Might be of relevance to the 150 owners among us....

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http://www.theage.com.au/digital-lif...15-1mm25p.html

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I would have thought having your prius stolen once would be a god send, three times means you are a slow learner...

[sweetpea Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sweetpea]

Why the freezer? Isn't the fridge an equally good Faraday cage?

And if you use the fridge instead of the freezer in the US you would find that 37% of Priuses would fit in the fridge and you could leave your keys in the normal place so you could find them.

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Is a grounded metal box good enough if you don't want to use the fridge/freezer?

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I think the freezer is a really bad idea and only part of the solution. For one the freezer will kill your fob battery very quickly, secondly my car is mobile and I park it in lots of places other than next to my fridge. In fact my car is more secure in my garage than other locations. So who's going to buy a signal amplifier and try out the theory ? it all sounds a bit bogus to me, I cannot image teenagers getting that sophisticated, gees what happened to the good ol'days of getting your window smashed...

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It's so much more fun going into people's homes whilst they are asleep. There's always an unlocked door open. You simply sneak in whilst they're snoring, pinch their car keys, wallets and mobile phones. Then you drive away in their car. No damage. Easy.

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Is a grounded metal box good enough if you don't want to use the fridge/freezer?

Yeah. You just need a faraday cage which is just a box made of conductive metal. Faraday proved his theory by lining a room with foil, so a shoebox lined with foil might work.

I'm sure you could knock something up AMTS and offer it to worried 150 owners

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I would have thought having your prius stolen once would be a god send, three times means you are a slow learner...

This^^^

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Yeah. You just need a faraday cage which is just a box made of conductive metal. Faraday proved his theory by lining a room with foil, so a shoebox lined with foil might work.

I'm sure you could knock something up AMTS and offer it to worried 150 owners

From what I have read, a Faraday cage needs to be grounded for it to work. But I'm not sure if it will block all frequencies. Any experts around?

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Throw them in yhe microwave also...

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From what I have read, a Faraday cage needs to be grounded for it to work. But I'm not sure if it will block all frequencies. Any experts around?

I don't believe it does. The very first experiment used a metal bucket on a wooden stool.

Throw them in yhe microwave also...

Best idea yet. Less risk of damage than a freezer

Of course you could Judy buy a 120 an not have to worry at all

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The best way to secure your FOBs is in a metal box that has RF shielding layered inside it. As someone has said, the freezer will kill the battery very quickly.

This type of crime will become the norm soon when most people pick up on it. I was chatting to a family member who was in the Army doing tele-coms and he said YES.. it can happen very easily with this simple device

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I would like to buy one of the amplifiers. Just as a test you understand.

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You can buy kits from Jay-car and build them to higher spces.

Imagine sitting in your car in a busy shopping centre carpark.

If this is going to be a big issue here Toyota should make sure that the car pings the FOB every 30sec when in Drive. If no response from the FOB, the car shuts down, alarm on etc.

This will only let the car go a few 100mt once the signal amp is out of range from the FOB

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You can buy kits from Jay-car and build them to higher spces.

Imagine sitting in your car in a busy shopping centre carpark.

If this is going to be a big issue here Toyota should make sure that the car pings the FOB every 30sec when in Drive. If no response from the FOB, the car shuts down, alarm on etc.

This will only let the car go a few 100mt once the signal amp is out of range from the FOB

This is actually how my aftermarket system works. Wasn't going to say it earlier but what the hell... i actually have a range extender for antennas that's designed to plug into the old antenna and boost its output, when we first heard about this method we changed the input for an "inductance coupler" from a mobile phone cradle. While not perfect we did actually have limited success with it on some factory systems. Not with our aftermarket systems (biggest reason we tried as the supposed technology behind ours shouldn't let that work and it didnt) but it worked on a BMW, Early Lexus system and a Mazda. We did try a later model Toyota with no success at all.

With my 90 Prado, if the keys move further than 20 metres (approx) it will shut down. Lol can actually be a pain in the arse but it also means if my wife drops me off somewhere and continues on, we won't forget the keys. Can also be dangerous though if she attempts to pull out into traffic and the car quits.