Directed Electronics 2000 manual

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    Model 2000 Owner's Guide[...]

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    i © 2001 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Limited Lifetime Consumer W arr anty For a period o f one calen dar year fr om th e date o f purchase o f this auto-security devi ce , Directed Electr oni cs, In c. pr omises to th e ORIGINAL PURCHASER to r epair or replace (with a compar able recon dition ed m odel), fr ee of cost, an y electr onic con trol [...]

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    ii © 2001 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Electroni cs does n ot authorize an y person to create for it any oth er obli gation or li a- bility in connecti on with this security system. T O THE MAXIMUM EXTENT ALLOWED BY LA W , ANY AND ALL W ARRANTIES ARE EXCLUD- ED BY THE MANUF ACTURER AND EA CH ENTITY P ARTICIP A TING IN THE STREAM OF COM- MERCE THE[...]

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    1 © 2001 Directed Electr onics , Inc . T able o f Contents Limited Lifetime Consumer W arranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i What Is Included . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Important Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    2 © 2001 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Standar d Configur ation[...]

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    3 © 2001 Directed Electr onics , Inc . What is Included ■ A contr ol module ■ A pair of two-button r emote tran smitters ■ A Sting er ® Doubleguard ® d u al-output shock sen sor (on-board the con trol mod ule) ■ A back-up battery siren ■ T wo back-up battery siren keys ■ The r ed status LED indicator li gh t ■ A push-button V alet [...]

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    4 © 2001 Directed Electr onics , Inc . runs out, you can simply thr ow the tran smitter away an d replace it with a new on e. Y our warran ty car d must be r eturned. If th e warranty car d is n ot return ed, you do n ot have a warr anty . It is also n ecessary to k eep your receipt, whi ch reflects that the pr od uct was in stalled by an authoriz[...]

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    5 © 2001 Directed Electr onics , Inc . T r ansmitter Functions The r eceiver uses a computer-based Learn Routine to learn the tran smitter buttons. This m ak es it possible to assign differ ent tran smitter buttons to differen t r eceiver functi ons. Th e tr ansmitter initially com es programm ed with Stan dar d Configurati on, but may also be cus[...]

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    6 © 2001 Directed Electr onics , Inc . U sing Y our Sy stem The tr ansmitter buttons in di cated in this guid e correspond to th e stand ard tran smitter confi gurati on. Remember , this is n ot th e only way your tran smitter m ay be set up. Y ou can activate , or arm, the system by pressin g on your tran smitter for one secon d . When th e syste[...]

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    7 © 2001 Directed Electr onics , Inc . When armed, your v ehicle is protected in the follo wing w ays: ■ Ligh t impacts will trigger th e W arn Away ® si gnal. Wh en trigg ered, th e sir en will chirp and th e parking ligh ts will flash for a few secon ds. ■ Heavy impacts will tri gger the system. Th e full tri gger sequence is 30 or 60 secon[...]

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    8 © 2001 Directed Electr onics , Inc . ■ Pressin g a third tim e within five seconds: The sir en chirps three tim es followed by a long chirp. Z on e Four is now bypassed. ■ Pressin g a fourth time within five secon ds: Th e siren chirps four tim es followed by a long chirp. Z on es T wo and Four are n ow bypassed. ■ Pressin g a fifth time w[...]

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    9 © 2001 Directed Electr onics , Inc . T o disarm the security system, turn the i gnition to the "on" position. Pr ess the V alet switch the selected n umber of times (1-5 presses) within 15 secon ds. The system sh ould n ow disarm. If it does n ot, you may have waited too long to pr ess th e V alet switch; turn the i gnition off an d on[...]

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    10 © 2001 Directed Electr onics , Inc . T o disable the back-up battery siren, f ollo w these steps: 1. Locate the back-up battery sir en. 2. Remove th e water protective cap on the back sid e of the sir en to e xpose the sir en lock switch. 3. Insert th e siren key in to th e siren lock switch and turn th e key to the LEFT to disable the back-up [...]

