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REMOTE START
Whether the system is armed or not, you can start the vehicle by remote. In order to do so, you must ensure that the unit is in
ready mode, the hood is closed, the key is not in the ignition and that the brakes aren't pressed and the hand brake is ON.
Press
and hold START button
for about a second until the parking lights come on to inform you that the unit has recognized your
remote. Once the lights come on, release the button on the remote. Your vehicle will now start.
NOTE:
Do not continue to press the remote once the parking lights activate. Pressing the remote Continuously for 4 seconds
will activate the "Cold Weather" mode and will not start the engine.
If the car doesn't start, the unit will shut off, wait a few seconds, then try to start the engine again. The unit will try to start the
engine a total of two, three or four times (programmable) before giving up. When the engine starts, the parking lights will stay
on for the run time duration of 4, 15 or 25 minutes programmable). If the engine stalls, the unit will try to start the engine again
(maximum of 2, 3 or 4 attempts).
NOTE: Make sure that you have the heater or air conditioner turned on before leaving your vehicle. The unit will warm or cool
your car when starting by remote control.
If the vehicle was armed,
remember to disarm
the system and unlock the doors with
Unlock button,
before entering the
vehicle.
GETTING INTO READY MODE
Before a remote start can be made the vehicle must first be set into a pre-start mode referred to as
Ready Mode.
(
The vehicle
will only start if this pre-start mode was completed when the vehicle was last used).
This mode will ensure that the vehicle is in
neutral with the hand brake on and that the vehicle is safe to start. To get the vehicle into Ready Mode, the following actions
must be completed with the car running and hood and doors are closed.
1. Apply hand brake.
2. Press Lock, Unlock or Start button on remote transmitter, until parking lights come on steady.
3. Remove keys from ignition vehicle will stay running.
4. Exit vehicle closing all doors behind you.
5. Using remote shut down vehicle using either LOCK or START. LOCK button will shut down the motor and arm the
alarm. START button will only shut down the vehicle, but will not arm the alarm.
GETTING OUT OF READY MODE
Once the vehicle has been set into Ready Mode, it will remain ready to start until one of the following where to occur.
•
Open doors or hood.
•
Disengage parking brake.
•
Turn ignition ON.
•
Press brakes.
Should one of the above mentioned occur, the parking lights will flash 3 times slowly to indicate that the vehicle has exited
Ready Mode. The vehicle at that point will have to be set back into Ready Mode as mentioned above, in order to remote start
the vehicle.
GAINING ACCESS TO VEHICLE
Should you happen to forget something in the vehicle once it has been set into Ready Mode, you can access the vehicle without
taking it out of Ready Mode by simply remote starting the vehicle, then disarming if necessary, opening the door and entering
the vehicle. Once you are ready to leave the vehicle again, you must close the door and shut the vehicle down using Stop
button.
DRIVING-OFF
After having disarmed the system and unlocked the doors, enter the vehicle and do the following:
1. Turn the ignition key to the
ON position.
(
Do not turn it to the start position
, since the engine is already running.)
2. Press the brakes to disengage the remote starter unit. You are now ready to drive off.
REMOTE TRUNK RELEASE
If your unit was installed with the trunk release option, you can open the trunk using your remote. This is especially handy
when you carry packages and need to open the trunk.
Press and hold TRUNK button
until the parking lights flash once. To open the trunk, you then
press the TRUNK button in
the same manner within 3 seconds
until you see the parking lights flash again. Or you can also press the TRUNK buttons
continuously for 3 seconds
to accomplish the same task. The parking lights stay ON while you press the TRUNK buttons.
