Viper 791xv owners please look inside help needed

[BlackHopeDC5]

I have the viper 791xv... and i think its stuck on silent mode

everything works fine i think... it locks and unlocks... auto starts when i press the button , blink once when i arm it

blinks twice when i disarm

but it doesnt beep and it also doesnt sound the alarm when i open the door without disarming..

Im thinking there is a simple switch somewhere but i cant find it.. i have my dash completely apart and am looking at what i believe is the brains... The big thing with viper on it.. i see no switch anywhere... there is a small button with wires coming out of it... i assume thats the button to emergency disarm it if you cant find the remote but i press it and it doesnt do anything

please help


btw i had a shop install the alarm two years ago so i dont know what they did..

 

[kaace]

sounds like the siren might be dead...try a new siren...but make sure it gets hooked up right...some are positive trigger and some are negative trigger...i will do some looking for you...check the ground on the siren first...

 

[kaace]

let me know where the wires from the siren run to...

 

[BlackHopeDC5]

it turned out to be a shop activated the valet switch thanks for the help

 

[JohnS.]

I've been wanting an alarm lately. Not because it's hella cool, but I'm just looking after my car. My town is seriously prolly the last place anyone would want to waste money on an aftermarket alarm, but it can't hurt to be cautious.

How much do one of the Viper alarms cost? And is install hard to do yourself? I'm assuming that's why you had a shop do it.

 

[Akiahara96]

that particular alarm isn't super expensive anymore. unless you are an installer already, i don't recommend hooking up alarms... but i'm not a DIY type person.... but if you don't know what the hell you're doing, don't mess with your electrical system.

viper reviews

more reviews from amazon, and a picture of all the wiring.

 

[BlackHopeDC5]

yeah its pretty time consuming and not easy at all... if anyone tells you its not hard then its just not hard for them...

its a crap load of wiring. As much of a diy person i am i still wouldnt really want to do it myself.. And im an electrical engineer

 

[steve98ex]

damn you figured it out before i had a change to answer

alarms aren't hard to install if you're into electronics but you usually don't get a warranty if you don't have an authorized person install it

 

[BlackHopeDC5]

damn you figured it out before i had a change to answer

alarms aren't hard to install if you're into electronics but you usually don't get a warranty if you don't have an authorized person install it

lol

thanks steve...

 

[Akiahara96]

i'd say that's a huge con. i guess i just want all my s**t covered. i've used warranties too many times to not value them.

 

[JohnS.]

Another reason why I want an alarm is cuz I want the cool "beep" when you lock and "beep beep" when you unlock .

Thanks guys. Annnnddd...

/threadjack.

 

[kaace]

if you can wire a stereo and understand what you did and why...then you can do an alarm...

 

[kaace]

drive out to cali...i will do it for free...but you gotta bring the beer...

 

[Sundown]

Another reason why I want an alarm is cuz I want the cool "beep" when you lock and "beep beep" when you unlock .

Thanks guys. Annnnddd...

/threadjack.

Lol, thieves like that sound too ..
nah but for real, ive seen people playing with their alarms, beeping it over and over again for attention and next week they get their subs and HU lifted.. If/when you get an alarm, dont play with it like that

 

[BlackHopeDC5]

Lol, thieves like that sound too ..
nah but for real, ive seen people playing with their alarms, beeping it over and over again for attention and next week they get their subs and HU lifted.. If/when you get an alarm, dont play with it like that

for attention you say?

lol i went over the top and got the talking vocalarm added on to the viper.. the attention was cool for the first month then it got old...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1967688459174792084&q=my+car+talks&hl=en

 

[NOFX]

Eran had a similar problem. His alarm wouldn't arm itself. Come to find out he sat on teh remote and it was in valet.

 

[Akiahara96]

i've never understood the attention thing... with an alarm.

i have two sirens, and piezos on the inside... but that's not for attention... that's so we can hear it go off from a distance. or inside a store, or whatever.

oh, and so a thieves ears bleed. that too.

 

[iOn]

are there seperate alarms you can buy and hook up? or do you have to buy matching brand ones? because mine isn't that loud...

 

[1999stockaccord]

I need to get an alarm soon.... mainly cause ill have to park it on or near campus again

and as an added bonus when it goes off i can be uber cool and sing the Dane Cook car alarm song....... hellllloooo im a car...

 

[Akiahara96]

are there seperate alarms you can buy and hook up? or do you have to buy matching brand ones? because mine isn't that loud...

you mean sirens? you can just hook up other sirens. they don't have to be the same, either. mines extra special annoying because they don't quite match... ones from the viper alarm i have now, and the spare siren is from my older audiovox. heh. but, it's loud as hell.