A timing mechanism.
4 seconds sound clip from The Transformers (1984) - Countdown to Extinction TV Series.
You can hear this line at 00:18:16 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Or hadn't you noticed that you're posession is an unstable condition?
- Leave! I only want what's mine.
- Megatron, come in! Megatron, this is Shockwave, acknowledge! If you are functional, Megatron!
- Of course I'm functional! Call back later. I'm busy.
- Megatron! Megatron, are you still there?
- Everything is under control, Shockwave.
- He planned to destroy the Earth, and gather the energy of the destruction!
- When I get my hands on that traitor, his catalythic data assembly is mine!
[...]