What does installing a DCM Bypass (jumper box) do? What features do you still have?
We have Subaru Starlink which gives us a little green light on the ceiling console which says we have the SOS feature if we fly off the road in the snow (to call for help or whatever).
** UPDATE - My bad to mention Subaru Starlink as just “Starlink.” (aka Starstink) - correcting now with Edit, but yes they are 2 different beasts. **
And that uses “satellite” for its connection, not AT&T cellular.
I imagine all functions using AT&T cellular would be gone with the Bypass (remote lock, communicating the car status to Subaru for updates we see via MySubaru, daylight savings time automatic clock updates), but do the Subaru Starlink features still work with a DCM Bypass (jumper box) installed?
** Sounds like there are various reasons people install the jumper box, but ours would be due to the integrated little DCM Battery dying once a year because part of powering down the car after you park is to have it “check in” via AT&T cellular to update the status. And with AT&T cellular not here where we park, the car (stupidly) continually (or intermittently) searches and searches for an AT&T cell signal, wearing down the DCM Battery. When that battery dies, the DCM dies, and the satellite features of Subaru Starlink die with it. **
We have Subaru Starlink which gives us a little green light on the ceiling console which says we have the SOS feature if we fly off the road in the snow (to call for help or whatever).
** UPDATE - My bad to mention Subaru Starlink as just “Starlink.” (aka Starstink) - correcting now with Edit, but yes they are 2 different beasts. **
And that uses “satellite” for its connection, not AT&T cellular.
I imagine all functions using AT&T cellular would be gone with the Bypass (remote lock, communicating the car status to Subaru for updates we see via MySubaru, daylight savings time automatic clock updates), but do the Subaru Starlink features still work with a DCM Bypass (jumper box) installed?
** Sounds like there are various reasons people install the jumper box, but ours would be due to the integrated little DCM Battery dying once a year because part of powering down the car after you park is to have it “check in” via AT&T cellular to update the status. And with AT&T cellular not here where we park, the car (stupidly) continually (or intermittently) searches and searches for an AT&T cell signal, wearing down the DCM Battery. When that battery dies, the DCM dies, and the satellite features of Subaru Starlink die with it. **