[s-cars] Fed up with IR system !

[Theodore Chen]

--- Scott Munger <scottmunger at cox.net> wrote:
> James,
> I'm with Brian.  I remember the days when mine worked.   That week was good.
> I think it still works now, but only with April fresh batteries.  I've grown
> weary of trying, and now just use the key... just like my old Toyota Camry
> in college that only I could open by inserting the key all the way, then
> backing off about 1.5 mm - starting the car required about 3.7 mm and a bit
> of a torqued twist.  Every once in a while I'll try again, but alas, if it
> works, only for a few tries.  As if to show off, my wife's Jetta that my
> irritable S shares a stall with knows my VW key from hers and unlocks and
> moves the seat and mirror in position as if to say "look what I can do".
> The S turns up her nose and goes back to sleep...

mine (IR) hasn't worked for a while.  it stopped working one day, and
even though i swapped the batteries, it still didn't work.  i once tried
to reprogram the system to accept the key, but it didn't work.  i might
not have done it properly.  i haven't bothered to try again, since the
IR system wasn't all that useful anyway.  i had to be standing right next
to the car for it to work, and it wasn't much easier than just unlocking
the door with the key.

the RF conversion with the prestige system sounds promising, but i've
already got a lot of projects.  maybe i'll do it sometime.

-teddy


-teddy


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