Remote starter?

[Big Al]

Hi, just noted Liams request for info about keypad immobilisers.
 
I can\'t help there,  but it has prompted me to ask a question?
My car arrived with a little arial attached to the top of the dash on the nearside. When I bought it I was told it was a remote starter and that the keypad or whatever, was missing. Is it possible to get another one,  or should I bin the lot of it and fill in the hole in the dash  :3Confused

[L18M]

it\'s not necessarily  a remote starter (ie press a button and engine remote starts)
i got a cheap made in china remote alarm (locking, unlocking, boot popper) and that came with a mini Ariel and they suggest in the instructions to mount it on the windscreen x by y away from the side of the windscreen.
so might just be remote locking.

hth

[Big Al]

Liam thanks for your reply, looks like it may well be locking and not remote start-up. Guess I\'ll need to take the passenger door card off to find out. Could be handy if solenoids etc are already in place. as I may be able to use whatever is there for central locking?
Al

[L18M]

oh, if its all in place then might be worth trying to find out the make.
then can replace the main unit (prob look like a box thats bit linger wider than a cig packet)  with a new one?

[m1tch]

My alarm has remote start but also a keypad on the window that I can program to open the doors if needed - havn\'t bothered with that feature yet, but I have an aerial with a proximity sensor on one side and a keypad on the other