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[coulthard_west 10+ year member]

howdy, i have recently instaled a alarm system in my car and i am having a little problem. the only way i can get it to arm it to hold the remote 2 inches from the main unit. any sugestions? thankx

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[cjjackson85 5,000+ posts]

Replace the batteries in your remote //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

 

[Prowler573 5,000+ posts]

Replace the batteries in your remote //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif

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Or, if the battery in the remote isn't the problem possibly the antenna needs to be re-routed so it'll pick up better?

 

[coulthard_west 10+ year member]

tried the battery thing and that didn't work. the only thing that looked like an anttena was a small black wire. i grounded thqat to my truck to try and make my truck the antenna, but that onlt worked for a few hours. now i have no idea what to do. any more advise.

 

[cjjackson85 5,000+ posts]

It didn't come with an antennae? What kind of alarm are we talking about here?

 

[netherland24 5,000+ posts]

Dont Say Code Alarm Either.

 

[coulthard_west 10+ year member]

astra, 100 series

 

[cjjackson85 5,000+ posts]

Did it come with an antennae?

 

[kuijo 10+ year member]

Whats wrong with COde alarm?

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Don't ground the antenna to the truck! The truck is the RF ground and counterpoise for the antenna, not the radiating element!

You likely ran the thing at such a high SWR that the transmitter folded back power and died - have it checked out by a local shop before trying anything else.

 

[coulthard_west 10+ year member]

Did it come with an antennae?

just a little black wire hanging out off the box

 

[kuijo 10+ year member]

Jack Frost = knows everything about radio type things. Listen to him.

 

[cjjackson85 5,000+ posts]

Kuijo = ass kisser. Don't listen to him.

 

[kuijo 10+ year member]

I barely know jack. I just see his post all the time about these types of things. He's apart of some club that deals with them if i'm not mistake. I just wouldn't want him(the origional poster) listening to people that have no idea what they're talking about, cjjackson //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif. I love you too though don't get jealouse

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Kuijo = ass kisser. Don't listen to him.

CJ = wouldn't know a Smith Chart if one came up and bit him in the ass //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

I don't know the detailed specs of your alarm, but wiring the antenna element to the grounded frame is not good, not good at all. Running it like that for a length of time could very well have cooked something inside, and I would advise you to have a shop look at it before you try anything else //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif