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© 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 1 SECURITY SYSTEM KIT NO .: 08E51-EP4-101 OPERA TING INSTRUCTIONS[...]
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2 © 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. Contents Introduction ..................................................... 3 Emergency Disarming During Alar ming ........................................ 4 During the Entr y Dela y Time ..................... 4 System Controls Arming Mode (MANUAL A UT O) ............... 5 Arming Mode [...]
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© 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 3 Intr oduction Congr atulations on your purchase of this Honda Security System. Y our Honda Security System is the product of years of research and dev elopment. It will give y ou many years of reliab le performance, protection, and conv enience. The system consists of two major compone[...]
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4 © 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reser ved. During the Entry Delay Time Emer g ency Disarming Enter the vehicle and insert the ignition key . Disarming • The system can be disarmed using the Ignition key regardless of the method used to arm the system. • This method of disarming also ser ves as an emergency o verride if the[...]
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© 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 5 The switching procedure is The result MANU AL MODE Completed Beep once A UT O MODE Not completed No beep Arming Mode (MANU AL AU TO ) This section explains ho w to switch the arming mode from MANU AL to A UT O . NO TE: F actory preset is MANUAL. System Contr ols 1 2 3 4 0 Disarm the se[...]
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6 © 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reser ved. Inser t the ignition key . Y ou will observe the f ollowing. • The system “beeps” twice. The switching procedure is The result A U T O MODE Completed Beep twice MANU AL MODE Not completed No beep System Contr ols T urn the ignition key to the OFF position. Remov e the key from t[...]
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© 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 7 Placing the System in the V alet Mode (V alet Mode cannot be used in the Manual Arming Mode) When the security system is placed in the valet mode, it is temporarily placed on “hold. ” When in the v alet mode, the system cannot be armed, but panic mode is still functional. This is a[...]
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8 © 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reser ved. V alet (A uto Arming Mode only) In the V alet Mode: Open one of the doors. LED blinks once. After turning the ignition switch to OFF , remov e the ignition ke y . LED blinks once. If you f ollow either procedure below , LED b links once to show the system is in the V alet mode. LED K [...]
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© 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 9 V alet (A uto Arming Mode only) Exit Fr om the V alet Mode 1 2 3 4 With the system in the V alet mode and the key out of the ignition s witch. Steps from 2 to 4 m ust be completed within 3 seconds. Inser t the ignition key , and remove the iginition k ey from the iginition s witch. (Al[...]
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10 © 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reser ved. P ANIC Arming Arming Methods There are two possib le wa ys to ar m the system: • MANU AL Ar ming (Remote Control) • A UT O Ar ming (P assiv e) Manual Arming (Remote Contr olled) 1 The ar ming mode is set to “MANU AL. ” T ur n the ignition ke y to the “OFF”(O) position. Re[...]
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© 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 11 • When the main unit is set to “A UTO , ” the system arms automatically 20 seconds after the last door or the trunk is closed*. • If a door or the trunk is opened during the 20 second exit dela y time, the timer resets and the 20 second e xit delay time restarts after the last[...]
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12 © 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reser ved. P ANIC Alarm Mode Alarm T riggered Mode • After the system is armed, the sound of breaking glass or the opening of any doors or the trunk (or hood)* will tr igger the alarm. • If the door(s) is kept open, the alarm will continue to sound f or 10 minutes. • If the batter y is di[...]
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© 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 13 P ANIC Disarming Remote Contr olled Disarming • Regardless of the method used to arm the system, the system can be disar med using the remote control transmitter . 1 * Only on vehicle equipped with po wer door locks . 1 Press the “UNLOCK” b utton once on the remote control trans[...]
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14 © 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reser ved. P ANIC Glass Hatch Glass Hatch Using remote to open the glass hatch will suspend the arming mode. Once the hatch is closed, system will resume in arm mode. NO TE: Opening the glass hatch with a ke y will ACTIV A TE the alar m. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1[...]
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© 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 15 P ANIC P ANIC 0 P ANIC P anic Press and hold the “P ANIC” button f or more than 1 second. The follo wing will occur . • The horn sounds once per 1.5 seconds for one alarm duration. (Horn duration is 30 seconds.) The parking and head lights flash once per 1.5 seconds for one alar[...]
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16 © 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reser ved. T ripped Sensor W arning and Indication T ripped Sensor W arning • The system will warn you that the security system has been tripped in your absence. • If the system was tripped and auto rear med you will observe the f ollowing: The status LED flashes twice per second. The parki[...]
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© 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 17 P ANIC T ripped Sensor Indication (using both the transmitter and iginition key) T ripped Sensor W arning and Indication 1 5 • After disar ming the system, if the tripped sensor warning indicator appears, you can identify which sensor has been tripped by observing the number of flas[...]
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18 © 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reser ved. Example 1: If opening the trunk causes the alarm to be tr iggered, the Status LED will flash 2 times, pause and repeat this sequence f or 1 minute. Example 2: If the alarm is triggered twice, first by opening the door and then by opening the trunk, the Status LED will flash once, pau[...]
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© 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 19 P ANIC Remote Contr ol Code Programming (Onl y vehic les without P o wer Door Loc ks) Ho w to Program Remote Contr ol T ransmitters 1 3 • F or steps 2 through 12, each step must be completed within 5 seconds. For step 13, within 10 seconds for each remote . • Up to f our remotes c[...]
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20 © 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reser ved. P ANIC Remote Control Code Pr ogramming (Only vehic les without P o wer Door Loc ks) 6 9 8 7 9 Press the “LOCK” or “UNLOCK” b utton on the remote control transmitter . T ur n the ignition to the “OFF” position. T ur n the ignition to the “ON” position. Press the “LO[...]
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© 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 21 Remote Contr ol Code Programming (Onl y vehic les without P o wer Door Loc ks) 12 Press the “LOCK” or “UNLOCK” b utton on the remote control transmitter . • The status LED illuminates simultaneously f or 1 second to indicate progr amming mode. • T o ter minate the programm[...]
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22 © 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reser ved. Optional Items The Security System Accessories can be purchased at your Honda dealer . (Depending on the vehicle models , the installed accessor ies vary . For details, contact y our Honda dealer. ) T o insure proper installation and operation, each accessory should be installed by y[...]
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© 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 23 Glossar y Description * Functional only in the A utomatic Arming mode. * If the optional hood s witch is installed. ARM T o tur n the security system’ s protection on. * A UT OMA TIC ARMING The optional mode in which the security system is armed automatically (passively) after the t[...]
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24 © 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reser ved. A f eature which indicates, through the status LED , the sensor which tripped the alar m. A diagnostic feature which recalls the tripped sensor from memory . This feature is not disabled once the alarm is rear med. Glossar y Description * Functional only in the Automatic Arming mode.[...]
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© 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 25 Notes[...]
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26 © 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reser ved. Notes[...]
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© 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. 27 Notes[...]
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28 © 2004 American Honda Motor Co., Inc. - All Rights Reserved. Specifications Main Unit Design ......................................................................................... Microprocessor, all solid state Operating V oltage .................................................................... 1 3 V DC ( 9 V to 16 V allowable) Current C[...]