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Myth buster?
The signal from a FOB for a car door opener, getting transmitted over a cell phone???
I maintain the signal from the FOB is a radio wave signal, thus, it will not transmit via voice on the cell phone to open a car door from a remote location. A.K.A. Lost my keys, car's locked, called home on my cell to the wife with the spare keys and fob. I hold my cell next to the car, she hits the fob from home and the car doors unlock. I think not!
Opinions and experiences please...
3 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
You are correct. A car door remote emits a radio wave not a sonic wave. Otherwise random sounds would be unlocking peoples' car doors all the time.
- 1 decade ago
While it's a very interesting concept, it is in fact false. I can see something like this getting started due to OnStar, but this is not the way they unlock people's doors.
Even if it was sonic, there's a good chance it wouldn't work simply due to distortion cause by the actual transmission. Additionally, it would have to be a subsonic or supersonic (above or below the range of human hearing) to be used, and these may or may not even transmit over a phone.
But it'd make a great story for someone...
Best of luck to you in the future!!!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
You are exactly right. Here's a couple of links to back that up, too:
