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Central Locking Key Fob.

Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 8:05 pm
by windywatson
Has anyone out there tried one of the key fobs that you can buy on Amazon/Ebay that copy the code of your origonal?
If so, do they work & what frequency do I need to buy.
Currently due to one of my Bongos not having it's origonal remote I have programmed the central locking on it to recognise the same fob as the other one. So sharing one fob between 2 vehicles.

Cheers

Re: Central Locking Key Fob.

Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 8:46 pm
by weebrian
I bought one from e bay but it would seem that it's the wrong frequency for my original. Quite a nice little item but totally useless unless you have a auto garage opener or electric gates into your estate.

I too would be interested to know the frequency that I need for my Mazda original. Perhaps someone has the info.

Re: Central Locking Key Fob.

Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 10:25 pm
by beer_monsta
I just bought 2 and they worked fine. lost my main set of keys a couple of weeks ago and cant find them anywhere and the remote on my spare was tempremental to say the least.

They cost me a fiver each with free delivery from china. I just looked in the handbook for my alarm and it stated they operated from 300-350mhz so I just seached on ebay for them found these ones running at 315mhz. Took me a while to work out the key presses to clone the old fob. But job done now got 3 sets.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221051444377? ... 1439.l2649

The main thing is to purchase the right frequency. Also check what alarm you have as some arent cloneable.

Re: Central Locking Key Fob.

Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 10:34 pm
by beer_monsta
PS my alarms some form of after market alarm installed by the previous owner.

When I was researching apparently theres a number on a chip on the remote circuit board that tells you what frequency it runs at. I dont know much more than that but it might be worth trawling the internet. I didnt need to look as I had the instructions.

Re: Central Locking Key Fob.

Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 7:11 pm
by windywatson
Great news, second hand remote fob plus matching remote reciever turned up on e-bay for £15. So bought that asap.