1996 dess key

[Legacy37]

Still have my dess key but it basically disintegrated in my hand. I know I need a new one can it be programmed using the old key or do I have to take the mpem or ski to get it done? Or is there a way to repair the old one? I have all the parts and can get it to work but no way it will stay on while riding

 

[mikidymac]

The MPEM has o be programmed to a new key. There is no programming of the key itself.

 

[Legacy37]

The MPEM has o be programmed to a new key. There is no programming of the key itself.

Bummer, I will try and salvage the old one first. So no way to just copy the existing key?

 

[mikidymac]

Bummer, I will try and salvage the old one first. So no way to just copy the existing key?

Nope. Key can't be copied.

 

[Legacy37]

The MPEM has o be programmed to a new key. There is no programming of the key itself.

Nope. Key can't be copied.

Thanks for the help!

 

[gp1200x]

??? Is that true of my 1997 XP 800? Reason I ask is because a long time ago we had my 3 skis on the water and a friend and his girlfriend were riding on two of them. Somehow she dropped the dess key into the water on the river and we could not find it after searching for an hour. Don't know if it sank or the current took it. Needless to say I was pissed since she did not follow our instructions of attaching the key to her vest. I told them that's it for the weekend and pack it in. He said he would go to the dealer and try to get another key which was 30 minutes away. Late Saturday...I figured it was a lost cause but he took off anyway. He came back an hour later with a new dess key. XP started and still using they same key today. He said the dealer (where I bought the XP from) asked him a bunch of questions about me before they sold him the key..which he never told me how much he paid for it. (I'm guessing it was like $75 in 2004.) The XP was never taken to the dealership.

 

[mikidymac]

Yes, no clue why it worked. The ski is programmed to the key, not the key to the ski.

 

[gp1200x]

Yes, no clue why it worked. The ski is programmed to the key, not the key to the ski.

Since they had all the information on my ski I wonder if they were able to determine which dss key would work. I though that the dss keys have specific resistance values and that is what makes them unique so maybe there are only a dozen or so different ones which they can somehow identity

 

[DaddyLoafin]

Since they had all the information on my ski I wonder if they were able to determine which dss key would work. I though that the dss keys have specific resistance values and that is what makes them unique so maybe there are only a dozen or so different ones which they can somehow identity

the key has a unique code to it. similar to the chip in your credit card. when you program the key to the mpem it puts the code in the mpem and it looks to match the code on the key to any of the codes in the mpem. This is from memory and might be wrong

 

[nibroc]

thanks for that info

 

[gp1200x]

Yes, no clue why it worked. The ski is programmed to the key, not the key to the ski.

You are absolutely right. From everything I read the key must be programmed into the module. Can more than one key be programmed into the MPEM at a time?

 

[gp1200x]

You are absolutely right. From everything I read the key must be programmed into the module. Can more than one key be programmed into the MPEM at a time?

Found me answer....yes...looks like maybe 8 and now I know what the dealer had done.

Minnetonka4me at one time posted that he programs mpem with old/new keys at a reasonable rate. May take him on it if I only have one key per craft.

 

[DaddyLoafin]

Found me answer....yes...looks like maybe 8 and now I know what the dealer had done.

Minnetonka4me at one time posted that he programs mpem with old/new keys at a reasonable rate. May take him on it if I only have one key per craft.

yeah you can have more than 1 key programed to the mpem. to have westside program a new key for you, you have to send them the mpem