Extending keyless entry?
04-08-2011, 12:28 PM
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Hold the keyless remote so that it touches underneath the bottom of your chin. I thought it sounded stupid also until a buddy of mine showed me. It seriously does increase the range a little. Try it normally and then do it under your chin to test it out for yourself.
04-08-2011, 01:40 PM
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It's based off of RF, to say you doubt its possibility is just silly haha
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04-08-2011, 02:35 PM
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if that doesnt work, your battery is low or the receiver antenna is not placed accordingly.
I want to try now lol. 
04-08-2011, 04:34 PM
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^wish i knew :/ I have heard its somewhere under the glovebox... but idk for sure.
^If that were true, you simply holding it would work as an antenna as well...
^its a set size battery slot...
When you hold a remote to your neck it uses your body as a antenna. Go to any valet service and watch how they can set off a car from double the distance when held to the neck.
if that doesnt work, your battery is low or the receiver antenna is not placed accordingly.
if that doesnt work, your battery is low or the receiver antenna is not placed accordingly.
^its a set size battery slot...
04-08-2011, 04:45 PM
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Stand at just a distance to where it won't work. Hold it over your head as high as you can and it still won't work. Hold it to your chin at the same distance and it works.
04-08-2011, 05:00 PM
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04-08-2011, 09:36 PM
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why do u want to unlock ur doors when ur 100ft away?! gives ppl a chance to hop in ur car lol, I never even unlock the door till im 5ft away, whats wrong with that?
04-08-2011, 10:32 PM
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maybe 20-30 feet. helps in parking lots if i forgot exact row i parked in, or if i start walkin away and want to lock my car and by time i realize it, im too far. stuff like that...
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There IS a way to do it. My friend did it to his '94 Firebird. It extended the range to a few hundred feet. We were about 6 houses down a standard neighborhood and it still worked. I'm looking for what it was he bought right now. I think it's made by Audiovox as part of their alarm systems. You solder an antenna extender on to two points on the BCM and you're done. I'll see what I can find; but it IS possible and I HAVE seen it done in person. Best part: the wire you use was only $20 or so.