Thread: Disco remote entry

Hi,
97 Disco here, my remote works ok, but dismal range. About 2-3 metres thats all. New battery didn't help.
Maybe your problem starts out similar to mine, interested to know the result.
Ralph

it will probably need to be re programmed to the car.

a procedure kept secret by the dealerships which should take about 5-10 mins.

see if you can get a copy of the procedure from them.

it appears these play up a fair bit. ive seen it happen before.

if you read the handbook it tells you how to disarm it manually for when the buttons dont work.

Disconnect the battery for a while. I did it overnight. So the car loses it memory. Remember to have your Radio code as you will nned to enter he security of the radio as this will be also lostThen had to re program the key in.
Stand at the front of the car and press the button 3 times in a row, then it will re program

Okay this will be a tangent but think it will be helpful.

My t.v. remote use to do weird things, press volume up and it would change channels and would need to be aimed at the t.v. from 2ft away for it to work. Thought it was batteries in the 'mote beginning to fail. Installed fresh ones and made no difference.

Asked a t.v. guy about it and he told me most remotes have a printed circuit board inside and the rubber buttons act like contacts on the circuit board. What happens is they gradually get clogged with stuff off your hands so the contact isn't as good. Which is why it stops working properly.

So what you do is pull it all apart and clean the circuit board and the rubber buttons with metho and a tooth brush, dry it with a hairdryer or sit in the sun...which ever... then reassemble. Should work like a new one. :wink:

I read in an article in LROI, that overhead powerlines and other metal structures have been reported to interfere with them. I used to park my commodore next to the gas tank in the car park at work, the remote button worked sometimes, but not others, when i started parking at the other end, say 50m away it worked fine. Not sure what caused it, this was with new batteries aswell. Matt

My remote plays up on occasions , wont lock/unlock doors , but strangest of all on a trip from Birdsville to Cameron Corner the security system would partly arm it`s self as in the hazard lights would start flashing every time I hit a pot hole or bad corrugations.

At firstI thought it was the hazard warning switch but after a lot of mucking around found I could only turn them off by turning the ignition off then on and re setting the alarm with the remote, until the next pot hole , it works fine on relative smooth road.

Thought for a while it may have been the bonnet switch activating with bonnet movement, all other switches are ok ......... will put in the rainy day project basket.

Joatt

Originally posted by Joatt
the security system would partly arm it`s self as in the hazard lights would start flashing every time I hit a pot hole or bad corrugations...........it works fine on relative smooth road.

Joatt

Hasn't got a ..... just got a mental blank of the name of the thing..... those anti movement devices in the alarm has it ?

Might be that causing the symptoms.

Why when the alarm is disarmed I have no idea but it's just a usual left field thought.

The name came to me.... shock sensor. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]

Jay
That!s a thought mate , but it don&#96;t fit in with the problem but stanger things can happen, motion sensor is the thing I think your after.

Joatt