Cycle protect The liberator Operating instructions

“Liberating you from motorcycle theft”

Installation & Owner’s Manual

Included in your Liberator package:

1) Yellow / Important Registration Notice

2) Liberator Unit / 3 Axis Accelerometer

3) Red and Black Wires w/eyelets attached - connect to main motorcycle battery

4) Long Yellow Wire –connect to positive wire of running tail light

5) Red Scott Lock –connect to yellow wire and positive wire of running tail light

6) Serial # Sticker (you decide whether or not to put on unit)

7) Void Warranty if opened sticker

8) 2 FREE Cycle Protect Stickers

9) Velcro- 1 large piece for Liberator Unit

10) Zip Ties: 4 black

If purchased the optional Immobilizer:

1) Orange Wire –connect to start button

2) Blue Wire –connects to starter

3) Long Black Wire with an Alarm Status Indicator Light on it

4) 2 Key Fobs (shown below)

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Installation Instructions: For All Vehicles

IF PURCHASED THE OPTIONAL IMMOBILIZER SYSTEM,

PLEASE GO TO PAGE 9 OF THIS MANUAL FOR INSTALLATION

INSTRUCTIONS.

For Troubleshooting Dial 1-877-617-9606

1) Remove Cycle Protect parts from box.

2) Motorcycle / Vehicle must be outdoors with a clear view of the sky (no obstacles)

during installation and testing process for initial accuracy.

3) Using a tape measure, determine space inside your motorcycle / vehicle for your

Liberator unit (you choose location, but consider recommendations and hints given in this

manual):

RECOMMENDATION: Cycle Protect recommends you install the Liberator unit under

your locked rear seat (where storage space or tool kit is located) of your motorcycle.

**IMPORTANT NOTE: Unit MUST be mounted in a location that looks upward toward

the sky (satellite) and where metal is not present ABOVE the Liberator (rear seats are

plastic –be sure unit is not placed under metal screws). Install unit with the screw side

facing the sky.

**Mount the unit parallel to the ground with good visibility to the sky.

sky

Liberator Unit

(Screw side facing upward)

Ground

**IMPORTANT NOTE: Unit MUST NOT be mounted near high temperature areas (i.e.

pipes or engine) Prolonged high temperatures can cause damage to the system.

** WARNING: This product contains a back-up battery. Do not use it in a humid, wet

and/or corrosive environment. Do not put, store or leave your product in or near a heat

source, in a high temperature location, in strong direct sunlight, in a microwave oven or

in a high pressurized container, and do not expose it to temperatures over 60 C (140 F).

Failure to follow these guidelines may cause the back-up battery to leak acid, become

hot, explode or ignite and cause injury and/or damage. Do not pierce, open or

disassemble the battery. If the battery leaks and you come into contact with the leaked

fluids, rinse thoroughly with water and seek medical attention immediately.

Note: If the backup battery system is initiated it will continue to run the Liberator unit

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for 4 to 8 hours. The backup battery should be replaced every 4 to 5 years.

4) Remove rear seat and/or any fairings to get to space easily.

5) Install:

a) Place Liberator unit (screw side facing the sky), using included Velcro strip, in

the selected space.

b) Attach long black (-) and red (+) lead wires with eyelets to your motorcycle battery

(Here forth referred to as “main battery”). ALWAYS INSTALL THE BLACK (-)

WIRE FIRST because this is the ground wire. If you decide to remove or transfer the

unit, always remove the red (+) wire first before the black (-) wire. NEVER CUT

ANY OF THE LIBERATOR UNIT WIRES.

c) Attach the red Scott Lock to either the positive (+) wire of the running tail light or

the positive (+) wire of the headlight (the headlight that is “on”when the key is in the

ignition and it is turned to “on”) and the yellow wire (included with the unit).

**IMPORTANT NOTES re: Scott Lock: 1) Before attaching the Red Scott Lock to

wires, first make sure that the positive wire of the running tail light or the positive wire of

the head light are the same size (diameter) as the yellow wire included with the unit. IF

THEY ARE NOT THEN DO NOT ATTACH THE RED SCOTT LOCK TO THE

WIRES –PLEASE CONTACT CUSTOMER SUPPORT AT 877-617-9606. 2) On most

motorcycle models, the positive (+) wire of the running tail light will be red.

6) See Owner’s Manual below for next steps…

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Owner’s Manual

Next Steps after Installation:

1) Please review all GPS website functions at http://www.cycleprotect.com under

Products / GPS Website Features before you begin the next steps.

