[Petevick]

I thought I'd straighten out the receiver wire today as documented by SF. Removed the passenger foot well panel, looked, looked harder, no coil of yellow wire. Remove driver side foot well panel, still no coil of yellow wire. Could MGR moved the wire to another location

 

[Sprinter]

Much too subtle for MGR Pete - they probably just changed the colour!!

 

[Petevick]

Could be, but I can't see any coil of wire of any colour.

 

[Frank Jukes]

Could it be that yellow wire in a yellow car is going to be quite hard to spot?

 

[Stafainn]

Pete,
I went to do this mod on my MY2000 F some time ago and couldn't find the coil of wire either. I think that I found it already straightened out, so MG had beaten me to it. Maybe they read these Forums as well :lol:

 

[Petevick]

Could it be that yellow wire in a yellow car is going to be quite hard to spot?

Arf, arf, err, arf :lol:

 

[mgtf nut]

I tried that a couple of weeks ago, and gave up! In the end I replaced the battery in the blipper.

The last word from SF was that it was in the wiring loom, wrapped. I didn't want to split the wrap and make a mess, so I just left it as it was.

 

[Guest]

excuse my ignorance, but what is the problem with the receiver wire???

 

[Petevick]

excuse my ignorance, but what is the problem with the receiver wire???

no problem, its just if you uncoil the wire (assuming you can find it !!), it increases the range of the blipper by a few yards - allegedly.

 

[Guest]

ahh, right! thanks.

 

[asimpsonlowe]

Interesting......does anyone know where the afore mentioned wire is in the 'F'??

 

[Sprinter]

Exactly as Pete said at the top.


remove the passenger side footwell panel (3 screws, care with the footwell light). There should be a coiled length of wire about a foor long. Straighten the wire out, lay it forwards, tape it in place. Replace the panel.

Made a difference to my F when I had it. Haven't felt the need to try it on the TF as range is already better.

 

[Sprinter]

lifted from earlier threads:

My remote seem to work at longer range when held near my right ear. Not sure about the left. Is it to do with capacitance of the body acting as a ground plane - I'm sure some-one is going to put me right

It looks slightly less stupid if you hold the blipper against your chin

You are right, the blipper is using your body as an extension to the aerial, thus the range increases (a bit).

You can also take off the passenger side footwell panel (2 philips head screws), find the coiled up yellow wire and tape it out straight vertically. This is the 'receiver' aerial and it works better uncoiled. Again, it only increases the range 'a bit' - but every little helps (sound like a Tesco ad...)

 

[asimpsonlowe]

Thanks Sprinter....My Hero! I shall worry my husband and start pulling bits of my 'F' apart.......all in the name of a couple of extra inches....well you have to get what you can!

 

[Sprinter]

Thanks Sprinter....My Hero! I shall worry my husband and start pulling bits of my 'F' apart.......all in the name of a couple of extra inches....well you have to get what you can!

It's what you do with it that counts:=p:

 

[asimpsonlowe]

How true......:bgrin2: but it doesnt take lot to keep me happy.......well now i come to think about it.....thats probably not true???

 

[Lorna]

lifted from earlier threads:

Phil holds it under his chin...it certainly does work, although it does worry me that maybe this will have some long term effect on his brain. And as he is my responsible adult that just wouldn't do.

:sad2:

 

[Sprinter]

Phil holds it under his chin...it certainly does work
:sad2:

Took me a while to work out which post you were responding to!!!

... although it does worry me that maybe this will have some long term effect on his brain. And as he is my responsable adult that just wouldn't do.

:sad2:

I suspect that being your 'responsible adult' is more likely to have a long term effect on Phil's brain than the MGF blipper.

 

[asimpsonlowe]

Made me titter too sprinter!!

 

[Petevick]

OT Police here, stop highjacking my thread with all your sexual inuendo type talking please, thankyou. *runs away before the flack hits*