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    11 © 2001 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Y ou can preven t your security system fr om automati cally arming and tri ggering by usin g V alet ® Mod e . This is very useful when washing or servi cing the vehi cle . In V alet Mod e, th e security sys- tem will not arm, even with th e remote tr an smitter , but all con- venien ce function s will con t[...]

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    12 © 2001 Directed Electr onics , Inc . that sensor or switch (alon g with any other sen sors or switch es sharing th e same zone) f or 60 min utes. If the bypassed sen sor tries to trigg er th e system while it is being bypassed, th e 60-minute bypass period will start over . This ensur es that a sensor that con tinually tri gg ers will rem ain b[...]

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    13 © 2001 Directed Electr onics , Inc . If the system is arm ed while an input is active (e.g. sen sor tri g- gerin g) the unit will chirp once wh en armin g and th en one mor e time a few secon ds later . This is called Bypass Notifi cati on. The security system will i gnore th e input that was active wh en the system was armed , until the input [...]

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    14 © 2001 Directed Electr onics , Inc . The zon e number is the n umber o f LED flashes used by th e security system to id entify a specific input. Th e stan dar d input assignm ents are listed in th e f ollowing T able of Zon es , along with spaces to write in any opti onal sensors or switch es you have had installed . ZONE (Number o f DEALER-INS[...]

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    15 © 2001 Directed Electr onics , Inc . However , if the tr an smitter buttons have been pr essed many tim es out of r ange o f th e vehicle , or the battery has been r emoved, it may g et out of sync with th e con trol unit an d fail to operate th e system. T o re-syn c th e rem ote control simply pr ess on the tran smitter several times within r[...]

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    16 © 2001 Directed Electr onics , Inc . P o wer Sav er Mode Y our system will automati cally en ter P ower Saver Mode while armed or in V alet Mod e , after a period o f time in whi ch no opera- tion has been perf ormed. This lowers th e curr ent d raw on the vehicle's battery an d prevents th e system fr om dr aining the bat- tery . P ower S[...]

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    17 © 2001 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Pr ogr amming Options Progr amming option s con trol what your system d oes during norm al operation, an d r equire few or n o addition al parts. However , some pr ogramming opti on s may r equire additi onal installati on labor . The f ollowing is a list of th e pr ogram settin gs, with the f actory setting[...]

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    18 © 2001 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Security & Conv enience Expansions Her e we have listed only some of th e m any e xpansion opti ons available . Please contact your dealer f or a complete e xplanati on of all the opti ons available to you. Backup Battery: The 520T k eeps the system armed , tri ggers th e alarm and k eeps the starter kil[...]

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    19 © 2001 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Glossary o f T erms Back-Up Battery Siren: N oise gener atin g devi ce responsible f or gen erating th e "chirps" you h ear , as well as the sound you h ear when th e alarm is trigger ed . Control Unit: Th e "br ain" of your system. It h ouses the mi cro- processor whi ch monitors and con[...]

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    20 © 2001 Directed Electr onics , Inc . Trigger or T riggered Sequence: This is what happens wh en th e alarm "goes o ff" or "trips". The trigg er ed respon se of your system consists o f 30 or 60 seconds of sir en sounding an d li ghts flashin g. V alet ® Switch: A small push-button switch m oun ted on the vehicle that is use[...]

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    21 © 2001 Directed Electr onics , Inc . QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE: T o arm using your r emote ■ Y ou can activate, or arm, th e system by pressin g on your tran smitter for on e second . When th e system arms, you will hear a sh ort siren sound, or chirp, and see th e ligh ts flash once . T o disarm using your r emote ■ T o disarm the system, pres[...]

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    The company behind this s ystem is Directed Electr onics , Inc. Since its in ception, DEI ® has had on e purpose , to provide con sum ers with the fin est vehicle security an d car stereo pr odu cts and accessories available . The recipien t o f nearly 100 paten ts and Inn ovation s Awards in the fi eld of advanced electroni c technology , DEI is [...]