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Dominator Car Alarm Troubles

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Hey there,

hoping somebody can help me with my prediciment.. i have a dominator car alarm i bought to replace my dodgy old VDO one which crapped itself and after seeing the absolute dodgy job which had been done when i chose to have it 'profesionally' installed last time i decided to install it myself.

everything on the ignition side of things was connected as per the wiring diagram and then checked at the plug that connects into the alarm unit itself with a multimeter for correct voltages at all stages of the key turn (off, acc, on and start as well as the +12v and the chassis earth connection). the relay was also installed as per the wiring diagram

at this stage i decided to attempt to start the car and found the car would turn over just fine, which of course it shouldn't have with the unit it place.. at first i thought i must've made an error in wiring in the relay, but i went over it and found that it was all good and as per the install diagram. the harness the relay plugs into is all colour coded which makes me believe the manual is wrong.. the alarm actually features a remote start button so i think this may have something to do with it, but really unsure.

i then tried to use the remote, but the only signs that the alarm was even alive were a few faint relay clicking sounds coming from inside the unit when i turned the ignition through it's variouse stages.

i then wired in the siren, thinking that perhaps as this was listed as the backup battery it was required to make the alarm function.. there was no clear diagram on how to wire this in, only a trigger wire was specified on the main harness, however there was a pinout on the back of the siren itself so i improvised and ran the +12 and -ve earth connections (multi meter tested) and ran the -ve trigger to earth and ran the positive trigger wire (as specified on the back of the siren) to the alarm wiring harness.. and still no change

at this stage i read a sketchy bit on how to program in the remotes in the install guide, and followed it as best i could (ignition on and off 4 times, then press all 4 buttons on each remote you want programmed in.. from memory), and still nothing..

i also connected the variouse shock sensors etc up to see if that would make a difference and none of the lights on the sensor units would come when i shook them.. the status light also had the wrong connector on it and would not plug into the main unit, so i improvised and found a connector to suit and wired that in and found that the status light wasn't coming on either..

i'm starting to believe that i have a dodgy alarm unit but perhaps i've screwed it myself doing the install.. but if anybody else has any idea's or has had simerlar experiences with the alarm in question then please help me out :pirate:

thanks in advance guys,

mark.

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