Vehicle Alarm System (490-0722) Installation Faxback Doc. # 7204 To install the system, you must be familiar with your vehicle's wiring system. For example, you must be able to identify the following: Chassis Ground Constant + 12 Volts Starter Solenoid Ignition Wires Trigger Wire for the Automatic Fan Driver-Side Door Pin Switch Wire Built-in Radio Antenna Wire Power Antenna Actuation Wire If necessary, contact your vehicle dealer for information about your vehicle's wiring. Before installing the system, read this section carefully. Cautions: Be sure your vehicle has 12-volts DC, negative-ground electrical system. For safety and to protect your alarm system, disconnect your vehicle battery's negative (-) cable before you begin. This also removes power from all other electronic components in your vehicle, such as the radio and clock. You must re-enter any programmed information in these components after you complete the installation. SELECTING A LOCATION FOR THE MAIN CONTROL MODULE 1. Open the hood of your car to expose the engine. 2. Find a place to mount the control module away from moving parts and excessive engine heat. If possible, find existing holes or bolts to use to secure the bracket to the car; otherwise, drill additional holes, being carefully not to drill into anything behind the surface you are drilling through. Warning: Do not attach the control module to the engine! The short green wire located at the base of the control module is your system's antenna. Do not attach it to metal and do not cut it. For best remote arm/disarm transmitter range, the antenna should not be blocked by metal parts, and should hang straight down. If you can, mount the control module near the front of your vehicle so the antenna is near the front grille. MOUNTING THE INDICATOR Select a location on front of the dashboard near the driver's door window so you can clearly see the indicator from outside the vehicle. 1. Take apart the indicator assembly. These are two parts, the indicator with the wire harness, and the plastic housing. 2. Drill a 5/16-inch hole in the mounting surface, being careful not to drill into mechanisms behind the surface. 3. Insert the indicator from the front with the connector first. Make sure the indicator's head does not slip into the hole completely. Leave about 6 inches of wire hanging from the hole. 4. Insert the housing over the indicator's head. Snap the indicator's head. Snap the indicator and the housing into the hole. 5. Route the indicator's wires to the control module's position, taking care not to route the wire over hot, sharp moving parts. 6. Plug the indicator's two-pin connector into the control module's corresponding connector. CONNECTING THE WIRING HARNESS The wiring harness connects the main control module to the engine cooling fan (if your car has one), 12-volt DC power, the paging transmitter, chassis ground, door trigger input, an optional accessary, and the starter solenoid. The main control module has a color-coded six-wire harness for easy connection. Caution: Disconnect your vehicle battery's negative (-) cable before you make any connection to your vehicle's electrical system. Route and connect the wires as follows. Yellow- Engine Cooling Fan Red- Constant 12 Volts Black- Ground Pink- Armed Output (Optional) White- Door Trigger Gray- Paging Transmitter Brown Pair- Starter Solenoid Keep the following hints in mind when wiring the alarm system: Avoid sharp edges, moving parts, and places where the wire might be accidentally pinched or cut. In the engine compartment, run wires along the body, away from hot or moving engine parts. Try to find an existing hole in the firewall for running the wire to the fuse block (if you choose this option, see "Connecting to Power and Ground"). For the best appearance and protection against accidental or intentional disconnection, run the wires under carpet or trim, so they are not visible and cannot be tampered with without opening your vehicle. Before connecting the wiring harness, place it next to the main control module. Do not connect it to the module at this time, but route each wire from this location to be sure each wire reaches from the main control module to its connection point. Connecting to an Engine Cooling Fan If your vehicle does not have an electric engine cooling fan that turns on to cool the engine, even after you turn off the vehicle's ignition, coil up the yellow wire and secure it with a wire tie or tape. If your vehicle has an electric fan, you must connect the yellow wire from the main control module to one of the non-grounded wires that go to the fan housing. This prevents the fan from causing your alarm to sound a false alert. Follow these steps to make the connection. 1. Slide a blue plastic splicing connector under one of the fan's power wires so the wire rests in the connector's outer channel. 