Replacing the Remote Lock Horn Honk
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You could probably look at how the 2006 TSX does it. On the 04-05 TSX, it was a honk, similar to the S2000. On the 2006, it's a beep. Alternatively, you could put a siren on the output of the keyless entry unit, just how I did it on the OEM alarm. Mine is now a soft chirp from the DEI 515R. Look for the "How to" on this forum.
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Is the vehicle horn seperate from the door lock horn? I have an 01 and installed a pair of airhorns to replace the wimpy stock horn. When I double lock I can hear a slight turn of the air pump, but no honk. I am just curious how the car horn and lock horn are seperated.
Oh and I would be interested if you made it.
Oh and I would be interested if you made it.
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i would also buy this assuming the factory horn will still work whenever the horn is pressed in the car.
would this device interfere w/ the stock horn in any manner what so ever? what would happen if the "panic" button was pressed on the key fob? (altho i have never pressed the button....)
would this device interfere w/ the stock horn in any manner what so ever? what would happen if the "panic" button was pressed on the key fob? (altho i have never pressed the button....)
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The keyless unit uses the same horn as the vehicle horn, just triggered via two different circuits (transistor on the keyless unit versus a switch in the steering wheel.) The horn on the steering wheel would still operate normally. It *would* replace the panic horn honk with the bleep noise, as it is triggered via the same keyless unit. I'm trying to think of a way around this problem.
Thanks for everyone's input!
Thanks for everyone's input!
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Originally Posted by LATEOTT,Apr 7 2006, 07:25 PM
I wouldn't buy it, but I would spend money to lobby Congress to make your product illegal and to put you in jail for selling it. 
Sorry, but it's a pet peave of mine. Unless you are blind, in which case you should not be driving, nobody needs an audible signal that their car is locked. Further, such an audible lock cannot be used without disturbing the peaceful lives of other people (unless you live all by yourself out in the sticks somewhere, in which case you don't need to lock your car.)
I've seen old ladies jump out of their skin being too close to cars whose lazy-ass drivers were walking into a store and felt the need to lock their doors without having to ruin their own whole day by looking back.
I personally was awakened every night at 12:30 am for a year by a stupid, inconsiderate woman who honk-locked her car when she got home from the late shift. She was far too stupid to realize that the lights blinking also signalled her doors were locked. God knows what she thought all her neighbors were doing at that time of the night, all quiet with their lights out and everything. Hmmmm...sleeping maybe?
If you need non-visual feedback that your car is locked, why not a remotely administered electric shock to the driver? That way you could walk away from your car and make YOUR OWN heart stop when you lock your car. Can you figure a way to hook up a taser in your pocket?
Make it sound like a cool Acura or BMW? Why not shut it the heck off?
People, don't be selfish, lazy idiots. Put your keyless on silent and watch the lights flash. And more importantly don't spend money on silly devices that make silent things noisy and in the process piss off other people.
viper, I admire your creativity and resourcefulness, but please put those qualities towards something that doesn't annoy other people.
Sorry, but it's a pet peave of mine. Unless you are blind, in which case you should not be driving, nobody needs an audible signal that their car is locked. Further, such an audible lock cannot be used without disturbing the peaceful lives of other people (unless you live all by yourself out in the sticks somewhere, in which case you don't need to lock your car.)
I've seen old ladies jump out of their skin being too close to cars whose lazy-ass drivers were walking into a store and felt the need to lock their doors without having to ruin their own whole day by looking back.
I personally was awakened every night at 12:30 am for a year by a stupid, inconsiderate woman who honk-locked her car when she got home from the late shift. She was far too stupid to realize that the lights blinking also signalled her doors were locked. God knows what she thought all her neighbors were doing at that time of the night, all quiet with their lights out and everything. Hmmmm...sleeping maybe?
If you need non-visual feedback that your car is locked, why not a remotely administered electric shock to the driver? That way you could walk away from your car and make YOUR OWN heart stop when you lock your car. Can you figure a way to hook up a taser in your pocket?
