Problem with Carvox alarm arming
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Printed Date: May 23, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Topic: Problem with Carvox alarm arming
Posted By: turbogiraffe
Subject: Problem with Carvox alarm arming
Date Posted: October 31, 2005 at 12:58 PM
I purchased a ebay special alarm and I cant get it to arm, it will arm than 10seconds later it tells me the doors are open, ive even tried disconnecting the door trigger wire, anyone had this problem? my car is a 1992 acura integra, im using the GREEN/ red from the dome light circuit for door trigger
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Posted By: turbogiraffe
Date Posted: October 31, 2005 at 1:00 PM
turbogiraffe wrote:
I purchased a ebay special alarm and I cant get it to arm, it will arm than 10seconds later it tells me the doors are open, ive even tried disconnecting the door trigger wire, anyone had this problem? my car is a 1992 acura integra, im using the GREEN/ red from the dome light circuit for door trigger
this is the alarm i purchased https://cgi.ebay.ca/NEW-2-Way-LCD-Pager-Car-Alarm-and-Remote-Starter_W0QQitemZ5824275836QQcategoryZ94832QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Posted By: cluby262000
Date Posted: October 31, 2005 at 9:59 PM
Ya I bought one of these to just use as a remote start. Mine the pager would go off driving down the road, i didn't hook up the car alarm part thank god I would have been pissed to have it aways going offf. Ya mine it would show the truck open when I don't even have that connected. Have you tried to just ground that wire to see if it will stay off?
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Mike Thompson
Posted By: shafster
Date Posted: November 09, 2005 at 8:01 AM
turbogiraffe wrote:
I purchased a ebay special alarm and I cant get it to arm, it will arm than 10seconds later it tells me the doors are open, ive even tried disconnecting the door trigger wire, anyone had this problem? my car is a 1992 acura integra, im using the GREEN/ red from the dome light circuit for door trigger
im getting the exact same problem on my mr2, bought my alarm from ebay last week :( -------------
Posted By: cluby262000
Date Posted: November 09, 2005 at 5:51 PM
Has any of you guys tired to email this guy, he won't return any of my emails and carvox site has no email address either. Any ideas? Do you know if the is a link in ebay were a bunch of us can bitch to get this guy to help us out?
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Mike Thompson
Posted By: edith
Date Posted: November 09, 2005 at 6:04 PM
cluby262000 wrote:
Has any of you guys tired to email this guy, he won't return any of my emails and carvox site has no email address either. Any ideas? Do you know if the is a link in ebay were a bunch of us can bitch to get this guy to help us out?
hi...if you do a complaint at e-bay or paypal the seller's gone a e-mail you that's what i did .do you know you have a insurance when you buy from e-bay. good luck
Posted By: rdlybeck
Date Posted: November 13, 2005 at 9:35 AM
I have bought three of these alarms. They are a pain in the ass until you figure them out. The doors open will happen after 30 sec of shutting off your car if you have a dome light delay. Supposedly in the manual it says this a programing option but doesnt say how.
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Ryan Lybeck
"Wiring diagrams are nice but still double check with DMM"!
Posted By: vizy
Date Posted: November 15, 2005 at 9:04 PM
I also bought two of these. Everything is working fine when the weather is wam. However, when the weather is cold, it would not start. It tried to start and them the hood alarm came on eventhough the hood pin wire is not even hook up. Does anyone have any idea why it woud not start in the cold weather? I've been playing around with it for a week now. As for door alarm, I found out that when I did not get the right wire for the door trigger, the alarm would came on with door open.
Posted By: rdlybeck
Date Posted: November 15, 2005 at 9:43 PM
As for the cold weather problem, do you have the tach wire hooked up? Some vehicles need it in cold weather, or so I've been told. Do you have the hood pin wire grounded if its not hooked up?
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Ryan Lybeck
"Wiring diagrams are nice but still double check with DMM"!
Posted By: rdlybeck
Date Posted: November 15, 2005 at 9:45 PM
The first time I bought this system it was called Radiostar King-Eagle. Now its called Carvox, but its the exact same system and controller. I too have been unable to get in touch with this guy. I want to figure out how to program the door open thing to stop doing that . ------------- Ryan Lybeck
"Wiring diagrams are nice but still double check with DMM"!
