Car Alarms: 96 Toyota Tercel VIP alarm, toyota tercel, valet mode

Question
I have a 96 Toyota Tercel with a VIP alarm system that was probably installed by the original dealer (I bought from CarMax). It does not have remote entry, the alarm is stopped if you turn the key in the ignition within 30 seconds of opening the door. I have lost the user manual, and I would like to disable the alarm. I did so once before, and recall that it was an arcane combination of turning the key in the ignition and opening and closing the driver side door. We recently had work done on the car that somehow turned the alarm back on again. Help!

Answer
Gotcha.
Ok, try this.
Put the key in the ignition, and turn forward
all the way just before cranking. Then within
5 seconds, press and hold in the valet/overide
button, found under the dash area,
until the installed LED (the blinking light)
in your dash area goes off, and the siren chirps twice.
(Your valet switch might be the toggle (on/off) type.
in this case, key on, flip switch in oposite direction,
key off.)

This should reset the alarm.

Just Repeat these steps to place it
back to valet mode.

That should do it.
If you want to remove it at this point,
take it to your neighborhood installer
for this, or buy the wiring chart for
the vehicle, and reverse engineer it wire
by wire, until it's safely removed.

If it does not work out this way, you will have
to replace the system with one you know how
to operate and what to expect.

Let me know what happens.

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