Make it sound like a cool Acura or BMW? Why not shut it the heck off?
People, don't be selfish, lazy idiots. Put your keyless on silent and watch the lights flash. And more importantly don't spend money on silly devices that make silent things noisy and in the process piss off other people.
viper, I admire your creativity and resourcefulness, but please put those qualities towards something that doesn't annoy other people.
I have another car that does not make an audible sound when it locks, and I cannot see the lights from the place I stand to lock the doors. It's actually pretty annoying to have to walk away, and double check to make sure the car is really locked.
I also like the reassuring honk/beep sound to be fairly loud so that other people (who might have naughty thoughts on their minds) to KNOW that the car is locked, and to assume that there is an alarm.
I will agree that it's not good to honk the horn in the middle of the night, in the middle of a neighborhood. But there ARE uses for the sound, that aren't selfish.
BTW -- Anyone that jumps out of their skin at the sound of "Beep Beep" needs to get laid more often, as they are OBVIOUSLY wound too tight.
The horn is kinda annoying sometimes when im really close to the car when I lock the car.
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My wife's Accord has the annoying horn honk on the second lock press. She hated it but wanted an audible lock indicator because she too had a habit of starting to walk away from the car before she remembered to lock the doors.
So, I "modifried" it. I first located the door lock wires for the rear door, which just happen to run from the center pillar (between the doors) through a rubber flex tube and into the hinge side of the door. It's a relatively sheltered location (out of the weather) so I bought one of those "ding-dong" doo-hickeys from Radio Slack, double-stick taped it to the door jamb and wired it to the rear door lock.
I think I used a diode and capacitor to extend the play time, but the effect is that on the FIRST press of the lock button you get a reasonably pleasant "ding-dong" sound like a door bell. Distinct enough to be easily heard but quiet enough that it won't annoy anybody. It's been there for several years and has survived the weather.
Now, you obviously can't install a ding-dong on the rear door jamb in the S2000, but if you mount it elsewhere you could wire a low-volume beeper or whatever sounder you like to the door lock wires so that it only operates when you lock the door.
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So, I "modifried" it. I first located the door lock wires for the rear door, which just happen to run from the center pillar (between the doors) through a rubber flex tube and into the hinge side of the door. It's a relatively sheltered location (out of the weather) so I bought one of those "ding-dong" doo-hickeys from Radio Slack, double-stick taped it to the door jamb and wired it to the rear door lock.
I think I used a diode and capacitor to extend the play time, but the effect is that on the FIRST press of the lock button you get a reasonably pleasant "ding-dong" sound like a door bell. Distinct enough to be easily heard but quiet enough that it won't annoy anybody. It's been there for several years and has survived the weather.
Now, you obviously can't install a ding-dong on the rear door jamb in the S2000, but if you mount it elsewhere you could wire a low-volume beeper or whatever sounder you like to the door lock wires so that it only operates when you lock the door.
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I will find out what makes my RL beep. The Acura beep is quite pleasant, so Ill check into it. Ill take a ride to my local Ferrari dealer and see if I can score a soundclip or part number for their beep thingy.
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I've been a little delinquent in keeping this project flowing.. work's been a madhouse. Here's the latest.. the beep will sound like this wav file:
Lock Bleep Sample
It is a 105 dB beep that will last 1/4 second in duration. The beep time should be accurate in the wav file.
There seemed to be a positive response (for the most part) so I'm going to make a test run of 5 of these units. I'll post them up on the for sale forum once I get the parts in and have a chance to build them. Cost should work out to $45ish. Any feedback, is as always, appreciated.
Lock Bleep Sample
It is a 105 dB beep that will last 1/4 second in duration. The beep time should be accurate in the wav file.
There seemed to be a positive response (for the most part) so I'm going to make a test run of 5 of these units. I'll post them up on the for sale forum once I get the parts in and have a chance to build them. Cost should work out to $45ish. Any feedback, is as always, appreciated.