DEI 300+ Owner's Manual

Dei 300+ car alarms: owners guide
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Model 300+
Owner's Guide
This device complies with part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the
following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference,
and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including inter-
ference that may cause undesired operation.
CAUTION: Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party
responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate this
device.
© 1994, 1997 Directed Electronics, Inc. 97G432.597

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  • Page 1 Model 300+ Owner's Guide This device complies with part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including inter- ference that may cause undesired operation.
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents System Maintenance ........1 Your Warranty ........1 What Is Included .
  • Page 3: System Maintenance

    What is included • The control unit • A pair of two-button transmitters • A Stinger™ DoubleGuard™ dual-stage shock/impact sensor, on-board the control unit • The Revenger ® Soft-Chirp • The red Status LED indicator light • A push-button Valet ®...
  • Page 4: Transmitter Buttons

    Transmitter Buttons Button I Button I The arm/disarm and Panic Functions, are usually controlled by Button I. Button II The Silent Mode/trunk release function, is usually controlled by Button II. (Silent Mode and Remote Valet work by pressing Button II for less than one second.
  • Page 5: Using Your System

    Using Your System Arming You can turn on, or arm, the system by pressing Button I of your trans- mitter for one second. When the system arms, you will hear a short siren sound, or chirp, and see the parking lights flash once. If the vehi- cle’s power door locks are controlled by the system, the doors will lock.
  • Page 6: Arming While Driving

    • Turning on the ignition key will trip the same two-stage response as opening a door. • The optional starter kill prevents the vehicle’s starter from cranking. Armed While Driving Your system can be armed while driving the vehicle! Simply press Button I on your transmitter while the vehicle is running.
  • Page 7: Disarming Without A Transmitter

    To disarm with the transmitter during a trigger, press Button I on your transmitter. The siren will stop sounding. Next press Button I once more and the system will chirp four or five times (reporting the trigger) and disarm. Disarming Without a Transmitter This feature allows you to disarm the system without the transmitter should it be lost, damaged or disabled.
  • Page 8: Valet Mode

    LED will light steady if you have entered Valet Mode, and it will go out if you exited Valet Mode. Nuisance Prevention Circuitry ® Your system has DEI's Nuisance Prevention Circuitry (NPC vents annoying repetitive trigger sequences due to faulty door pin switches or environmental conditions such as thunder, jackhammers, airport noise, etc.
  • Page 9: Diagnostics

    Doors are covered by NPC differently: If the alarm is triggered by an open door for three full cycles (one-and-one-half minutes), the doors will be bypassed until the trigger ceases. NOTE: Arming and disarming the system does not reset this function! The only ways to reset a bypassed zone are for it to remain untriggered for 60 minutes, or to turn on the ignition.
  • Page 10: Disarming Diagnostics

    Disarming Diagnostics Extra disarm chirps are the Tamper Alert. If four chirps are heard when disarming, the system was triggered in your absence. If five chirps are heard, a zone was triggered so many times that Nuisance Prevention Circuitry has bypassed that zone. In either case, the Status LED will indicate which zone was involved (see Table of Zones section).
  • Page 11: Code-Hopping Explained

    Code-Hopping ™ Explained The receiver and transmitters each use a mathematical formula called an algorithm to change their code each time the transmitter is used. This technology has been developed to increase the security of the unit. The control unit knows what the next codes should be. This helps to keep the transmitter “in synch”...
  • Page 12 • Panic mode enabled/disabled with the ignition on. (Some states have laws against siren capability in a moving vehicle). • Automatic Engine Disable (AED) on or off. This feature deters theft of the vehicle, whether or not the alarm is armed. If AED is pro- grammed on, the starter of the vehicle will be disabled 30 seconds after the ignition is turned off.
  • Page 13: Glossary Of Terms

    Glossary of Terms Control Unit The “brain” of your system. Usually hidden underneath the dash area of the vehicle. It houses the microprocessor which monitors your vehicle and controls all of the alarm's functions. FailSafe ® Starter Kill An automatic switch controlled by the security system which prevents the vehicle’s starter from cranking whenever the system is armed.
  • Page 14: Security & Convenience Expansions

    (An optional relay may be required.) If the factory release is not power-activated, the DEI's 522T trunk-release solenoid can often be added. Power Locks: This system offers lock outputs that can control some manufacturers' power door lock systems.
  • Page 15: Quick Reference Card (Removable)

    QUICK REFERENCE OPERATING CARD To arm using your remote Press button I for less than a second. When armed the siren chirps once and the parking lights flash once. Arming Press Button I of your transmitter for one second. When the system arms, you will hear a short chirp, and see the parking lights flash once.
  • Page 16 © 1994, 1997 Directed Electronics, Inc. 97G432.597...

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