OK i just had an alarm installed in my accord . this alarm has the self arming feature in case you for get to arm the alarm.

for example: i get home from the store & i have my hands full of stuff & i can get to my key fob. 30 seconds after i close my doors the alarm locks the doors & arms it self. this is a great feature.

So im wondering if I disarm my alarm & pop my trunk the alarm should not arm its self till I have closed my trunk & wait 30 seconds, am i correct ?

would i have to install a hood pin in my trunk ???


THIS IS THE ALARM I HAVE:
http://www.seco-larm.com/E100FA.htm

 

Why not test it out? I have two friends with different alarms where one would auto-arm even if a door was still open or partially opened and the siren would go off while my other friend's alarm would not auto-arm until everything was closed.

 

Well i know if i try to arm the alarm while one of my doors are open it will beep 3 times signaling me that a door is open.

but i was at the grocery yesterday & i disarmed the alarm b4 i opened my trunk so the alarm didnt go off but as i was loading the bags in my trunk the alamr armed itself.

What i wondering is should my alarm arm its self 30 seconds after my trunk closes ?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RUBZERK &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well i know if i try to arm the alarm while one of my doors are open it will beep 3 times signaling me that a door is open.

but i was at the grocery yesterday & i disarmed the alarm b4 i opened my trunk so the alarm didnt go off but as i was loading the bags in my trunk the alamr armed itself.

What i wondering is should my alarm arm its self 30 seconds after my trunk closes ?</TD></TR></TABLE>It will depend on the alarm, and its programing, and if you have the trunk wired, in fact some alarms will disarm if you pop the trunk, [useing the alarms remote] and will not rearm, [passively] untill you close the trunk, [if wired] 94

 

Ok i guess there is a factory trunk pin in the trunk because when i open my trunk, the trunk light comes on.
so do i have to tap that into my factory door pin for this to work ?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RUBZERK &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ok i guess there is a factory trunk pin in the trunk because when i open my trunk, the trunk light comes on.
so do i have to tap that into my factory door pin for this to work ?</TD></TR></TABLE> No, the alarm should have a trunk or a trunk/hood trigger input into it, and if its a Honda/Acura you can tag into the trunk/hatch ajar wire underdash drivers side. 94

 

its an accord & what color wire should i look for ?

 

Don't know, it can be orange, black/white, blue/ black , on a 98 Accord its orange, and its found above the hood release in a gray 18 pin connecter on the DX and LX.

Thats all the info I have here at home, I can have it for you in the morning just give me the year and model. 94

 

well i found this on another site. http://www.the12volt.com/request/94accord.asp

im guessing that the orange wire from the alarm harness goes to the orange on the Harness From Dash Cluster.

Is this right ?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RUBZERK &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well i found this on another site. http://www.the12volt.com/request/94accord.asp

im guessing that the orange wire from the alarm harness goes to the orange on the Harness From Dash Cluster.

Is this right ?</TD></TR></TABLE> Only if the trunk trigger wire on the alarm is orange but if it is then yes 94

 

What if they used it for the doors ?

but it looks like on this diagram they use the same wire for the doors, hood & the trunk

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RUBZERK &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What if they used it for the doors ?

but it looks like on this diagram they use the same wire for the doors, hood & the trunk


</TD></TR></TABLE> I have never seen an alarm that didn't have a trigger input for + door, [most Fords] - door, [just about everybody else] and at least a - hood/trunk, if not one for hood and another one for trunk. check your wiring diagram for the alarm, not tha you couldn't use the door trigger input, but if you don't isolate them then the trunk light will come on when you open the door, and the dome will come on when you open the trunk, not to mention the trunk adjar icon in the dash when ypu open the doors 94

 

Well im asking this so that when i go to the shop that installed it, im gona tell them they didnt hook up my trunk or hood.

but i need to get my facts straight before i go down there.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RUBZERK &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well im asking this so that when i go to the shop that installed it, im gona tell them they didnt hook up my trunk or hood.

but i need to get my facts straight before i go down there.
</TD></TR></TABLE> Just like my shop, hood pins and trunk triggers are EXTRA to install, a basic install includes the brain, whatever sen. it comes with, [impact, motion, glass, radar] the door trigger, the siren, the LED and override/ program switch, we have a kind of checklist to see what the customer wantsand where they want them installed, like placement of the LED and override switch, but there are a lot of things that evan an entry level alarm can do, you can spend $500+ on install alone, my Q to the shop that installed it would be " why would you not ask if I wanted hood and trunk if the are not included in the basic install 94

 

Well when i bought my car it had an alarm, but the dealer didnt have the remotes,
so i had to have it removed & the shop charged $45 plus tax to remove it, they waived that fee for me because i kinda know them. The basic alarm with instalation was $149.00 which didnt include the starter kill or keless remotes. They add thoes options for free. which would have been an extra $60.00

So for basically if i didnt know them, it would have coste me $266.00 which includes tax.
I only paid $157.00 for everything, im pretty sure they will hook up my trunk for free.

I just needed some facts.

http://www.reveron.com/home.htm

 

they added a hood pin & conected my trunk switch for $10.

now everything works like i wanted it to.