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 2005-11-16 6:30 PM |
The Original  7834      Raleigh/Durham |  Subject: Locked Keys in CarHave ya'll ever heard of this? I don't believe a lot of things I read (especially email forwards like this), but I'm curious if it works. I'll have to try it! LOCKED THE KEYS IN THE CAR Worth a try, It's amazing (for those of us who never thought of it before now. I wonder if that is how "Onstar" does it too. This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone. If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys (remote) are home, call someone on your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the other person at your home press the unlock button,holding it near the phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you canreach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock thedoors (or the trunk). Editor's Note: *It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our carover a cell phone!" |
| 2005-11-16 6:58 PM in reply to: #286555 |
Veteran 245 Washington, DC(ish) | Subject: RE: Locked Keys in Car I'm thinking its some serious BS. Most of the remotes work off code hopping (or sometimes not) Radio Frequency. A cell phone doesn't have any way to capure and retransmit those frequencies to send to the car on the other end. |
| 2005-11-16 8:04 PM in reply to: #286580 |
Elite 2421 | Subject: RE: Locked Keys in Car No way... On Star unlocks your car through a remote connection hardwired into the car itself. A cell phone is giving off nothing but sound waves a good ways off from the wavelength the remote is using (and if you believe the hype maybe a few microwaves to give you brain cancer)... Let me get a source.......... http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/keyless.asp bts |
| 2005-11-16 8:25 PM in reply to: #286555 |
Champion 8903 | Subject: RE: Locked Keys in Car Yeah what they said. Door lock remotes operate on RF (radio frequency), while what's coming out of the phone speaker is AF (audio frequency). Try it with your TV remote from another room using the 2 phone technique...it won't work there either, and if it does, it's because the TV is still close enough that it's picking up the RF signal from the remote itself, not via the phone. Man, some people will believe anything! I got a bridge I want to sell you Janelle!  |
| 2005-11-16 9:17 PM in reply to: #286555 |
Pro 4612 MA | Subject: RE: Locked Keys in Car If it really works, there would be a lot more car theft. There are way much more remote locks than frequencies available. Bet some people are working on this technique to do crime. |
| 2005-11-17 7:03 AM in reply to: #286625 |
The Original 7834 Raleigh/Durham | Subject: RE: Locked Keys in Car max - 2005-11-16 9:25 PM Yeah what they said. Door lock remotes operate on RF (radio frequency), while what's coming out of the phone speaker is AF (audio frequency). Try it with your TV remote from another room using the 2 phone technique...it won't work there either, and if it does, it's because the TV is still close enough that it's picking up the RF signal from the remote itself, not via the phone. Man, some people will believe anything! I got a bridge I want to sell you Janelle! I didn't believe it Max, it just made me think and perked my curiousity. I'm still gonna try it though. |
| 2005-11-17 10:05 AM in reply to: #286555 |
Expert 893 Livermore, Ca | Subject: RE: Locked Keys in Car Car locks have to use more than just frequency, mostly some type of specific modulation that the receiver looks for. |
| 2005-11-17 10:08 AM in reply to: #286769 |
| Champion 8903 | Subject: RE: Locked Keys in Car runnergirl29 - 2005-11-17 8:03 AM I didn't believe it Max, it just made me think and perked my curiousity. I'm still gonna try it though. LMAO! I just knew you had to do it. Like touching the iron to see if it's really hot! |
| 2005-11-17 10:11 AM in reply to: #286985 |
The Original 7834 Raleigh/Durham | Subject: RE: Locked Keys in Car max - 2005-11-17 11:08 AM runnergirl29 - 2005-11-17 8:03 AM I didn't believe it Max, it just made me think and perked my curiousity. I'm still gonna try it though. LMAO! I just knew you had to do it. Like touching the iron to see if it's really hot! Or when people say something tastes really gross, and you have to taste it just to see how gross it really is? Why do I do that?? |
| 2005-11-17 10:14 AM in reply to: #286987 |
| Champion 8903 | Subject: RE: Locked Keys in Car runnergirl29 - 2005-11-17 11:11 AM Or when people say something tastes really gross, and you have to taste it just to see how gross it really is? Why do I do that?? Oh, do I have a hot sauce for you to try. Couple guys at work last week tasted it. One guy had probably 1/2 a teaspoon. Ended up in the hospital with stomach cramps, and missed 3 days of work! |
| 2005-11-17 10:14 AM in reply to: #286555 |
Expert 760 Mt. Morris, IL | Subject: RE: Locked Keys in Car |
| 2005-11-17 10:16 AM in reply to: #286988 |
