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BIP voiture

English translation: car remote


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French term or phrase:BIP voiture
English translation:car remote
Entered by: FIROOZEH FARHANG
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10:36 Dec 13, 2005
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Engineering (general) / remote meter reading (by radio)
French term or phrase: BIP voiture
Courte portée

30 m (idem BIP voiture)

Fréquence libre
868 MHz

From a document discussing short range vs. long range frequencies used in remote (water) meter reading technologies. I imagine the BIP is the signal transmitted by the device fitted on the meter... is it perhaps suggesting that it has the same range as the signal transmitted by a car for remote locking, for example? And is that really 30m?!
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Car remote
Explanation:
To me you got it all right !! the bip actually is just the remote! and the range of it is 30m
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4 +2Car remote
FIROOZEH FARHANG
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Tony M


  

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Car remote


Explanation:
To me you got it all right !! the bip actually is just the remote! and the range of it is 30m

FIROOZEH FARHANG
Canada
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in Farsi (Persian)Farsi (Persian)
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agree  xxxDaran: Yes, I have also heard the term used as a verb "bipper" in this context.
9 mins
agree  Chris Collins: More normally called a "Plip"
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Explanation:
Yes, I suspect you have got it right, the 'bip' is almost certainly the little gizmo (like an alarm key fob, perhaps)

And I can also confirm that technically, at a frequency of 868 MHz, a range of 30 m is entirely feasible / likely --- just think of your car remote working across a car park...

Tony M
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