Scytek 5100rs/5000 Rs2w

[ja burna]

I've been doing research on car alarms and wanted to know the difference between the alarms mentioned as the title states. Which one is preferred( I know its personal preference but I want to get a consenses on everyone opinion) so Luke please chime in..

[AndrewBird]

It seems that the 5100RS you can program using your computer while the 5000RS2W you cannot. Also looks to have a few more features.

Here:

http://www.scytek.net/product_galaxy_combo_5100RS.html

http://www.scytek.net/product_galaxy_combo_5000RS-2W.html

[ja burna]

Yeah I notice that, does it pay to have those addtl features?? And do these alarms work in Europe as im currently stationed in spain getting ready to germany for duty..

[StereoInstaller1]

Scytek basically has one system with tons of derivatives. Both of the alarms are the same thing with different transmitters...one is "full color" (wewt).

Using the C-NET device, (serial to proprietaryScytek plug) either can be connected to a PC or Palm for programming purposes...and all of that programming can be accomplished manually as well...it is just kind of tedious.

On an important note: If you have a manual transmission, PLEASE reconsider doing a 2 way alarm with remote start. They respond too damn slowly to commands....like "hey, shut the fuck down, you are in gear".

Plus, the 2 way transmitters are much less reliable and far more frail, so they are teh suxorz.

Other than that, I love Scytek. I really do believe they are the best on the planet these days. DEI can suck my sack in all their configurations, Audiovox/CodeAlalrm has basically dropped to the bottom of the heap and Scytek makes pretty much all other alarms on the market anyway.

Luke

[ja burna]

So basically the two way remote is good for automatic tranny and the one way is better for manual.. My car is automatic and plan on doing the 5speed when I get to germany.. So my understanding is that the 5100rs one way remote is best for my application??