The Original 7834 Raleigh/Durham | Subject: RE: Locked Keys in Car max - 2005-11-17 11:14 AM runnergirl29 - 2005-11-17 11:11 AM Or when people say something tastes really gross, and you have to taste it just to see how gross it really is? Why do I do that?? Oh, do I have a hot sauce for you to try. Couple guys at work last week tasted it. One guy had probably 1/2 a teaspoon. Ended up in the hospital with stomach cramps, and missed 3 days of work! No way- I need some of that so I call in sick to work. Although being sick with stomach cramps doesn't sound too fun- I'll have to pass |
| 2005-11-17 10:25 AM in reply to: #286625 |
Master 2288 Katy, TX (West of Houston) | Subject: RE: Locked Keys in Car max - 2005-11-16 7:25 PM Yeah what they said. Door lock remotes operate on RF (radio frequency), while what's coming out of the phone speaker is AF (audio frequency). Try it with your TV remote from another room using the 2 phone technique...it won't work there either, and if it does, it's because the TV is still close enough that it's picking up the RF signal from the remote itself, not via the phone. Man, some people will believe anything! I got a bridge I want to sell you Janelle! Just to clear thing up a bit, remote car door locks are indeed RF with an encrypted code that is accepted (hopefully) only by the receiver in you car. That is why you can unlock your car doors from inside a building or from any direction around your car for that matter. This will not work using a cell (or other) phone, just not possible. About using a TV remote, it would not work anyway, *most* TV and other electronic components use IR (infrared) to transmit the hex or binary code from the remote to the device. This is way you need to point the remote at the TV or other device you are trying to control. Without having a LED to send the code to the receiver on the TV it would just not work. Some Satellite receivers use an RF (radio Frequency) to transmit the signal, and that is why it may not be necessary to point the remote at the Sat receiver. TV's in the early to mid 70's used a audible tone for basic functions like power, vol +/- and ch +/-. This could really screw this the dog in the house, when I was a child, ours would cock his hear to the side and run up to you while using the remote! And yes, I am also an electronics (Home Theater/Stereo/Computer) geek! |
| 2005-11-17 10:38 AM in reply to: #286555 |
The Original 7834 Raleigh/Durham | Subject: RE: Locked Keys in Car |
| 2005-11-17 11:14 AM in reply to: #287019 |
Master 2288 Katy, TX (West of Houston) | Subject: RE: Locked Keys in Car runnergirl29 - 2005-11-17 9:38 AM I'm still gonna try it I just have to verify PLEASE LET US KNOW!  Edited by Freeswimmingfish 2005-11-17 11:15 AM |
| 2005-11-17 4:07 PM in reply to: #286555 |
Veteran 245 Washington, DC(ish) | Subject: RE: Locked Keys in Car Anyone ever feel like they are talking to a wall. Oh. |
| 2005-11-17 4:24 PM in reply to: #286985 |
Buttercup 14334 | Subject: RE: Locked Keys in Car max - 2005-11-17 10:08 AM Like touching the iron to see if it's really hot! I did that when I was 3!!!! I still remember the scene, the living room, my mother telling me NOT to touch it about 2 minutes before I touched it with my right index finger. Apparently, I've been thick headed/stubborn for at least 40 of my 43 years. Edited by Renee 2005-11-17 4:26 PM |
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| Champion 11641 Fairport, NY | Subject: RE: Locked Keys in Car Freeswimmingfish - 2005-11-17 11:25 AM This is way you need to point the remote at the TV or other device you are trying to control. You don't neccesarily have to point the remote at the TV or whatever the receiving device is. You can also bounce the waves off another object to the TV. Try it with a wall sometime. Or to have some fun with little kids, look at the TV, point the remote at your forehead and change the channel. My girls are convinced I can control TVs with my mind.
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| 2005-11-17 5:39 PM in reply to: #286555 |
| Elite 2458 Livingston, MT | Subject: RE: Locked Keys in Car |
| 2005-11-17 7:52 PM in reply to: #286555 |
| Veteran 245 Washington, DC(ish) | Subject: RE: Locked Keys in Car Wait, does that mean you don't want to hang out at Radio Shack anymore? Edited by feagajk 2005-11-17 7:54 PM |
| 2005-11-17 7:58 PM in reply to: #286555 |
| Elite 2458 Livingston, MT | Subject: RE: Locked Keys in Car |
| 2005-11-17 8:19 PM in reply to: #287069 |
| The Original 7834 Raleigh/Durham | Subject: RE: Locked Keys in Car Freeswimmingfish - 2005-11-17 12:14 PM runnergirl29 - 2005-11-17 9:38 AMI'm still gonna try it PLEASE LET US KNOW! I just have to verify |
| 2005-11-17 8:19 PM in reply to: #287069 |
| The Original 7834 Raleigh/Durham | Subject: RE: Locked Keys in Car Freeswimmingfish - 2005-11-17 12:14 PM runnergirl29 - 2005-11-17 9:38 AMI'm still gonna try it PLEASE LET US KNOW! I just have to verify Oh don't worry- I'll write a short story about it! Edited by runnergirl29 2005-11-17 8:20 PM |
| 2005-11-17 8:24 PM in reply to: #287575 |
| The Original 7834 Raleigh/Durham | Subject: RE: Locked Keys in Car feagajk - 2005-11-17 8:52 PM Wait, does that mean you don't want to hang out at Radio Shack anymore? I can't stand the smell of Radio Shack! Don't know about ya'll but I hate the strong, potent smell of electronics! It really makes me want to gag! Anyone else feel the same way? |
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