I found out how to shutdown the connection without having to disconnect the battery. Keep reading! So, bought the exact same reader and I'm disappointed that it doesn't give you access to live data, adaptations, customisations... All the good stuff I was used to with Obdeleven in my old Audi. This reader just gives basic information and allows you to clear the codes. It's very well built and looks very professional but at least with the F-type, it can't do much. How do you avoid having to disconnect the battery? If using this same reader, once you've completed diagnostics, return to the main menu. Start the car, shut down the reader. Once the display goes off, disconnect it from the obd port. Switch off the car. That's it! The hazard icon will go off 2 minutes after the car has been locked.
@kurtandersen81312 күн бұрын
super info here muy friend, and I just ordred the same OBD reader, Should have read your post before and then gotten a better one, but I guess im not really into all the LIVE data, just to see the diagnostics and clear them.
@JWL-UK10 күн бұрын
@@kurtandersen813 no worries. And I actually found a way to access live data buried in the settings. Quite happy with it overall and got my money's worth already. Nothing better than doing your own research on error codes rather than taking someone else's word for it. What F-type have you got?
@kurtandersen81310 күн бұрын
@@JWL-UK I got the V6SCAWD from 2016 and it drive FANTASTIC, never had any problems with it, before today, I need to change the SOS battery
@BAMTT5 ай бұрын
Great video, and perfect timing, i was sodding around with my idcore unit and had a handful of warning lights come on my dash as a result of my incompetence with the dip switches, so thought i’d do a scan, 2 days later and i get a low battery warning light i now know why !! did the battery reset and left the car running at idle for 15 mins battery still low i suppose that means i’ll have to take it out for a blast tomorrow to get a full charge !
@kyproset5 ай бұрын
Thank you for this emergency fix, but there should be a way to shut off the comp from the OBD scanner.
@LagunaLeonhart5 ай бұрын
Okay but what else gets forgotten by disconnecting the battery? Time? Radio? Equaliser? Any other settings?
@JWL-UK5 ай бұрын
Good question. I wonder if there's no proper way to close the connection using there Obd port.
@FeelsDonkMan5 ай бұрын
Is there no fix for this? Seems like a big oversight they would want to sort out. Maybe an aftermarket solution?