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Old 07-21-2009, 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by gaberossi
hold it to your chin and try it....im serious it works...i can be on top of a 3 story building looking at my car and if i try to just point the remote at the car nothing happens but if i put it to my chin and then look at the car it works so give it a try
haha, i do this all the time and it works, but i must look like an idiot haha
 
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Old 07-21-2009, 02:45 AM
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Well... just tried it. Both chin and temple...and, well, it works! Got almost double the range

You have to be looking at it though...
 
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Old 07-21-2009, 03:34 AM
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if Jeremy Clarkson is amazed so am i
 
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Old 07-21-2009, 10:03 AM
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you guys are nuts lol. i wouldn't use yourself as an antenna. you get enough exposure to radiation already, you don't need more lol. next thing i hear is one of you wearing a hat with a 2 foot metal rod sticking out of it and then you put the remote to your head and get a mile range hahahaha
 
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Old 07-21-2009, 04:05 PM
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LOL - it is not radiation, dude... its radio frequency, which we are bombarded with everyday via radio station broadcasts.

on topic - I have actually tried to increase my range by extending the antenna wire but it did not work.
 
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Old 07-22-2009, 09:37 AM
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Holding it to your chin definitely works. It's an old trick. And Brrman is right, it's radio waves, not radiation.

How far do you really want to increase the range? Why do you need to unlock it from across the parking lot?
 
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Old 07-23-2009, 03:55 AM
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Originally Posted by gaberossi
hold it to your chin and try it....im serious it works...i can be on top of a 3 story building looking at my car and if i try to just point the remote at the car nothing happens but if i put it to my chin and then look at the car it works so give it a try
lol ive been doing that since i got my car, these remotes suck with range even with new batteries
 
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Old 07-23-2009, 06:05 AM
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Originally Posted by brrman
LOL - it is not radiation, dude... its radio frequency, which we are bombarded with everyday via radio station broadcasts.

on topic - I have actually tried to increase my range by extending the antenna wire but it did not work.
I just tried that the other day and I didnt notice anything different either. I'm gonna check again to make sure everything is good.....
 
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