Car Alarms: AutoMate AM7 car alarm, alarmtek, dash area


Question
Alarm is not responding to signal to turn off via remote (I tested all three remotes - they all blink and are sending a signal), so AM7 will not unlock the doors. If I open the door with the key, will the alarm go off? I want to drive the van to the place that installed it, so they can fix it.

Answer
Ok, try this.
Put the key in the ignition, and turn forward
all the way just before cranking. Then within
5 seconds, locate, press and hold in the
valet/overide button, found under the
dash area, (push button, spring loaded)
until the installed LED (the blinking light)
in your dash area goes on solid,
and the siren chirps once.

(Your valet switch might be the toggle
(on/off) type. in this case, key on,
flip switch in opposite direction,
then turn the key off.)

This should reset the alarm, and reset
the grounded relay on the starter wire,
allowing you to start the engine.

At this point, the only thing working would
be the keyless entry from the alarm,
if it came equipped that way.

Just Repeat these steps to place it
back to usable armed mode.
You may get 2 chirps, confirming it,
and the lights may flash twice as well.

That should do it.
You should now be able to start it
and get it to your instller.

Let me know what happens.

Robert Martin/CEO-ALARMTEK
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