Question regarding Viper 5900

[Zesty 10+ year member]

Dumb question, but is this thing supposed to page you when your alarm goes off? Because mine doesn't. Only when I disarm the alarm does it display the alarm/trigger info. I have tried to go into programming mode and turn paging both on and off....either way I get no page alerting me to my alarm going off.

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[THUNDERBIRD 10+ year member]

it should. only think that would cause it not to is if your out of range of it. concrete building and steel dont help the range.

 

[Shyne151 10+ year member]

Who installed it?

 

[JeepCreepin96 10+ year member]

Yes, it should page you. It does get pretty good range, even if you are in your house.

^^Saginaw? sweeet

 

[Zesty 10+ year member]

Yeah nevermind I figured it out it does page me! Thanks for the replies.

 

[Shyne151 10+ year member]

Yes, it should page you. It does get pretty good range, even if you are in your house.
^^Saginaw? sweeet

Yup, I'm an installer at Dukes on bay rd.

 

[Zesty 10+ year member]

it should. only think that would cause it not to is if your out of range of it. concrete building and steel dont help the range.

Yeah I work inside a huge cooler and I don't get reception through those walls. My cell phone doesn't work either so hard to knock it for that though.
I'm pretty impressed with the range definitely.

*Edit* Got it installed at a local car audio shop. They have a pretty solid rep for good honest work(though rather overpriced). I feel like they did a very nice clean job.

 

[BassBallin]

the range on those are really good

 

[Zesty 10+ year member]

Ok, I just about have this thing where I want it. The sensitivity is just about perfect for me, all my entry points+hood are wired, the system is paging me fine and I am extremely happy with the range and overall quality of the product and install. I still have a couple questions:

1- What is the difference between Zone 1 and Zone 2? I don't fully understand what either one of these is linked to, and how the system can tell the difference between the 2 inputs.

2-My alarm is set so that it only sounds for 30 seconds when triggering....I want it to go as long as possible. I see in the manual it states it can be set to 60 seconds, or even longer with the use of some tool. Can I at least change the setting from 30 seconds to 60 seconds by myself? If so how do I do this?

Thanks in advance you guys have been awesome.

 

[THUNDERBIRD 10+ year member]

you can change it by yourself it is in the install manual and u have to use the valet button. or if you know anyone with a bitwriter you can use that and set it to any time you want up too 180 seconds. i have a bitwriter and i set all of mine to 180 that way people pay attention. you can try going to a shop and seeing if they will do it for you might have to throw the dude some $$