viper remote issues

Is it me but  I've got a bad feeling  about the latest DEI two way remotes? Heck you can't even programme a new remote properly with pos door locks, you've got to ground the green.

paging is definatley turned ON... no one else having issues with the Responder LE remotes?  i'd heard they were problematic.......Kevin Gerry

Certified Electronics Technician

MECP First Class Installer

Owner/Installer

Classic Car Audio

since 1979

kgerry wrote: paging is definatley turned ON... no one else having issues with the Responder LE remotes?  i'd heard they were problematic.......

YES! I have had some go bad, but a buddy of mine runs a shop in MI, and he is constantly swapping brains out because the remotes fail to work. I am not happy with DEI's "new & improved" bull$h!t.Big Al

kgerry wrote: vehicle 2, Viper 5301 constantly get out of range notification... doors lock & unlock fine and remote starts fine, just get out of range response from LED 2-way remote.. i programmed a new remote, same thing, tried a new antenna, same thing, new antenna cable, same thing.... is there anything in the brain itself that will allow it to act as a 1-way, but not a 2-way? everything still works fine, just not getting the 2-way confirmation.... any ideas??

NOTE: I'm a consumer, not a installer.I'm having this EXACT same issue with my 5901. Its intermittant though, sometimes i get the out of range response on the remote and sometimes it works fine, but the car always responds fine. Is there a fix for this or am i going to have to take it back to my installer? Asking because the shop i deal with is an hour away, i hate having to make trips up there if i don't have to.Holty

'03 Chevy Silverado SS

'04 Nissan Maxima SL

don't know about your 5500 issue, but the 5501 and 5901 or  any of the responder le or responder sst units (meaning 1st batch)  have had antena issues to not working in cold weather some will come back when it warms up some won't come back at all either way there is an antenna swapout from dei our swapouts came in with a silver dot painted on it.  40 percent still did not respond so we got back to dei and apparently some of the units required what dei called a reboot.  what you do is first install the new antenna then unplug all the harnesses at the unit except for the the main harness with the thick guage wires now with all the harnesses unplugged except the main one you ground a regular one wire test light and drag it accross all of the exposed pins to reboot .  you will here onboard relays clicking this is a good thing,  after you've shorted, (not literally) the pins by dragging your test light accross all of them plug all the harnesses back in and most of the time you don't even have to go through the programming everything programmed was remembered and away you go.  done this many times already, with new antenna for colder climates and the rebooting you won't see this customer again and both of you are happy.  let me konw if this helped

p/t installer wrote: don't know about your 5500 issue, but the 5501 and 5901 or  any of the responder le or responder sst units (meaning 1st batch)  have had antena issues to not working in cold weather some will come back when it warms up some won't come back at all either way there is an antenna swapout from dei our swapouts came in with a silver dot painted on it.  40 percent still did not respond so we got back to dei and apparently some of the units required what dei called a reboot.  what you do is first install the new antenna then unplug all the harnesses at the unit except for the the main harness with the thick guage wires now with all the harnesses unplugged except the main one you ground a regular one wire test light and drag it accross all of the exposed pins to reboot .  you will here onboard relays clicking this is a good thing,  after you've shorted, (not literally) the pins by dragging your test light accross all of them plug all the harnesses back in and most of the time you don't even have to go through the programming everything programmed was remembered and away you go.  done this many times already, with new antenna for colder climates and the rebooting you won't see this customer again and both of you are happy.  let me konw if this helped

can you use a resistor instead of a test light? if so, what ohm resistor?

kgerry wrote: <SPAN class=post> vehicle 2, Viper 5301 constantly get out of range notification... doors lock & unlock fine and remote starts fine, just get out of range response from LED 2-way remote.. i programmed a new remote, same thing, tried a new antenna, same thing, new antenna cable, same thing.... is there anything in the brain itself that will allow it to act as a 1-way, but not a 2-way? everything still works fine, just not getting the 2-way confirmation.... any ideas??</SPAN>

try disconnecting power from the brain for at least 30 seconds to "reboot" it. otherwise you have to swap the brain