Smartkey Starter now available for W203
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Could you please tell me how your product compares to NAVTV's MBZ remote start system in terms of quality and features?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ2VCsMcLsA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ2VCsMcLsA
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Interesting thing about those 2-button Canadian remotes with just the lock & unlock button,... take the circuit out of the plastic casing and you'll notice it actually have 4 buttons,... lock, unlock, trunk and panic!
Switch out the plastic casing from 2-button to 4-button and the trunk button will work,... panic function will require the MB alarm system.If someone with an original 2-button Canadian remote (lock & unlock) that switch out the plastic casing to the 4-button remote (lock, unlock, trunk & panic),... would the panic button work on your remote start system,... if the car doesn't have the MB alarm system?
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From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada, eh!
2003 C230 Sports Coupe, Paprika Metallic Red, Auto, Pano, Leather
Do you have development labs in Ontario? I noticed the black W203 sedan being in the YouTube video has Ontario plates.
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We definitely need more info about this 
Just the other day a guy with a rice rocket started his car a few feet away from me while I walked by it to my car, the exhaust took a wheezy fart, and the lights turned bright red like he was backing up, so I looked at it, but realized it was auto-start...
It was such a dick move, until I started mine.... but that was after I walked over, got inside the car and turned the key
. He was still walking 10 cars away from his car.
Would like to see this in action:
Using the Panic Button
And the price! Must find out to save up!
Where would I go to get this set up in San Francisco, CA?
Must have for those days when I'm getting dressed and want my car started and engine warmed up a few minutes, so then I can just get in and go. (and also sometimes for those douschebag moves when I'm like a whole parking lot away, and people are walking close to my car)
Just the other day a guy with a rice rocket started his car a few feet away from me while I walked by it to my car, the exhaust took a wheezy fart, and the lights turned bright red like he was backing up, so I looked at it, but realized it was auto-start...
It was such a dick move, until I started mine.... but that was after I walked over, got inside the car and turned the key
. He was still walking 10 cars away from his car. Would like to see this in action:
Using the Panic Button
And the price! Must find out to save up!
Where would I go to get this set up in San Francisco, CA?
Must have for those days when I'm getting dressed and want my car started and engine warmed up a few minutes, so then I can just get in and go. (and also sometimes for those douschebag moves when I'm like a whole parking lot away, and people are walking close to my car)
Last edited by iJimpanzee; Aug 22, 2009 at 09:48 PM.
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What?
Which remote starter are you talking about?
The topic smartkey starter, unless I missed a new post, said that they're still testing the manual version <_<
$1000 is a lot; good thing there's a promo
The better the promo, the better the incentive
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I suppose it says still testing, but at least its not ruled out at this point.
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Ahhh, then I hope that they come out with it for you too!
Auto-start is just awesome everytime I see someone do it. Now I can be that guy!
Do I smell Promo-Group-Buy?!
Which should mean.. x2 the discount?!
Auto-start is just awesome everytime I see someone do it. Now I can be that guy!
Do I smell Promo-Group-Buy?!
Which should mean.. x2 the discount?!
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patiently awaiting promo price...
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Could you please tell me how your product compares to NAVTV's MBZ remote start system in terms of quality and features?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ2VCsMcLsA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ2VCsMcLsA
With ours we have been testing, testing, testing... if you go to your youtube channel you can see video after video of us installing and testing our starters on every year of every model that we can get our hands on. We have *the* most extensive testing procedures for any aftermarket manufacturer.
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no (well not yet)... we occasionally track down canadian models for testing... You should have seen what we went through to get ahold of a B class to test our starter...
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you can see how it works with the panic button here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZTUIJDDJbE
or here with the new remotes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am48LJI4jmU
they all work essentially the same... its just a short press of the panic button to start or hold the panic button to set off the alarm.
also note that the smartkey starter also comes with an expansion connector for an aftermarket 1 or 2-way remote control and antenna so you can start, lock, unlock, and pop trunk from up to 2500 ft away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZTUIJDDJbE
or here with the new remotes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am48LJI4jmU
they all work essentially the same... its just a short press of the panic button to start or hold the panic button to set off the alarm.
also note that the smartkey starter also comes with an expansion connector for an aftermarket 1 or 2-way remote control and antenna so you can start, lock, unlock, and pop trunk from up to 2500 ft away.
