have had the system for about 1 year worked great. Three days ago it would only work 5 yards away. Any suggestions?
1938966
May be the transmitter is not charging properly. Check the Charger to the transmitter.
2184078
Hi Mike, was just using mine today indoors and it worked. Picked up a strike 11 miles out, which according to radar was about right.
1805299
Mine is probably 40-50 yards away. I'm sure it will do much more than that with the right placement of the receiver. It has always worked great
587816
Hey Buddy, Both of mine worked from over 50 feet away. Depending on the terrain, i usually get anywhere from 25-40 feet all the time. A great buy for the money. I am very pleased. Be safe.
1703000
Trash it and get you a Chamberlain Wireless Motion Alert. I got 3 of them and they are working great. No digging holes to bury them in either :-)
978177
I first placed the receiver about 50 ft away. It would trigger on when the garage door opened but not turn off when the door was closed. Contacted Skylink by email and received a response within 24 hours who suggested I place the receiver closer. It works well at 25 feet.
327552
Mine is about 25 feet away and is completely reliable. The manufacturer claims it works up to 150 feet.
349781
Mine worked fantastic for about 1 year pretty far down my driveway. Then I started having problems and no longer works. If it's out of the elements I would recommend. If not I wouldn't.
1091808
Yeah, the IR still works. Not sure if it changes the distance, though, I haven't done any formal testing. Works from my couch still, haha.
907444
Haven't tested the boundaries of the phone, but I did drop the receiver a couple of weeks ago and now there is terrible static when I get a few feet away from the base unit. Probably just knocked something loose. Before that, the sound was fine wherever I went in the house with it...no fading at all, no matter how far I got from the base.
1044436
I've only used mine as far as about 30' away down the drive. It's been very responsive w/ no issues at all. I'd have a look at the manual to see if you can change your frequency settings or look for something (like a security system or invisible dog fence, etc.) that may be causing interference w/ the signal. If none of that works, I'd then consider a replacement battery.
968078
The ones I received had a pretty good range on it. 50 feet-ish. It could be that the batteries were fresh in mine. It wouldn't hurt to try. Please let me know.
171981
Mine worked well for a day without delay then stopped working alltogether. Cheap design i think.
2027545
Seemed like when I got my father about 12 feet away, it went out. You have to be careful about other interference too. Really, they were a good purchase and he still uses them to this day!
2053192
Try checking any fuses between the hookup and the reciever. Also be sure that the receiver didn't get wet. Mine got wet and stopped working and I had to order a new kit.
1747835
I have the exact same problem - the monitor killed every channel on my router. I found that putting a good 4-5 yards between the monitor and my laptop usually restored the connection.
1536062
Contact harmans customer service by phone, i found them very helpful the few times i did.. It could be a software update that you could do yourself or something small that an authorized repair center near you can for a lot less then the cost of a new receiver..good luck with it!