Wife put aftermarket remote starter in

Well, she had it put in, I should say. 07 HyCam. We went to our Toyota dealer (Walser, Bloomington, MN) with the intent of putting in the OEM remote starter that you can get (factory or dealer-installed) for the HyCam, but they recommended one of the aftermarket brands that has much longer range (there have been reports of poor performance by the OEM unit), as well as LED feedback of confirmed start, etc.

We could have gone directly to the installer the dealership uses, but the dealership is close to my wife's work, they gave her a loaner (good thing because they didn't finish the job until the next day), and also will deal with any problems. Was $500. Ouch, but what the heck.

Well, it works great and I am jealous. Am trying to see if they can do my 06 Prius now, and toss in heated seats while they're at it.

You have to use the remote starter's remote control to unlock the car when you approach it (only if you started the car remotely); the smartkey won't unlock it. However, once you've unlocked it, the smartkey starts the car the same as always. Heat/defrost and heated seat(s) will come on if you had them set on before, but the rear defogger will not, as it shuts off when you turn off the car.

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I tried to find her manual, etc. when I decided to try to get one for the Prius, and it seems to be missing already. However, I am not sure that they can put them in the Prius anyway. I have a call in to my dealership, and they are checking with the installer.

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No word from dealer yet on applicability to Prius, but I found the manual. It's an Autostart model AS2450v. Comes with one standard transmitter and one LCD transmitter. The LCD transmitter give you some confirmation and timer features.