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[Richie London]

had to try it so me and my son have just tried it with our mobiles.    
guess what the result was???

NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

richie

[Rob James]

I'm going to have to try it again. Next time I'm in the office with someone who wants to have a test I'll give it another go. When I did it I had to have the fob right against the phone.

had to try it so me and my son have just tried it with our mobiles.    
guess what the result was???

NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

richie

[amigov6]

Sometimes i park the car on the drive, press the keyfob to lock it then walk to the house pointing the key @ the front door only to unlock the car again but not the house!!!!!! I do really......D'oh!!!!!!!!!

[CaptainZok]

Sometimes i park the car on the drive, press the keyfob to lock it then walk to the house pointing the key @ the front door only to unlock the car again but not the house!!!!!! I do really......D'oh!!!!!!!!!

LMAO, I've never done that honest.

[caolan_p]

well have to say we had a vectra witch i  taxied and was about to go on a job while i was getting the keys out of my pocket along with my phone,the phone rang and the car opened,so i got the other lads out to see if it was the phone that done it,and it was,it seemed to be when right befor it rang like it makes the radio go when you know your mob is going to ring .

[zirk]

Well just tried it and, IT WORKS!!...

Well sort off, come to the conclusion only works on the old ETAC system and not GSM or PCN. tried it using my SE K800i no joy, so having now locked the keys in the Car tried it with my old ETAC NEC 9A brick.

Job done, ..lots of glass every where though.

[davlad22]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
lol!

The omega remote locking is sh$t at the best of times so I would be rather surprised at this!  

[Kevin Wood]

Well just tried it and, IT WORKS!!...

Well sort off, come to the conclusion only works on the old ETAC system and not GSM or PCN. tried it using my SE K800i no joy, so having now locked the keys in the Car tried it with my old ETAC NEC 9A brick.

Job done, ..lots of glass every where though.

 

Mobiles have come a long way. When I first started working with them every one was a potential offensive weapon. These days, sit down with them in your back pocket and they snap in half.

Kevin

[Marks DTM Calib]

The only thing I can think of is that the phone transmitter stage is picking up the fob RF signal and effectively boosting it......would be an interesting test with 3-4miles between the phones and car.....

[Kevin Wood]

The only thing I can think of is that the phone transmitter stage is picking up the fob RF signal and effectively boosting it......would be an interesting test with 3-4miles between the phones and car.....

They do have pretty broadband PAs in them. :-/

If they were that susceptible to picking up radiated emissions and amplifying them I'd wonder how they remained stable though.

Kevin

[Debs.]

Surely something of an 'urban myth'; I`m with P.T Barnum on such matters  ....look how even someone of the stature of Eric Laithwaite fell for one!  

[Kevin Wood]

I'd suggest sending it in to MythBusters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters) for analysis but it's a bit boring. I'd rather watch them blow something up.

Kevin

[CaptainZok]

As an aside why does the range of the rf fob seem to extend when you hold it to your head and operate it?
Is my brain an rf amp???

[Debs.]

As an aside why does the range of the rf fob seem to extend when you hold it to your head and operate it?
Is my brain an rf amp???

.....probably not!  

But it may be a receiver: I have heard that some folk`s noggins will receive instructions from aliens (or deities)!  

[CaptainZok]

As an aside why does the range of the rf fob seem to extend when you hold it to your head and operate it?
Is my brain an rf amp???

.....probably not!  

But it may be a receiver: I have heard that some folk`s noggins will receive instructions from aliens (or deities)!  

Ahhh that'll be the voices then, wondered where they came from.