Remote Car Starter Comparison Chart

Remote Car Starters Features Comparison

Enjoy the convenience of not having to scrape frost off your windows in the winter!No more FREEZING while waiting for your vehicle to warm up.

And no more SIZZLING when hopping into a hot car and waiting for the A/C to work in the summer!

DEI (Directed Electronics, Inc.) is an ISO 9001 and a QS*9000 registered company. DEI is America's largest auto security company and the holder of more than 100 patents and Innovation Awards.

DEI Valet Remote Car Starters are designed for automatic transmission, fuel injection vehicles only. Installing it in a standard transmission vehicle is dangerous and is contrary to its intended use.

All DEI Valet Remote Car Starters have the same high quality operation and performance. They vary only in their additional features and there effective operating range.

Valet Remote Car Starter systems lead the industry in reliability and performance, with:

XCR and XCRS Extreme Capacity Relays

Miniature 3 and 4-button remotes

Dedicated (*) one-button start

Turbo-timer built-in

Defroster activation output

DEI Valet has 5 models to choose from. Everything from the simple convenience of starting your vehicle from inside your home or work to warm it up or cool it down to a "Two-Way" LCD remote monitored security protection of your vehicle. See How Remote Car Starters Work for a general description.

Here are the Feature Comparisons for the 5 DEI Valet Remote Car Starters and for the 2 DEI Keyless Entry Systems:

	554R	563T	562T	561R	561T	711T	710T
One 5-Button 2-way Transceiver + Onemini 4-Button Transmitter	•
Two mini 4-Button Transmitters		•	•
One mini 3-Button Transmitter				•
Two 2-Button Transmitters						•	•
Receiver Channels	4	5	4	4	None	3	3
Receiver Technology	HF+	HF+	HF+	HF+		HF	HF
18 Quintillion codes/Clone-Safe Code Hopping®	•	•	•	•		•	•
Range Extender Antenna	•	•	•	•		OPTION	OPTION
Rapid Resume Logic™	•	•	•	•		•	•
ESP® Icon Remotes	•	•	•	•		OPTION	OPTION
ESP® Flex-Channel	•	•	•	•		•	•
Parking Light Flash	B(+/-)	B(+/-)	B(+/-)	B(+/-)	B(+/-)	B(+/-)	(-)
Power Door Locks	(+/-)	(+/-)	(+/-)	(-)		B	(+/-)
Door Lock Pulse Duration 0.8/3.5 sec.	•	•	•	•		•	•
Power Trunk, Channel 2 Output	•	•	•	•		B	•
Learn Routine	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Single/Double Unlock Pulse	•	•	•	•		•	•
Unit will accept how many remotes	4	4	4	4		4	4
Ignition Controlled Door locks On/Off	•	•	•	•		•	•
Active/Passive Locking	•	•	•	•		•	•
Remote Valet®	•	•	•	•
Silent Mode	•	•	•	•
PC / Bitwriter® Programmable	•	•	•			•	•
ESP® Owner Recognition	•	•	•			•	•
Domelight Supervision Output	•	•	•			B	•
Panic (Car Locator)	•	•	OPTION	•		OPTION	OPTION
Failsafe® Starter Kill	•	•	•			•	OPTION
GPP Guaranteed Protection Plan	•	•	•
Code Hopping® On/Off	•	•	•			•	•
Ignition Controlled Domelight On/Off	•	•	•			•	•
Status LED Light	•	•	•			•	•
High Security Disarm	•	•
ESP® Ghost Switch®	•	•
ESP® Remote Zone Out	•	•	•
Zone Identification	5	5
Stinger® DoubleGuard® Shock Sensor	•	•
Revenger® Six-Tone Soft Chirp Siren	•	•
Warn Away®	•	•
Long Term Event History	•	•
Active/Passive Arming	•	•
Chirps On/Off	•	•
Panic with Ignition On/Off	•	•	•	•		•
Forced Passive Arming On/Off	•	•
Auto Engine Disable (AED) On/Off	•	•
Armed While Driving/VRS® **	•	•
Siren/Horn Honk Output	•	•
Siren Duration in Seconds	1-180	1-180
Nuisance Prevention Circuitry (NPC®) On/Off	•	•
Progressive/Instant Door Trigger	•	•
Ghost Switch® Pulse Count	5-Jan	5-Jan
Door Trigger Error Chirp On/Off	•	•
Sensor Multi-plex	•	•
Transmitter Programming Lock/Unlock	•	•	•			•	•
Operator Settings Lock/Unlock	•	•	•			•	•
Transmitter Zap	•	•	•			•	•
VRS® enable via Remote control	•	•
(-) Horn Output			•			•	•
Remote Start *	•	•	•	•	•	OPTION	OPTION
XCRS - Off-board Start Relay Satellite		•	•
XCR - On-board Start Relay Satellite			•	•
One Button Start		•	•	•
Parking Light Output Flashing/Constant	•	•	•	•	•
Engine Checking On/Off	•	•	•	•	•
Tachometer / Voltage Checking	•	•	•	•	•
Run Time in Minutes	1-60	1-60	1-60	1-60	1-60
Crank Times 0.6 - 4.0 seconds	•	•					•
High/Low Voltage Check	•	•	•	•	•
Remote Start Status Output	•	•	•	•	•
Factory Disarm	•	•	•	•	•
Factory Disarm w/ Channel 2 On/Off	•	•					•
Dedicated Factory Re-arm Output	•	•					•
Dedicated Defroster Output	•	•	•	•	•
Turbo Timer	•	•	•	•	•
Anti-Grind	•	•	•	OPTION	OPTION

B = Built-in • = Standard +/- = Polarity outputs

All DEI Remote Car Starters have the same high quality operation and performance. They vary only in additional features and operating range. For automatic transmission, fuel injection vehicles only. Learn more about How Remote Car Starters Work or read about the installation overview for the DEI 561T, DEI 561R, DEI 562T or the DEI 554R. Autopreservers also supplies everything you need to install these Remote Car Starters including the Bypass Modules to enable the vehicle to start and run during the remote starting operation without a key in the ignition even if you already have an aftermarket security system. Return to DEI Valet Remote Starters