2. Slide the end of the main control module's yellow wire into the connector's inner channel so the splicing teeth bite firmly into the top. 3. Use pliers to press the two halves of the connector together until they click shut. Connecting to Power and Ground You must connect module to a source of 12-volt DC power that does not turn off when you turn off or operate your vehicle's ignition switch. For the easiest installation, we recommend you connect directly to your vehicle's battery. You can connect to a terminal on your vehicle's fuse box instead if this is easier for your installation. Note: If your vehicle has a small dome light, it might not trigger the alarm if you connect directly to your battery. In this case, connect to a terminal on your vehicle's fuse box as described on Page 11. Follow these steps to connect the control module to the vehicle's battery cables. 1. Locate your vehicle's battery. Identify the positive (+/red) cable and the negative (-/black) cable attached to the battery. 2. Install the supplied large blue cable connectors on each of the battery's cables, near the battery as follows: Warning: When handling the battery's positive (+/red) cable, do not let the cable, the cable connector, or the pliers you use to clamp the connector touch any other part of your vehicle. Doing so would cause a direct short across your vehicle's battery. This generates extreme heat and could even make your vehicle's battery explode. a. Remove the screw securing the cable connector's metal clamp and slide the clamp out of the connector. b. If the plastic insert in the cable connector is not the size you need to clamp snugly onto the battery cable, remove the insert and either install the other insert or, for a large cable, leave the connector without an insert. c. Place the connector over the cable. d. Slide the clamp into the connector. Then use pliers to press the clamp onto the cable so the clamp's spike presses through the cable to contact the cable's conductor. Secure the clamp using the screw you removed in Step a. 3. Plug the red wire from the control module into the blue connector on the positive (+/red) battery cable. 4. Plug the black wire from the control module into the blue connector on the negative (-/black) battery cable. Or follow these steps to connect the control module to your vehicle's fuse box. 1. Attach the black (-) wire from the control module into the blue connector on the black battery cable as shown above. 2. Run the red (+) wire from the control module through the firewall. Attach it to a terminal on the fuse block that has + 12 volts even when you operate the ignition switch. Connecting the Armed Output To install other modules, such as an optional door lock, connect the pink wire to the optional unit's control input. Connecting the Door Trigger Input To use the alarm's automatic arming feature, you must connect the white wire to the driver-side door's pin switch. Attach the white wire directly to an existing door pin switch or install a pin switch (not included) on the door. Connecting to the Starter Kill Switch Your alarm system has a relay which can interrupt the starter circuit while the alarm is sounding. Follow these steps to install this feature in your vehicle. Caution: Do not cut the thick, red power cable that connects the starter solenoid to the battery. If you do not fully understand this procedure, contact a professional alarm system installer. Damage to your car's electrical system can be costly to troubleshoot and repair. 1. Locate your vehicle's starter solenoid. This is a box or junction point where the battery's large red cable ends. If your vehicle's battery cable runs from the battery to a post nearby, follow the large red cable from that point to a box on the engine. 2. Locate a smaller wire which runs from the starter solenoid to the ignition switch on the steering column. 3. Disconnect the smaller wire. Reconnect your vehicle's negative (- /black) battery cable and confirm that the engine does not start the vehicle. 4. After you confirm that the vehicle will not start, disconnect your vehicle's negative battery cable again. Then trace the starter solenoid wire back to a convenient place and cut it. 5. Use the blue plastic splicing connectors to attach one of the brown wires from the main control module to one end of the ignition wire you cut. 6. Attach the other brown wire to the other end of the wire you cut. INSTALLING THE PAGER TRANSMITTER The main pager transmitter has a color-coded five-wire harness for easy connection. Caution: Disconnect your vehicle battery's negative (-) cable before you make any connection to your vehicle's electrical system. The pager transmitter can use either a separate CB antenna (not supplied) or your vehicle's existing FM antenna to send the signals to the pager when the alarm sounds. Using a CB antenna provides the greatest range and least interference. The existing FM Antenna is usually more convenient and less unsightly. To connect the transmitter to a CB antenna, screw the antenna's connector onto the CB ANT jack on the back of the transmitter. Follow these steps to connect the transmitter to your vehicle's FM antenna. 1. Select a location for the pager transmitter that is close to your vehicle's in-dash radio. 2. Unplug the antenna cable from your vehicle's radio. Then plug this cable into the jack on the transmitter marked ANT, as shown in the illustration on Page 14. 3. Plug one end of the supplied antenna jumper cable into the jack marked RADIO. Then plug the other end of the cable into your vehicle's radio's antenna jack, as shown in the illustration on Page 14. 