You can buy the best alarm in the world, but if it's not properly installed it will invariably let you down. That means that installers working at that store are Mobile Electronics Certified Professionals. Now that you've found an MECP certified installer, what features are you looking for?
Let's first talk about security features, and then convenience features, because today's full-featured "car alarm" has both. For security, let's first talk about sensors. Besides sounding the alarm if a thief opens a door or your trunk, you want the system to detect a sharp impact, which is the job of the shock sensor. You'll want a "dual stage" shock sensor, which discriminates between a light impact which typically provokes chirps or a voice command to stand back and a heavy impact, which triggers the full wrath of the siren.
These are some additional sensors you might want to add to your system: An audio sensor, to detect breaking glass A "radar" or field disturbance sensor, especially if you have a convertible or a pickup truck A motion sensor, to detect jacking or towing and a closed loop sensor, to protect a trailer, boat or bicycles One other feature you may want to look for is transmitter range.
Many transmitters have range of feet or less, but systems with superheterodyne receivers, like Directed's Super HF SHF systems, offer range of up to a full quarter mile! Now let's talk about convenience, because the sky's the limit!
Almost anything electrical in the car can be rigged to perform by remote control from the little transmitter on your keychain. Here are 3 of them: Remote Start. Starts your engine with the push of a button, to warm up the engine and interior in the winter, or to run your air conditioner in the summer.
Remote Power Windows. A nice convenience feature. When the system arms, it automatically rolls your windows up. You can also roll them down or vent them by remote control.
Trunk Pop. Open your trunk with the push of a button. All Directed Security systems are conceived and designed in the USA by Directed's product development group following rigorous quality standards that are ISO registered. Directed subcontracts the manufacturing of its products to qualified vendors from around the world. Yes, Directed Security systems are designed to universally interface with any vehicle that employs a 12 volt electrical system, including cars, trucks, boats, motorcycles, motorhomes, SUVs, etc.
Certain Directed remote start systems are even designed to work with automatic transmission vehicles employing diesel engines, from luxury models to heavy equipment and long haul trucks. Yes, Directed systems can augment many factory systems. Please discuss the details of your specific vehicle with your installing retailer. Under the terms of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Improvement Act, no new car warranty can be instantly voided simply by the addition of any aftermarket non-factory product, including vehicle security products.
However, if the added device is of poor quality, or is installed incorrectly, issues of warranty can be brought into play. Your best choice here is to always have any Directed system installed by a professional authorized Directed dealer.
Many Directed systems employ what we call Nuisance Prevention Circuitry NPC which is smart enough to adjust itself to a variety of environmental conditions such as thunder, jackhammers, or airport parking lots. If NPC activates, only the zone that activated three times in 60 minutes is ignored. All other zones remain active, and disarming with the transmitter doesn't reset the NPC; it's only cleared when the ignition is turned on.
Best of all, NPC brings that sensor back online in an hour if no further problems are detected. At Directed there are two warranty categories.
Entry level products and Installation accessories are covered by a one year warranty. Other products in our mid to upper-end range are covered by a limited lifetime warranty when installed by an authorized Directed retailer. Please read the detailed warranty in your Owners Guide. As we are now in the digital age, technology progresses continuously to provide you with better performance, better security and peace of mind.
Years ago in Europe, car thieves began turning to more "high-tech" methods in practicing their trade. The use of devices known "code grabbers" captured and recorded the coded signals that arm and disarm common security systems in order to play them back later and illegally disarm the system. If you have heard of cellular phone cloning, it is very similar. The Code Hopping system is made up of ultra high tech hardware and software that serves to "encrypt" the signals transmitted by Directed security systems remote control.
The codes randomly change each time you arm or disarm your alarm following a complex algorithm, so that the codes never repeat.
All of our Viper, Python and Clifford systems include our advanced Clone-Safe Code Hopping format that delivers a total of more than 18 Quintillion Codes - that's 18 followed by 18 zeros!
Code Hopping provides you with better security and peace of mind, knowing that only your remote controlled transmitter can operate the system. By the way, code grabbers can work on garage doors too, and have likely been used by criminals to gain entry to the home that way.
You may want to think about using a Code Hopping receiver on your garage door, so that you can work it with your keychain transmitter.
You'll probably get better range too! Directed prides itself in producing products with the lowest possible power consumption in the industry! Automobiles today are being produced with extremely complex wiring systems and many on-board computers. This leaves less of the vehicle's electrical resources free to be used by aftermarket products. For this reason, a major consideration in the design of Directed security systems is the current consumption. This concern has been addressed by reducing the idle current of our systems to the bare minimum necessary for the product to perform properly.
Unlike many of our competitors, Directed never releases insufficiently tested products to consumers. Next, several prototypes are constructed and meticulously bench tested and made to pass dozens of operational hardware and software tests. Next, another run of prototypes is built for "beta" or actual in-vehicle testing. Cycle the ignition from the Off position to the On position twice, ending with the key in the Off position.
After the parking light blinks four times, push any button of the remote for the system to recognize and learn the remote. The parking light flashes one time each time it learns a remote. Repeat this step for all remotes that need to be learned.
After all remotes are added, finish the programming process by pushing the brake pedal once. AstroStart Technical Support is reachable toll-free at if assistance is needed during the programming process.
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