Autopage 850 Range

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Topic: Autopage 850 Range

Posted By: Pooreclipse
Subject: Autopage 850 Range
Date Posted: May 02, 2004 at 8:51 PM

you guys give me some idea, how far is 1/4 mile? 1320 feet.

Autopage 850 (what I have) claims 1/4 mile transmit and 2000 ft receive (~3/8 mile) so does that mean my status request won't get thru if my alarm is triggered it can still page me?

Anyway I was at costco I parked at the furthest spot possible, I walk in by the end of the warehose I cannot request status of the car anymore.

Also, I read the manual it says to point the antenna up.. and upper left corner where I have put it that way. I read the manual for the marksman, same brain, same looking antenna it says it's best to point it sideways. So what's the deal? I also routed my wires under the carpet and not coil the excess in one spot.

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Posted By: rodent
Date Posted: May 02, 2004 at 11:02 PM

Hey dude

My autopage 850 remote range is not as good as my old Compustar 2000 remote. I get about 1.5 blocks when i have a clear line of site to the car. In a building it gets worse. My compustar gets about the same with line of site, but in buildings I find the compustar better.
My antenna is in the upper left of my windshield pointing to the right. I have a 2000 pathfinder if that makes a difference. Another beef of mine is the volume on the remote sucks compare to Compustar.

Posted By: Pooreclipse
Date Posted: May 03, 2004 at 3:33 AM

So you are comparing to the Compustar FM right not the SS.

The sound and vibrate is a joke on the autopage.. I cannot hear or feel it. You must be like sitting in an office to be able to hear it.

I think my next car is getting the compustar... even if the remote is like 3x the size..

Posted By: Velocity Motors
Date Posted: May 03, 2004 at 9:46 AM

The remote size is not that bad for the Compustar posted_image

I've seen and installed alarm/remote start systems where the remote control is about the size of a small cell phone !!

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Jeff
Velocity Custom Home Theater
Mobile Audio/Video Specialist
Morden, Manitoba CANADA

Posted By: rodent
Date Posted: May 03, 2004 at 6:32 PM

yes i am comparing autopage 850 to COmpustar 2000 (FM), cannot verify how good the newer SS COmpustar's are.

I didnt like my compustar so I went with Autopage because of the features. The newer compustar's sound ok as well but there are only a few installers that sell it where I live (its a mom & pop) store so I aint letting them mess with my truck.

Anybody know if another remote that is compatible with the Autopage 850 that is louder? I had the autopage for a month now and it seems rock solid, only complaint is the low volume, vibe feature is great but also sucks.

Posted By: Pooreclipse
Date Posted: May 03, 2004 at 8:25 PM

I am not sure if you can swap remotes back and forth.. if anything they are probably the same things too.. just a diff casing.

I just find when I walk further into a big store I cannot transmit to the car, hopefully if someone triggers the alarm it can still reach my remote though.

Posted By: rodent
Date Posted: May 04, 2004 at 5:43 AM

What about the autopage 750 remote? Is it possible to program that remote for the 850? How is the volume on that remote?

Posted By: rodent
Date Posted: May 05, 2004 at 9:02 PM

anybody take apart the antenna on the autopage 850

was wondering if this exists in their antenna

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