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bd3521

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Posted: February 03, 2004 at 7:00 PM / IP Logged

Sorry guys im installing my first car starter and I have a few questions. (if the manual was more then 1 page it would probably be useful). I installed the starter out, 12v, and ignitions, just got several more to do.

What is the difference between the “neg. when running” and “ground input”? Are they both just grounded to chassis?

the the difference between the parking light “input” and parking light “output”?

How do I wire the wires labeled "tach input signal" and "spark plug input signal"?

soultinter

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Posted: February 03, 2004 at 7:19 PM / IP Logged

ground input is the system ground, use a self tapping screw and ground to a solid piece of metal or find a factory ground bolt and add to that. ground is critical to the operation of the system. negativ out when running is commonly used to trigger anti theft bypasses or other acessories like a 2nd ign or acc relay etc. the parking light input is probably a polarity wire, in other words, if your park lights are neg trigger, you must hook up input wire to a ground source and vise versa for pos trigger. the output is what actually triggers the parking light circuit. tach input signal would be from an alternating current source like the coil or an injector, spark plug input would be for wrapping that wire around a spark plug wire to creat an induction coil of sorts to detect the alternating current of the engine. you would not use both wires, either one or the other. if in doubt, take it to a pro, you could really mess things up.

bd3521

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Posted: February 07, 2004 at 8:48 PM / IP Logged

My original remote from my alarm will disarm on unlock (beep beep) and arm on lock (beep).

Okay I got the starter in no problem. The car starts great. The only problem is that the keyfob remote unlocks/locks the doors but it does not disarm the prexistining alarm (aftermarket checkmate alarm). So if I went to remote start the car the alarm would go off. Same if i unlocked the doors because it doesnt disarm.

Any ideas?

12v(+)

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Posted: February 07, 2004 at 10:42 PM / IP Logged

Not sure, but you may need to tap in the "factory alarm disarm" wire from the brain.

bd3521

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Posted: February 08, 2004 at 1:08 AM / IP Logged

Yeah the starter came with a factory disarm wire (does it matter that the alarm isn't "factory"?).

Anyway I have no clue about how to hook this wire up from the remote starter to the checkmate alarm.

If anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

bd3521

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Posted: February 08, 2004 at 11:36 AM / IP Logged

Here is some things that I see on the schematic for car starter. Should i use any of these??

Wires-------------------------------

Neg. When Runnig

Remote Start Activation Input

Factory Disarm

Programming Settings-------

.8 sec puls or 3 sec pulse

single pulse unlock or double pulse unlock

Green activation wire one pulse to activate or 3 pulse to trigger

If anyone has any idea I can disarm the checkmate on unlock and remote start it would be awesome.

thanks

bd3521

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Posted: February 09, 2004 at 11:39 PM / IP Logged

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Here some pics that may be useful. The 1st three are checkmate alarm (the smaller unit is alarm, larger is car starter).

Any ideas How i can disarm?

thanks

bd3521

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Posted: February 10, 2004 at 3:43 PM / IP Logged

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Posted: February 11, 2004 at 7:14 PM / IP Logged

What make, model and year car is this ??

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bd3521

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Posted: February 11, 2004 at 8:39 PM / IP Logged

2001 Toy. Corolla LE. Sorry I failed to mention it because both the starter and alarm were aftermarket?

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