Posted By: maddog01
Date Posted: November 21, 2005 at 10:17 PM
if you ground the hood pin wire, the r/s will think the hood is always open and it SHOULD NOT start. i am having the same "cold" weather start problem, and cant find tech support any where, but i am wide open to any suggestions to get this thing to start.
Posted By: rdlybeck
Date Posted: November 21, 2005 at 11:48 PM
What vehicle? I just installed into a nissan pathfinder and it has a second starter wire that needed a relay to tie into the first starter wire. This secone wire is also known as the cold start wire. If your vehicle has one this could be your problem. As for the hood pin alarm on the previous post, check your wire, did it get stripped going through the firewall? It may be bare or broken? ------------- Ryan Lybeck
"Wiring diagrams are nice but still double check with DMM"!
Posted By: hooligand
Date Posted: November 25, 2005 at 1:37 PM
I too made the mistake of buying one of these POS starter/alarm combos...The alarm worked great for me, except the shock sensor was either way too sensitve, or not even close. The starter was krap, kept cranking. I tried numerous times to contact the seller, tylerdirden, he exchanged the first unit, the second unti was shhh also, so I sold it as an 2 way alarm for what I bought it for. Now I have a nu-start 2 way system to get working, I installed it but not getting power to the unit so when I have time I have to check it out again. I figure there is solder between the new connection & not allowing a proper connection, does that sound about right? 98 tercel.
Posted By: silentmafia
Date Posted: December 02, 2005 at 12:51 AM
Hey i did the same mistake and i had the same seller where you got yours from...Tylerdirden. I was able to exchange my first one and it has this problem with arming after 5 seconds it shows all the doors are open...But sometimes it works properly and everything...I actually i know where this guy lives! hooligand wrote:
I too made the mistake of buying one of these POS starter/alarm combos...The alarm worked great for me, except the shock sensor was either way too sensitve, or not even close. The starter was krap, kept cranking. I tried numerous times to contact the seller, tylerdirden, he exchanged the first unit, the second unti was shhh also, so I sold it as an 2 way alarm for what I bought it for. Now I have a nu-start 2 way system to get working, I installed it but not getting power to the unit so when I have time I have to check it out again. I figure there is solder between the new connection & not allowing a proper connection, does that sound about right? 98 tercel.
Posted By: silentmafia
Date Posted: December 02, 2005 at 12:53 AM
I just found out that they buy these alarm for 700 bucks for a dozen unit...
Posted By: redpeppers
Date Posted: December 03, 2005 at 12:42 AM
these alarms r junk and if u where smart i would stop buying them and get soemthing that is qualtiy.....i have had tons of problems with them .....customers bring them to me and they all have big problems and never work right....there is no tech support and no one to talk to about them......ebay does have good deals but some of the deals u get can turn to nightmares.
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Where theres is a wire there's a way.
Posted By: rdlybeck
Date Posted: December 03, 2005 at 3:01 PM
I am in the dispute process of ebay right now trying to get my money back. What is a good two way system that is around $150?
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Ryan Lybeck
"Wiring diagrams are nice but still double check with DMM"!
Posted By: rdlybeck
Date Posted: December 04, 2005 at 7:22 AM
I think it has to be a faulty system. The Nissan was working perfect and then the first day it got cold it started doing this. The customer is not happy so I am going to try a different system when he gets one. Still waiting to see what happens with ebay. The seller has 6 days left to respond or I win my money back. If he does contact me I will try to get tech information if he is willing to resolve it that way.
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Ryan Lybeck
"Wiring diagrams are nice but still double check with DMM"!
Posted By: viptime
Date Posted: December 04, 2005 at 4:58 PM
I also got cold start problem this is Carcox email wangwy@ceiecsz.com.cn
Posted By: talontsi96
Date Posted: December 04, 2005 at 4:59 PM
Last time I tried that e-mail it bounced back as undeliverable.
Posted By: cluby262000
Date Posted: December 04, 2005 at 5:11 PM
I went through the same thing with this guy, he's in canada. I finally got him to talk to me, he even gave me his phone number. I finally went and bought a compustar, got off of e baty then hade my local dealer put it in, saved 80 bucks.
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Mike Thompson
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