Alpine Remote

[Nightcheck]

Hi -

I have an older Alpine remote 8030 along with the Alpine 8200 Pager.

It has worked great all these years (since 1991) - but I have a few
questions:

1) Since it's getting pretty worn after 14 years of use - Does anyone
know where I can get a replace unit for either or both? I have checked
Google with no luck - seems I can only find the batteries for them -
which of course, I can just pick up at any store.

2) Now this may really sound stupid - but on the 8030 remote unit there
are two buttons. The one on the left (kind of rectangular and has the
letters "TX" below the button)is the one I have always used.
I guess I'm not the curious sort as there is also a smaller round
button on the right which has the letters "EXT" below it which I have
never used. When pressed, the LED light displays - but I have no idea
what it is for.


Any help on either or both of these questions would be greatly
appreciated.


Thanks so much in advance...


Rick

[Scott Gardner]

On 14 Oct 2005 09:49:33 -0700, "Nightcheck" >
wrote:

>Hi -
>
> I have an older Alpine remote 8030 along with the Alpine 8200 Pager.
>
>It has worked great all these years (since 1991) - but I have a few
>questions:
>
>1) Since it's getting pretty worn after 14 years of use - Does anyone
>know where I can get a replace unit for either or both? I have checked
>Google with no luck - seems I can only find the batteries for them -
>which of course, I can just pick up at any store.
>
>2) Now this may really sound stupid - but on the 8030 remote unit there
>are two buttons. The one on the left (kind of rectangular and has the
>letters "TX" below the button)is the one I have always used.
> I guess I'm not the curious sort as there is also a smaller round
>button on the right which has the letters "EXT" below it which I have
>never used. When pressed, the LED light displays - but I have no idea
>what it is for.
>
>
> Any help on either or both of these questions would be greatly
>appreciated.
>
>
>Thanks so much in advance...
>
>
> Rick

Are you asking where you can find another 8030 and 8200, or just
modern replacements that do the same thing? I had an 8200 on my
Clifford alarm back in 1991 as well, but so many alarms have pagers
built-in these days that there's not as much of a market for add-on
pagers as there once was.

As for the "EXT" button, I believe that was for an optional external
output. Wired to the appropriate relays/modules, it could be used to
activate power locks, power windows, trunk releases, etcetera. I've
even seen them used to turn the stereo on and off or to activate
motorized amp racks and things like that.

There should be an unused wire coming out of the 8030's brain that
either goes to +12 or to ground while the EXT button on the remote is
held down. The external output wire itself doesn't have much current
capacity, which is why you had to use it with external relays to
actually do anything useful.
--
Scott Gardner

"People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament."

[joe.ker]

"Nightcheck" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> Hi -
>
> I have an older Alpine remote 8030 along with the Alpine 8200 Pager.
>
> It has worked great all these years (since 1991) - but I have a few
> questions:
>
> 1) Since it's getting pretty worn after 14 years of use - Does anyone
> know where I can get a replace unit for either or both? I have checked
> Google with no luck - seems I can only find the batteries for them -
> which of course, I can just pick up at any store.
>
> 2) Now this may really sound stupid - but on the 8030 remote unit there
> are two buttons. The one on the left (kind of rectangular and has the
> letters "TX" below the button)is the one I have always used.
> I guess I'm not the curious sort as there is also a smaller round
> button on the right which has the letters "EXT" below it which I have
> never used. When pressed, the LED light displays - but I have no idea
> what it is for.
>
>
> Any help on either or both of these questions would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks so much in advance...
>
>
> Rick
>

Those old remote may be hard to find and replace.
They used a removable chip inside the remote and alarm for the code of the
transmitter.
I had the Alpine 8050 for about 10 years. I worked for an Alpine retailer
and still could not find a replacement for my remote.
I brought a new alarm instead

Good luck