unusual problem (alarm system)

[Jester]

My deli came with a Viper(I think) alarm system and one clicker.
I'd like to add another clicker -or FOB if you will- so I got a spare, same as the original, found instructions how to do it, and NOW I just need to find where the hell the "valet" switch might me in the car...
any experiences/ideas?

I've searched high and low but can't see the valet button anywhere...

The FOB is like this one:
fcc id:EZSDEI474V

[Green1]

it is wherever the original isntaller put it... the theory is it should be easy for the driver to access, but somewhere that nobody else can find it...

best suggestion I have is to dig around behind the dash and find the main alarm module and trace from there.

[loki]

best bet is to trace the wires from the head unit I would think.

[Jester]

Ok, thanks guys.
I'm going to "dig in" and see what I can find.
I'll have to be extra carefull, since I don't know much about alarm systems and if I mess something up, I may end up 'dead in the water'.
Will post up a solution if I manage to find it, for the generations to come...

[Jester]

well, looks like I got it.
The extra remote is working.
And, thanks to the power of Google, I found out that the antenna I have in the top right corner of my windshield is part of the alarm system, which led me to the discovery of the alarm itself.

After that it was a matter of following the instructions (thanks google ) of putting the alarm in 'learning' mode and off we go!
Thanks to everyone's input.

There is no 'valet button' i can see. Either the system doesn't have one, or it wasn't installed. Since there is one empty socket, it's probably simply not there.

btw the alarm is 130xv, so technically my remote is not a correct one. I should have a 3 button remote, but since these are working fine, I'm not going to touch it (hopefully) ever again.

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[TardisDeli]

FYI I saw a deli with the alarm system from Japan installed under the drivers seat ... if you sit on the captains chair, slide your hand under the driver's seat, there it was. Christine.

[Jester]

There are 2 black boxes under my seat. One is black,large(ish), flat one and metal with Mitsubishi on it, and the other one is black, small and plastic.
Since I didn't know what these are, there was no particularly helpfull markings on them, and electrical stuff generally scares the boogers out of me, i just left them alone.

[loki]

I thought I saw a post once that one or both of those have to do with factory keyless entry and possible remote start but I'm not feeling well today and my overtaxed brain is seemingly on strike.

[FalcoColumbarius]

There are 2 black boxes under my seat. One is black,large(ish), flat one and metal with Mitsubishi on it, and the other one is black, small and plastic.
Since I didn't know what these are, there was no particularly helpfull markings on them, and electrical stuff generally scares the boogers out of me, i just left them alone.

A-Ha! I know this one!... ummmm... Okay the little black plastic one is for the door locking system and the bigger black one is for an auto start system.

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Falco.