A Tracker is a small electronic homing device which is fitted to your vehicle in any number of covert places that are virtually impossible to detect. Unlike other more expensive systems, there are no telltale antennae or arials to give its prescence away. When stolen, it will emit a signal that the Police can pick up. There are two systems, Tracker Retrieve and the rapid alert Tracker Monitor.
How does TRACKER work?
TRACKER stolen vehicle recovery systems work like an electronic homing device. A covert transmitter is hidden discreetly in one of several dozen places around your car. There is no visible aerial or other identifying feature so the thief can't see it and won't know it's there.
When your car is stolen and reported to the police, TRACKER activates the system, which sends out a silent radio signal unique to your vehicle, across a dedicated nationwide transmission network.
With TRACKER Monitor, a sophisticated sensor detects any unauthorised movement of your car, even if it is towed or lifted away. It then sends a warning signal to TRACKER's 24-hour monitoring centre who will call you to alert you of the possible theft.
Once activated, the TRACKER signal from your car is picked up by special detection equipment fitted in patrol cars and helicopters of every police force in the country, allowing them to locate the stolen vehicle to the exact spot.
Because TRACKER works via land-based radio transmission, it is virtually impossible to interrupt or block the signal, by hiding the car in a steel crate or concrete building for example, as may happen with some satellite systems, making TRACKER the most reliable tracking system in hostile or theft situations.
TRACKER Horizon operates in the same way as TRACKER Monitor with one exception. TRACKER Horizon also has a satellite locating device installed. Using the Global Positioning System constellation of 24 satellites, TRACKER Horizon enables the TRACKER control centre to immediately establish the geographical location of the stolen vehicle through its GPS mapping screens. The Police then use TRACKER's proven radio transmission technology to pinpoint the location of the stolen vehicle wherever it may be hidden, including steel containers and garages where other satellite systems fail to maintain contact.
Product Options
Three TRACKER stolen vehicle recovery products are available, depending on what level of service you require.
You tell TRACKER when your car has been stolen and the system is activated
to send out a unique signal which the police will follow knowing it is
your car.
The system detects any unauthorised movement of the vehicle and sends
a theft-warning signal to TRACKER's 24-hour monitoring centre. This means
we tell you if we think your car is being stolen, enabling us to activate
the system and begin tracking as quickly as possible once you've reported
it to the police.
TRACKER Horizon combines TRACKER's
Monitor system with the company's own satellite based Global Positioning
System. This means that TRACKER's control centre can immediately establish
the geographical location of the stolen vehicle and relay this information
to the Police who then use their TRACKER equipped vehicles to identify
its exact location, wherever it may be hidden.
With all stolen
vehicle recovery systems, TRACKER will also safely return your vehicle
to you at an agreed location, no matter where in the country it is found,
which means you will not incur any extra expense or time collecting it.