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(Message started by: Fitzy on Nov 2^nd, 2004, 5:17pm)

Title: Remote Repairs
Post by Fitzy on Nov 2^nd, 2004, 5:17pm

Hi All,

Not sure if this has been done before but i have just repaired my remote with a simple procedure with something that we all should have in our kitchens.

about a month ago my remote stopped working alltogether even when i was standing right next to car, so firstly i changed the batteries and cleaned the rubber contacts but this didn't improve the range at all. to get it to work i had to use my house key to press the buttons to open or lock the car and as i had the Lock and Go Mod on the way i needed a good repair.

So last night got some tin foil and cut it into three small squares and placed them between the rubber buttons and the circuit board and when i went to test it............ Wham bam thank you mam worked first time, it even works from quite a distance now so give it try you've got nothing to loose what so ever.

Regards,

Fitzy ;) ;D ;) ;D ;) ;D ;) ;D ;) ;D ;) ;D ;) ;D ;) ;D ;) ;D

Title: Re: Remote Repairs
Post by Lee on Nov 2^nd, 2004, 6:10pm

always handy to know ever thought about being on blue peter

Title: Re: Remote Repairs
Post by Fitzy on Nov 2^nd, 2004, 6:40pm

I have got a Blue Peter badge somewhere, at me mum's house i think, but i did appear in an episode of Why Don't You with some mates from school over twenty years ago mind. But as i've always said you never know until you try it.

Regards,

fitzy ;) ;D ;)

Title: Re: Remote Repairs
Post by john.n on Nov 2^nd, 2004, 7:19pm

I dont want to rain on anyones parade, but i think this solution was posted before.john.n :P

Title: Re: Remote Repairs
Post by Fitzy on Nov 2^nd, 2004, 7:24pm

Well i did mention that at the start of the post about not being sure if this has been used before, it might have been one of the several hundred posts lost due to the server crashing q while back.

fitzy ;) ;D ;)