[s-cars] Late Model S6 Ignition Keys

[Dave Forgie]

AFAIK, its in the same location as I suggested to Mike, under the rear
seat (did I say rear?), rear seat, near the driver's side (LHD) of the
car.  There should be an antenna wire leading away and up be hind the
rear seat back in a sedan.  I haven't tried this but apparently, for the
avants, the wire is not normally run up into the folding seat back, so
if you fish the wire up between the seat and its rear carpet covering,
the range can be improved.

Then there is the under the chin technique.

And a new one I found out on Saturday: instead of holding the fob flat,
have it on edge when you point and squeeze.  Don't ask me why that works
but it did with reproducible results.

Dave F. 

>>> Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com> 4/5/2007 9:37 AM >>>
A quick question...

Where's the receiver on the '97 and '98? My son's '97 has a range 
of about 2 feet, and I understand that on some of these systems, 
reorienting the antenna can make a difference. Is this true for 
the late cars?

Thanks!

Lee



On Thu Apr 05 09:22:27 PDT 2007, Dave Forgie <forgied at ae.ca> 
wrote:

> Mike: AFAIK, the RF receiver is the silver box under the rear 
> seat,
> closest to the drivers side passenger door.
>  Dave F.
> 
>>>> Mike Fitton <rfitton at vt.edu> 4/5/2007 9:18 AM >>>
> Yeah, the 96 (and 95.5) use an RF frequency not found in other 
> Audis. 433.92MHz IIRC.  I've long suspected that if the receivers 
> for the late
> 90s cars are electrically compatible, one could be transplanted 
> into a
> 96 car and a switchblade key used.  My friend has a 97 A4 with a
> switchblade.  I've been thinking about swapping them out to test 
> it, but
> I'm not sure where the receiver itself is actually located.  I 
> think it
> might be in the left rear door, but I'm not sure.
> 
> Any leads would be much appreciated.  My fob is broken and I'd 
> much
> rather replace it with a switchblade key.
> 
> -Cheers!
> Mike
> 
> Dave Forgie wrote: Eric: You could be right. My "sample" of cars 
> that work with
> switchblade
> remotes was Sean Douglas's 97 S6 and my 98 C4 A6 avant. It could 
> be a
> frequency thing where the 96 spec cars (including the 95.5s) used 
> a
> different one than the 97 and up.
> 
> Dave F.
> 
>   "Eric Rechlin" <eric at hpcalc.org> ( mailto:eric at hpcalc.org ) 
> 4/5/2007
> 5:26 AM >>>        For those with the "side winder" type 
> ignition/door
> keys, you
>     probably
>   know that the "switch blade" remotes can work. (There is also a 
> way
>     to
>   get the normal keys to work with the switch blade RF remote).
>     Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the switch 
> blade
> remote
> only worked with the 1997 cars.  I recall reading that the switch 
> blade
> remote is not compatible with the RF system in the 1996 cars 
> (which also have
> the
> 
> side-cut keys).
> 
> Regards,
> 
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