AARGH, my remote `s not working
AARGH, my remote `s not working
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stevejcompton

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37 posts

263 months

Tuesday 27th September 2005
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Jumped in my Chim for a spin after it had been idle for about 3 weeks ish. The battery was completly flat, charged it up on the Optimate, battery is now ok. The remote is now sulking and won`t speak to the car, do I have to re align it? or will the battery sort itself out? ( probably wishful thinking!) The batteries in the remote are about 1 year old and show 2.96 volts each, I could change them, but it seems a bit of a coincidence if they have died as well.
Cheers, Steve

chim666

2,337 posts

294 months

Tuesday 27th September 2005
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It might be worth disconnecting the battery completely for a minute, then re-connecting it again - I assume you charged the battery via the cigarette socket? If so, maybe the alarm needs a complete reset ..... just a thought.

Not sure which year of car / model of alarm you have, but here's a link to the sync procedure for a meta system.

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?f=8&h=&t=174715

Hope it helps.



>> Edited by chim666 on Tuesday 27th September 18:35

stevejcompton

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37 posts

263 months

Wednesday 28th September 2005
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Thanks for that, I`ll give it a try tomorrow.
Steve

stevejcompton

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37 posts

263 months

Sunday 2nd October 2005
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Bloody marvellous, disconnected the battery for about a minute, hooked it all back up and now am able to lock the car! Thanks.

chim666

2,337 posts

294 months

Monday 3rd October 2005
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stevejcompton said:
Bloody marvellous, disconnected the battery for about a minute, hooked it all back up and now am able to lock the car! Thanks.

A lucky guess!

Glad it's sorted!