Extending the range?

[dantheman8328 10+ year member]

is there any way to extend the range of my 791vx? i have the antenna located above my front windshield and at the edge of my headliner so the two antenna stick out a little bit on the windshield. but im getting really bad range from mine... a friend of mine that i work with has a viper alarm too and gets a great signal at work when i dont get one at all. im not sure what model she has though..j

but is there anything i can do to extend the range of mine??

thanks.

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[THUNDERBIRD 10+ year member]

u could just need new batteries in the remote. i am gonna replace mine kuz i have been getting **** for signal lately too.

 

[dantheman8328 10+ year member]

yea its a brand new remote though...

 

[RFCV 10+ year member]

I learned this trick way back in the day when I started out in car alarms and believe me (and others in this link) it does work, no matter how silly it does sound!! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif Check it out:

http://www.the12volt.com/installbay/forum_Posts.asp?TID=1395&KW=range

 

[Shyne151 10+ year member]

Make sure the antenna is mounted in the middle of the windshield below the blue tint. Also the chin trick does work.

 

[kpr10is 10+ year member]

You can always turn off Code Hopping if you want...

 

[dantheman8328 10+ year member]

hahaha im definitly going to have to try that, but i want to extend the range more so that it can page me...ill turn the code hopping off, is it really needed that much? i dont think anyone around here is going to grab my signal lol. should i notice a drastic difference by turning it off?

great ideas, thanks.

 

[dak0ta_g33k 10+ year member]

chin trick works best with my 791. also having a decent line of sight to the truck. farthest measured distance i've remote started is across a soccer field with the ride in full view, alone.

 

[Colonel Ingus]

Some windsheilds will actually block signals so play around with the antenna placement.

 

[anmol_da_great 10+ year member]

would it hurt to throw the antenna behind the apillar?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

As long as it's up high...it needs to be in the line of sight.

Metallized film-coated glass will kill RF signals...learned that installing glass-mounted VHF antennas.

 

[anmol_da_great 10+ year member]

line of sight as meaning you cant put it inside the apillar?

and yes i was talking as high as possible inside of it

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

i made the mistake of placing my antena under my 5% tint strip,and its the onyx tint and it has that metalic particles in it to block signals, i have to do the chin trick to get a decent range