Key fob OPTION button?

[TimG]

For the one other person in the world besides me who had never heard the word fob before. I think 2b is the one that applies.

fob
n.
1. A small pocket at the front waistline of a man's trousers or in the front of a vest, used especially to hold a watch.
2.
a. A short chain or ribbon attached to a pocket watch and worn hanging in front of the vest or waist.
b. An ornament or seal attached to such a chain or ribbon.

[Panther_Black_VX]

Originally posted by Moncha
To increase the range of the OEM remote, you can take the antenna wire from along the drives door sill and re-route it up the drivers a pillar...

Really?! Cool. I hate the fact that I almost have to stand in front of the car to use the alarm. I want to do this immediately... Wait, everybody duck!!!!!

DUMB QUESTION COMING!!!

What are the "door sills"? Is that the bottom of the driver's side door?

Doh! :homer:

[IsuZOOM]

I could have sworn I just posted this an hour ago, but I'll post it again.

It seems that there is a potential "hack" of the factory garage door opener device - is it a small box or something that receives the signal from the OPTION press on the key fob? If so, it could be wired to Tone's popper...

[coachreed]

OK, I guess I can just follow the white wire up to the alarm, right? I just want to investigate what kind of plugs and wires are hangin out there for hacking into. If theres a way, I will find it. I just want to have things integrated as much as possible. I'll check into it this weekend.

THanks!

Coach... aka Randy!

[Tone]

If you searched the forum, you’ll find a) that the garage door opener option was several hundred dollars b) that the option button/alarm cannnot be programmed to do anything else except duplicate the main button or talk to it.

[IsuZOOM]

I DID search. It can be found for $81... that's not quite as much as a good alarm system in my book.

It's a device that receives the signal and activates your garage door opener. I'd bet it could be modified to trigger the hatch popper.

[AnalogVX]

Originally posted by Panther_Black_VX

DUMB QUESTION COMING!!!

What are the "door sills"? Is that the bottom of the driver's side door?

Doh! :homer:

The only dumb question is one that was not asked.
The door sills are the black pastic trim that run along the bottom of the door opening. They're usually a great place to run wires as well as keep carpet tucked neat.

[Panther_Black_VX]

Thanks AnalogVX and carlymac! I'll try this weekend!

[sagwagon]

Hey, carlymac; How about posting your how to under the 'How To's' ? Seems like a very useful guide to follow and would be post#1 !

[carlymac]

I don't know very much about re-routing posts but I did tell moncha to add it to the how-to section. I think I'll swap mod tips for computer lessons at the upcoming Atlanta/Tennessee meet. I learning little by little though

[Tone]

How about copy and pasting to a NEW post in the correct section - this one started out as a key fob discussion....

It could also be deleted after copying....posters can edit/delete any of their on posts....

[Moncha]

No need, I just moved it.. how to