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© 2000 Directed Electronics, Inc. Vista, CA 3
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What is Included. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Warning! Safety First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Installation Points to Remember . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Before Beginning the Installation . . . . . . . . . . . 5
After the Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Deciding on Component Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Siren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Control Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Shock Sensor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Valet/Program Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Status LED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Starter Kill Relay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Relay Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Finding the Wires You Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Obtaining Constant 12V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Finding the 12V Switched Ignition Wire . . . . . . . 10
Finding the Starter Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Finding the Accessory Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Finding the Tachometer Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Finding the Wait-to-Start Wire for Diesels. . . . . . 11
Finding the Parking Light Wire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Finding the Door Pinswitch Circuit . . . . . . . . . . 12
Making Your Wire Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Primary Harness (H1), 12-Pin Connector. . . . . . . . 14
Secondary Harness (H2), 3-Pin Connector . . . . . . 14
Remote Start Primary Harness, 5-Pin Connector . . . 15
Heavy Gauge Relay Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Remote Start Secondary Harness (H3), 6-Pin Connector. 15
Primary Harness (H1) Wire Connection Guide . . . . 16
Secondary Harness (H2) Wire Connection Guide . . . . 20
Relay Satellite Key Switch Interface Wire
Connection Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Remote Start Harness (H3) Wire Connection Guide . 23
Neutral Safety Switch Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Testing the Neutral Safety Switch . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Bypassing GM Vehicle Anti-Theft Systems (VATS) . . . . 28
1995 and Newer Vehicle Anti-Theft Systems
(Immobilizers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Plug-In LED and Valet/Program Switch . . . . . . . . . 30
Programmer Interface, 3-Pin Black Connector . . . . 30
Shock Sensor Harness, 4-Pin Connector. . . . . . . . . 31
Tach Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Door Lock Harness (H4) Wire Connection Guide . . . . 32
Type A: Positive-Triggered, Relay Driven Systems . 33
Type B: Negative-Triggered, Relay Driven Systems . 34
Type C: Reversing Polarity System. . . . . . . . . . . 34
Type D: Adding One or More After-Market Actuators . 35
Type E: Electrically Activated Vacuum . . . . . . . . 36
Type E: One-Wire System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Type G: Positive (+) Multiplex . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Type H: Negative (-) Multiplex . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Programming Jumpers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Tach Threshold On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Light Flash (+)/(-). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Transmitter/Receiver Learn Routine . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Transmitter Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Standard Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Single Button Arm/Disarm Configuration . . . . . . 42
Multi-Level Security Arming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Operating Settings Learn Routine . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Feature Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Feature Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Nuisance Prevention Circuitry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Valet Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Timer Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Table of Zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Shutdown Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Long Term Event History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Safety Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Alarm Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Remote Start Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Wiring Quick Reference Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
The control module
An XHF receiver/antena
Two remote transmitters P/N 476A
A Stinger® Doubleguard® shock sensor
A Revenger® Soft Chirp® siren
The plug-in status LED
The plug-in Valet®/Program switch
A hood pinswitch
A relay satellite
A toggle (override) switch

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Auto Mate 553 Specifications

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BrandAuto Mate
Model553
CategoryCar Alarm
LanguageEnglish

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