Autostart AS-2450vTW-FM manual

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    TWO-WAY 6-BUTTON LCD AUTOMATIC/MANUAL TRANSMIS SION REMOTE ST ARTER DOC: 1.00 - AS-2450vTW-FM - - September 26, 2007 - - MO - Assembled in Canada AS-2450vTW-FM User Guide WARNING It is the responsibility of the vehicle operator to ensure their vehicle is parked in a saf e and responsibl e manner. 1. a) Manual transmission : Wh en leaving the ve hic[...]

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    P. 2 User Guide Table of Contents Introducti on ............................................................ 2 Vehicle Pr esets....................................................... 2 Heater & H eated Seat ......................................... 2 Windshield Wipers , Radio & Headlig hts ............. 2 Using the Tra nsmitter ............[...]

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    User Guide P. 3 Using the Tr ansmitter Your remote starter is equi pped with a 5-button multi -channel remote c ontrol. It can operate two independent vehic les equipped with ide ntical remote starters (s ee Multi-car operation section on page 15). LCD Remote Functions The transmitter of fers several comman d-confirmation and timer features . This [...]

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    P. 4 User Guide Button Backlight Press for < 1 second Backlight ON fo r 3 sec. Press for > 3 seconds an d < 5 seconds Backlight ON for 3 sec . Press for > 5 seconds Backlight will stay ON until button is released. Selecting and adjusting Menu options:  When in MENU , press button to enter th e menu.  Press button to move up in the[...]

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    User Guide P. 5 7 Backlight Color Menu COLOR Backlight There 8 different colors Blue lights is default 8 LCD On Menu LCD LCD on time OFF 01 OFF 15 OFF 30 OFF 60 ON 1min, 15min, 30 min, 60min and ON 1 min is default. 9 Clock Menu CLOCK Clock hour 12:00 12 is flashing. Adjust clock hour (value from 0 to 12) Clock minute 12:00 00 is flashing. Adjust c[...]

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    P. 6 User Guide Time start menu: This feature is us ed to remote st art the car at a pre- programmed time. O nce the pre-progr ammed time is reached, the remote will send a start command t o the car module. Secure Remote feature: This feature is us ed to lock the k eypad of the trans mitter to avoid accidental bu tton press. When the remote is loc [...]

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    User Guide P. 7 Button LCD Sounder L --02 → Unlock button (2 nd car unlock) ULOCK and Unlock icon 2 beeps L --02 → Trunk button(2 nd car trunk) TRUNK text for 1s 1 beep L --02 → Start button(2 nd car start) START text for 1s 1 beep L --03 → Lock button (Channel 1) 1 beep L --03 → Unlock button (Channel 2) 1 beep L --03 → Trunk button (C[...]

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    P. 8 User Guide 5. Exit the vehicle and close all doors, hood and trunk. 6. Press for approx. 1 second either: a. LOCK to lock the doors and shut down t he engine; b. UNLOCK to unlock the doors and shut down the engine; c. START/STOP to shut down the engine without aff ecting the doors. Remote starting Press the butt on for approx. 1 s econd. The p[...]

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    User Guide P. 9 The engine will go on r unning until the user re-enters the vehicle or until t he expiration of the Engine Run Time If your vehicle has a manual transm ission , Idle Mo de can be activat ed through the s ame routine as that used for R eady Mode; at th e last step, th e button is press ed instead of the other buttons: 1. Ensure that [...]

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    P. 10 User Guide The LED will turn off. — The icon will disappear from y our LCD remote. Note : With the remote valet a ctivated, the remote star ter and the alarm functi on will be disabled. Panic Mode In an emergency s ituation, you can ac tivate panic mod e by pressing and hold ing the LOCK or UNLOCK button for 3 sec onds. If the vehic le is u[...]

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    User Guide P. 11 Extended Ru n Time While the vehicl e is running under a remote start, pressing and hold ing the button for mor e than 3 seconds will reset the run time counter to zero and restart the run time cycle from the beginning. Ther e will be one beep  a pause  three more b eeps; the parking l ights will flash three times and t he ho[...]

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    P. 12 User Guide Remote Trunk Release If your system was in stalled with the Re mote Trunk Relea se option, you can o pen your trunk by pressing the button for 3 seconds on the remote tr ansmitter. The OEM Alarm will remai n disarmed until t he button is pressed. The Starter Ki ll and the An ti-grind Featur e With this added security feature, the s[...]

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    User Guide P. 13 “Home Valet TM ” Mode If configured at in stallation, this feat ure will remotely set the v ehicle to a no-remote-st art mode: if the vehicle is parked indoors th ere is no danger of it starting ac cidentally b y remote control. Note: Once the home valet mode is activ ated, the vehicle will not star t by remote but the OEM alar[...]

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    P. 14 User Guide 6. Press and hol d either: a. to lock the doors and shut down the engine a fter 60 sec.; b. to unlock the doors a nd shut dow n the engine after 60 s ec.; c. to shut down the engine i mmediately, without affecting the d oors (this will by-pass T urbo Mode). d. TO SET THE VEHICLE INTO IDLE MO DE Engine Run Time If you have a gas eng[...]

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    User Guide P. 15 iv. Starter kill ON / Alarm OFF : the LE D will flash quickly twice until the OEM alarm is activated. Once the OEM alarm is ac tiva ted, it will flash at a slower rate. Multi-car Operat ion This option allows the owner of two vehicles, b oth equipped with t he same remote starter m odel, to control bo th systems with a sin gle remo[...]

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    P. 16 User Guide LCD Transmitter Operation and Confirmations (Sec ond Car Control) Basic Operations Function Button press Icon Sound Lock + 1 beep Unlock + 2 beeps Start + + Melody Stop + None Melody Trunk ¾ ¾ 1 Beep Start /Stop While in Safe St art Mode Function Button p ress Icon Sound Description Start on safe start mode + x 2 + Melody Press +[...]

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    User Guide P. 17 Multi-Level Features ( default state) The multi-level f eatures allow you t o access different features of your vehicle or of a second car by pressing the shift butto n once, twice or three time s. By default, the multi-leve l features are programmed as follows: Basic Features ( press the button 1X) ¾ : ...........................[...]

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    P. 18 User Guide Option 3: Level 1 (requires pressing the button 1X) Æ Customized featur es Level 2 (requires pressing the button 2X) Æ Multi car operatio n Level 3 (requires pressing the button 3X) Æ Basic features Option 4: Level 1 (requires pressing the button 1X) Æ Basic features Level 2 (requires pressing the button 2X) Æ Cus tomized feat[...]

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    User Guide P. 19 Diagnostics – Parking Light Flash Table Flashes Description 1 • Doors locked, starter kill armed. • Run time has expired. • TRUNK button pressed. • Start signal received by the module. • Cold weather mode cancelled. 2 • Doors unlocked, starter kill disarmed. • Remote start atte mpt cancel led by remote. • Exiting [...]

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    P. 20 User Guide LIMITED LIFETIME WARRANTY REMOTE STARTERS: As the manufacturer, 43 66859 Canada Inc. (“Autostar t”) warrants to the original consumer purchaser only ( nontransferable ) t hat the remote star ter module (control box) shall be free f rom defects in m aterials and workmans hip for as long as the original consumer purchaser continu[...]