Keyless entry

VR6 · October 2nd, 2006, 03:30 AM

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?

sgb33f · October 2nd, 2006, 03:32 AM

ur head acts as a huge transmitter somehow
it works, i've tried it

JoeBlo1 · October 2nd, 2006, 03:42 AM

Yes it does work. I've tried it on my Civic and my parents' minivan.

teletubby-warrior · October 2nd, 2006, 04:26 AM

It even works with my dog's head! images/smilies/lol.gif

VR6 · October 2nd, 2006, 04:35 AM

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.

targa_997 · October 2nd, 2006, 04:38 AM

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Originally Posted by teletubby-warrior

It even works with my dog's head! images/smilies/lol.gif

have you noticed you can also amplify TV antenna's signal the same way

andyhui01 · October 2nd, 2006, 04:52 AM

I've tried it... it works, just place it against your chin holding it up, the range is really far images/smilies/biggrin.gif

GPriest · October 2nd, 2006, 05:25 AM

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.

Ventura6 · October 2nd, 2006, 06:02 AM

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.

Susurrate · October 2nd, 2006, 06:03 AM

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.

Blind_Io · October 2nd, 2006, 06:03 AM

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.

hype · October 2nd, 2006, 06:23 AM

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?

Aardvark · October 2nd, 2006, 08:50 AM

I tyred it and it didn't work. I probably have too big a brain images/smilies/lol.gif

watto · October 2nd, 2006, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Aardvark

I tyred it and it didn't work. I probably have too big a brain 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.

British_Rover · October 2nd, 2006, 03:26 PM

Probaby has something to do with the water in your body acting as an antenna/amplifier because of great density.

Viper007Bond · October 2nd, 2006, 03:32 PM

It works even better if you think really hard about unlocking the car. Just visualize it.

Buba · October 2nd, 2006, 03:50 PM

^ I don't even need the key anymore! images/smilies/wink.gif

GPriest · October 2nd, 2006, 05:43 PM

lol, yoda shit right here !!!!!

Anyways, why wouldn't the signal itself transmit further either way, you touching the remote with your hand?

zenkidori · October 2nd, 2006, 07:16 PM

this would actually be a great myth to bust. someone hop on thier board and suggest it, like a million times.

No Boss · October 2nd, 2006, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by zenkidori

this would actually be a great myth to bust. someone hop on thier board and suggest it, like a million times.

I will if you will.

http://community.discovery.com/1/Ope...4&f=9701967776

October 2nd, 2006, 03:30 AM	#1
VR6 Joined: Aug 8th, 2006 Last Online: 07:33 PM Location: Calgary Alberta Canada Posts: 385 Car: 04 MSM LFS Status: Rep Power: 11	Keyless entry 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?

October 2nd, 2006, 03:32 AM	#2
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October 2nd, 2006, 03:42 AM	#3
JoeBlo1 Joined: Feb 18th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Toronto Age: 22 Posts: 495 Rep Power: 20	Yes it does work. I've tried it on my Civic and my parents' minivan. __________________ "If you have a target in your life, a real target, doesn´t matter if you are very poor or rich people, if you work hard and believe in God, you can get the success, success in the life." Ayrton Senna

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andyhui01 Joined: Jun 4th, 2004 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 20 Posts: 8,511 Car: 00' Subaru Forester GT LFS Status: Rep Power: 28	I've tried it... it works, just place it against your chin holding it up, the range is really far __________________

October 2nd, 2006, 05:25 AM	#8
GPriest Joined: Sep 21st, 2006 Last Online: October 5th, 2006 Location: ONTARIO, CANADA Posts: 50 Rep Power: 0	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. __________________ 99' Aurora (Black on Black baby!) Mods: N/A More Pictures Supercars are supposed to run over Arthur Scargill and then run over him again for good measure. They are designed to melt ice caps, kill the poor, poison the water table, destroy the ozone layer, decimate indigenous wildlife, recapture the Falkland Islands and turn the entire third world into a huge uninhabitable desert, all that before they nicked all the oil in the world - JEREMY CLARKSON

October 2nd, 2006, 04:26 AM	#4
teletubby-warrior Da Superfan Joined: Jul 13th, 2006 Last Online: 03:48 AM Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 2,012 Rep Power: 0	It even works with my dog's head!

October 2nd, 2006, 04:35 AM	#5
VR6 Joined: Aug 8th, 2006 Last Online: 07:33 PM Location: Calgary Alberta Canada Posts: 385 Car: 04 MSM LFS Status: Rep Power: 11	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.

October 2nd, 2006, 06:02 AM	#9
Ventura6 Joined: Sep 13th, 2006 Last Online: July 29th, 2008 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 331 Rep Power: 0	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. __________________ "Ah, it's rainin'. I'm goin' north. And I'm lookin' for a WHUOORE!!!" Hammond.

October 2nd, 2006, 06:03 AM	#10
Susurrate Joined: Apr 23rd, 2006 Last Online: 06:51 PM Location: North of Atlanta. Posts: 496 Car: Civic Rep Power: 18	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. __________________ Ask me about microwaving cats for fun and profit.

October 2nd, 2006, 06:03 AM	#11
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October 2nd, 2006, 06:23 AM	#12
hype Joined: Jul 6th, 2006 Last Online: November 2nd, 2008 Location: England Age: 18 Posts: 435 Car: A BMX bike Rep Power: 0	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? __________________

October 2nd, 2006, 08:50 AM	#13
Aardvark Banned (Goose+'s Duplicate Account) Joined: Sep 21st, 2006 Last Online: July 26th, 2007 Location: England Posts: 142 Rep Power: 0	I tyred it and it didn't work. I probably have too big a brain

October 2nd, 2006, 03:26 PM	#15
British_Rover Joined: Sep 4th, 2006 Last Online: 12:39 PM Location: Canton / Torrington, CT United States Age: 28 Posts: 1,407 Car: Different every week Rep Power: 17	Probaby has something to do with the water in your body acting as an antenna/amplifier because of great density.

October 2nd, 2006, 03:32 PM	#16
Viper007Bond Lazy Head Dude Joined: Sep 21st, 2003 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 24 Posts: 20,964 Car: Dodge Viper (I wish!) Rep Power: 233	It works even better if you think really hard about unlocking the car. Just visualize it. __________________ Fight back against the evil Quiky by +1'ing this post! There is no replacement for displacement. - Wolfgang Bernhard, Chief Operating Officer, Chrysler Group talking about the Dodge Viper SRT-10 ... I ask Herb Helbig, vehicle synthesis manager for SRT and a member of the original Team Viper development group since day one, if they'd ever thought of adding traction control. "It comes with two," he says, pointing at my feet. "Learn to use them." Got it. - Motor Trend on the 2006 Dodge Viper Coupe, November 2005

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GPriest Joined: Sep 21st, 2006 Last Online: October 5th, 2006 Location: ONTARIO, CANADA Posts: 50 Rep Power: 0	lol, yoda shit right here !!!!! Anyways, why wouldn't the signal itself transmit further either way, you touching the remote with your hand? __________________ 99' Aurora (Black on Black baby!) Mods: N/A More Pictures Supercars are supposed to run over Arthur Scargill and then run over him again for good measure. They are designed to melt ice caps, kill the poor, poison the water table, destroy the ozone layer, decimate indigenous wildlife, recapture the Falkland Islands and turn the entire third world into a huge uninhabitable desert, all that before they nicked all the oil in the world - JEREMY CLARKSON

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