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Do not attempt to install this Remote Car Starter into a manual transmis-
sion vehicle! Doing so could cause serious property damage, personal
injury, and will void all warranties!
Be aware of, and avoid, any airbag circuitry! Due to the fact that an installer
will not be in a normal, upright seated position, severe injury may occur in
an accidental airbag deployment!
The use of a Digital Multimeter (DMM) or Volt-Ohm Meter (VOM) instead of
a standard testlight is required. This can greatly reduce the risk of an acci-
dental airbag deployment or on-board computer damage.
Battery gases are explosive! Avoid sparks and do not smoke while work-
ing near the vehicle's battery!
Always protect wires routed through the firewall from sharp metal edges
and hot parts of the engine! Always fuse positive wires at their source!
Installation Cautions and Warnings
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Instead of using a pin switch to monitor the hood's open or shut status, an Omega
AU-46 Mercury Tilt Switch may used. Connect one of the AU-46's wires to Negative
Chassis Ground and connect the remaining wire to the Blue wire.
20-Gauge Black/Yellow Wire:
Engine Detect Input
Connection If Desired.
The Black/Yellow wire is the engine detect
wire. The Comfort Start unit utilizes two different methods of monitoring the vehicle dur-
ing the remote starting process. Consider both methods before selecting one to use:
Smart Start is more commonly used, for its ease of installation and especially for appli-
cations such as diesel engine in which the vehicle has no true tach signal available or an
unsatisfactory tach signal. The unit as received has Smart Start selected, and when it is
used the Black/Yellow wire is not connected to anything. Smart Start “reads” the vehicle’s
voltage level to determine engine running status.
An adjustment control for Smart Tach is on the side of the unit’s case. Complete all
wiring connections; then start the engine by pressing the transmitter’s START button. If
the engine can’t be started, turn the adjustment clockwise. If the engine is over cranking,
turn the adjustment counter-clockwise.
Tach Wire Sensing is preferable in cases were the engine normally starts inconsis-
tently, or is hard to start . To use this method, Tach Wire must be programmed to operate
(see pages 11-13), the Black/Yellow wire must be connected, and then the Tach Wire
signal must be learned by the Comfort Start unit.
With this method the Black/Yellow wire reads the engine speed (tach) information.
