Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product AS-1820FM Autostart
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AUTOMATIC TRANSMISS ION REMOTE STARTER AS-1820 FM 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 o r to the Unit.
P. 2 Installation Guide AS-1820 FM Table of Contents Table of Contents ...................................... 2 Introduction ................................................ 3 Included in the Kit ...................................... 3 Installation Points to Remember .
AS-1820 FM Installation Guide P. 3 Introduction This Guide contains all the information rel evant and necessary for th e installation of the Remote Car Starter.
P. 4 Installation Guide AS-1820 FM Ƈ When installing a man ual-transmission product on a vehicle with a manual Transmission, make sure that the Parking Brake and Door Switch contacts work properly. Ƈ When working on a vehicle, alw ays leave a window open.
Be careful not to power up a Rem ote Car Starter before it is pro perly ground ed. To avoid any accident, it is rec ommended to pul l out the Fuses fro m their sockets before the install ation, and to put them back duri ng the very last s teps.
P. 6 Installation Guide AS-1820 FM 5-Pin Secondary Harness Wire Colour Function Description 1 BLACK (–) Chassis ground input This wire must be connected to bare, unpainted metal (the Chassis or the true Body ground). It is pref erable to use a factory g round bolt rather than a self-tapping screw.
AS-1820 FM Installation Guide P. 7 7 WHITE / ORANGE (–) Starter Kill output (armed output) This wire will provide a constant 500 mA output when the system is armed (locked by remote control). It can be connected to an external Starter Interrupt Relay.
P. 8 Installation Guide AS-1820 FM 11 GREY (–) N/A This pin is not used. Leave it empty. 12 YELLOW (+) Glow-Plug input In Diesel Mode, this positive input will monitor the Glow Plug Light: it will wait for up to 18 seconds until the Glow-plug Light goes out before allowing the Remote Car Starter to proceed to cranking the Engine.
AS-1820 FM Installation Guide P. 9 Flashing the Hood Pin Switch Flashing the Hood Pin switch is a procedure th at brings the Remot e Car Starter int o Programming Mode. Once th e Remote C ar Starter is in Programmi ng Mode, the install er will have up to 20 seconds to sel ect one of th e sub-m enus.
The Programming Assistance Button (A.k.a. the PAB .) Mount ed on the Remote Car Starter, this button can be used from within the v ehicle inst ead of the Hood Pin sw itch in the En gine compartment. Thi s will spare t he installer the trouble of access ing the Hood Pin switch in the E ngine compartme nt.
AS-1820 FM Installation Guide P. 11 2. Press and hold the Brake Pedal, – And press one of the followi ng buttons on the Transmitter: • LOCK .................. to access Mode 1; • UNLOCK .............. to access Mode 2; • TRUNK ................
P. 12 Installation Guide AS-1820 FM FUNCTION 3 – Passive or Active Arming OPTION 1* PASSIVE Arming (60 sec.) OPTION 2 ACTIVE Arming OPTION 3 PASSIVE Arming (3 min.) FUNCTION 4 – Door lock pulse timing OPTION 1* 7/10-sec. Lock/Unlock pulses OPTION 2 4-sec.
AS-1820 FM Installation Guide P. 13 FUNCTION 3 – AUX 2 Programming OPTION 1 Constant output while the LOCK and UNLOCK buttons are pressed. In Safe Start Mode: activate AUX 2 by pressing the START button.
P. 14 Installation Guide AS-1820 FM Note The L.E.D. follows the Parking Li ghts during the Transmitter Programm ing procedure. At any time, close the Hood t o end the Tach- programming pr ocedure. Automatic Tach Programming This simple procedure can replace the Mu lti-speed T ach Programming procedure: 1.
AS-1820 FM Installation Guide P. 15 Testing Before putting back the vehicle together, it is recommended to check that the system operates properly. The following testing proced ures should be used to verify proper installation and operation of the system.
Supplementary Information Fifth Relay Output (2 nd IGN, ACC or CRANK) Remote Car Starters of this series are equipped with an on-bo ard high-current programmable 5 th Relay that can be used to power a second Ignition, Accessory or Crank wire. The Unit uses 3 sets of pins; each set corresponds to a spec ific function of the output.
once again). Please note th at most OEM systems will not rearm the Alarm while t he Engine is running, but will still lock the Doors. Smart Secure Lock If the vehicle is initially l ocked, upon remote START the Remote Car S tarter will trigger an unlock pulse and a disarm p ulse before the En gine is started.
P. 18 Installation Guide AS-1820 FM 1. Flash the Hood Pin switch (see Table 1) – Once inside Programming Mode , you have 13 seconds to complete the next step. 2. Press and release the Break Pedal 6 times (within 13 seconds from entering Programming Mode).
AS-1820 FM Installation Guide P. 19 Diagnostics – Chirps Table Chirps Description 1 • Doors locked, Starter Kill ar med. • LOCK confirmation. • Entering Mode 1 i n the Programming Centr e. • Disarmed Notification 2 • Doors unlocked, Starter Kill disarmed.
P. 20 Installation Guide AS-1820 FM Diagnostics – Parking Light Flash Table Flashes Description 1 • Doors locked, Starter Kill ar med. • End of Run Time. • Run Time cancelled. • TRUNK button pressed • Start signal received by t he Remote Car Start er.
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