Member Since: 28 Apr 2017
Location: Buckinghamshire
Posts: 934
Key Signal Blocking Security Pouch
Just wanted to share this.
After yet another RRS got stolen off the drive a few nights ago near where we live I thought I should look into doing something to protect the D4 keys from being scanned from outside the house.
Seems to work really well.
tested it by putting the keys in the pouch then standing next to the car door - couldn't open the doors.
take the keys out of the pouch - able to open the doors.
Seems worth it for £5 formerly Disco3Ben
2016 D4, Santorini Black
2007 D3, Black - sold
15th Dec 2019 9:55 pm
Ambit
Member Since: 12 Dec 2017
Location: Wales UK
Posts: 230
Just fit a tracker these are good www.track-back.co.uk only £120 per year subscription full EU tracking £130 for the tracker supplied
Many have turned off the keyless entry, no hardship going back to having to press the fob.
15th Dec 2019 11:17 pm
galwaygreen
Member Since: 30 Oct 2011
Location: plymouth
Posts: 6525
works a treat...well worth the money...…….works for the phone as well
16th Dec 2019 12:49 am
Gary_P
Member Since: 03 May 2016
Location: Kent
Posts: 1520
If you go down the route of the key pouch, make sure you test it every now and then. I use the Defender type and after about 4 months of keys in and out it stopped working. I believe the coating on the inside must have broken down. I had to buy a new one. And don't forget your spare key too.
Also these pouches have two internal pockets. Only one of them protects the keys, so make sure you put it in the right one.Gary
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Discovery 4 HSE 2016MY
16th Dec 2019 1:35 am
Surfrider
Member Since: 20 Sep 2019
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 73
Figured this is an easy thing to avoid, so I bought one of these a couple months ago.
This is a cleaner and nicer looking option than a pouch. Both of us just put our keys in this box when we enter the house now. I did the same test of putting the key inside and standing right next to the D4. Works as advertised.
Our local councillor gives the pouches out for free ... and knows they wear out so happily gives out replacements too..
Dean
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2011 D4 XS - OBD port protection, RLD spare wheel protector, All LED interiors lights, Timed Climate enabled, iiD tool paired.
2011 D4 Landmark - Stolen from same dealer before I paid for it
2011 D4 GS - Stolen whilst at dealer ... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
1996 300Tdi - Eaten by tin worms
16th Dec 2019 7:22 am
Weyboat
Member Since: 13 Apr 2018
Location: Weymouth
Posts: 261
Washwipe wrote:
Many have turned off the keyless entry, no hardship going back to having to press the fob.
Yep, that is what I have done.
Like the OP, I have the 2016 Landmark model that has the software upgrade to prevent new keys being programmed by anyone that is not using the official dealer key programming equipment.
I think peace of mind is more important (to me) than the convenience of not having to press the key fob buttons.Gone 2016 Landmark D4
Current 2015 HSE D4 - AKA - 'Gandalf the Grey'
16th Dec 2019 10:38 am
LT
Member Since: 31 Dec 2005
Location: South West
Posts: 23336
Be sure to regularly check that the pouch still works.
I bought a couple of the internet and they worked fine for about a year or so and then they suddenly didn’t!
I only discovered it by accident as I’d given up checking them.2006 D3 HSE (Original & still the best)-GONE
2010 D4 HSE (A bit bling)-GONE
2014 D4 HSE (Almost too bling)-GONE
2015 D4 HSE (A heated what?)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Written Off)-GONE
2016 D4 Landmark (Surely the last!) PD1881 rims-GONE
2017 FFRR SDV8 Autobiography
16th Dec 2019 11:06 am
Ben4
Member Since: 28 Apr 2017
Location: Buckinghamshire
Posts: 934
Weyboat wrote:
Washwipe wrote:
Many have turned off the keyless entry, no hardship going back to having to press the fob.
Yep, that is what I have done.
Like the OP, I have the 2016 Landmark model that has the software upgrade to prevent new keys being programmed by anyone that is not using the official dealer key programming equipment.
I think peace of mind is more important (to me) than the convenience of not having to press the key fob buttons.
Can I turn the keyless entry off with my iiD tool?formerly Disco3Ben
Sorry - not very clear....how do I make the image larger please?
In the interim the text reads something like this:-
KEYLESS ENTRY on D4 from 2010 - this information is NOT in TFM
To disable keyless entry:
Drivers Door open
Key inside the car
On the keyfob:
press the headlamp (5) button 3 times followed by the unlock (2) button.
Take the key out, shut door, press the keyfob lock (1) followed by the unlock (2) button. The car will lock and keyless entry is disabled.
To enable keyless entry:
Unlock the car
Drivers Door open
Key inside
On the keyfob:
press headlamp button 3 times followed by the lock button
Take the key out, shut door, press door handle keyless area.
The car will lock and keyless entry is enabled
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2016 Discovery 4 Landmark
2011 Mercedes Benz SL350 (R230)
1973 MG B GT V8 - 3.9L John Eales engine, 5 speed R380 gearbox, since 1975.
1959 MGA roadster - 1.9L Peter Burgess Engine - 5 speed gearbox
Past LRs - Multiple FFRs, Discos & a Series I - some petrol, some diesel,
none Electric or H2 fuel cell - yet.
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16th Dec 2019 4:57 pm
Ben4
Member Since: 28 Apr 2017
Location: Buckinghamshire
Posts: 934
brilliant, thank you.
Once done - does that then mean it can't be cloned from outside the house?formerly Disco3Ben
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... All LED interiors lights, DRLs, Spare Wheel protector.
