T W O - W A Y F M L E D A U T O M A T I C / M A N U A L T R A N S M I S S I O N R E M O T E S T A R T E R AS-3372TW-FM Installation Guide Notice The manufacturer will accept no responsibility for any electrical damage resulting from improper installation of the product, be that either damage to the vehicle itself or to the unit. This unit must be installed by a certified technician using all safety devices supplied.
Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................ 2 Lock Pulse Duration.......................................... 22 Included in the Kit.................................................. 3 Flashing LED..................................................... 23 Installation Tools.................................................... 3 Safe Start .......................................................... 23 Installation Points to Remember..........................
Included in the Kit Before beginning the installation, please review the Installation Guide —particularly the Wiring Diagram and the Programming Options. Note: It is very important that you familiarize yourself with the programming and operation of the system, even if you have already installed a similar system in the past. There are many great new features you may overlook if you do not read the Guide–you would not maximize the potential of the unit.
♦ When wiring in parallel, make sure to isolate each connection with a diode in order to avoid feedback and possible damage. Examples: Wiring a clutch bypass and a transponder module to the ground out when running wire: At the junction point, where Ground Out when running “splits” and goes to each device, a diode is inserted on each of those lines.
Installation Order The following is a suggested order for the Installation procedure. It is intended as a guide for novices, to help make the process of installing a remote starter module easier. Time is wasted by rewiring the module when mistakes are made. Also, the neatness of the installation is lessened every time the module is taken down and the wiring is “corrected”. A messy installation is harder to trouble shoot if there are problems later on.
when the module is in the vehicle. The fuses on the power wires should be removed during the pre-wire stage. The fuses will not be put back in until the powering stage of the installation. − Once the pre-wiring is finished, the module can be brought into the vehicle. Before the module is mounted, connect the antenna, the valet switch, shock sensor (if applicable) and LED to the module. With everything connected to the module, it can now be mounted in the vehicle. Use tie-straps to secure it to the vehicle.
A basic introduction to the Relay What is a relay? A device that responds to a small current or voltage change by activating switches or other devices in an electric circuit. An electromagnetic switch, remote-controlled switch, a switching device. Why are Relays used? Relays can have several purposes in remote car starter installations. They are used mainly for isolation, inversion, interruption, strengthening current, and for powering multiple wires from one source SAFELY.
quenching/suppression diode, and that the Negative trigger is on the same terminal of the relay as the Anode (+ or non-striped side) of the quenching/ suppression diode. When a relay’s coil is energized, a magnetic field is created and energy is stored in the coil. When power is removed from the coil, the magnetic field collapses. This causes a Reverse Voltage to be generated and can sometimes reach 200 volts. A quenching diode absorbs this reverse voltage spike.
Problem: Some vehicle circuits need to be isolated from feedback. In some cases, when a vehicle is remote started, feedback occurs on a circuit and powers another device or switch that was not intended to be powered during the remote starts. The following example will be a Positive (+) Parking Light circuit that feeds back and activates the windshield wipers during remote starts.
the relay is activated, +12 volts from 87 is sent through 30, and the OEM trunk switch is activated, by the positive pulse. Interruption: Example: Creating a Starter Kill relay to prevent unauthorized starting of the vehicle. Problem: The OEM starter circuit needs to be disabled only when theft is attempted. Solution: A relay is used to interrupt the OEM starter wire. There is an output on the remote start module especially for this purpose (Starter Kill output).
module's Trunk release output activates the relay. The ground signal is sent from 87 through 30 to the vehicle's Trunk release wire activating the switch and opening the trunk. Harness Description 6-pin Main Ignition Harness (a.k.a. The Primary harness) The two Red wires are the power inputs for the module; the other wires are for recreating the actions of the Ignition switch during remote starts. On most vehicles these wires are connected at the vehicle's Ignition switch.
5-pin Secondary Harness (a.k.a. the secondary harness) This harness has the remaining wires used in basic remote starter installations, positive parking light output, the safety shut down inputs, and the ground wire for the module. Wire 1 BLACK (–) Chassis ground input Description This wire must be connected to bare, unpainted metal (the Chassis or true Body ground). (AC) Tachometer input This wire tells the module if the Engine is running or not. It requires at least 1.8 volts (AC) and 1.
VIOLET (+) Door pin input This input should be used in vehicles that use a positive-switching Dome Light circuit. Connect to a Door trigger wire testing +12 V with a Door open. CAUTION! You can only use a negative or a positive connection. In other words, only the NEGATIVE DOOR INPUT or the POSITIVE DOOR INPUT wire is connected.
vehicles is to pre-heat the Combustion Chamber before the vehicle is started. When a Remote Starter is installed on a diesel vehicle, the Glow- plug section of the Ignition circuit must be activated and allowed to operate before the vehicle is remotestarted. For that purpose, the Glow-plug input wire of the module must be connected to the Glow-plug indicator light of the vehicle. The module will only accept positive Glow-plug input signals, if the signal is negative, use a relay to invert its polarity.
