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AS-1785
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. Please note that this guide has been written for properly trained
Autostart technicians: a certain level of skills and knowledge is therefore assumed. Please review the
Installation Guide carefully before beginning any work.
Warning
manual
This Remote Car Starter is designed for vehicles with a
Transmission only. Before installing the
Unit, test that the OEM Door Switch contacts of the vehicle work well, and that the Parking Brake system
operates properly.
DOC: 2.50
– September 7, 2004
CA Lp
Manufactured in Canada by Autostart
AS-1785 Installation Guide
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Page 1: Installation Guide
Unit. This Unit must be installed by a certified technician using all safety devices supplied. Please note that this guide has been written for properly trained Autostart technicians: a certain level of skills and knowledge is therefore assumed. Please review the Installation Guide carefully before beginning any work. -
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Table of Contents............2 Closing Up..............18 Introduction ..............2 Supplementary Information........19 Included in the Kit............2 Fifth Relay Output (2 IGN, ACC or CRANK)..19 Installation Points to Remember........ 3 Clutch bypass............19 Harness Description........... 4 Ignition-controlled Door Locks ......... -
Page 3: Installation Points To Remember
♦ Always make sure that all external relays or into the Engine compartment. Never run modules added to the Remote Car Starter wires through bare or sharp metal. unit are properly fused and diode isolated. AS-1785 Installation Guide P. 3... -
Page 4: Harness Description
♦ On vehicles equipped with daytime running ♦ Parking Light flashes to which the text lights, the installer may be unable to see refers throughout this manual refer to the certain programming results since the Parking Light output of the unit, not of the daytime running lights never go out. - Page 5 Engine runs at idle speed. Among PURPLE Tachometer common references for the Tach wire are: the input negative side of the Ignition Coil, the Camshaft sensor, the Crankshaft sensor or the Engine Control Module (ECM). AS-1785 Installation Guide P. 5...
- Page 6 Note: if the Tach signal is too low, the Remote Car Starter will “over-crank”. Conversely, if the Tach signal is too high, the Remote Car Starter will “under-crank”. Connect this wire to the installed Hood Pin switch (–) Hood Switch supplied.
- Page 7 Connect to the negative Parking Brake Indicator Light wire of the vehicle. This wire is found at the parking brake lever (–) Parking Brake itself. ORANGE input Note: The wire should test ground when the Parking Brake is engaged. AS-1785 Installation Guide P. 7...
- Page 8 The External Trigger wire can be used for remote- starting the vehicle with an external device. When the vehicle is running, triggering this input will activate Idle Mode. The External Trigger wire can also be used to operate as a negative trigger with the Trunk Pin-switch, the Key Sense wire or the Door Pin-switch: Option 1 Connects to Negative Trunk Pin.
- Page 9 Engine if the Glow-plug Light is still on after the 18-sec. delay (25 sec. when the Run Time is set to 30 min.). A Note on the Diesel Glow-plug Indicator Light: AS-1785 Installation Guide P. 9...
- Page 10 (Also known as the “wait-to-start light”.) The purpose of the Glow-plug circuit on diesel 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 remote-started.
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Page 11: Flashing The Hood Pin Switch
Remote Car Starter will exit Programming Mode and the installer will have to flash the Hood Pin switch once more. As long as the Hood is up, you may use the Programming Assistance Button instead of the Hood Pin switch. AS-1785 Installation Guide P. 11... -
Page 12: The Programming Assistance Button
Here are the steps which the installer must follow in order to flash the Hood Pin switch: The Installer … The Module … Press and hold the Hood Pin switch for 4 seconds. Release the Hood Pin switch. The Parking Lights will turn While the Parking Lights are , press down the Hood Pin switch once more. -
Page 13: The Transmitter Programming Procedure
To select one of the four Options of any given Function, press the corresponding button on the Transmitter: • button ......to access Option 1 LOCK • button .....to access Option 2 UNLOCK • button .......to access Option 3 TRUNK • button .......to access Option 4 START AS-1785 Installation Guide P. 13... -
Page 14: Programming Options
Table 4: Accessing options In each Function, once an Option has been selected the Parking Lights will flash 1, 2, 3 or 4 times (depending on the selected Option). Please note that the different Functions within any particular Mode can only be accessed sequentially: the Programming Centre will move from Function 1 to Function 2, then to Function 3, and so on. -
Page 15: Tach Programming
Multi-speed Tach Programming Tach signals may vary from vehicle to vehicle. The Remote Car Starter is designed to read a wide range of Tach signals produced by recent Ignition systems. There is no necessary manual AS-1785 Installation Guide P. 15... -
Page 16: Automatic Tach Programming
adjustment. Nevertheless, a Tach-programming procedure must be carried out every time a new Remote Car Starter Unit is installed. This is because the Tach signals of certain Ignition systems are sometimes too low or too high for the Remote Car Starter, causing failed start-ups at various temperatures. -
Page 17: Testing
Doors and shut down the Engine or enter Turbo Mode ; LOCK to unlock the Doors and shut down the Engine or enter Turbo Mode ; UNLOCK to shut down the Engine without affecting the Doors. STOP Table 7: entering Ready Mode AS-1785 Installation Guide P. 17... -
Page 18: Closing Up
Remaining in ready Mode Once the vehicle is in Ready Mode, you can start and stop the vehicle at wish. However, should any one of the following occur, the vehicle will exit Ready Mode, thus disabling remote start capabilities until Ready Mode is restored: •... -
Page 19: Supplementary Information
Test and record the way each wire tests in the following positions: With the pedal up: test the wire with the Ignition Key in the position test the wire with the Key in the position IGNITION ON (RUN) AS-1785 Installation Guide P. 19... - Page 20 test the wire with the Key in the position START With the pedal down: test the wire with the Ignition Key in the position test the wire with the Key in the position IGNITION ON (RUN) test the wire with the Key in the position START With this information for every wire at the switch, determining what type of clutch switching system...
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Page 21: Ignition-Controlled Door Locks
Remote Car Starter will trigger an unlock START pulse and a disarm pulse before the Engine is started. The Remote Car Starter will again LOCK when the Engine is running, and once again 4 seconds after shut-down. LOCK AS-1785 Installation Guide P. 21... -
Page 22: Lock Pulse Duration
If the vehicle is initially unlocked, upon remote the Remote Car Starter will start the Engine START and arm the Starter Kill, but the Doors will not be locked or unlocked at any moment of the sequence. Lock Pulse Duration The duration of the Lock and Unlock pulses can be configured as follows: •... -
Page 23: Events Logging
4 x = Brakes 5 x = No Tach Cut-off 6 x = Hood 7 x = Engine Running, no Ignition detected, or Tach before Start Note: “x” stands for one flash of the Parking Lights AS-1785 Installation Guide P. 23... -
Page 24: Diagnostics - Parking Light Flash Table
Diagnostics – Parking Light Flash Table Flashes Description • Doors locked, Starter Kill armed. • End of Run Time. • button pressed TRUNK • Start signal received by the Remote Car Starter. • Cold Weather Mode cancelled. • Cannot start after maximum number of attempts is reached. •...