To scan and clear codes for our Audi and VW cars, there are many OBDII devices out there for us to choose from. The most popular one is VCDS and now we have alternative OBDEleven and Carista, OBDEleven just came out with the NextGen Pro version dongle that supports both Android and iOS. I like […]
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When we replaced a new MMI 2G Head Unit (4E0035729-A) from a donor car, chances are we will have component protection (CP) which prevents us to play radio or CD changer, the sounds will be muted (disabled) and we would see the speaker icon with a slash on it. There is one way to restore […]
January 23, 2019 / 875 views / Carista | OBDEleven | OBDII Scanner | Vag-com | VCDS
Things You Wish Your OBDII Scanner Can Do
If you own Audi cars, you want to get an OBDII scanner to access the data and do something with it, here are a few things you may want it to be able to do, if you buy a VCDS, then you can pretty much do anything with it, but with others, you may need […]
January 12, 2019 / 909 views / A8 D2 | A8 D3 | A8 D4 | Carista | OBDEleven | OBDII Scanner | VCDS
Carista OBD2 Bluetooth and Software
Today I’m going to try the new OBD2 Bluetooth Dongle from Carista. It’s quite simple and easy to pair, I use the free trial software which doesn’t have any long coding, although there are quite a few simple programs that’s good. The paying structure is subscription which is good for some and bad for other. […]
March 17, 2018 / 4,163 views / Carista | OBDEleven | OBDII Scanner | Vag-com | VCDS
OBDEleven VCDS Alternative For Android
I’ve been since I’ve owned Audis for many years now, I’ve also been using Apple IOS and MacOS on all my laptops. I just want to get away from Microsoft OS and use wireless for my OBDII instead of dependent totally on VCDS and Windows laptops. I stumbled on OBDEleven for Audis on Android OS […]
Sometimes after replacing the Bluetooth Module (under the driver seat A8 or Q7), the Phone would pair to the car, but the steering button, sound and microphone don’t work, most of the time, the settings on the Bluetooth module wasn’t done correctly. You do need an OBDII like VCDS (VAG-COM) to enable it again. Read […]
May 28, 2016 / 3,939 views / MMI 2G | Vag-com | VCDS
An Open-Circuit Test On MMI 2G MOST Bus and VCDS Read Out Results
Audi MMI 2G & 3G MOST bus is very simple but yet very hard to diagnose which components connected to the bus is faulty due to the serial optical connections. If the system is not thoroughly tested and diagnosed, many good parts can be replaced in the process. This is a simple test just show that an open […]
These days, many people moved from Windows OS to Mac OS X computers. Audi uses VCDS diagnostic software to diagnose problems and stuff, but VCDS only runs in Windows OS. VMware Fusion 7 will help to run Windows in Virtual machine without logging out and boot into Windows OS. VMware Fusion is painless to install and […]
