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• 12 Jan 2006

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anyone know how to improve the range from the key fob to the alarm wire [arial ] its a sparkright alarm.
ive tried extending the arial wire and winding it round the harness but no difference . at the moment i have to be about 2 mtrs near it to set it . its not life threatning but i would be gratefull for any advice [ helpfull sort ] lol./ regards.r.r.

 

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• 12 Jan 2006

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new battery in fob?

 

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• 13 Jan 2006

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first thing i done breezer, even same thing with spare fob, no change , still its usually the thing staring us in the face ./
it did work from much further away , so maybe its old age , i thought i might phone em up but then they will say send it in etc, not worth the hassle or cost after all it does work. cheers anyway. r.r.

 

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• 13 Jan 2006

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alarm fobs at our shop only work when they are held about 6 inches from the panel

 

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• 13 Jan 2006

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Has it always been the same? or has it been getting worse?
If its always been like it, it may depend on the location of the reciever.

 

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• 13 Jan 2006

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You might get it to work from further away by holding the fob to your head and pressing it - this was shown a while back on TV - might have been Top Gear, using a remote key fob for central locking - works on both my cars, not sure on the health risks though.

 

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• 14 Jan 2006

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oops i forgot i was in the cars section yesterday when i made that post!!!

 

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• 14 Jan 2006

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i did post a reply/update yesterday but cant see it on here ./
anyway my lad had a look at it and found water was getting into the alarm where wires go in back of it , so he took it off and dried it out with a hairdryer and repositioned the wires so it couldnt do it again./ it had allways been ok./ but some work had been done nr the bulkhead and the wires had been moved slightly , the rain was going into grill at top as normal and just catching 1 wire and then running down into back of alarm./ anyway its working ok again now .
as for putting fob next to one,s head i havent tried that / my lad said he had seen it somewhere , only it was point it at your eye ? . ill let him try that . thanks for all replys . cheers. r.r.