Gs300 (1) Alarm Remote

Steve · March 14, 2004

How far do can you be to activate the alarm?

I have to be about 5 feet from the car for the remote to work... installed new Battery and it is still the same.

Do any of you guys have the same thing?

jac114 · March 14, 2004

mine is playing silly buggers at the mo.. i put a new Battery in last year and i have to be right next to mine.. and some times i have to hold the end of the key with the other had for some reason otherwise it just wont unlock.. very strange

craig

Steve · March 14, 2004

i get this too.. sometimes it doesnt want to lock.. sometimes unlock

I always have to stand real close.. i thought it might have been a security feature in case someone has some sort of scanning device.

jac114 · March 14, 2004

nah just poor transmiter mind you.. you would not want to do it to far away as it self arms again in 30 secs if you do not touch the handle ..

Steve · March 14, 2004

would be nice to do it say 8 meters away

Scorpion · March 14, 2004

Can do mine about 20 metres away

Keith Bowler · March 14, 2004

Mine operates fine even with a broken case and the fact that I keep losing the Battery as a result.

Seriously though I find that when the Battery is ok the remote willlock and unlock fromabout 20-25 feet or so.

Scorpion · March 14, 2004

Hold the remote close to your temple,about 30 feet away and it will work fine :winky: As seen on Top Gear :P ........works too!!!

Steve · March 14, 2004

new keyfob to be ordered then.. damn pricey

jac114 · March 14, 2004

i dont care about ordering a new keyfob.. why other you have still got to get to the door to get in so theres no point in being able to do it from far away.. as long as it still opens when you get to the door who cares..lol

Steve · March 14, 2004

well i always look a pratt stood by the door pressing the button loads of time.

I want to walk away and press the button.. not look like i am trying to change channel on the TV!

mudzs · March 14, 2004

I have two remotes and i have to be right next to car with both ,changed batterys in both and it is still the same .would not work at all tonight thought it had broke until i used the key and tried to start car only to find Battery flat ,i had left the lights on all day .AA came out and sorted it within 20 mins and told me it was the first GS mk1 he had been called to in over four years :)

jac114 · March 14, 2004

told me it was the first GS mk1 he had been called to in over four years :)

well what do you expect with such a class car... B) they made them solid and bullet proof back then

craig

Steve · March 14, 2004

thats something that i have noticed with the GS

With the soarer it was very good to make sure you did not leave the lights on.. open the door and it would beep... take the keys out with the lights on and the lights turned themselves off as soon as you opened the door... no way you could accidently leave the lights on.

Now the GS does not have this feature. So i kept leaving lights on

Same with leaving the car in D when parking and removing the key... never known an auto to let me do this apart from the GS

Also I noticed that i do not have to have my foot on the brake to change transmission from a stationary position.... P to D

It misses loads of bits i have seen on imports.

Not dissing so dont flame me... bloody fine motor indeed! But people bitch on about imports when these have all the little extras... its only when you jump in a uk spec you notice the difference.

I also miss my auto locking doors... will have to be carefull when hand signalling next time :D

sjrainsford · March 16, 2004

Mine will lock/unlock from being stood inside the house at the front door, so would say that's about 5-6 metres.

The only thing is, the alarm is a bit crappy isn't it. Does any of yours actually tell you that it's locked eg with flashing lights or whatever? The locking is that quiet, you sometimes can't tell - especially at night. Unless you look inside at the light on the dash.

ColinBarber · March 16, 2004

The distance may depend on the age of the vehicle as there have been two or three different alarm systems fitted.

sjrainsford · March 16, 2004

quite right!

Scorpion · March 16, 2004

They should of used the same alarm system on the GS as they do on the IS,i can lock/unlock mine whilst being Faaaarrrrrr Aaaawwwwwwwwaaaaayyyyyy.

Steve · March 16, 2004

Mine will lock/unlock from being stood inside the house at the front door, so would say that's about 5-6 metres.
The only thing is, the alarm is a bit crappy isn't it. Does any of yours actually tell you that it's locked eg with flashing lights or whatever? The locking is that quiet, you sometimes can't tell - especially at night. Unless you look inside at the light on the dash.

the alarm is piggin loud on mine..

and the indicators flash when arming

mudzs · March 16, 2004

So steve i take it yours beeps ,what fob have you got the one in the key or the seperate one

Steve · March 16, 2004

doesnt beep... seperate from the key

mudzs · March 16, 2004

same as mine steve i get the feeling its the later models with the seperate remote that dont work to well unless you are next to the car

jac114 · March 16, 2004

mine does not beep or flash when locking or unlocking.. you just here the click of the central looking .. when i first got my car i had to lock it with myself inside wait 15 sec then open the door from the inside just to check the alarm worked as i was not sure.. and yes it does..lol

craig

mudzs · March 16, 2004

so your indicaters do not flash craig

ColinBarber · March 16, 2004

They should of used the same alarm system on the GS as they do on the IS,i can lock/unlock mine whilst being Faaaarrrrrr Aaaawwwwwwwwaaaaayyyyyy.

Not the series I GS. Completly different to the IS system. The first systems were not Thatcham approved, mid 1995 onwards had a CAT 1 systems with separate key fob.