I got my Viper Remote Start/ Keyless Entry Alarm (771XV) for $350 with free instalation over at Best Buy. I can trust the work they do because i've had 3 headunits installed 2 sets of speakers and a Viper Alarm installed and nothing has gone wrong.

 

Those features are standard that he installed for you. BB advertises the Viper 160 w/ those features. About the only thing you can add to it is trunk pop and horn honk..... What did they try to charge you extra for?

 

lies, it should take no more than 3 hours for a guy that does this for a living...
if it takes a minimun of six hours you would have a minimum of a 500 dollar install on top of the unit price...

 

minimum? maximum of 6 houts maybe... during this time of year best buy tends to try and stay away from alarm remote start jobs in order to make way for easier installs like radios and speakers... where they can make more money on...

not all best buy installers are bad installers, not all are good... this goes with installers at every shop...

 

They tried to charge extra for Failsafe Kill Start, Horn Honk and Domelight Supervision. We decided we didn't need the Domelight feature. BB agreed to include the Kill Start and Horn Honk are no extra charge.

The whole job was $200 total. No extra charges. Horn honk works fine in Panic and Vehicle Locator mode. We programmed it so parking lights flash but no horn honk when it's armed and disarmed. That's the way we wanted it. I think we got a fairly good deal. :D RPM

 

hey brianxb, what bestbuy do you work at, i just recently left one here in pa. oneslow, i gotta agree wtih you, not all installers are bad, and not all are good.

tbone, just take it to cc and be done with it. save the $50

seems as if the topic got way off track.

 

Jim, Id rather not say because I do surf these boards while at work. Im between DC and Baltimore.

For those who said that quoting 6 hours wasnt correct-

Keep in mind its christmas and installers get stressed. Theyll tell you anything. I was losing it at work today and I think I told a women it would take 3 hours to put a radio in a civic.. hehehe.

 

we tell every customer to drop off the car at 10:00 and we'll call when its done....

our general answer to how long does it take to put in a remote starter/alarm/system/ under car lights.... is 2 hours...

radios, speakers .... 30-45 mins....

 

hey brian, do you guys just stack drop off cars, or do you set appointments?? in my old bay, we used to stack drop offs and do 2 rs/mob.vid/or alarms a day. gotta love the holiday black out.

 

I believe this will be my next mod....i really need an alarm system....i will probably go with one that is also a remote start....what do you guys recommend?....which one is the best out there right now?

 

well considering this topic is on viper 791xv, thats the one im gonna recomend. Mostly because of the features and add os u can get..

 

Well I just got my viper installed at my local circuit city. I took the car in at 12 pm and got it back at 9pm. Im not sure if this is to due with it being the day after christmas, or it just takes a long time to do things right. All I can say is im really happy with the install they did. Everything works great, and they did everything neatly.

 

thats from what you can see....

but, i am glad you are happy with it
did you buy a second remote????

 

nah i didnt buy a second remote, what do I need that for? im the only one who drives the car.

 

i don't know why you would need a second remote....
it the unknown things that make me want a back up remote....(it get wet while wasing the car... drops and breaks....pops out of its holster and gets lost....)

 

i have a question.. I was at bestbuy today, and I wasnt able to unlock my vehicle from more then like 10 feet away. Is it because off all the cars or something thats interfering with? I see the signal icon flashing like normal, but if i try to do something from "far away" (10 feet) the remote beeps twice and nothing happens.. Is there a way to make it work better. Normally it works extrememly far away, but i noticed the last couple times at bestbuy it doesnt work right.

 

if its only at best buy, there might be something about that area.

if it happens everywhere, then it needs to be looked at....

 

is there ways to like change channels or something? its the only place I noticed it not working so far away...

 

changing channels will not help (and you can not change it...)
it is something in the area, so nothing you do will change it...

don't go there anymore.....lol

 

on the transmitter, i always see something at the top of the screen blinking, which is the single. Is it supposed to be solid or is it supposed to be blinking always..