2) Login to Cycle Protect GPS website by going to www.cycleprotect.net and using the

same login and password you selected for yourself at the Cycle Protect registration

website.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Most feature setups require the Liberator to be in normal power

mode. On the initial power up (when black (-), red (+) and yellow wires are first

attached), your Liberator unit has gone into power save mode if it has been more than 15

minutes since you installed the system. To get the Liberator back into normal power

mode: set off the 3-axis accelerometer by tilting the box by about 2-5 degrees OR start

your motorcycle and let it run.

3) Click on Cell Phone / Notifications button and indicate here where you wish for your

text messages to be sent.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please make sure that if you are receiving the text messages to a

yahoo, msn, hotmail, etc. account that you save the Cycle Protect email address as a

favorite so we are not considered SPAM email. Thank You!

4) Since you have already correctly installed the three (black, red, and yellow) wires,

please turn on your motorcycle engine and let it run for approximately 5 minutes.

Because you have already set up your cell phone notifications (see above), you should

receive a text message that will say “Low Power Mode Set”within 2-6 minutes. If you do

not receive this alert, please check the connection of the yellow wire and the running tail

light wire –they must not be connected properly. Fix this connection and start the above

(#4) process again.

5) Next, click GPS Signal Strength button and follow the instructions listed.

6) Check History page to see how many satellites you are tracking. You will notice that

the system may take a location on its own when the system is first connected to your

motorcycle battery.

Note: This Update can take 1-4 minutes. If satellite strength results do not equal 4 or

more satellites, please move your unit to another location and test again.

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7) In order to configure the rest of your Liberator features, simply click on the remaining

Cycle Protect GPS website buttons and follow ALL of the instructions.

IMPORTANT NOTE: After features are setup on your Cycle Protect Liberator, please

run your motorcycle for an hour to charge the backup battery or use a battery tender.

After the initial charge, the backup battery will continue to stay charged when you run

your motorcycle.

Liberator Features:See http://www.cycleprotect.com and click on Products / “The

Liberator”Features button for basic features.

Troubleshooting:

1) Poor Reception: Unit is mounted directly under metal which is decreasing reception.

Go to Cycle Protect GPS login site, press “Request GPS Signal Status”button to

determine signal strength.

2) Liberator is not working: Check motorcycle battery to ensure working/charged.

3) Location (or “hit”) is up to 100 yards off on the GPS website: Triangulation has

not occurred with the satellites. Wait 10 minutes and test again. Triangulation will correct

itself.

4) Motorcycle battery is draining faster than usual: Cycle Protect has taken every

precaution to ensure that your motorcycle battery drains at the slowest rate possible.

RECOMMENDATION: Cycle Protect recommends that customers of the Liberator unit

purchase a battery tender for the winter season or for when your motorcycle sits for

months at a time. Go to www.cycleprotect.com under Products / Battery Tenders for

suggested product.

5) You receive an error message on the History page of the GPS site: Please follow

the directions in the message section to rectify the issue. Most of these errors occur

because the Liberator has gone into power save mode.

6) Unit is no longer in normal power mode (and you want it to be):

a) Set off the 3-axis accelerometer by tilting the box / motorcycle by about 2-5 degrees.

b) Start your motorcycle and let it run for at least 10-20 seconds.

Note: If the 3-axis accelerometer alert occurs but no others, the system will go back into

power save mode after 10 minutes.

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TROUBLESHOOTING CONTINUED

7) You want to override your Liberator product so you can fix, wash, or trailer your

motorcycle: Use your override PIN number (standard setting for each Liberator unit is

1234) to send an override command. This command is sent as a Text message from your

cellular phone and requires a 4 digit PIN number that only you should know. When

sending the Text message, the Liberator must be in normal power mode (please see # 6

above to get system into normal power mode).

IMPORTANT NOTE:To change your PIN, go to www.cycleprotect.net, login, and then

press the change configurations button. Follow the instructions for item #3 on that page.

Once this override command is received, the alarm system will be disabled until you re-

enable your alarm. This can be accomplished by simply sending an override cancel

command or by starting your motorcycle engine for approximately 60 seconds.

PLEASE NOTE: The override commands are sent from your cell phone as a Text

Message to your serial number of your Liberator unit (Example:

2025551212@mobile.mycingular.com), and hav

e the following format:

*!11**** to override the alarm system, where **** is your PIN Number (example

!111234 to override)

*!00**** to cancel the override, where **** is your PIN Number (example: !001234 to

cancel override)

Important: Manual Override turns off all of the Liberator features, so make sure you re-

enable your alarm by sending an override cancel command or by starting your

motorcycle engine and letting it run for approximately 60 seconds. Make sure you check

the GPS site History page to see if the function was performed.

