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VAG COM Cable
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29-03-2005, 15:32
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|  VAG COM Cable Any Good?? Stumbled upon this on E-Bay.
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29-03-2005, 16:15
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| I made the mistake of buying 2, yes 2 cheap ones. One after the other. I only bought the second one as the first didn't work. Then the second didn't work...... Buy a proper one and you'll know it works  2 down and still no vagcom for me  |
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29-03-2005, 17:13
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| The cable won't work with the VAG-COM software releases 409.1 or Beta 500.9. Nor is it remotely worth US$2000 as claimed in the ad.
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29-03-2005, 21:19
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| Its the ISO-COM cable, that only works with version 3 of VAG-COM. I managed to get one and it works well, and it only took 2-3 days from Hong Kong to Ireland. For my first VAG-COM-ish cable, it works well.
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29-03-2005, 23:14
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| I have one too - works OK. |
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29-03-2005, 23:32
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| ive just bought one... should arrive this week 
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01-04-2005, 18:04
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| Well i recived mine today.. just 5 days after ordering it, all the way from china the cable is very high quality, with moulded plugs at both ends... tested it and it works fine.. ovbiously its not the dual Kline version, but works fine for me 
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29-04-2005, 10:36
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| http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MakeTrack=true I found this on ebay. Looks more promising than the ones from China and its cheaper by a good £10ish. 14day refund period. Cant be that bad right? Has anyone got one of these? Also the guy is selling some decent PC accessories as well
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29-04-2005, 10:42
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Havent got mine to work yet, we need to chat
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29-04-2005, 11:41
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| Having said above that mine works.... I'd like to revise what I said. Its a pile of s**t. Works less than 50% of the time, often falls over when half way through reading a block. I seems to work perfectly when you do a simple test, and it can diagnose the stereo 75% of the time. Other modules make it fall flat on its face. I tried it through a USB-serial adaptor and also directly in a serial port - just as bad either way. The electronics guys here are making me a new one as we speak For those that are interested, I spent ages trying to source the OBD connector with no success. I ended up sawing the end off the cheapo one and digging the "potting" out. We then soldered the wires on the back of the pins and re potted it all. Photos etc. of the finished build will follow shortly. Last edited by Goochie; 29-04-2005 at 11:44. |
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29-04-2005, 11:45
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| I should point out the huge ammounts of useful self-build information at www.seat-cupra.net |
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