andygal 0 Posted March 23, 2008 Hey, I have a scorpion alarm cat 1 fitted to my C. It works perfectly but the range on the remote is soooo poor. You have got to be right up at the window pointing it in to get the car to open. Is there anything i can do about it?? Extend the length of the aerial?? Would it just be a matter of connecting some wire onto the origional and runnig it to give a better range?? If so does anyone know which wire it would be and where the norm place to locate the brain is?? Cheers, Andy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
was8v 0 Posted March 24, 2008 try a new battery in the remote. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Bowen 1 Posted March 24, 2008 give the sensor inside car a blowie, see it that helps :wave: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daleyboy 0 Posted June 14, 2009 Ithought the thinking behind it was that the infra red signal could not be "read" by unscrupulous people, so the range was set intentionally short so that no-one could get inbetween the signal.......thats what i heard anyway........mine works from about 10 foot, so it may be a tiring battery in your fob..............Oh just seen how old this thread was doh !........... :D Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fla 9 Posted August 4, 2009 mine works well, (i say well, its not great) from the front, but totally crap when approaching the car from the back. How should the front sensors be angled for best performance? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fla 9 Posted December 14, 2009 I've tried adjusting the sensors but this hasnt done much. I believe there is a way to increase the range by wiring the aerial to the car aerial? Is this even advisable? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fla 9 Posted December 22, 2009 any thoughts on wiring it to the aerial? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
volksworld13 0 Posted December 22, 2009 the old sttle fobs on vehicles used to be infra red, but nowadays they have all change rf radio frequency, battery is the 1st point of call, try the other fob if you have one, if its better then its the fob,if not then it maybe the receiver in the car, has this been like it since you have owned the car? :? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fla 9 Posted December 22, 2009 its been like that since day 1 pretty much. I've had the car for about 5 years. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
volksworld13 0 Posted December 22, 2009 what sort of range are you getting ,if you have tryed the other keyfob and the batteries are good, it can only be the receiver/ariel inside the unit, time for an upgrade perhaps?? :lol: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
