Central locking 2012 GU Y61

[10G]

Yes, it was me. I added an underbody earth strap for my sub tank issues and it improved the range that the factory central locking worked from, but it was short lived. It's gone back to working from close range only again.

Interesting. I'm stunned at how far away my remote works, I can stand on the opposite long end of a footy field and a bit further back and it still works.

[BillsGU]

Interesting. I'm stunned at how far away my remote works, I can stand on the opposite long end of a footy field and a bit further back and it still works.

Until it doesn't.

[Cremulator]

Interesting. I'm stunned at how far away my remote works, I can stand on the opposite long end of a footy field and a bit further back and it still works.

I'm not sure if the frequency has anything to do with range or interference, but my key fob remote is 27mHz.
I went to get a second remote from a locksmith that does car keys and fobs and apparently 27mHz is too low for their machine to read and therefore can't code a second fob from my factory one.

[bronk]

Thanks everyone....i may have old timers.... tried the spare key and it worked fine...so i thought i'd check the battery in the key FOB i use, after opening up the FOB i could see that in fact I had not replaced the battery IDIOTO... quick trip to the supermarket got a new battery and replaced it..alla kazam great success, it worked.
thanks again for your help in my non issue
Cheers
Bronk

[frsrwlkr]

27mhz is really low for this kind of thing - usaully 315hz or 433mhz. A lower number in mhz means longer wavelengths, therefore better penetration and range. The surrounding environment can do weird things with reflections and interference - check this story out https://www.rtl-sdr.com/solving-the-...uncube-dongle/

[pollenface]

My remote is half buggered, too many button presses in nearly 200,000.

I lock & unlock with the key.

The plus side is I'm not transmitting my lock/unlock signal to anyone dodgy who might be hanging around with a tool to read/replicate such signals to rob me of my vehicular contents. Call me mr paranoid, country dude who moved to the city and doesn't trust anyone.

[TimE]

This is the thread I was thinking of. It has lots of information. I used the Jaycar module and it works fine - every time!

http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...entral+locking

Also check out this thread http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forum...350#post752350 I also used the Jaycar unit and if I can fit it up anyone can! It has been working fine for the past 2 odd years.