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you can see how it works with the panic button here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZTUIJDDJbE
or here with the new remotes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am48LJI4jmU
they all work essentially the same... its just a short press of the panic button to start or hold the panic button to set off the alarm.
also note that the smartkey starter also comes with an expansion connector for an aftermarket 1 or 2-way remote control and antenna so you can start, lock, unlock, and pop trunk from up to 2500 ft away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZTUIJDDJbE
or here with the new remotes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am48LJI4jmU
they all work essentially the same... its just a short press of the panic button to start or hold the panic button to set off the alarm.
also note that the smartkey starter also comes with an expansion connector for an aftermarket 1 or 2-way remote control and antenna so you can start, lock, unlock, and pop trunk from up to 2500 ft away.
So what I could tell:
It takes:
Lock, Unlock, Lock, Panic to start the car.
And there's about a 2 second delay before the car starts?
Is that for safety reasons so people don't have their car start for no reason when their keys are in their pockets, and the panic button is pressed?
Is there a video of a C-Class Sedan with this yet?
I could volunteer for testing if need be
For more of the discount, yesssss
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That is definately cool. I would be interested depending on what the promo price is because there's no way I could spend $1000 (that's almost 3 car payments!). I'll have to make the decision based on what the price ends up being.
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i would be more interested in this product if it could do this because the IR sensor in the door handles aren't very strong, don't work from far away, and you have to hold down the button forever.
if it could be a one-touch or double click or something to get all the windows/sunroof open that would be pretty neat.
(thanks for being so responsive)
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So what I could tell:
It takes:
Lock, Unlock, Lock, Panic to start the car.
And there's about a 2 second delay before the car starts?
Is that for safety reasons so people don't have their car start for no reason when their keys are in their pockets, and the panic button is pressed?
Is there a video of a C-Class Sedan with this yet?
I could volunteer for testing if need be
For more of the discount, yesssss
It takes:
Lock, Unlock, Lock, Panic to start the car.
And there's about a 2 second delay before the car starts?
Is that for safety reasons so people don't have their car start for no reason when their keys are in their pockets, and the panic button is pressed?
Is there a video of a C-Class Sedan with this yet?
I could volunteer for testing if need be
For more of the discount, yesssss
no, you only have to press 'panic' for 1 second to activate the starter. when we made the videos we just showed that the other buttons still worked on the remote (for the longest time nobody believed that a remote start could be done in any practical way so the whole idea was to show in the video that all the other operation of the vehicle is normal.) if you look at the videos of the starter operating on other models you can get a better idea of this; we literally show everything being checked and tested before, during and after the starter is run.
We didnt make a sedan video yet but we will have one up soon.
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will it be able to do open the windows from a longer distance?
i would be more interested in this product if it could do this because the IR sensor in the door handles aren't very strong, don't work from far away, and you have to hold down the button forever.
if it could be a one-touch or double click or something to get all the windows/sunroof open that would be pretty neat.
(thanks for being so responsive)
i would be more interested in this product if it could do this because the IR sensor in the door handles aren't very strong, don't work from far away, and you have to hold down the button forever.
if it could be a one-touch or double click or something to get all the windows/sunroof open that would be pretty neat.
(thanks for being so responsive)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnvhTOUVHkI
the same button combo could be set to do that on other models as well. Ill do some research into adding it.
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I have a question I just thought of: does this system work like newer cars where after you start the car you can unlock it, get in, and put the key in and go? Or does the car have to be turned off and and then the key inserted and started again? When the remote start is activated, does the steering wheel stay locked so the car cannot be
driven?
driven?
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(opening windows/sunroof)
excellent! if you do have to charge more $$, it would definitely help if it had more features. thanks....
This is something that we could definately look into adding as a feature.. we did just that on the SL roadster version of the starter: (see video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnvhTOUVHkI
the same button combo could be set to do that on other models as well. Ill do some research into adding it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnvhTOUVHkI
the same button combo could be set to do that on other models as well. Ill do some research into adding it.
