Remote-Starting Your Vehicle; Setting Your Vehicle In To Ready Mode - Directed Electronics Smart start User Manual

Note: If the Starter Kill is installed, the vehicle will benefit from a protection against starter motor
damage that could occur after remote-starting the engine should the user, by force of habit, turn
the ignition key to the CRANK position.
The Starter Kill (if installed) can be configured by the installer either to Passive Mode (so as to arm
automatically) or Active Mode (so as to require the user's intervention for arming). By default, the
Remote Car Starter is configured to Passive Mode.
Passive mode:
To arm the Starter Kill:
• Press the button on the transmitter.
OR
• Let the Starter Kill arm automatically 1 minute (by default) or 3 minutes (if configured this way)
after the ignition is turned OFF or once the last door is closed (if the doors are monitored).
The LED on the antenna will flash quickly during the countdown preceding the activation
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of the Starter Kill.
Once the activation countdown expires, the LED will send a series of quick double
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flashes to indicate that the Starter Kill is now armed.
To disarm the Starter Kill:
• Press the button on the transmitter.
The Starter Kill will automatically rearm itself after 1 minute (by default) or 3 minutes (if
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configured this way) if no door is left opened (if the doors are monitored) and the ignition
is not turned ON.
Active Mode:
To arm the Starter Kill:
• Press the button on the transmitter.
The parking lights will flash once.
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The LED on the antenna will flash slowly.
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If remote door locks are installed, this will also lock the doors and arm the OEM-style
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alarm (if configured).
To disarm the Starter Kill:
• Press the button on the transmitter.
The parking lights will flash twice.
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The LED on the antenna will remain OFF.
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If remote door locks are installed, this will also unlock the doors and disarm the OEM-
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style alarm (if configured).
Remote­Starting Your Vehicle
Setting Your Vehicle in to Ready Mode
If your vehicle has a manual transmission you must read the following indications. The unit must
first be set to Ready Mode in order to start the vehicle by remote. If the unit is not set to Ready
Mode, it cannot remote start the vehicle. Please note that Ready Mode can be enabled by the
remote or the handbrake, depending on the option that was selected by your installer. Therefore,
you must follow the appropriate procedure between the two described below in order to set your
vehicle into Ready Mode.
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