IR Keyless entry

[Brett Dikeman]

At 2:28 PM -0500 3/16/03, David Head wrote:
>Has anyone with the older IR keyless entry (92-95, I think) had to
>replace their key/transmitter? One of mine is bad and I wanted to know
>what the cost was... I looked over the board and couldn't find anything
>obviously wrong. Definitely the transmitter, since the other key works
>fine (switched batteries too - so its not that...

If you have a digital camera with a 'live' LCD display, you'll be
able to see the IR.  Rat Shack also sells small IR-sensitive cards
that have a small patch which changes color when exposed to IR.

Brett
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