OBD scanner advice

[jimag]

Hi the scanner I suggested gives you the code and you can reset it (or clear it) all without connecting to a computer.
Hope this helps Jim

[wicknwild]

[quote="MSPORTBMW"]
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310249608189? ... 1439.l2649

Hi there......i bought this one off ebay(china) paid £30 inc shipping.
Now im not a mechanic by any stretch.....but got it mainly to enable things that are not enabled at the factory.
For example....my 04 x5 has Aux vent on the screen, but i really wanted Aux heating. So i played about with it and got it enabled......so now i can go out to a warm car on frosty mornings
There are so many things you can activate....like anti hyjack locking doors etc etc etc
And of course it tells you faults.....although like said earlier, some of them mean nothing to me.

Great little gadget tho.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
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I have an 02 4.6is and would love to reconfigure Aux to heating. Do you remember how easy it was to reprogram the codes?

cheers

[jaynana]

Reconfugiring is a tick in the box with the software.

But the unit has to exist in your car.

The unit is standard in diesels, rare in the petrols..

So u have to find out if u have the unit first, that's where I'm unable to advise as mines a 30d.

[MSPORTBMW]

[quote="wicknwild"]
[quote="MSPORTBMW"]
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/310249608189? ... 1439.l2649

Hi there......i bought this one off ebay(china) paid £30 inc shipping.
Now im not a mechanic by any stretch.....but got it mainly to enable things that are not enabled at the factory.
For example....my 04 x5 has Aux vent on the screen, but i really wanted Aux heating. So i played about with it and got it enabled......so now i can go out to a warm car on frosty mornings
There are so many things you can activate....like anti hyjack locking doors etc etc etc
And of course it tells you faults.....although like said earlier, some of them mean nothing to me.



Very easy to do mate......ive never used anything like this before and like a earlier post said.....its just a matter of ticking a box

Great little gadget tho.
Hope this helps.
Cheers
[/quote]

I have an 02 4.6is and would love to reconfigure Aux to heating. Do you remember how easy it was to reprogram the codes?

cheers
[/quote]

[MSPORTBMW]

Providing you have the webasto on your car, which if it is a diesel, it will have.....Just a matter of ticking the box ......Very easy

[Jackstrath]

i just bought one and then read later that it wont work on windows 7  typical as my netbook is windows 7 , anyone know how to get it to work ? could i boot my windows 7 up as a XP machine via Windows Virtual PC ?

[jaynana]

i have the scanner running on win 7, check this and this for a how to..

[amacman]

This works straight out the box no problem .
easiest install ever and technical backup .

http://bmtechnic.co.uk/

[jaynana]

[quote="amacman"]
This works straight out the box no problem .
easiest install ever and technical backup .

http://bmtechnic.co.uk/
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i have the bmtechnic package too. love it! fantastic guy chris, and of course the tool set he packages is the standard bmw kit - inpa/ncs expert/dis/sss etc. , i think they've repackaged to work in a vmware env. to work in english, in xp or win 7 or so on. the std sw kit is very powerful and also shall i say - more risky, cos one mistake and you can brick the car as well!

in comparison scanner 1.4.0 is a simple tick in the box.

[wicknwild]

[quote="jaynana"]
Reconfugiring is a tick in the box with the software.

But the unit has to exist in your car.

The unit is standard in diesels, rare in the petrols..

So u have to find out if u have the unit first, that's where I'm unable to advise as mines a 30d.
[/quote]

Thanks for the reply.........I will investigate over the weekend

[wicknwild]

[quote="MSPORTBMW"]
Providing you have the webasto on your car, which if it is a diesel, it will have.....Just a matter of ticking the box ......Very easy
[/quote]

Thanks