viper problem
05-22-2006, 03:29 PM
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viper problem
guys i have a problem with my alarma and i dont know what might be the problem...
i have the viper alarm, i think it is the 791... when i got it i could use it from about 6 to 7 blocks away in the middel of new york city or queens... if you ask me, i think that was an amazing distance to be surrounded by buildigns and most of the time having the track for the 7 train along the path of the signal...
well, i work in virginia and i work in a building from about the fifth floor..i park about 4 blocks away and it is in plain view ... before it would start and operate form this distance with no problems and i wasnt impressed since i knew the distnce it worked from in new york... but anyways... lately, my alarm just doesnt reach my car, even though i park in the same spot and all...i thought i could be the batteries and i replaced them even thought they were still showing more than half their life..new batteries and all, still the same... it wont work but until i am like almost half way to my car...
any ideas what the problem might be?? i have had the alarm installed for almost 6 months now and never had a problem.. tha ntenna for the alarm is installed by the windshield ..i dunno what else...
i appreciate any help guys ( and girls ) thank you
Luigi
i have the viper alarm, i think it is the 791... when i got it i could use it from about 6 to 7 blocks away in the middel of new york city or queens... if you ask me, i think that was an amazing distance to be surrounded by buildigns and most of the time having the track for the 7 train along the path of the signal...
well, i work in virginia and i work in a building from about the fifth floor..i park about 4 blocks away and it is in plain view ... before it would start and operate form this distance with no problems and i wasnt impressed since i knew the distnce it worked from in new york... but anyways... lately, my alarm just doesnt reach my car, even though i park in the same spot and all...i thought i could be the batteries and i replaced them even thought they were still showing more than half their life..new batteries and all, still the same... it wont work but until i am like almost half way to my car...
any ideas what the problem might be?? i have had the alarm installed for almost 6 months now and never had a problem.. tha ntenna for the alarm is installed by the windshield ..i dunno what else...
i appreciate any help guys ( and girls ) thank you
Luigi
05-22-2006, 03:43 PM
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thanks...i am glad you like my sig..you can copy it and use it to spread the love...
i replaced the batteries and no luck...i dont have a second remote... ummm should i get one ?? any other options before i go running to buy a remote and find out it was something else??
thank you
Luigi
i replaced the batteries and no luck...i dont have a second remote... ummm should i get one ?? any other options before i go running to buy a remote and find out it was something else??
thank you
Luigi
05-22-2006, 04:14 PM
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So the remote works, but doesn't have the range it used to? I was told that you can increase the range of a remote by putting the remote under your chin and your head somehow amplifies the signal. (no joke) I have no idea if this works, but the folks who told me this were serious.
05-22-2006, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Bollwerk
So the remote works, but doesn't have the range it used to? I was told that you can increase the range of a remote by putting the remote under your chin and your head somehow amplifies the signal. (no joke) I have no idea if this works, but the folks who told me this were serious.
Thank you
Luigi
05-22-2006, 04:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Pearl96Max
Luigi,
If its still the same unit I installed, theres no need to purchase a new remote. I can simply swap it out for you. Unfortunately that would be my best guess.
If its still the same unit I installed, theres no need to purchase a new remote. I can simply swap it out for you. Unfortunately that would be my best guess.
Don, in the case it does need to be replace, will i have to go all the way to jersey to get it program ?? please let me know and thank you for the reply...
Luigi
oh well... thank you for the info and i do hope this is the problem since it seems it is going to be an easy fix....
05-28-2006, 08:59 PM
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i had a similar problem when i first got it.. the remote just beeped six times and didnt do anything.. i replaced the remote brain unit and didnt help.. it turned out to be the antenna... then i found out that we got a bunch of bad ones at work when others had the same problem..
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