Disabling KARR alarm horn beep

[adrianblack]

I don't know if any of you have the KARR alarm installed on your Toyota from your dealer ... I got it because for $200 it was the same price I was going to pay to put in a system on my own. (I want an alarm with dual stage shock sensor ... I can hear it go off from my apartment so I know when people hit my car!) Anyway, what really annoyed me about it was the horn honking when arming and disarming.

The car already has the softer beep-beep and that's plenty for me. The instructions mentioned nothing about disabling the noise ... but I googled around and found the answer on a Mazda forum.

I posted the sequence on this thread ... check it out if you have this alarm and want to rid yourself of the annoyance:

Alarm Horn Beep Disable?

I am so damn happy it's gone!

(And yes, the alarm still works normally .. shock sensor does its thing, etc.)

[MikeDS]

Hope this works...I hate that beeping and my dealer told me I have to bring it in, which of course I don't want to do! I'll try it later today. Thanks!!

Mike

[adrianblack]

Glad to help! This forum has everything on it but I was surprised when I didn't see anyone else mention this annoyance.

I have my car setup just the way I want it now. :-) I just need to call Toyota and give them a hard time. My dealer says they were told by Toyota NA that they should not disable any "safety features" on the Prius. (Backup beeper and seatbelt reminder.)

[MikeDS]

Hmm...didn't work for me. Here's what I did.

Opened door, got in car, closed door. Hit my Power button to turn the car on. Hit my Power button to turn the car off. Hit the button under the dash 3 times. Nothing happened. Tried it a few times with no success. Did I miss a step or something?

[MikeDS]

Originally Posted by adrianblack

Glad to help! This forum has everything on it but I was surprised when I didn't see anyone else mention this annoyance.

I have my car setup just the way I want it now. :-) I just need to call Toyota and give them a hard time. My dealer says they were told by Toyota NA that they should not disable any "safety features" on the Prius. (Backup beeper and seatbelt reminder.)

Who's your dealer? I went to Pasadena Toyota (even though I bought mine in Manhattan Beach) and they did the backup beep for me. Manhattan said no way...

[adrianblack]

Hmmm ... Here is what I did exactly:

- Got in car, closed door
- Pushed power button twice (with foot off the brake ... ignition is on but car isn't ready)
- Pushed power button again to turn off
- Pushed the valet button on the blue LED thing 3 times

I heard a couple of honks of the horn.

I did it all pretty quickly .. like ignition on, then off within a second, then I pushed the button on the LED thing 3x right after turning off the car.

Do you have the "High Performance 3" system?

[MikeDS]

Hmm...I started the car when I did it, but otherwise the same. I don't have the High Performane 3 system...don't even know what that is! haha

[adrianblack]

High Performance 3 -- it's the KARR system I have. I got some paperwork with the car that had a little manual for it with some other stuff you can adjust... how to use the valet mode, etc.

Your system must not be the same as mine. Sorry I couldn't help. KARR seems like a lame company..... they don't even have a website. (That I could find at least.)

[MikeDS]

Oh, gotchya....checked my manual, it is the High Performance 3 system...hmmm.....I'll have to try it again later (wife took the car today)...

[adrianblack]

Ya, give it a try trying to be faster (or slower maybe?) I managed to get it on the first try... Unlike setting the lock preferences on the car! I just could not get that to work until I read on here to count the second tick marks on the clock.