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Old 23rd February 2011, 17:48   #31
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Guy at the Autozone just stood there looking confused when I asked for a DCAN cable.
Sadly, unless you have a domestic vehicle or a very familiar (boring) foreign car, they tend to do that pretty frequently.
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Old 23rd February 2011, 18:49   #32
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LMAO!

He prolly thought you are asking for a cable to go to the bathroom.

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Guy at the Autozone just stood there looking confused when I asked for a DCAN cable.
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I figured I would ask as they sometimes have some odd stuff (I have found quite a few things for my 23 year old Porsche) and they do have quite a few diagnostic cables--but as MKSixer said they are for domestic cars.

But he did look like Homer Simpson in the episode where they go into witness protection and they are telling him his new name....
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Cable order
OK, here's what we have so far for adapter cable purchase:

1) MKsixer
2) NCM6Cabrio
3) Audioguy
4) Whatheheck
5) Sherid1
6) Randy'sV10.

That brings the price down to $80.00 + free shipping ($30 less than retail.)
Four more (10 orders or more) and we may bring that price down to $70.00

I will wait one more week, if we cant meet 10 orders total - I will ask the seller to go ahead and provide instructions on how each of us can order the cable seperately, direct shipment to our own homes for $80.00 total.

Sound good?
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OK I may be dense but what exactly is involved in changing these codes? I"m a reasonably smart guy and very computer literate so I'm wondering what do I need besides the cable and what do I need to do to change these setting. Also, still looking for confirmation I can set "all up" from the remote.
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OK I may be dense but what exactly is involved in changing these codes? I"m a reasonably smart guy and very computer literate so I'm wondering what do I need besides the cable and what do I need to do to change these setting. Also, still looking for confirmation I can set "all up" from the remote.
FogPuppy, the instructions and SW link (you do need SW to do this coding), is in the first post. At the bottom there is a link to a PDF file. Those are the instructions; after you guys get the cable of course
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Count me in as #7. This is great work and i am looking forward to playing around myself.
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I am having some difficulty with NCSEXPERT, getting it to install properly. Am going to reread the instructions.
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Try again and be specific with what seems to be problematic. I'll try and help. Follow each instruction particularly adding the lines to the 'path in C as described'
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FogPuppy, the instructions and SW link (you do need SW to do this coding), is in the first post. At the bottom there is a link to a PDF file. Those are the instructions; after you guys get the cable of course
Doh! ... I realized only too late that the original post I looked at was before the DIY was written. I'll go look at it and stop being Stupid!
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