Using your system – Directed Electronics 5 User Manual
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using your system
The buttons used in the instructions in this manual correspond to the
standard transmitter configuration. If your transmitter has been custom
configured, the icons on your transmitter buttons may not correspond
to the indicated functions.
arming
You can activate, or arm, the system by pressing
on your trans-
mitter for one second. When the system arms, you will hear two short
siren sounds, or chirps, and see the parking lights flash twice. The LED
will begin to flash steadily. If the vehicle’s power door locks have been
connected to the system, the doors will lock.
While the system is armed, the LED status indicator will flash approxi-
mately once per second showing that the system is actively protecting
your vehicle. If you hear more than two chirps when arming, refer to
the Diagnostics section of this guide. These extra chirps confirm a mal-
function autobypass.
The security system also can be programmed to arm itself
automatically (called passive arming). If the system is programmed for
passive arming, it will automatically arm 30 seconds after the ignition
is turned off and the system sees you leave the vehicle by opening and
closing a door. Whenever the system is in its 30-second passive-arming
countdown. The siren will chirp twice and the lights will flash twice five
seconds after the last door has been closed. The system is not actually
armed at that point. The system arms and the doors lock (if connected