Originally Posted by
iansoutham
Typical bodge type of way of doing things.
It should have had a spare key put into a transponder case (Clifford accessory) which sits elsewhere behind the dashboard or similar. The alarm detects the remote start sequence, puts a signal out to the transponder box which activates and allows the transponder chip in the key to be passed, via aerial lead, to the steering barrel aerial. The car thinks that the key is in the ignition and the car is able to be started. Doing it this way allows the original factory immobiliser to be retained and the Clifford transponder box used to be around £20.
I had a Toad Ai606 on my old MK1 with remote start and this was exactly how it was installed. The installer even talked me through it and how it worked. My Ai606 never put a foot wrong in the 4 and a half years I had my old Focus. Does what it says on the tin and I had proximity, glass break, 2 stage body/wheel impact and ultrasonics as well as remote start and pager system.