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System Description





This passive system is designed to protect against vehicle theft. The system monitors vehicle doors, interior lamps and ignition action for unauthorized operation. The alarm activates by sounding the horn, flashing the park and tail lamps and providing an engine kill feature.

Passive arming occurs:

^ After exiting the vehicle

^ Doors closed

^ Press transmitter button to set the theft security system

^ The horn Will chirp

^ Alarm Set lamp will flash

Chirp of horn is a short toot to notify that the alarm system is set.

During the arming process, the ALARM SET indicator lamp in the message center will flash for about 15 seconds, indicating that arming is in progress. If no monitored systems are activated during this period, the system will arm. If the doors, ignition action or interior lamps are sensed by the system. The ALARM SET lamp will remain lit during the arming process, although the system will still arm.

If the ALARM SET lamp does not illuminate at all upon door closing it indicates that the system is not arming.

Passive arming occurs upon pressing the lock button of the remote entry transmitter.

Passive disarming occurs upon pressing the unlock button of the remote entry transmitter. This disarming will also halt the alarm once it has been activated.


There is a tamper alert that exists to notify the driver that the system had been activated. If the system has since timed-out for more than 18 minutes. This alert will notify the drive that the vehicle has be tampered with. The alert consists of three horn pulses when the driver disarms the vehicle.

WHAT WILL TRIGGER THE SYSTEM

One of the following actions will trigger the system while it is armed, and without properly disarming system with the remote entry transmitter.

(1) Opening any DOOR.

(2) Turning the ignition switch ON.

(3) Turning interior lamps ON using the headlamp switch.