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Hairy green toads from Mars made Brett Dikeman say: > > I had exactly the same scenario. Just bought a car, the alarm did not work, > > got new batteries for the remote etc., but no luck, my Alpine 8040 alarm > > still doesn't work. > > Heheh...try that with a new A6 or A8! Won't work! The alarm keychain > uses a rolling code system(no code is transmitted twice) and if the > keychain transmitter gets out of sync with the car(for example, if the > remote is pressed when out of range of the car!) it will cease to function > and both car and remote must be re-sync'd by the dealer! I don't have the remote entry on my A6, but I think it can be resync'd by the owner with a little song-n-dance. -- Andrew L. Duane (JOT-7) duane@zk3.dec.com Digital Equipment Corporation (603)-884-1294 110 Spit Brook Road M/S ZKO3-3/U14 Nashua, NH 03062-2698 Only my cat shares my opinions, and she's too psychotic to express it
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