4. If your vehicle has an automatic power FM antenna, follow these steps to connect the transmitter so it automatically raises the antenna. Caution: If you do not correctly connect to the antenna, you could damage your antenna, the radio, or the alarm system. a. Cut the wire that goes from your radio to the automatic antenna relay. b. Use a blue splicing connector to connect the orange wire to the end of the wire you cut in the previous step (which goes to the antenna relay). c. Use a blue splicing connector to connect the purple wire to the end of the wire you cut in the previous step (which goes to the radio). When the alarm is triggered, it raises the automatic antenna. When the alarm completes the alarm cycle, it lowers the automatic antenna. If you vehicle has a semi-automatic power FM antenna that you raise and lower by pressing a switch on the dashboard, leave the antenna up at all times. COMPLETING THE WIRING After you complete the antenna connections, secure the transmitter harness's red wire to a constant source of + 12V DC and the black wire to chassis ground. Finally, connect the transmitter's gray wire to the control module's gray wire. Recheck all connections to be sure they are correct and secure. Then plug the wiring harnesses into the control module and transmitter. Finally reconnect the negative (-/black) cable to the battery. You will probably have to reset your vehicle's clock, radio, and any other electronic device in your vehicle that uses vehicle battery power for memory backup. SETTING SECURITY CODES The security codes for each remote transmitter help eliminate false triggering by similar systems. Follow these steps to set the security codes immediately after you connect the system to power. 1. Make sure the hood, trunk, and all doors are firmly closed. The indicator lights steadily. 2. On one of the remote controls, press either button once. The system chirps once. 3. On the second remote control, press either button once. The system chirps twice and the indicator turns off. The main control module is now programmed to respond to only these two remotes and the system is disarmed. Note: If you want only one remote to operate the alert system, use the same remote for Steps 2 and 3. To set the system to use different remotes, disconnect the system from all power. Then reconnect the power and repeat Steps 1 and 2. USING THE POCKET PAGER The pager requires two AAA batteries for power. For the longest life and best operation we recommend you use alkaline batteries, such as Radio Shack Cat. No. 23-555. Follow these steps to install the batteries. 1. Slide off the battery compartment cover in the direction of the arrow. 2. Install the batteries as indicated by the polarity symbols (+and-) marked inside the compartment. 3. Replace the cover. The pager beeps and the indicator flashes when you turn it on and when the alarm sounds. Press the reset button to silence it. When the range decreases, replace the pager's batteries. TESTING THE SYSTEM Follow these steps to test the system. 1. Close all doors, the hood, and the trunk. 2. Start your vehicle and let it run for more than 6 seconds. Then turn off the ignition. 3. Test your system using the procedures in the "Operation" section found in Faxback Doc. # 7205. Test the following. Automatic Arming (See "Automatic Arming") Remote Arming (See "Remote Arming") Disarming (See " Disarming the System") Panic Alarm (See "Sounding the Panic Alarm") Shock Sensing (See "Setting the Motion Sensor's Sensitivity") Exit Delays (See "Automatic Arming") Starter Kill (if connected, the ignition should not operate while the alarm sounds") Pager Operation (an automatic antenna should raise and the pager should beep when it is turned on and the alarm sounds") Note: Before sounding the alarm, let your neighbors know you are testing the system. Warning: Do not place your ear near the alarm while testing it. The siren is very loud. Even brief, close exposure to the siren could damage your hearing. MOUNTING THE MAIN CONTROL MODULE After you confirm that the system is operating properly, mount the main control module at the selected location. 1. Use the bracket as a template to mark points for the two mounting screws. 2. Drill 1/8-inch holes at the marked locations. 3. Secure the bracket to the mounting surface with the supplied screws. 4. Secure the main control module to the mounting bracket using the supplied hex-head nuts. 5. Use electrical tape or wire ties to secure the wiring so it does not vibrate loose and get into your vehicle's moving parts. MOUNTING THE PAGER TRANSMITTER The most common mounting location for this is under the dashboard of a vehicle. When choosing a location, be sure the pager transmitter is easy to reach, that all wires are clear of the vehicle's pedals or other parts, and that the pager transmitter is not directly in the path of the heating vents. Also be sure that the pager transmitter is located so passengers have enough leg room. 1. Once you choose a mounting location, mark the positions for the mounting screw holes. 2. In the marked locations, drill holes slightly smaller than the screws. Take care not to drill into or damage objects on the back side of the mounting surface. 3. Mount the pager transmitter securely. 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