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Important Tips / Additional Information:

Availability & Interruption of Services: Services are available to Subscriber only: (a)

within the 48 contiguous United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Canada and

Mexico; (b) if hardware enabling the Services ("Hardware") is installed correctly

according to the instruction manual; (c) when the Cycle Protect equipped vehicle

("Vehicle") is within the operation range of the wireless service provider; and (d) during

the period for which Subscriber paid for Services. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees

that no form of communication is error-free and that Services are subject to wireless

transmission capacity, network availability and equipment limitations, atmospheric and

topographic conditions, configuration of the Vehicle and other conditions Cycle Protect

does not control. Signals from the Vehicle are transmitted to Cycle Protect over wireless

networks and, if signal transmissions or Services are interrupted at any time or for any

reason, such events are wholly beyond Cycle Protects control. Global-positioning

capabilities used to deliver Services will not be available in all areas at all times. Cycle

Protect will use reasonable efforts to contact the appropriate third-party service provider

and request assistance, but cannot promise they will respond in a timely manner, or at all.

Cycle Protect will not be liable if the Services are interrupted by strike, riot, flood,

storms, earthquakes, fires, power failures, insurrection, interruption or unavailability of

telephone service, faulty telephone lines, faulty or unavailable cellular/radio transmitters

and/or receivers, any damage to Cycle Protects equipment or facilities, acts of God, or

any other cause beyond the control of Cycle Protect. Cycle Protect is not required to

provide the Services while any such interruption continues.

*Cycle Protect has taken every measure to insure that all functions and updates (satellite,

location, etc.) will take 1-4 minutes to appear on the GPS web site under the History page

as well as transmit the data via text messages.

1) TIP: Whether the Liberator is Armed or Disarmed it will take locations (hits) of your

motorcycle every 10 minutes when it is moving/not stopped for longer than 8 minutes. If

the motorcycle is stopped longer than 8 minutes, the 10 minute timer resets itself once the

motorcycle moves again.

2) TIP: The Cycle Protect system will ARM itself 50 Seconds after the motorcycle engine

has stopped running. To DISARM without alerts, you have to put the key in the ignition

and start your motorcycle. If you set the touch / shock sensor off in the process of getting

ready to go for a ride you will have 20 seconds to put the key in the ignition and start the

motorcycle before the alerts will be sent to your cell phone and email.

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3) TIP: Geofencing allows you to create an invisible circle around your motorcycle. If the

motorcycle leaves this circle, it will notify you. This circle can range from 100 feet to

99999 feet. DO NOT ACTIVATE Geofence unless you are not moving your motorcycle

for an extended time period. Please make sure to deactivate Geofence when you want to

ride, because you will be receiving alerts every 1-3 minutes if you do not.

*Before setting Geofence, request a location of the system to make sure the Geofence

location is in close proximity of your motorcycle.*

4) TIP: Movement Alerts occur when the Liberator system is ARMED and your

motorcycle begins to move over 2-3 M.P.H. When this occurs, the system will take

locations of your motorcycle every 1-3 minutes until it stops. The last Movement Alert

sent to your cell phone or email is the location where your motorcycle stopped moving.

5) TIP: When the Liberator is running on its backup battery (which will last for 4-8

hours) the 3-axis accelerometer will not function. All other Liberator features (Geofence,

Movement, etc.) will continue to work properly.

6) TIP: Do not reply to text messages sent from the Cycle Protect Liberator. These are

read only text messages.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please make sure that if you are receiving the text messages to a

yahoo, msn, hotmail, etc. account that you save the Cycle Protect email address as a

favorite so we are not considered SPAM email. Thank You!

7) TIP: History for your Cycle Protect Liberator unit is stored for 30 days and then

archived for a minimum of one year. To access archived history for your Liberator unit,

contact Cycle Protect at 703-222-3313.

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Installation Instructions & Owner’s Manual

FOR THE OPTIONAL IMMOBILIZER SYSTEM

For Troubleshooting Dial 1-877-617-9606

General Product Description

Systems that come equipped with the optional immobilizer circuit will have a blue and

orange wire incorporated into the wiring harness. As well as an alarm status indicator

light. The optional immobilizer is designed to prevent the motorcycle from starting even

if someone has copied the original ignition key. A relay incorporated inside of the Cycle

Protect System prevents +12 volts from going to the starter unless it has seen an

authorized Key Fob.

To Battery Ground

To Battery +12 volts Alarm Status Indicator

To Ignition ON (When the Light

Key is turned to the on position

This wire has +12 volts)

Optional Immobilizer

To key Start Button Cut Wire To Starter

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Installation Instructions for the Immobilizer System