Before I possibly waste £60 odd quid on a new remote fob, is there anyway of testing my old one for signal strength? At times I can stand there for 5 mins trying to get the alarm to arm/dissarm and at other times it will work straight away. I just would like to know if it's the fob or alarm itself.

 

Cheers

 

Vijay

It can be worth cleaning the switch contacts and resoldering all the joints inside -fixed my TV remote like that a few days ago.

 

Also, if it's an Infared rather than radio then you can see whether the LED works through a digital camera.

Have you tried a new remote battery, Vijay? When my battery is on the way out, it makes things a bit hit and miss.

yep, replaced the battery. Andy, I assume it's radio as there's no led :(

 

Vijay

I heard if you put the fob to your head you can double the signal strength, think it was on top gear or something.

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Yeah, that really works too. (probably gives you brain cancer or something though!)

yep, tried that one too!! lol

 

Vijay

What alarm is it?

an older cobra alarm (at least 8 years old)

 

Vijay

I will try some of my contacts to see what they say