Help, this is driving me insane.

My battery recently went flat (after I had lent the car to my other half.....) so having charged it it seems to set the alarm off. When this has happened before I just zap it with the fob and it turns the alarm off - easy..... This time the fob doesn't seem to be working and the only thing that gets the car to shut up is by disconnecting the battery, well this seems to make it quieter as I presume there is a separate small battery for the alarm.

Where is the speaker for the alarm so is can just rip the thing out? I tried to find it by listening, is it behind the passenger side wheel arch trim? I had to shut the thing off after a couple of minutes as the neighbours were beginning to look pissed off (quite right too, it was making a right racket)

It is a Meta system alarm, are these factory fitted? I am not bothered if I lose the alarm function but is there an immobiliser?

Is it possible to get new fobs?

The down is beyond the passenger wrong, easy enough to get at. Rip it out and dispose of in a bucket of water.

The immobile is separate, in fact you can happily drive the car with the alarm still sounding. The control box is in the driver foot well up under the fuse tray, you could unplug the whole system but this will stop the central living from working.

The meta system is well past it's sell by date. Replace with a modern unit or a remote living unit only.

Lots of info in the alarm area.

Bockers, thanks for the replies pal. In my haste I hadn't even realised that there was a separate alarm section. Will have a good look through the posts there now.

Cheers again.

Excuse the typos, bloody auto correct on my tablet

Phew, I was beginning to think it was me!

Or a particularly enraged rant on alarm-related topics

Have you tried changing the battery in the fob?

Yip, tried that Kelv. No joy.

I've just been through the procedure of registering my new Cobra fob to my alarm. It was a bit of a laborious process.

Perhaps the Meta fob also needs to be re-synced since you recharged the batt.

Give these guys a call - they sold me a new fob for my Cobra alarm, and were v helpful. Looks like they deal with Meta too.

guys

Try and find the model of your alarm too. My control box was inside the drivers side dash.

Sorted by pulling the blue connector apart from up behind the fuse box. No more wailing....(from me and the alarm!!)