This may sound silly but....
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has anyone ever tried to extend the distance on their alarm remote? I practically have to stand on my car to get the remote to open the doors (close enough by then to just use the key). I know this isn't the worlds biggest problem. But, I am sure it has annoyed someone besides me[:@].
TIA, Vern
TIA, Vern
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I have almost the same problem in my 97 e320...... I know its the infrared remote for that year.... after that they went radio remotes so they work from a greater distance. I have to get within 6-8 ft (2m) in order for it to work.
It could also be a function of the battery strenght but I havent tried probing that yet.
I'm just happy it still works....
It could also be a function of the battery strenght but I havent tried probing that yet.
I'm just happy it still works....
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I don't know about infrared remotes, but a friend of mine taught me a neat trick. If you hold the remote against your chin and press the button (for some reason that I don't understand) the range increases significantly. It's not a joke.
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My M-class remote operates 200' with new batteries, my E-classs less, than 20' and sometimes I doesn't work even in this range if it doesn't "see" the receiver in driver handle.
Bigger range isn't nececarly better. Had alarm on my M-class going several times, when with keys in my pocket I bent down at the boat, or in the garden, activating the locks and passengers have been still inside the car.
Bigger range isn't nececarly better. Had alarm on my M-class going several times, when with keys in my pocket I bent down at the boat, or in the garden, activating the locks and passengers have been still inside the car.
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CRAZY.
CRAZY.
In car headlights the parabolic mirror makes the spheric light into a beam, giving powerful light in one direction.
With the remote human body might work as a mirror, concentrating the wave into one direction.
Have to try it.
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