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Anyone remember in season 3 the episode where jeremy demostrates that holding the keyless remote up to his head gives it further range? Does anyone have the faintest idea how that works?
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ur head acts as a huge transmitter somehow
it works, i've tried it
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Yes it does work. I've tried it on my Civic and my parents' minivan.
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It even works with my dog's head! images/smilies/lol.gif
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ok, well im glad to know that it will work with my dogs head but does anyone actaully know HOW it works!? I searched the internet for the past 20 minutes and still came up empty handed.
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have you noticed you can also amplify TV antenna's signal the same way
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I've tried it... it works, just place it against your chin holding it up, the range is really far images/smilies/biggrin.gif
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I tried to figure this out at my aurora forum. No one knows. I've tried to google it and... no dice. I keep getting different answers. Some say it is the filling in your teeth... and the myths go on. Also, apparantly if you touch you cellphone you transmission will go not a hundred yards futher, but even kilometers further (havent tried this). I always touch my neck when I open my car (force of habit) and, yes, I do get better range.
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I press my fob hard under my chin and get much better range than normal. I don't have any fillings in my teeth, so I don't think the fillings theory carries much weight.
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I think it's called capacitive coupling. By putting the keyless entry remote against your head and pushing the button your natural electric field broadcasts that signal for that split second so you in effect have two transmiters thus increasing your range. It's like when you go to adjust you radio antenna, and when you touch it the reception improves, but when you let go it goes to crap again.
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The radio waves penetrate your brain, causing the inside of your skull to act as a parabolic radio reflector and beam the signal out the ocular cavities.

Just kidding, I have no freakin' clue - but it sounded pretty good. It might just have more to do with the elevation of the transmitter.
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No idea how it works, ask mythbusters.

and did anyone see that ep of brainiac where they opened a car with 2 mobile phones and pressing the fob next to the phone that was calling the phone near the car?
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I tyred it and it didn't work. I probably have too big a brain images/smilies/lol.gif
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images/smilies/lol.gif Don't be so sure about that mate.

Mythbusters should sort this out for us all!! I'll try it tomorrow, I'm interested.
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Probaby has something to do with the water in your body acting as an antenna/amplifier because of great density.
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It works even better if you think really hard about unlocking the car. Just visualize it.
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lol, yoda shit right here !!!!!

Anyways, why wouldn't the signal itself transmit further either way, you touching the remote with your hand?
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this would actually be a great myth to bust. someone hop on thier board and suggest it, like a million times.
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I will if you will.

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