scoobydavid

My battery keeps going flat and i sure its the traker its a trackstar 1 and has a 6-7 hour sleep mode , does anyone no how i can disconnet my tracker ?please pm if you dont want to post on here for obvious reasons

imf1

iTrader: (2)

Any decent alarm fitters should be able to do it for you, but you should inform Tracker first etc..

j4ckos mate

and your insurers

GC8

Id suggest that you could do it yourself quite easily. Theyre seldom fitted with any enthusiasm or real application, so you should be able to get to it after a brief 'James Herriot' moment.....

GC8

Think:

toigye

simon i wonder what websites you look at really i do lol ....

and the answer is i havent got you on my ignore list i have only just learnt how to post pics pmsl

GC8

I really had to search to get a 'hand up a cow' picture! None of 'James Herriot' and virtually every other hit was a person using a cow window with their hands through a round plastic hole in the cows side; rooting about in its stomach (which was pretty horrible, although the cows werent fussed)!

Jamo

iTrader: (23)

the easiest way to lose the tracker is not to pay the bill or I can sell you a gps blocker

Mo.k

iTrader: (5)

Do you have the tracker paper work? If you do pm me the location code and I can tell where it is in the car and how to disconnect it.

scoobydavid

i dint get any paper work if i contact traker and cancel my contract will this shut the tracker down

Mo.k

iTrader: (5)

You can call Tracker UK and cancel your subscription but the tracker unit will still be live but it can be left like that until you want it active again.
Pm me if you like but why don't you want the tracker active they do work well if fitted correctly.

Mo.k

iTrader: (5)

If you do call them they can give you the location code or even tell you were it is in the car if you want to take it out.

super_ted

iTrader: (30)

why wouldn't you want it?

scoobydavid

my battery seems ok at the moment but i cant see why we have trackers anyway they seem like a scam to me why do we have to pay subcriptions they should be free or a one off fee ...... i mean how many cars do they find anyway my battery was flat for over a week and no body contacted me which they are meant to

Mo.k

iTrader: (5)

I don't sell them but I can fit them so i don't know if it is a scam but what i do know is that you can buy a one year, three year or lifetime subscription for a one off payment.
There are different levels of cover between the trackers in the range.
They do work but there are ways around them, when a stolen car that was fitted with a tracker installed by me is recovered my boss got a well done letter to say they had recovered it with the help of the tracker fitted by me, I ended up with four of those letters in one year but I don't know if any did get stolen successfully.
If you look around there are insurance companies that give discounts for cars fitted with trackers.

Up to you what you want in your car.

Car Security Expert

they wont contact you if the car has a flat battery.

super_ted

iTrader: (30)

as far as i know they have a back up battery anyway? also if your not subscribed with them, they wont contact you.

audioscape

not all trackers have a battery back up, the original navtrack didnot have a battery back up. the later unit did same for tracker the best one i have used is trackstar or i-mob tt4 these are what i fit tqi approved this standard came out in 2006. the original standards were for gps gprs and cel phone communication link not including battery back up.

tracking expert

Audioscape is right

The old tracking systems didn't have battery back up.

All new Thatcham TQA (replaced cat Q) systems that have passed in 2008 all have battery back up as this is needed to pass the new TQA criteria .

Regarding the trackstar product, trackstar do have a system that can shut down after an hour instead of the 6-7 hour shut down, this may help the battery issue (or it may not!!!)


Andy

super_ted

iTrader: (30)

i see.

So i have a tracker fitted to my classic. i cant find the model number, but it was installed in may 2006 by a vsib installer. is it poss to find out if it has batt back up?

audioscape

can you confirm it is a trackstar if so it will have battery back up just checked all my paperwork back to 2000 even the sample unit i fitted had back up. so if u are paying your subscription do not disconnect it unless you tell them first.

have you put a mulitmeter between the battery and the battery terminal to see how much it is drawing? if so how many amps