Category Archives: Alarm Remotes

Mongoose Remote Warranty?

Posted on March 20, 2012 by obsessed

Last week a customer asked my why Mongoose only offer a 6 month warranty on new remote controls. His existing M60 remote had failed and he wanted reassurance that a replacement remote would not crap out on him again. Most alarm manufactures … Continue reading →

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Obsessive Test Bench

Posted on January 27, 2012 by obsessed

Believe it or not, not all of my time is spent with my head buried under car dash boards tinkering with wires. Before that happens I have to be happy that the system I am going to install is good enough … Continue reading →

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Cobra Remote Case

Posted on December 13, 2011 by obsessed

I am pleased to say that I can now have access to new remote case’s for Cobra and plan to keep spares in stock. At this stage I only have the 4T7777 case but it will still house the internals of … Continue reading →

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Mongoose M60 Remote confusion!

Posted on October 13, 2011 by obsessed

Getting a replacement remote control for a Mongoose alarm has always been confusing, but Mongoose seem intent on making things as difficult as possible! Today I got a call from a young lady with a Nissan Skyline who’s Mongoose M60 … Continue reading →

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Another Mongoose M80 Remote

Posted on October 5, 2011 by obsessed

Mongoose have been making changes to the M80 remote again. First we had the Two Button M80 Remote, then in March 2009 came the Three Button M80 Remote with a Blue LED, and now we have the Three Button M80 … Continue reading →

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Car Alarm Remotes

Posted on September 14, 2011 by obsessed

I’ve lost count count of how many times I’ve played the “What does your remote look like” game over the phone. It normally starts with “Errrmmmmm, it’s small, black and has two buttons.” Brilliant! It’s a great test of your … Continue reading →

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Increase your remote range!

Posted on September 5, 2011 by obsessed

How many of you know the trick of holding your remote to your head to increase the range? I’m not pulling your leg here either (That sort of stuff if reserved for the 1st April.) Seriously it really does work. … Continue reading →

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Multifunction Remote Video

Posted on August 10, 2011 by obsessed

Sometimes I get some odd requests. Today’s was for an alarm that could pop open each door and the boot individually from one remote. So it needed to open all four doors, the boot as well as lock/arm and unlock/disarm … Continue reading →

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Can your remote be copied?

Posted on October 5, 2010 by obsessed

Would it disturb you to know how easy it is for most alarms to have a remote cloned without your knowledge? Are you even aware that all I would need to program a remote without your knowledge is;  access to … Continue reading →

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TX-90 Remote not working?

Posted on June 23, 2010 by obsessed

The TX-90 is the latest design Transponder remote for the Dynatron 7 Series  (D37400, D7600 & D7800). The remote is powered by 2 CR2016 Coin shaped batteries. How does the Dynatron Transponder Remote work? The 7 Series has a coil … Continue reading →

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