what hand held scanner
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what hand held scanner
Hi all, just like to introduce myself as a newbie, i have a 2000 1.2 16v sxi, i use this for round town driving
Would anyone be able to recommend a hand held scanner that will work with this car, i know about the op com, but do not
have access to a laptop very often, so really needing a hand held scanner for the problem it has
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me
Would anyone be able to recommend a hand held scanner that will work with this car, i know about the op com, but do not
have access to a laptop very often, so really needing a hand held scanner for the problem it has
Thanks in advance for any help you can give me
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Re: what hand held scanner
I'd highly recommend you buy a cheap netbook, I got a second hand one years back for 60 plus 20 for opcom is cheaper than any decent hand held thing, there also hard to come by now cheap for obd1
If it doesn't fit,
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If it breaks,
It needed replacing anyway
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Re: what hand held scanner
This is the price your roughly looking at for a half decent cheap scanner
http://pages.ebay.com/motors/link/?nav= ... 35&alt=web
http://pages.ebay.com/motors/link/?nav= ... 35&alt=web
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Re: what hand held scanner
Many thanks. I will look into a note book and op com. How much space would it need to have
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Re: what hand held scanner
Not alot cheapest Chinese knock off laptop will run opcom as long as it a genuine version of windows
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Re: what hand held scanner
THANK YOU, SO REALLY AS LONG AS IT IS A GENUINE VERSION OF WINDOWS IT SHOULD BE OK, would it not run on a copy version
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Re: what hand held scanner
Just pirate windows 7 and you get a free upgrade to win10 and guess what, you now have a LEGIT version on win10
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Re: what hand held scanner
Brilliant thank you. Can you suggest a good seller for the op com. Don't want to buy a dodgy one plus my computer skills are next to zero so a seller who maybe prepared to help with set up
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Re: what hand held scanner
What about the Bluetooth opcoms that connect to your phone? Or was that a dream? Lol
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Re: what hand held scanner
That's torque your thinking of, I use it a fair bit but it's only for obd2
Think bluetooth obd1 plugs are like 50 or 60
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Think bluetooth obd1 plugs are like 50 or 60
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Re: what hand held scanner
Bluetooth no good as i have an iphone and their only for android i think
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Re: what hand held scanner
Torque is android only I think but I think there is an iPhone app but don't think it's very good
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Re: what hand held scanner
Thanks all, looks like i will have to buy a cheap laptop and buy the op com, i was just concerned about installing it as my computer skills are terrible
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Re: what hand held scanner
http://op-com.weebly.com/
This is the best crowd to buy opcom from, they offer full after sale support and can even do a remote install and set up for abit extea
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This is the best crowd to buy opcom from, they offer full after sale support and can even do a remote install and set up for abit extea
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If it doesn't fit,
force it,
If it breaks,
It needed replacing anyway
force it,
If it breaks,
It needed replacing anyway
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Re: what hand held scanner
That's brilliant Jonathan. Many thanks