5 Pager Port Is used to connect an optional AS-200P pager (to use this option, make sure to program pager option in Menu 3, Feature 5, Option 4). Entering Programming Mode This allows the installer to program the unit. Once the system is in programming mode, the installer will have up to 20 seconds to select one of the sub-menus.
configuration requires changes afterwards, a complete reset will be necessary before those changes become effective. To install this unit in a vehicle with a manual transmission: 1. Make sure the Yellow loop on the PC board is connected. 2. Connect the Black/White handbrake wire located on the 12-pin harness to the vehicle handbrake switch. 3.
START/STOP ...................to access menu 4. 3. The parking lights will flash and the horn will honk (if programmed) once, twice, three or four times to confirm entry into a menu. 4. Release the brake pedal. Once the desired menu has been selected, the unit will fall (by default) into feature #1 of that menu; you can now select the option you want in feature 1. Once this option has been chosen, the unit will move on to feature 2 of the menu selected, and so on.
MENU 3 * indicates default setting FEATURE 1 – Home Valet OPTION 1 Home Valet ENABLED OPTION 2* Home Valet DISABLED FEATURE 2 – AUX 1 Programming OPTION 1 Horn confirmation upon the 2nd press of the LOCK button OPTION 2* Priority door access OPTION 3 Horn confirmation upon the 1st press of the LOCK button FEATURE 3 – AUX 2 Programming OPTION 1 Constant output while pressing AUX followed by LOCK In safe start mode: activate AUX 2 by pressing the START/ STOP button OPTION 2* Toggle ON/OFF (with 30-second time
3. Press the LOCK button if you wish to increase the time delay or the UNLOCK button if you want to decrease it. The time delay will be increased or decreased by 50ms. and the parking lights will flash once every time the LOCK or UNLOCK button is pressed. 4. Press the TRUNK button to save the settings you have entered. 5. Release the brake pedal – the time delay programming is now complete. Multi-speed Tach Programming 1.
Clutch Bypass In order to remote start a manual transmission vehicle, the clutch switch must be bypassed. Clutch safety switch circuits can take many forms. Listed below are the most common ones. Some vehicles may also have a separate or combined switch on the clutch pedal for cruise control. Usually a cruise control switch reacts the moment you touch the pedal, whereas a clutch switch reacts only when the pedal is near the floor.
modules connected to the G.O. Wire, a relay (and diodes) may have to be added to strengthen the negative current going to the clutch bypass. Positive: Very similar to the negative system, except that the vehicle's clutch relay is triggered by 12 volts instead of a negative signal. In a Positive system, when the clutch is pressed; a positive (12 volts) signal is sent to the relay.
¾ Standard Secure Lock: If this Option is selected, upon receiving a remote start signal, secure lock will unlock the doors (disarming the factory Alarm); 1/2 second after the remote start, it will relock the doors. Four seconds after shutdown, secure lock will relock all doors (arming the system once again). Please note that most OEM systems will not rearm the alarm while the engine is running, but will lock the doors.
Flashing LED To gain access to this feature, make sure the Flashing LED option has been enabled at the time of programming. Once this option is enabled, the user has the choice to toggle the Flashing LED ON and OFF at any given moment. To toggle between the Flashing LED ON and OFF, press LOCK and UNLOCK simultaneously on the Transmitter. The parking lights will flash once slowly to indicate that the LED is active.
If the vehicle has a manual transmission, Idle Mode can be activated through the same routine as that used for Ready Mode (see “Ready Mode Option” in this Guide); at the last step, the TRUNK button is pressed instead of the other buttons. Please note that the horn will honk once and that the OEM-style alarm will be armed if the Idle Mode option is enabled. Note: If the pre-programmed run-time expires or if the user shuts down the engine by remote control, the vehicle will enter Ready Mode.
