HI -- I read your forums and took your advice of having a professsional install an alarm/ remote start.
I talked to several people in my area and chose the Audiovox 996A and had it installed this week. I see a couple of annoying problems and I need to know if I have to "live with them" or can I get the installer to fix them. He was on the phone with audiovox for an hour and they told him everything is working fine.
installed on a 2004 Hummer H2 - Audiovox 996A with DEI 457gw
my 2 issues:
1. If I open the door with the alarm - but do not use the autostart feature -- the GM "alarm check" light on the dash illuminates and does not go off. Can this be fixed?
2. When I unlock the doors - all doors unlock -- not the two step process -- where the drivers door unlocks and a second push unlocks all doors? -- same question -- Can this be fixed?
thanks for your help -- you guys are the experts -- Mike
Read page #5 on your owners manual. There is an optional relay that must be installed to do this.
https://www.audiovox.com/manuals/installation/APS-996A%201286772.pdf
BTW, I was pretty much sold on the DEI 2-way alarms, but that looks like a very nice comparison. What made you choise that over DEI? I am just trying to see the differences of what you found out. I will be having one installed very shorty. I want to install it myself, but I would like to have the peace of mind of lifetime warrenty aswell.
03taurus -- Thanks for the response -- I read that in the manual also, but my installer said he talked to Audiovox and they said it was caused by the DEI module. You do bring up a good point with this "additional circuit" -- I will ask .
I looked at DEI first - but as I talked to Security shops and did internet research, they said that DEI was not any better than otheres. In the end I found three installers in my area - one installed DEI, one for Autopage and the one I liked the best installed this Audiovox.
There are lots to choos from -- good luck
i use the Bypasskits module which allows for driver door priority. I have not used the DEI version of it, but it sounds like the module may not allow for that feature (don't know why it wouldn't though)
GMDL-BP - GM Doorlock Alarm & Transponder/Passlock Interface
Data Bus Doorlock Alarm & GM Passkey/Passlock Interface: Lock/Unlock, Driver's Priority Unlock, Trunk/Hatch, OEM Security Arm/Disarm, Door trigger Output (-) & Override the 2nd /3rd generation GM Passkey3 Transponder Immobilizer & Passlock 2 Immobilizer via data bus.
DEI took away priority unlocking with the 457G. If your installer would have used a 456G and a 555L you could have priority unlock. The 456G has either been discontinued...or will be once DEI runs out of them.