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#142 ·
ok i got everything hooked up, but I can get my evo all to progrram to my car, after i get the 6 flashed i turn on the car and its not programming, what am I doing wrong, I cant find the 2pin white connector do I need all connectors in even thought Im not using them? and how I hook up the horn so I can program my unit to dbl lock to start the car?
 
#143 ·
hey i just installed a remote start on my optima, its a base lx, but im runing into a problem with the fact that the ac doesnt turn on, even if i leave the ac on, the car starts, but there is nothing on in the car except the engine
 
#144 ·
dapope said:
hey i just installed a remote start on my optima, its a base lx, but im runing into a problem with the fact that the ac doesnt turn on, even if i leave the ac on, the car starts, but there is nothing on in the car except the engine
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i will have to check mine, but I know certain things will not come on when you remote start
 
Discussion starter · #145 · (Edited)
make sure that the orange acc wire at the left side kick panel is being energize when and after remote starting. oops sorry forget what i said i didn't read your post correctly i didn't know it was an lx
 
#147 ·
BERTO1230781 said:
... there's two ways u can make the oem remote start the car. first one is using the lock wire on the S.J.B = Smart junction Box it's where the fuse panel is inside the car. there's a gray/black wire in that box to lock the car. u can simply connect the remote activation wire to that wire using a diode so u don't get any backfeed and that's it. hit the lock button on the oem remote twice and the car turns on. the python 1401 can be programed for 1 or 2 pulse count on the remote activation wire but other remote start system might require only a 1 pulse count to start. using 2 pulse count is better and some have 3 pulse count. the other way is on the S.J.B there's a gray wire for the lock actuator that gives a positve when lock button is pressed if u use this wire to connect to 1401 remote activation wire it won't work beacuse the 1401 requires a negative in this case u have to use a relay to reverse the polarity from positve to negative and now your 1401 will recieve the right polarity to activate to remote start sequnce. ...
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Berto, I'm curious why you use the positive gray wire instead of the gray/black wire. If the system is triggered by a negative pulse, then it sounds like it would be better to use the gray/black wire at the S.J.B. If it is simply because it requires a diode instead of a relay, I think that would be better; I would prefer a solid-state solution anyway.

However, it seems unlikely that both the positive and the negative door lock wires would be triggered when using the remote; usually one is hard-wired and the other is "switched".
 
Discussion starter · #148 ·
yeah your right baout just using the other wire with a diode but i decided to use relay beacuse i'm just used to it. if your going to do your own install please take picture of the wire u used with diode so others can have a refference thanks :)
 
#149 ·
just completed my install used fortin-all and avtial 4103 r/s

using factory key fob with 3 lock activation (thanks berto)

i will say one of the easier r/s ive installed in a while

anyone in cleveland area needing help or pointers

message me !!
 
#151 ·
Hi guys...fascinating thread but I am confused. Why do you all need this remote start? Seems a little odd to me that you cannot just jump in and press the start button and press the brake pedal to go or am I missing something?
I would not say this is a common thing in Australia. Wouldn't mind finding out why you all like to do this. Seems superfluous to me when you can just do it the "traditional" way. Seems to be a common thing there in the US but excuse me please if I find this a little OTT and unnecessary.
 
#152 ·
SantoriniBluePlatinum said:
...I would not say this is a common thing in Australia...
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It has something to do with ice, snow, and subzero (Fahrenheit) temperatures, also not common in Australia. By starting the car remotely, you can warm up engine, interior, and/or defrost the windows without simultaneously freezing the driver.
 
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#153 · (Edited)
OK..Cool...Good point....However, I was born in the deep south of New Zealand where the temp gets down well below zero celcius too and heavy snow is present and they don't have remote start either.
But I have been educated and I thank you for that. Guess looking at it the other way around we could use it here for our plus 120 degree F temps to run our air conditioning in summer haha!
Please excuse my ignorance and thanks for your feedback...
 
#154 · (Edited)
Oh and BTW we do get snow and ice here in Oz....Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales on the east coast of the continent all have well known snowfields!!....but I digress!

Interesting post though all the same. Good to see the security of the car is not compromised if someone were to try to take the car during warmup.
 
#156 · (Edited)
I think there is a small percentage of people living in these area's where snow/cold is affecting them (New Zealand, Tasmania etc. etc.) compared to the northern half of the United states and all of Canada. I don't think there would be any profit in selling a few hundred units where you are to the probably the hundred of thousands to millions of units sold here. I'm not talking population in those area but of the percentage of people affected by the snow and extreme cold who would actually buy them.

We are talking -10 to -30 degrees Celsius for a large portion of North America in the winter and 25-30+ degrees Celsius in the summers. I could be wrong but I don't think New Zealand and Tasmania get those extremes. And if you do get those extremes.....the population in those area's would be limited.
 
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Surprise me then.......give me some numbers and that way I too can be educated.

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After a little research, this is what I've found:

Tasmania. Population: Just over 500 thousand and in winter....the average high is 3 degrees Celsius and the coldest ever recorded temperature -13 degrees Celsius. It also says the majority of the population lives in the north where it is warmer and drier. Not very extreme.

South Island New Zealand: 24% of the 4.4 million live on the south Island.....so 1.1 million. Half that population lives in the Christchurch area and north. I won't talk about Temperatures there because they are temperate. the most southerly area, the Southland district, has a population of just under 100 thousand. Again, the coastal cities are not affected by the extreme cold because of the Ocean.......aren't most of the cities and population on the coast? The average temperature in the winter is 9 degrees Celsius with a record low of -18. Sounds a lot like North Carolina climate. And I don't think you'll get too many Americans and Canadians saying (minus the hurricanes) that North Carolina is considered as having harsh or extreme climate. Try looking into Minnesota weather!

I'm not saying there is no winter there but again.......you don't get the extremes. Alaska has a population of over 700 thousand and a record low of -80 degrees Celsius.....and this is just Alaska. Winter where I live can start in November and last till the end of March.

The affected people in Tasmania and Southland is probably less than 200 thousand people compared to 75+ million affected in the northern United States and Canada. Now let's just say 1% of the population buys starters.........
 
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