I've been using this trick for about 4 years after reading an article on it somewhere. Seems the skeleton acts as an aerial for radio transmission at certain frequencies and those frequencies coincide with those licensed for remote locking systems. The skull is the largest bone by mass in the body and does a fine job of allowing you to unlock your car.
If you ever find your keyfob battery has discharged and won't unlock your car, stand right next to the car and use the "skull trick". In many cases, it will give just enough gain to get you back in your car so you can drive to halfords and get a new set of CR232 or whatever hideously overpriced battery your keyfob takes.
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Agree with the body as aerial bit - you can often improve poor radio reception by holding aerial.
You can regularly get a cardfull (10/20/30/40 asstd)of those batteries on eBay for a couple of quid +p&p (wholesale section).
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You can regularly get a cardfull (10/20/30/40 asstd)of those batteries on eBay for a couple of quid +p&p (wholesale section).
Ta! Off over to ebay right now!
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No Dosh
7dayshop.com is ideal for buying batteries and many other items such as CD-R's, photographic stuff at really exceptional prices.
Regards
john S
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ideal for buying batteries >>
there are many other batteries only specialists you can find through google.co.uk - search for watch camera batteries.
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You don't need to hold the remote against your head, just point it into your open mouth whilst facing your car. It works!
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<<< You don't need to hold the remote against your head, just point it into your open mouth whilst facing your car. It works! >>>
You beat me to it, though I must say that it's more difficult to disguise this method, as opposed to a surreptitious scratch of the head, if you're worried about what others think of you!
Using either of the two methods doubles the range of my already good V70 remote when line of site in front or behind the car applies, and increases it by 50% or so when from the side or when the car and I are obstructed from each other by parked cars.
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Is all of this not just a wind up to make us look stupid?
But going to try it myself - when it goes dark...
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You shouldn't need to improve the range of your remote in the dark, they work better anyway, not as many photons for the radio waves to bump into.
From the urban myth generation department ...
Hawkeye
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Stranger in a strange land
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For batteries try www.7dayshop.com or www.watchbatery.co.uk.
Much cheaper yhan the high street.
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Why would I want to increase the range of my remote control ?. Increasing the range of my remote control would give theives who steal to order more chance of picking up the remote control frequency/code wouldn't it ?
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