.
drvnbysound
Senior Member
I've used the ELK-73 (OUT1) and ELK-74 (OUT2) without issue.
