M350ZB Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Just been flicking threw argos book and found this gizmo http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/p ... %3ERAC.htm There is also a cheaper one, sounds pretty impressive, and could come in handy, anyone got one ? Quote
srobrien Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 I bought one of these when i had my remapping business on the go http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Car-Diagnostic-Co ... 240%3A1308 Its more than sufficient for reading error codes and resetting EML lights. Plus its only £40. R Quote
M350ZB Posted March 11, 2009 Author Posted March 11, 2009 Looks impressive bud, is it a good bit of kit then ? Quote
srobrien Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 It does the job, you can use the software that comes with it or download other sofware compatable with the ELM chip. It depends what you want to do, if you want something that will tell you error codes and reset lights then it does that well. Only thing you need is a laptop. R Quote
M350ZB Posted March 11, 2009 Author Posted March 11, 2009 It does the job, you can use the software that comes with it or download other sofware compatable with the ELM chip. It depends what you want to do, if you want something that will tell you error codes and reset lights then it does that well. Only thing you need is a laptop. R Got me laptop , no worries about that. Does this product work on most cars then or ?, and can you reset fault codes/lights ? ? ? Thanks Bud Quote
srobrien Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 It does the job, you can use the software that comes with it or download other sofware compatable with the ELM chip. It depends what you want to do, if you want something that will tell you error codes and reset lights then it does that well. Only thing you need is a laptop. R Got me laptop , no worries about that. Does this product work on most cars then or ?, and can you reset fault codes/lights ? ? ? Thanks Bud It definatly works on all cars with CAN-BUS which is pretty much all european car >2001. Never tried it on Japanese, not sure what protocols they use but it says in the ad it will work on Nissan. And yeah it will reset all error lights except airbag. R Quote
Chris`I Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Yes its a generic fault code reader. Works with loads of software too, from basic diagnostics to digital dashes, like I have on my carpc (thats the OBDII reader I have too) Quote
M350ZB Posted March 11, 2009 Author Posted March 11, 2009 Seems like a popular product and sounds better than the RAC one ..... Quote
srobrien Posted March 11, 2009 Posted March 11, 2009 Seems like a popular product and sounds better than the RAC one ..... Yeah and like Chris'I says if you have a carputer then you can hook it up and it will give you live data readouts from the ECU. (not really much point but it looks cool ) R Quote
M350ZB Posted March 11, 2009 Author Posted March 11, 2009 Think for now, ill purchase one and just use my laptop , but does sound like a cool project Quote
M350ZB Posted March 12, 2009 Author Posted March 12, 2009 I bought one of these when i had my remapping business on the go http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Car-Diagnostic-Co ... 240%3A1308 Its more than sufficient for reading error codes and resetting EML lights. Plus its only £40. R Just bought one Quote
M350ZB Posted March 13, 2009 Author Posted March 13, 2009 Silly question, while im sitting at work was thinking, anyone know where to plug it in to on the zed ? Quote
Chris`I Posted March 13, 2009 Posted March 13, 2009 By the bonnet release handle on the lower dash there is a socket. Plug it in there. Cant miss it Quote
M350ZB Posted March 13, 2009 Author Posted March 13, 2009 By the bonnet release handle on the lower dash there is a socket. Plug it in there. Cant miss it Cheers bud , done some research and is a good bit of kit, you got nay pics chris ? Quote
Chris`I Posted March 13, 2009 Posted March 13, 2009 By the bonnet release handle on the lower dash there is a socket. Plug it in there. Cant miss it Cheers bud , done some research and is a good bit of kit, you got nay pics chris ? No pics mate. I dismantled the cable connector to flush fit it as much as possible so the cabling is hidden behind all the dash panels back to my CarPC Quote
M350ZB Posted March 13, 2009 Author Posted March 13, 2009 Sounds awesome mate, have to get some pics of the screen Quote
Chris`I Posted March 13, 2009 Posted March 13, 2009 Sounds awesome mate, have to get some pics of the screen Theres one about somewhere EDIT: Something like that (was taken in Demo mode before you start! ) Quote
M350ZB Posted March 13, 2009 Author Posted March 13, 2009 Quality mate, did you create our own car pc or ?, looking forward to getting it now, did you up-load the nismo emblem ? Quote
Chris`I Posted March 13, 2009 Posted March 13, 2009 Quality mate, did you create our own car pc or ?, looking forward to getting it now, did you up-load the nismo emblem ? Yup, started off with an old laptop, then a newer laptop and now have a mac mini installed in the letter box cubby between the rear speakers Quote
M350ZB Posted March 13, 2009 Author Posted March 13, 2009 Quality mate, did you create our own car pc or ?, looking forward to getting it now, did you up-load the nismo emblem ? Yup, started off with an old laptop, then a newer laptop and now have a mac mini installed in the letter box cubby between the rear speakers is there a thread on your install bud, defo something i am looking at doing, looks awesome with this product ? Quote
Chris`I Posted March 13, 2009 Posted March 13, 2009 Quality mate, did you create our own car pc or ?, looking forward to getting it now, did you up-load the nismo emblem ? Yup, started off with an old laptop, then a newer laptop and now have a mac mini installed in the letter box cubby between the rear speakers is there a thread on your install bud, defo something i am looking at doing, looks awesome with this product ? Its been a really slow build really so no thread on it. Started off specing it up when I had my old Leon. Didnt take any pics along the line either Might be doing some more interior mods soon, if I do I'll take some pics and do a write up Quote
M350ZB Posted March 13, 2009 Author Posted March 13, 2009 Look forward to it bud, is the software prett simple to use ? Quote
Chris`I Posted March 13, 2009 Posted March 13, 2009 Look forward to it bud, is the software prett simple to use ? If you use Centrafuse its dead easy. Shame its not free though Check out FluxMedia ( http://www.fluxmedia.net/ ) for CF and MP3car.com forums for how to hook it all up. Wealth of info on those sites, including quite detailled write ups of Zed builds on MP3car.com, including (I think) Pingu from on here and Leemiks car Quote
M350ZB Posted March 13, 2009 Author Posted March 13, 2009 Will have a ganders, but thanks for the heads up Chris Quote
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