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Winter is here and I know a lot of you have been looking into having a remote start system installed. Being a mobile electronics certified tech for over 15 years I thought I'd give my opinions on which system(s) I think is better than most.
I'm sure most of you have heard of Viper. Viper is a brand name manufactured by a company called DEI (Directed Electronics Incorporated), which have been in the automotive security/convienence integration market for many years. I have installed numerous brands of alarm/remote start systems throughout the years, including "factory" dealer installed systems. From my experience, I feel the DEI systems are by far the best systems out there in terms of reliability and functionality. They offer a limited lifetime warranty on their control units, have the best tech support in the industry, and the flexibility and intergration options on their units are second to none. With the 791 remote start/alarm model, you get a LCD paging remote that tells you which zone has been violated(doors, shock, trunk, hood, etc), confirmation of arming/disarming/remote start/aux channels, as well as backlight, vibration, and beep functions. The range is good up to about 1/4 mile. You have numerous aux channel options that can be programmed to be latching, timed, or momentary outputs, which allows a great deal of flexibility when adding options such as defrost, heated seats, lighting control, wipers, etc. You can have the vehicle start every few hours on its own in extreme conditions to help keep the vehicle's battery and engine in good condition. If you stop at a store for a few minutes and do not want to shut the vehicle off, you can take the keys out of the ignition while the engine continues to run, which is especially useful if you have a diesel engine. There's so much you can do with this and other Viper RS units. The newer systems use digital spread spectrum technology versus RF, which takes the useable range of the system up to one mile!
DEI engineers and manufactures parts to integrate with the factory immobilzer systems and databus and LAN protocols our vehicles use, so integration is seamless and reliable.
They also have stand alone remote start models available to integrate with the factory keyless systems, as well as existing aftermarket alarm systems so you don't have to purchase a complete remote start/alarm package. You can just use your existing key fob/remote.
I'm writing this because I currently have the 791 system on three of my cars and they are great. I've had Code Alarm, Ungo (by Clarion), and Audiovox in the past...way past. And DEI is the way to go. Hope this info is useful for some of you.
I'm sure most of you have heard of Viper. Viper is a brand name manufactured by a company called DEI (Directed Electronics Incorporated), which have been in the automotive security/convienence integration market for many years. I have installed numerous brands of alarm/remote start systems throughout the years, including "factory" dealer installed systems. From my experience, I feel the DEI systems are by far the best systems out there in terms of reliability and functionality. They offer a limited lifetime warranty on their control units, have the best tech support in the industry, and the flexibility and intergration options on their units are second to none. With the 791 remote start/alarm model, you get a LCD paging remote that tells you which zone has been violated(doors, shock, trunk, hood, etc), confirmation of arming/disarming/remote start/aux channels, as well as backlight, vibration, and beep functions. The range is good up to about 1/4 mile. You have numerous aux channel options that can be programmed to be latching, timed, or momentary outputs, which allows a great deal of flexibility when adding options such as defrost, heated seats, lighting control, wipers, etc. You can have the vehicle start every few hours on its own in extreme conditions to help keep the vehicle's battery and engine in good condition. If you stop at a store for a few minutes and do not want to shut the vehicle off, you can take the keys out of the ignition while the engine continues to run, which is especially useful if you have a diesel engine. There's so much you can do with this and other Viper RS units. The newer systems use digital spread spectrum technology versus RF, which takes the useable range of the system up to one mile!
DEI engineers and manufactures parts to integrate with the factory immobilzer systems and databus and LAN protocols our vehicles use, so integration is seamless and reliable.
They also have stand alone remote start models available to integrate with the factory keyless systems, as well as existing aftermarket alarm systems so you don't have to purchase a complete remote start/alarm package. You can just use your existing key fob/remote.
I'm writing this because I currently have the 791 system on three of my cars and they are great. I've had Code Alarm, Ungo (by Clarion), and Audiovox in the past...way past. And DEI is the way to go. Hope this info is useful for some of you.
