1998 Chevrolet Corvette Owner's Manual - Page 62

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The system has feature that makes it difficult for you a to lock your keys in your vehicle. If you leave your keys in the ignition and attempt to lock doors, the vehicle the will not lock and chime will sound remind you that a to If the keysare in the ignition. the door lock is pressed again, within five seconds, the doors will lock and the keys can be locked in the car.you leave the keys in If the ignition and move away with key fob transmitter, the the doorsstill will not lock.You should notice that the horn doesn't sound return to get your keys out of and the ignition. The system will allow you lock yourkeys in the to vehicle if youdidn't leave them in theignition. You should, however, be able use the key fob transmitter to to get them out as long the passive slide switch is in as the ON position. After 15 seconds of no motion, the key fob transmitter shuts down save the battery. Wait to about 30 seconds, thenrock the vehicle. The key fob transmitter should "wake up" and unlock doors. the This system can't guarantee that you will be never locked out of your vehicle. If the battery is low or if the key fob transmitter is in a place where the signal can't get tothe antenna, it won't unlockthe doors. Always remember to take your keys with you. Panic Alarm Button When you press the special horn buttonon the key fob transmitter, your vehicle's hornwill sound. This panic alarm button will allow youto attract attention, if needed. If the horn alarm sounds, there are three ways to turn it off: Push the panic alarm button on the key fob transmitter again. Wait 90 seconds, and the horn will turn off by itself or Turn the key to any position in the ignition switch, except OFT. 0 RF'A Settings You can adjust the settings on the system through the Driver Information Center (DIC). You can have just the driver's or both door locks passively unlock, change the type of alarm used by the theft-deterrent, or have lamps come on when you approachthe vehicle. See "Driver Information Center Controls and Displays" in theIndex. 2-9

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The
system
has
a feature that makes it difficult for you
to
lock
your
keys
in
your
vehicle.
If
you leave your keys
in
the
ignition
and
attempt
to
lock
the doors, the vehicle
will
not
lock
and
a chime
will
sound
to remind
you that
the
keys are in
the
ignition.
If
the door lock is pressed
again,
within five seconds, the doors will lock and the
keys
can
be
locked
in
the
car.
If you leave the keys
in
the
ignition
and
move
away
with
the key fob transmitter,
the
doors still will
not
lock. You should notice that the
horn
doesn’t
sound
and return to get your keys out of
the
ignition.
The
system
will
allow
you
to lock
yourkeys in the
vehicle
if
you didn’t leave them in
the
ignition. You
should,
however,
be
able
to use the key fob transmitter
to
get
them
out
as
long
as
the passive slide switch
is
in
the
ON
position.
After
15
seconds of no motion, the key
fob
transmitter
shuts
down
to save the battery.
Wait
about
30
seconds,
then rock the vehicle. The key fob
transmitter
should
“wake
up”
and
unlock
the doors.
This
system
can’t
guarantee
that
you
will
never be
locked out of your
vehicle. If the battery is low or if the
key fob transmitter is in a place where the signal can’t
get
to the antenna,
it
won’t
unlock
the doors. Always
remember
to
take
your
keys
with
you.
Panic
Alarm
Button
When you
press the special horn
button
on
the key
fob transmitter, your
vehicle’s
horn will sound.
This
panic alarm button will allow
you to
attract
attention,
if needed.
If the horn alarm sounds, there are three ways to
turn
it off:
Push the panic alarm button
on the key fob
Wait
90
seconds, and the horn will turn
off
by
transmitter again.
itself or
0
Turn the key to any
position
in the
ignition
switch,
except
OFT.
RF’A
Settings
You can adjust the settings on the system through the
Driver Information Center (DIC). You can have just the
driver’s or both door locks passively unlock, change
the
type of alarm used by the theft-deterrent, or have
lamps
come on when
you
approach
the vehicle. See “Driver
Information Center Controls and Displays” in
the Index.
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