Car Alarms: remote entry/alarm not working, mazda mpv, valet mode

Question
Hi,
Thanks for looking into my question.

I purchased a used mazda MPV with an alarm system with black widow BWS-383 transmitter (as a part of BW 1600 installaton kit from what I got on the internet). The previous owner said the alarm worked fine before he changed the car battery a couple of days before. Now the red light on the dash is solid red and neither the alarm nor the remote keyless entry does work. Inside the central lock/unlock works OK.

Is this just a matter of resetting the alarm system ? If yes, could you pl. tell me how to do it ?

Thanks a bunch for your help and a wonderful new year !

Regards,
Suresh

Answer
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.

ALARMTEK
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