• • • Start the engine by remote. Turn the ignition key to the IGNITION ON (RUN) position. Press and release the AUX button. The LOCK button on the transmitter will light up. While the LOCK button is still lit up, press the START/STOP button. The transmitter will beep once. Keep pressing the START/STOP button until the transmitter beeps once Release the START/STOP button. Its LED will flash quickly. The parking lights will flash once.
successively into the IGNITION/RUN and OFF positions. The parking lights will flash twice. b. Turn the ignition OFF The LED on the antenna will flash quickly to indicate that the vehicle is now out of Valet mode. • To put the system o u t o f Valet mode using the TRANSMITTER (Remote Valet Mode): a. Press the UNLOCK and START/STOP buttons simultaneously until the parking lights flash twice. The LED on the antenna will flash quickly to indicate that the vehicle is now out of Valet mode.
c) By turning the key to the ON position and pressing the valet switch (if included) until the parking lights flash 5 times. Panic Mode will automatically shut down after 30 sec. The AUX 1 / 2nd Unlock (Both AUX 1 and AUX 2 can be programmed for Priority Door Access.)This great feature allows the user to unlock solely the driver’s door with a single press of the UNLOCK button on the transmitter, and to unlock the other doors, if desired, by pressing the UNLOCK button for a second time.
Please note that the MCX-100 channel expander is required in order to add customized features. The Option 1 or 3 in Mode 3, Function 4 must also be selected. AUX AUX AUX AUX ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ AUX AUX AUX AUX ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾ AUX AUX AUX AUX ¾............................. LOCK: ¾............................. UNLOCK: ¾............................. TRUNK: ¾.............................
OEM-Style Alarm The OEM-style alarm (if configured) monitors the doors, hood and ignition switch of the vehicle. It will sound the horn if a door or the hood is opened, or if the key is turned in the ignition (the horn option must be enabled and one of the door inputs must be connected). • To arm the OEM-style alarm, press the LOCK button on the transmitter. - The OEM-style alarm will ONLY arm if the LOCK button on the transmitter is pressed.
Vehicle Status Request The status request feature allows the user to see the status of the vehicle i.e.: if the doors are locked or unlocked or if the vehicle is in cold weather mode, home valet mode, valet mode or how much time is left in the run time cycle. The following charts (Tables 1, 2 and 3) indicate the confirmation sequences. To retrieve the vehicle status: Press and release the AUX button then press and release the TRUNK button (there will be a beep).
STATUS SEQUENCE 1st sequence if unlocked LED #1 LED #2 LED #3 LED #4 Beep(s) X 3 flashes X X 2 2nd sequence X X X 4 4 Table 2 Status Request When the Engine is Running When the vehicle doors are locked: The LED # 1 will flash 3 times to denote that the vehicle’s doors are locked. When the vehicle doors are unlocked: The LED # 2 will flash 3 times to denote that the vehicle’s doors are unlocked.
Horn Honk Timing Follow these steps to program horn confirmation: 1. Enter programming mode (see on page 15) the parking lights will stay on for up to 20 seconds 2. Press and hold the brake pedal, then simultaneously press the UNLOCK and START/STOP buttons the horn will chirp 5 times. 3. Release the brake pedal. 4. To change the timing: a. To increase the Horn pulse by 3 ms, press the LOCK button. b. To decrease the pulse by 3 ms, press the UNLOCK button. c.
Hood switch shutdown. With the vehicle running under the remote car starter, open the hood; the vehicle should shut down. If it does not shut down, check the hood pinswitch and its connector. Brakes shutdown circuit. With the vehicle running under the remote car starter, press and release the brake pedal. The engine should shut down immediately. If the engine continues to run, check the brakes switch connection. OEM alarm control.
Diagnostics – Parking Light Flash Table Flashes 1 2 2 slow flashes then 8 quick flashes 3 3 Slow (automatic transm.) 4 5 Fast 6 8 10 1 – pause – 2 ON SOLID for 3 seconds…. ON continuously ON 2 seconds ON 4 seconds ON 20 seconds Continuous flashes 25 seconds Continuous flashes 60 seconds P. 34 • • • • • • • Description Doors locked, starter kill armed. • Start signal received by the module. Run time has expired. • Cold weather mode cancelled. TRUNK button pressed. Doors unlocked, starter kill disarmed.
Troubleshooting Q & A The following are some common installation-related issues. A problem or symptom is given and then possible solutions and/or suggestions as to areas to verify are enumerated. 1. I cannot program the remote control.
• Do you have the correct OEM disarm wire? • Did you program the disarm wire? 11. The ABS and the CHECK ENGINE light come on in the dash. • Are you missing a second ignition or accessory? 12. The car starts and runs but the heater blower motor does not work. • Incorrect accessory wire. • Does it have more than one accessory? 13. The car starts, the heater works but the air conditioning system does not. • Missing second accessory (common on some Fords). 14.
25. I blow fuses every time I try the remote door locks and I have already installed a relay. • Door locks are reverse polarity, and not positive trigger. 26. I blow fuses every time I try the remote trunk release and I have already installed a relay. • Trunk release is reverse polarity, and not positive trigger. Installation Guide P.